Throughout my four years of high school, I have consistently pushed myself beyond my limits and comfort zones in attempt to discover my place in the world. I spent most of first two years discovering who I was as an individual, ultimately manifesting into inspiration for success. I grew out of “fitting in” and decided to turn my life and aspirations towards a greater direction; on this road of discovery, I separated myself from those who valued arrogance and indifference. “Nerd Squad” is what I am a part of today, which is why I am currently confident enough to apply for the National Honors Society Scholarship. I believe I have grown into a tenacious, sympathetic, and joyous young man that the entire school has seen develop, and I am honored…
During my high school career, my extracurricular activities have included being a member of the DHS band for five years, where I have competed with the band as well as individually, earning numerous 1s, medals, and patches. I have had the privilege to play instruments such as the clarinet, bass clarinet, alto clarinet, and alto saxophone competitively. I have also been an art student since my sophomore year and I currently am enrolled in the Honors Art 4 class. and during my time have competed in the Visual Academic Scholastic Event (VASE) earning numerous medals. I also participate in my school advanced computer programming course where I have made and participated in many Flash games where I had to draw my own game scenes with a mouse, develop…
Reflection. I feel that the capstone 01 unit is very different to all the other subjects I studied at the Swinburne university so far. Activities that I contributed and are yet to contribute seems very interesting and significant in some ways both to my education and social knowledge. I am placed in a group where there are students from different nationalities and ages. In my opinion I believe that being able to actively participate in such a diverse group will definitely encourage me to sharpen some of my study techniques.…
Throughout the past two years at Staten Island Academy, this learning environment has given me many opportunities that I could not have gotten at any other school. I'm not the most athletic, but I do very much enjoy playing sports. Here at the Academy middle school, I was able to experience any sport that I wanted to play, without a tryout system. The music and theater program here has given me countless opportunities to better my skills as an actor and a baritonist. I have been able to act in two plays, "Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr." and "Cyrano deBurgershack." They helped me learn the ins and outs of acting, as I was a beginner before I came to the Academy. In the orchestra, I have appeared in 5 concerts, all of which have been immensely successful thanks to our conductor, Ms. Wheatley. There have also been many truly amazing teachers that have guided me to academic success. Specifically, Mr. Levine helps me to understand…
I love to write, I was a finalist in the Veteran’s Day essay in sixth grade and I spend my free time writing, reading or making up stories. Currently I’m writing a book called “Dark April” which is about all the bad things that happened on April 14th. This includes a long list such as Lincoln’s assassination, the first Jews reported at Auschwitz, the cure for typhoid is created and the sinking of the Titanic. I love to push my boundaries, and try new things like food or books. I love to learn about the world and have been to a few countries, however not as many as I would like to one day see. I received S.O.M (student of the month) four times in seventh grade, making honor roll three times, and receiving M.A.G.I.C student a total of seven times. I was placed into honors English and Spanish and even started my own sports blog. However my biggest academic achievement would be receiving the President’s Award for Outstanding Academics. I pride myself on my speaking skills, preforming in my church’s annual Christmas pageant and even forcing my brothers to be in my holiday plays in my basement. I enjoy doing readings during school Mass. I love little kids, so I took a baby sitting course called Safe Sitter. I read to little kids in the basement of my old church during mass, sang songs and did crafts with them because readings and Homilies are to complex for a bunch of three and five year olds. I went to the soup kitchen in Waukegan and helped out there for the afternoon, and I helped set up a haunted house at the Gorton community center for little kids, even helping re arrange paperback books at the library. I love being a leader because I stick up for what’s right. I’m independent and I don’t care what others think of me. I donate money to charities such as the Hole In The Wall Gang, which is now known as SeriousFun. I also ran a 5K for VIE, a group…
I was so focused on the academic aspects of school my freshman and sophomore years’ that i wasn’t active in any of my school’s clubs or activities. I finally decided to get more involved my junior year and I joined nearly every club, participated in every activity, and even went to as many sports events as I could have. I currently am a six year member of the National Beta Club and have held the positions of Vice President of Fundraising and Senior Representative throughout my high school career. Not only am I a leader in the Beta Club, but I participate in the Trailblazer leadership program with the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance and my school’s freshman mentor program. I also joined the TRIO Upward Bound program whose ACT prep helped me to obtain a 22 as my highest ACT score at the time allowing me acceptance into my school’s ACT top 20 Club. Although it was hard with my many extracurricular activities I somehow still managed to finish my junior year with a 3.8…
