[0:01] [Music] [0:04] hello everyone this is Dr Kim Hy proud [0:06] superintendent of O area schools and [0:08] welcome to another session of holding [0:10] space I am thrilled today to be holding [0:12] space with some Park Center Scholars and [0:15] we're going to dive into the term of [0:18] authenticity stay tuned would you mind [0:20] starting your name and your grade my [0:22] name is Le and I'm a freshman um my name [0:26] is Natalie and I'm a freshman my name is [0:28] Natalie and I'm a freshman uh I'm G man [0:31] and I'm a sophomore my name is Noah and [0:33] I'm a sophomore my name is hardel and [0:35] I'm a sophomore all right okay so let's [0:37] go ahead and get started so one of the [0:39] things what holding space means is that [0:42] you are able to say what you want to say [0:43] with no judgment we're not trying to [0:45] correct you you just be you it's okay to [0:48] be you so want to look at being [0:50] authentic and what it means for you all [0:52] to be authentic so our first question is [0:55] how would you define authenticity at [0:57] your school what does that look like or [0:59] sound like do you think it should be I [1:02] feel like being authentic is just like [1:04] expressing yourself and showing yourself [1:05] no matter what no matter what like where [1:07] you are just no judgment just being [1:09] yourself and I feel like the way people [1:11] show it in school is with like the way [1:13] they act the way they talk or like the [1:14] way they dress okay thank you yeah I [1:18] feel like being authentic is um I mean [1:21] it's a really big thing at school so I [1:23] feel like you should be authentic no [1:24] matter what even if uh you have a fear [1:27] of being judged CU you know at the end [1:29] of the day you make yourself who you are [1:31] you you could be straight As she said [1:34] this is a big thing at school so does [1:36] Park Center promote being your authentic [1:38] self or what do you mean by a big thing [1:39] at school yeah I think I think they [1:42] presented enough to where everybody else [1:45] is all like everybody else is all good [1:47] and cool if they got to Y their self [1:50] cool I think so yeah um I feel like Park [1:53] Center gives us the space to be [1:55] authentic by respecting our cultures and [1:58] values and beliefs [2:00] the staff that are uh at par Center they [2:04] are very welcoming like they welcome you [2:07] what kind of things that occur here at [2:09] Park Center that makes you feel like you [2:11] belong like there's so much [2:12] opportunities at so many different clubs [2:14] and like things that you can do a lot of [2:16] schools I've been they didn't have the [2:17] opportunity to like sign up for this or [2:19] that but at Park Center there's so many [2:22] opportunities we are here with amazing [2:24] Scholars with quite a bit of wisdom and [2:26] this is the reason why I get out of bed [2:28] every morning so thank you for holding [2:30] space with us and we look forward to our [2:32] next video [2:33] [Music]