5/29/14
Since the summer is coming to a start... Us upstanders must say goodbye for the year. So without further ado, goodbye. -Katy
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
What Happened at our April Spirit Assembly!
So, we have these Spirit Assembly's at our school every month and since this month is Autism Awareness month our amazing teacher Mrs. Neidlinger thought it would be great if we went up (in front of the entire school, I might add) and told them what we were doing. It was great to see all the students wearing blue for Autism today and it actually looked really cool.
I don't think some of you understand the level of stress this took to not only present who the mysterious Upstanders actually are but also to plan this whole week. It was also really scary at the thought that the students that finally see who we are may bully us because of what we're doing... It was scary.
I am really thankful that this worked out how it did work out.
SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO....
Our Readers! We love y'all for all the support!
Sam & Sam's mom for coming up with the idea!
Our principals for letting us do this!
Our supporter! (Her link will be at the bottom)
The people who bought our merch!
The rest of the Upstanders - thanks y'all for making this year awesome!
(Beyonce and Paul were here.)
Supporter's Link- http://jesseautism.wordpress.com/
I don't think some of you understand the level of stress this took to not only present who the mysterious Upstanders actually are but also to plan this whole week. It was also really scary at the thought that the students that finally see who we are may bully us because of what we're doing... It was scary.
I am really thankful that this worked out how it did work out.
SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO....
Our Readers! We love y'all for all the support!
Sam & Sam's mom for coming up with the idea!
Our principals for letting us do this!
Our supporter! (Her link will be at the bottom)
The people who bought our merch!
The rest of the Upstanders - thanks y'all for making this year awesome!
(Beyonce and Paul were here.)
Supporter's Link- http://jesseautism.wordpress.com/
Monday, April 14, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Autism Awareness Month Campaign
April is autism awareness month!
Check out the page "Stand up to Autism : Autism Awareness Month, April 2014" for more information about autism
Our Campaign :
We are going to try to get some sort of fundraising campaign going. We are going to donate all profits to Autism Speaks. It is a big autism awareness and fundraising organization. Check it out at Autism Speaks Website. I, Sam, am thinking about maybe a bake sale or a car wash. All the other ideas I came up with cost money for US to put on, and our funds are extremely limited. So if you have good cheap ideas for fundraising, PLEASE COMMENT!! We will continue discussing and create a new post when we make a decision.
Thanks, Sam
Check out the page "Stand up to Autism : Autism Awareness Month, April 2014" for more information about autism
Our Campaign :
We are going to try to get some sort of fundraising campaign going. We are going to donate all profits to Autism Speaks. It is a big autism awareness and fundraising organization. Check it out at Autism Speaks Website. I, Sam, am thinking about maybe a bake sale or a car wash. All the other ideas I came up with cost money for US to put on, and our funds are extremely limited. So if you have good cheap ideas for fundraising, PLEASE COMMENT!! We will continue discussing and create a new post when we make a decision.
Thanks, Sam
Friday, March 14, 2014
Here's what I Feel...
3/14/14 (Katy)
I am so sorry that I, as a member of the Upstanders haven't been checking the blog recently. I've noticed that it's become sort of a spam website because all we've been posting lately is "Go check out this blog." Yes, all of those blogs are ours but we probably shouldn't rely on you guys to check it out.
Recently I've been having some really hard things happen to me that, as a 7th grader, are terrible to deal with. With school and all I'm drowning in stress but for me, that's normal. Let's just say a great friendship was brutally torn apart and it's hard. Maybe it was a little more than a friendship, maybe not... I'll let you guys imagine what you want.
With this slaughter of a friendship, I started judging myself... A lot. It constantly got me down and I would always ask my friends almost everyday on advice not directly putting it towards me. I'd say, "What if this happened, how do you think I should deal with it?" or I'd just straight up ask them my questions.
My point here is self bullying can happen and if you don't think it's worth talking about, heck yeah it is! Everyone has bullied themselves before and nobody likes it. Talk to someone about it. Talk to God (if you're a Christian), talk to a friend, talk to your mom, even. Just get it out and ask them for help. Asking for help is perfectly fine there's no rules against asking for it, so do it! I asked for help with just about anyone who'd talk to me and I'm better now.
Remember, everything happens for a reason and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This is Katy, signing out.
I am so sorry that I, as a member of the Upstanders haven't been checking the blog recently. I've noticed that it's become sort of a spam website because all we've been posting lately is "Go check out this blog." Yes, all of those blogs are ours but we probably shouldn't rely on you guys to check it out.
Recently I've been having some really hard things happen to me that, as a 7th grader, are terrible to deal with. With school and all I'm drowning in stress but for me, that's normal. Let's just say a great friendship was brutally torn apart and it's hard. Maybe it was a little more than a friendship, maybe not... I'll let you guys imagine what you want.
With this slaughter of a friendship, I started judging myself... A lot. It constantly got me down and I would always ask my friends almost everyday on advice not directly putting it towards me. I'd say, "What if this happened, how do you think I should deal with it?" or I'd just straight up ask them my questions.
My point here is self bullying can happen and if you don't think it's worth talking about, heck yeah it is! Everyone has bullied themselves before and nobody likes it. Talk to someone about it. Talk to God (if you're a Christian), talk to a friend, talk to your mom, even. Just get it out and ask them for help. Asking for help is perfectly fine there's no rules against asking for it, so do it! I asked for help with just about anyone who'd talk to me and I'm better now.
Remember, everything happens for a reason and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. This is Katy, signing out.
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