CB West Spotlight
December 4, 2018
Boomerang Award Winner
CB West Senior Nathan Ocampo Rojas was the District Winner for the October CB Cares Boomerang Award. The asset was #22: School Engagement - Young person is actively engaged in learning. His nomination from Mrs. Jeanine Waldron included the following: "Nathan was a student in my AP class last year. Another section of the class met right after his, so sometimes he would get a pass from study hall and come into the second period class after being in my first period one. When I asked him why he wanted to sit through the same class twice, he said that he just wanted to hear what the other students said about the piece. He wanted to watch the class discussions in both classes to get different perspectives.
Nathan is a voracious reader and dedicated learner, and he shares his love of learning with others. I saw him at BTSN and asked if he was there volunteering through NHS. He said he was but that he was also there to help Spanish speaking parents get the most from their child’s BTSN presentations. He said that he had been doing this on his own ever since sophomore year. He figured that some parents wouldn’t be able to get the most from the presentations without some help and thus wouldn’t be able to help their own children at home. Every BTSN, Nathan looks for people who might be struggling and walks through BTSN with them, translating the presentations into Spanish for them. He offers himself as a translator for anyone who might need it.
He wants everyone to have a chance at learning."
Congrats, Nathan! Thank you for being West Proud!
Nominations for December's Asset (#17, Creative Activities, Young person spends 3 or more hours per week in lessons or practicing in music, theater, or other arts) can be emailed to Mr. David Hoffman (dhoffman@cbsd.org) through December 17.
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