In school I have participated in the girl team for soccer, track ,and cross country . For the last two year I been captain for cross country and the long-distance team for Track and Field .I am part of leadership. I’m a Link crew leader this is a program that welcome incoming freshman and as a leader I help them transition into high school to be successful in school . I am currently president for M.E.Ch.A club and my club is a student organization that help student understand the Hispanic culture , the history ,and to help student see the value in education .For the first time in our school I organize a cross country club to our school to raise fund for the team . For the past two year I have also been involve with zoo crew, track…
Hello, my name is Shane Richardson. In Stranahan High School, I am a jack of all trades. I am currently the only sophomore taking Mr. Hale’s AP Calculus class, I have co founded the science club, and I play tennis outside of school. I think I would be an asset to the Honor Society because I am really organized. I know if you ever see my books in the hallway they are kind of a mess with papers but I know how to set up conferences, make lists, and organize events. I also never give up. In anything I do, I believe that if you start something you should see it through. One example of this is my calculus class. I started out the year not knowing anything about calculus. I didn’t even know what calculus (The study of change) was. I was really nervous about having my first AP math class and I was stressed out about the first quiz. I realized later that if I prepare well and I work my hardest I can succeed in anything.…
My name is Tiffany Perdue. I’m currently seventeen years old and have lived in many places throughout my life. I have attended Newton High School on and off during my high school career and while here I have learned a few things. I have learned about the career path, about friendship, about the struggles of life, and mostly I have learned about myself and who I am.…
Education 203 with Dr. Smith has been a very enjoyable and entertaining class. I really liked the teaching style, curriculum and format of the class. I have definitely had a meaningful learning experience from this class. This class has taught me about important topics in life and topics that will be significant to me when I become a teacher.…
In school, I strive to achieve greatness and this shows on my academic record. I have been on honor roll every semester while simultaneously doing multiple clubs and extracurricular activities. I take part in many school sponsored clubs such as Literature…
My sophomore year, 2015-2016 was a very confusing time for me. This was when I performed the worst academically, and professionally due to multiple reasons. This period of my life was a time when I was all about the “party life”. During this time, I put my social life and fitting in ahead of me. I was doing drugs, lied to my parents constantly, and had no focus in anything else other than having fun. Many things came with this though, I completely underperformed in school, I got multiple C’s, and F’s for midterms and finals. I was also an unruly student, I would always disrupt my teacher, and my fellow classmates. My part time job then at Hannaford I was extremely indolent, I slacked off constantly, and did the bare minimum of what was expected out of me. I had lost sight of what was most important to me and I completely regret it to this day because with that year, came many repercussions. My attitude then was a roadblock to my future, but I took it upon myself to improve my junior and senior year.…
The subject areas I have assisted with include; reading, math, special education, and supervision. For reading, I am with Mrs. Nappier’s first grade intervention group. She has seven students and appreciates my help. I will take three of the students and have them read to me. The students point out what sight words they can find. I enjoy working with the students, it gives me a chance to see what they need improvement on.…
Achieving the highest marks in my year for German, I was selected for a student-exchange programme where my team-working and communication skills were honed by working with those from diverse cultural backgrounds. Outside my academia, I play tennis and have been teaching myself guitar where dedication has led me to improvements. Inside school, I run a science club for Key stage 3 pupils weekly which would prepare me to take on one of the roles of being a doctor - teaching. Fundraising to raise mental health awareness with YoungMinds charity has further enhanced my public relation and organisational skills. In Year 12, I was chosen as my year representative to the School forum which has allowed me to mature my own ethical and moral values as well as broadening others’. I have completed the Gold DofE expedition where my assertiveness saw us through…
Plot: New Yorker in Tondo is a play about a girl named Kikay who has fallen in love with the…