Hi!! I am Alexandria Kline, a Lab51 student and Board member. Throughout my time at One Stone, I have come up with the vision statement “Adding new layers to who I am.” This was inspired by digging into my passions, interests, and curiosities and sorting them into themes: Desire to Grow, Deeper Understanding, Making an Impact, and Connections. The one theme that really resonated with me and where I am at in my journey was desire to grow. What doing Good means to me is using your passions, interests, or curiosities to make an impact in your community. Doing Good makes you feel fulfilled by helping others. An experience this fall that reflects how I do Good is my work at the Boys and Girls club. My buddy, Andrew, is the cutest kindergartener ever. The first day I met him we had brought cardboard to create visual spaces. I asked him what he liked and he immediately said Thomas the Train with so much excitement. We created a cardboard train world with a tunnel, a mechanic station, and many trees. We went outside and all the other kids were playing soccer and Andrew asked to lay down and look at the clouds. I found this very interesting and it really helped me see who he was. I left that first day feeling so happy. I initially was annoyed to be taking time out of my school work to go hang out with these kids but Andrew completely changed my perspective. Honestly, I think Andrew was doing more Good for me than I was doing for him. The next two weeks were very beneficial for me. We created another train world, a Thomas puppet, and played in the snow. Andrew inspired me to apply his creativity and curiosity to my immersion work. For my artifact I represented mentorship by making a cardboard train world similar to the ones Andrew and I have made. I learned so much from Andrew and I am so excited to share this artifact.
