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Hello, everyone.

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Thank you for attending our
virtual open house presentation for

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Watch High School.

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I am here with two watch high
school students who are going to

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be giving you some information
about themselves and the school I

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will let them introduce
themselves.

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Hello, everyone. Hope all is.
Well, my name is Kashima Black.

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I am a sophomore here at Watch
High School and I'm happy to be

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here to inform you about all the
amazing things that Watch has

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to offer with my fellow
classmates.

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Um, hi,

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my name is Kaare and I am a
sophomore here at Watch and um,

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I'm here because of the CN A
program that we have and um also

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because of the support from the
teachers that we have.

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Thank you ladies.

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So first we want to tell you a
little bit about watch.

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Um, we share a campus, a
auditorium, uh cafeteria, um, gym,

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health center and a library with
the rest of the schools that

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are in here. Um, we have AC AC
TE program that um,

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we share with the ninth through
12th graders.

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So at Watch, um,

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we are ac TE school and we
prepare students for various careers

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in the health field through a
choice of two programs.

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And they get to choose which of
these programs after first

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semester of freshman year,

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either the CN A program or the
pre nursing program.

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The CN A program which is the
certified nurse assistant

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certification.

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Students complete four core
courses and then they have the

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opportunity to complete two
additional classes that help them to

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fulfill their requirements to
take the State Board test for

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nurse assistant and they obtain
a certificate to practice um

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their CN a right out of
graduation.

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So this could be really great
for students who aren't sure what

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they want to do after high
school,

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but know that they wanna be able
to make some money.

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The courses that students take
for this um track are patient

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client care skills,

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functioning as a member of the
health care team and clinical

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experience in nursing home and
hospital settings.

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The pre nursing track is a
little bit different for this track.

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Students take college level
courses that prepare them to enter

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the nursing major at
Kingsborough or other schools.

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Students that complete five
college level courses and receive a

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Cuny transcript are able to use
this transcript at any college

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because it comes right from
cuny.

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The courses that they would take
are sociology, psychology,

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human growth and development.

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One and two and anatomy and
physiology.

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And something that's really
great about this program is that

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even if students aren't looking
to go into nursing.

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They're looking to go into
something else in the health care

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field.

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Um These courses would apply and
if they change their mind and

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don't want to go into health
care at all,

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these are all courses that a
college would accept as either um

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required courses or as
electives.

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We also have a partnership with
B MS which provides um on-site

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health access, comprehensive,
primary care,

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health education and referrals
for um other types of programs

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such as um mental health, uh
food access,

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housing and employment.

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I have been at watch for about
three months now and it has been

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a wonderful experience.

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My favorite thing about watch in
terms of academics is how easy

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it is to learn.

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Watch has an incredible support
system in classrooms that helps

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students like myself to learn
the way they can.

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Best teachers here are very
patient and always try their best to

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take the time out to guarantee
every committed students success

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myself and many other students
have said to each other that it's

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almost impossible to not do well
in academics here.

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Some of the A P classes that we
offer are a P English language A

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P computer science A P seminar
like I spoke previously,

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we also offer other college
credit courses as well as the CTE

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program.

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So there's lots of different
ways you can get involved at watch,

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including through sports, which
we'll talk about in a minute.

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That's um a shared campus event
clubs, spirit week,

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college fairs and trips.

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So here are the sports that we
offer. Again, these are campus.

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Why? It's not just a watch team.

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This is the Thomas Jefferson
team. The boys.

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We have football, basketball,
baseball, cross country track,

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soccer, volleyball, swimming for
girls.

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We have volleyball, basketball,
flag football, cross country,

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track and cheerleading watch has
a variety of clubs to offer as

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can be seen on the slide.

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I myself am a part of some of
these clubs such as the book club

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who our wonderful principal Miss
Mallory is in charge of.

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I am also a part of the
Cosmetology and culinary club,

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which I will say is more than
you may think and a very fun

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experience not to mention.

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And the student government which
allows the voices of all

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students to be heard through
their own classmate representatives.

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I was also able to create my old
club,

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passion club which allows
students to engage in activities that

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they love or are passionate
about with the support of their

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peers.

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It is a fun experience and a
good way to learn about each other.

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Um Some of the colleges that um
watch students have attended

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right after high school is H BC
US, New York State, New York,

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state schools, um city schools
and private schools.

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And I'll just leave this slide
up for a second so you can look

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over some of the great colleges
our students have gotten into

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and are attending.

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So there's lots of other things
that our students love about

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watch.

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Um I'm gonna let the ladies tell
you some of their favorite

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things,

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but I know they're probably
gonna mention watch books and

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college trips.

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Uh work based learning
opportunities and the different supports

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available. Ok. So for the watch
books,

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um you would have to like um
come to school every day and be

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participating in class and
you'll be able to use them to get

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gift cards and snacks throughout
the day and you know,

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little refreshments.

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I personally love to be rewarded
when I do something right and

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watch constantly provides that
feeling with watch books.

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Watch bucks is money that is
valuable at the school.

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And as Kumari was mentioning,

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they can be used to buy things
from snacks and drinks to

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sweatshirts and gift cards to
earn watch bucks.

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You simply need to be a good
student participating in class

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discussions, arriving on time
wearing the school shirt,

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helping out teachers.

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These are all tasks that are
rewarded with watch books.

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And I also love the work based
learning opportunities,

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which is the reason why I'm able
to be here and present to you

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about all the amazing the school
offers right now.

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It's really a fun experience.

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Even though you're here working,
you get paid for it,

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which is awesome. It's just a
really amazing opportunity.

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Thanks ladies.

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So if you have any questions,

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we would love to be able to
answer them for you.

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Here's our contact information.

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Our address, the phone number is
7186887980.

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The website is www dot watch nyc
dot org.

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You can also find us on
Instagram and we will be happy to answer

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any questions you may have about
the school. Thank you.