hi my name is jonathan and my family
here
call me john well i i go to school
at pv high school
i do music and i like
to dance watch tv
and i go on on my bike
so i do track at pv
and i do track because so
i like to tell it to one
so i'm in pvc tv group
with bunch of kids i do interview
kids and i do
today history and morning
assignments
i'm going at pew tv in science i'm good
i like to work at chick-fil-a
well cook food
and get the food to the people
uh my name is chris bankrunner i work
with uh john mayers one to one
uh throughout the day one of the things
that really stands out to me is every
day when he helps with the
morning announcements of pvtv is john
whether he does the announcements or one
of his peers does the announcements
john uh afterwards john gets the whole
class to clap for that person
whether they're in the pb his pbt tv
class or not
uh he really tries to
get everybody to be enthusiastic and i
believe that is one of his strengths he
he likes when people are all having fun
and having a good time
some of the other things he does in pvtv
is uh he likes to help
like kind of direct the pvtv live
program you know he starts him off by
giving the countdown
and he also toggles the video back and
forth between the
the different segments on the set john
has done a great job
interviewing teachers he helps with the
the script and he does a nice job of of
contacting that teacher to make sure
it's a good time to
uh to interview them john likes to have
a lot of fun
he likes to be silly which is uh which
keeps it exciting
during vocational he really takes great
pride in delivering water to
the different water stations in the in
the building for the other students
and he really enjoys when he's uh
setting the water bottles on the table
and the students come by and need some
water and he usually hands them some
water and he's
he's very pleasant happy to do that
another thing that john does
is he participates on the unified track
and field program which uh this is the
first year
of the program at perkins valley
and it just got some feedback on how
their first track meet went and
it sounds like it went awesome i i do
coach football here and some of the
the guys on the football team
participated in unified track with john
and they explained the relay to me with
john and
it just sounded so awesome and so fun uh
they
they said that john let it off and
really set the tone and they said that
john never they never saw john run so
fast
in the relay and their relay team won
easily
hi my name is dr bev weinberg and i am
the founder and executive director
of integrate for good it has been
so much fun and such an honor getting to
know john
during our most recent empowerment lab
at perkium and valley high school
john immediately impressed me with his
really unique ability to be friendly
and engaging and funny
and at the same time really focused and
intense
um john just has this incredible work
ethic
um he wants to belong he wants to get
things done
he wants to be just active and a valued
part of everything that's around him
john is an active and really appreciated
team member of the perkins
valley tv station the production team at
school
pv tv he not only
is very talented at interviewing people
and being kind of in front of the camera
but he's incredibly knowledge about the
technology behind the scenes
he navigates equipment he navigates
video cameras
he has hosted shows like on this day in
history
and he's interviewed different students
and staff in his school
it's really amazing to see how involved
and
so knowledgeable he is about video
production
he also talks about how much he loves
science in our empowerment lab he was
telling us
everything he learned about soil
conservation and nature and plants
he seems to really be comfortable
working inside and outside as well
just his athletic ability is incredibly
impressive
he in our first empowerment obsession
together
he was leading us in a movement break
and barely anyone could keep up with him
he is a strong guy he is social he's
athletic he's such a
valued part of the pokemon valley
unified track team
he rallies around other people and he
lifts
and elevates the people around him
we have really enjoyed getting to know
john
and we can't wait till you meet him and
to see the value that he can add to your
work team as well
you