Date posted: December 18, 2019
Students had a lot of fun in the Strength & Fitness elective course this fall. One activity they participated in was a series of circuit training exercises that fit into the components of fitness categories. These categories are muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility. Students do a series of walking or jogging, stair ...more about Circuit Training
Date posted: December 17, 2019
First year students enrolled in our Intro to Communications course this fall hosted the Coffee Social, an annual fall activity put together by the students to help them practice the new communication skills they learn in the course. Students invite fellow OLS students, faculty, staff, and members of the community to stop by for light ...more about 2019 Coffee Social
Date posted: December 11, 2019
In their third year of the OLS program, students take the Self-Determination in the Workplace course which seeks to help them expand their job interview skills. In addition to providing them important information and practice for future job interviews, the skills they acquire in this course will help in their final year at OLS when ...more about Proof of Strengths
Date posted: December 11, 2019
Students enrolled in Mindfulness got to engage in some nostalgia this quarter by playing a classic game that took many of them back to their childhood: Memory. But instead of matching pictures, students were matching elements of mindfulness with their definition. In addition to being a great way to review for their final, it was ...more about Memory: Elements of Mindfulness
Date posted: December 9, 2019
Our students had a great time making plarn this quarter with the RISE Institute. Plarn is yarn made from plastic bags and is used to create bed rolls by knitting the plarn (a process known as plarning). This was a great opportunity for OLS students to discuss the social problem of housing insecurity in their ...more about The Impact of Plarn
Date posted: December 9, 2019
4th year students had their 3rd and final round of mock interviews on November 20. It was a great opportunity for the students to practice interviewing for future jobs and the internships they start next quarter. Each student completed two face-to-face interviews with two of the nine local business professionals who volunteered for the event. ...more about Day of Mock Interviews
Date posted: December 9, 2019
In our Intro to Computers course, students learn to navigate a variety of programs including Microsoft Word. One of the activities students do to put their new Word skills to the test is creating a flier. Students pick an upcoming event for their families to use in the flier, and they include all the important ...more about Creating a Flier in Word
Date posted: December 3, 2019
Mindfulness is one of the elective courses in the OLS program, and on Fridays students enrolled in the course participate in an exercise to practice an important aspect of mindfulness: Heartfulness. Heartfulness is purposefully thinking kind, loving thoughts about yourself and others and helps create positive thoughts and joy in our lives and the lives ...more about The Practice of Heartfulness
Date posted: November 21, 2019
Fall quarter is the time of year our second year students take the Citizenship course in the OLS program, and what better time to learn about Citizenship than the time leading up to and following elections. This quarter students were asked to review Ballot Initiative 976 on the state election website and spent time familiarizing ...more about Discussion on November Election
Date posted: November 19, 2019
4th year OLS students have been busy in their Workplace Readiness course preparing for tomorrow's mock interviews. This is the third (and final!) time they've participated in mock interviews and will be a great chance for them to put all they've learned in our program into practice as they prepare for their upcoming internships and ...more about Mock Interviews Prep
