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Hello. This is Mrs. Quintero, the proud Head of School, of The Honor Roll School. And welcome back to the pod the dolphin podcast. Please follow us on Spotify and Apple podcast. Search us as the tank thrs official dolphin podcast. Don't forget to turn on those notifications so you don't miss the next episode. Today I have guests with me, Kenneth Hamlin, former NFL player, rookie of the year and selected for the Pro Bowl. He, along with our middle school teen leadership instructor, Ms Mena, will be discussing topics around anti bullying and belonging. But first, let's dive right into what's coming up. Thank you to all the families who have completed the fall school wide survey thus far, the survey link from Survey Monkey is still open as well as being sent out, so look for this in your inbox and complete Friday, October 31 is Halloween, best day of the year. Check out the weekly dolphin days newsletter for all of the parade party trunk or treat and dismissal schedules now handing it over to Ms Mena and Mr. Hamlin take it away.
Well, thank you so much for being the keynote speaker at our third annual honorable school anti bullying campaign. Our assembly was a hit, and thank you for being a part of that,
I would say that I really didn't have a choice. My daughter told me I was doing it, and then I had to make myself available. Even though I loved doing it, she was very passionate about making sure that I was involved. But it was definitely a great experience. I actually love to see the kids interact and just see them actually take on leadership roles, to be amongst their peers. And it just shows that they can actually, you know, really, you know, expose themselves to their to their friends, really show their, you know, their interest, what they have going on, the things they do and don't like and and not be judged for it. So it definitely is good to see,
well, your message really resonated with our students. They were very attentive. I know that they enjoyed sharing. You're sharing your thoughts on the anti bullying campaign, some of the things that you talked about were the importance of being for looking out for one another, and of being a team mate on and off the field. And you mentioned the importance of leadership, integrity, communication. So could you share with us today what inspired you to share that message with our kids?
Well, I think, of course, me, coming from a sports background, you get it a little bit more in the team concept, team concept. And sometimes we don't like to sort of bring that into a school environment, but I think it's fitting when you think about being able to trust, to be able to you know, to know that you know you have your teammates back and they have yours. And in a school aspect, when it comes to the possibility of bullying, the possibility of someone not being comfortable in their own space, you need to be able to trust that your friends, the people that you are around the most, most of the day of your 24 hours, that you can trust that they will at least be a sounding board for you to know, that you can you can actually come to them, or come to get help from somebody, and be able to enjoy where you're at for the most time, most of the time, throughout the week.
But you also touched upon a concept that is very important, and that is that young people today should emphasize kids that are in sports. Should emphasize the student part of being a student athlete. If you could expound on that and and tell us your your take on that, you know, how did you balance, you know, being a student and an athlete when you were in school,
whereas there's not one without the other, if you're not, if you're not focused and locked in, and hopefully my kids are listening to this whenever this comes out, if you're not focused on that part of it, then there is, there isn't the the addition of the sports side of things, especially when you once you get towards, you know, the upper education, once you get towards college. I mean, you can't have one without the other. And then, just in general, the knowledge that you that you sort of, you capture or learn while you're in school, it helps you in situations, whether it be on the field, whether it be on a basketball court, whether it be on a soccer field, those type of situations and experiences that you have throughout school is what helps you sort of navigate, you know, the sports world in a certain way, and actually be able to have a little bit more success than you might have without it. So I think there isn't any skipping on. The school side of really the experience and just jumping into the sports world, you have to have those experiences in school and the success in school and the focus in school in order to have that type of success on whatever type of sporting field it is.
And, you know, as an educator, you know, I totally agree with that, and I'm always talking about that to our students, our athletes, you know, I have two grown sons who were active in sports, and that was my spiel back then,
yeah, this is coming from a person. I trust me. I was hoping that the other side was was true, that you didn't have to have all of the schooling because, of course, my parents were pushing it to me as well, and it definitely held true. And I'm glad that I took no, took the time to really, you know, focus in on both sides of it in order to be able to maximize whatever that potential was going to be.
And how, in your opinion, can a student athlete? How can that individual influence others on campus? Because, unfortunately, a lot of our kids not, I'm not saying just here, but across the world, you know, the emphasis is on athlete and not so much on students. So how can a student athlete on campus influence others to have the same mindset by example?
First, I think that the biggest for me, I believe that the biggest is just by what you do. It's it's seen more than most people think, I think that your example on how you go about school, how you go about doing your work, how you go about focusing when you're in a class, and not being the one that's the talkative one, or doing some extracurricular stuff, those type of things are an example. And you don't even have to say anything to your friend or to your peer. Those things are seen, and it rubs off. And then, of course, being a leader in in a community, when you communicate with your with your friends, that's a whole nother way of of letting them know and not being afraid to and I try to tell you know, my two kids amongst themselves is that, you know, sort of course correct the other like, and it doesn't have to be that age is the reason that one leads and the other one follows. If you see that your sister or your brother isn't doing the right thing, tap them. Say something. I mean, you should have that friendship and that trust in each other, enough to know that they have the best your best interests at heart. So you should be able to sort of take some advice from them as well.
I know that at the college level, you know, professors have courses for and maybe not courses, but, you know, talks with their athletes regarding academics, should that start sooner than college? So should we offer maybe seminars or classes for student athletes, where you know what you've touched upon is practiced or modeled, as you say,
I think the landscape of schooling, and especially with college, is definitely changing with all of the the different additions when you come to especially with sports and nil and everything that's happening so so to be able to get some knowledge outside of Just what you're getting at home. I think that is definitely a great addition to to the possibilities of learning. I mean, I don't think the kids have a short or short span of being able to understand what's going on they I think they understand, well, what's going on, so to be able to give them a little bit more of some feedback on what to expect and what's happening with them, even right now, I think that that's definitely a great thought of what to add to what they're already doing.
Well, thank you again for all that you do, not just being a mentor dolphin family member, you know we appreciate your time and and your expertise on not just football, but on, you know, ideals and principles and guidelines that that all our students should be exposed to and live up to.
Thank you. I appreciate you having me on.
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