During the summer before my senior year, I attended Hoosier Girls State, which was an amazing experience for me. I connected with many new people and became very wonderful friends with them. I also learned a great deal about our state and federal governments and how they work. As soon as I got back from Hoosier Girls State, I decided to do my senior project to get it done and over with. I executed a golf scramble at Pond View Golf Course and the money that I raised went to a charity called Optometry Giving Sight, which is an organization that helps people in underdeveloped countries to get eyecare. As soon as I got my senior project done, my last year of golf initiated. I was the only senior and the team only consisted of five girls which made I was in three Advanced Placement courses and one Dual Credit course. It was a lot of hard work, but I was able to get all A’s in all of my classes. At the beginning of my senior year, I had a very nice surprise of receiving the Lilly Scholarship, which pays for my college tuition as long as it is in the state of Indiana. I also received many other scholarships to help pay for books, housing, and many other things that I would need. I also applied to many colleges and I was accepted into all of them. I had a very hard time choosing between all of them, but I finally decided that I would attend Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) in the fall of 2018. I would be majoring in Pre-optometry and minoring in Business. The end of my senior year was coming up, so I decided to go someplace special with my friends over spring break, Myrtle Beach. I asked my friends to come with me and they said yes. We went down and spent almost everyday on the beach and met many new people while playing beach volleyball and playing around in the water. After spring break, senior year flew by and, before I knew it, it was time for graduation. I ended up becoming the valedictorian of my class, which meant that I had to make a very serious speech at graduation. I was very nervous because I never did quite well speaking in front of large audiences, but, it all turned out well and I couldn’t believe that I had graduated high school. I held my open house the day of graduation at my church, Pisgah Christian Church. We had decorated with my awards that I had obtained over the many years I had been in school. Many of my past teachers, friends, and family members attended and I was so glad that they did. It made me realize how many people had influenced my life and made me the person that I was. My open house also had fun outdoor games like Hungry Hungry Hippos and Paint Twister.
Later that year, I was accepted into Spanish Honors Society, a volunteer based program to help out the Spanish communities near my school along with volunteering to help raise money for organizations that help less developed countries. One particular project that I helped raise money for through Spanish Honors Society, was Project Running Waters. The money raised for this event was donated to help people living in Guatemala receive fresh water through pipe systems that would be built. We raised over one thousand dollars to donate to this cause. Knowing that I can positively impact individuals in my community and in other countries makes me feel like I have grown maturely and am able to understand what needs to be done to make a difference to
Senior Project Senior Project Outline Introduction: Let the reader know what this Essay is about. I. What I already know A.
I spent much of my high school career researching colleges and universities. My mom and I traveled to well over 10 different colleges and universities in 4 different states trying to find the “perfect” school for me. By the end of my junior year of high school I had finally found the ideal school, or so I thought. The school was small, environmentally friendly, new, beautiful, diverse, and just happened to be located 1,000 miles away from home. Everyone at my small high school knew that I was going away to school and it was a huge deal because the majority of my classmates were going to in state schools. I traveled to the school multiple times for orientations, to meet my roommates, and to make sure it was the “perfect” school for me. Early May of my senior year of high school, right before graduation, I woke up with a feeling in my gut that this
Last year I took part in an active community outreach at a shelter for five hours in Skid Row slum in Los Angeles. This helped me to connect with the people in the area and learn their way of living, understand their immediate needs and the problems that they face in their living environment.
Throughout my senior project I have learned a collection of different things about me. I have learned that I disgust work that I find is unnecessary. If I find the work to be unnecessary I would just shut down and get aggravated. I also realized that I’m the type of person to try to do something, but if I don’t get it I will eventually just give up. I just think the task at hand is not for me. However, I cannot have that type of attitude towards the senior project, because this senior project determines if I will graduate on time. I realize my attitude is my biggest problem when it comes to my work, because it gets in the way of my work. My attitude is my biggest challenge because I refuse to change it and I hate when people talk about my
The core values that I chose for myself are challenges, loyalty, perseverance, adventure, and service. The values above describe the person that I am, as I love a challenge and to problem solve. At my job co-worker will often come to me if they cannot solve a problem. I am always happy to help them solve the problem as I enjoy digging into things and discovering a solution. I feel that each problem that I solve is a learning experience and will help down the road if I or someone else happens to encounter the same problem.
It’s the end of the road for my high school career and what a year it has been. This year went by so quickly, I felt it was certain. Since the beginning of high school, I’ve grown through the years into the person I’d become. Eventually, I would soon enter the college life and live on through the rest of my life. Linden High School was a giant journey full of obstacles that amended who I was as a student. By the time senior year arrived, I felt like I like I could give it one last shot. To show the teachers that I wasn’t going to let my senior year go to waste by slacking off. The majority of my senior year was me trying to figure out which college best suited me. I wanted to major somewhere in the business field and through all the open houses’
As for my school, I am a two year member of my school’s chapter of the National Honor Society. I have participated in many worthwhile volunteer experiences with this group. I’ve helped clean up the highway and recycled throughout the school. I have also helped with Project
I think this is why this event has changed my life because it’s hard to get used to something new. Being in high school was easy with little work to do and still graduate. Even if you did not pass classes you would still be able to retake them in the summer. There was always a way to pass any class, now in college, you must try to pass does classes because there is not an essay way out. Over time college is going to feel the same or close to high school. Just with different changes that I could get used to. For high school my motivation has been just to graduate, now my motivation is still to graduate but to graduate with a degree in my desired
January 15, 16, 17, and 18, 2016 are the days that I want to remember for my senior year. Those few days were the 2016 unitown and Leadership Camp. This was my second year going into unitown, but this time I was going in as a counselor rather than a delegate. Going into the camp I already had an idea on what I expected because of last year but well. I was emotionally drained.
The summer before my senior year, changed everything. During the ending of the last school year, I found the best group of people I could ever ask for. The friends I found were all just from talking to one guy and peaking my toes out of my comfort zone.
While everybody is ready for graduation, something didn’t feel right to me. I didn’t feel like I had accomplished anything. I wasn’t accepted into any colleges like everyone else, and that’s because I didn’t even apply. I wasn’t prepared for anything, let alone college. I’m not in high school anymore. It was a game to me and I finally ran out of lives. There’s not as many chances outside of high school. I’ve come to the realization that I need to listen to my counselor and get it together and be more like my best friends and work towards a goal until I accomplish it. I needed to change my and realize that my past doesn’t have to determine my future. I wanted to grasp the concept of, “it’s never to late.” I desired to become a better version of myself. I craved to the idea of a positive purpose in life. I wanted to earn the respect and admiration of others. I wanted to be better. At last, my mind is exactly where it’s suppose to be, and I have come to the recognition that all I need it just one more
This year, I had the opportunity to give back to the community in many ways. I volunteered at Helping Hands, Meals on Wheels, and the county Science Museum. These volunteering experiences further opened my eyes to the needs of my community and the many opportunities to serve by volunteering.
Graduation was the most important day in my life. I waited for this amazing day for twelve years to reach my dream and move on to college. For most people, graduation is a memorable day. It is hard for me to forget it even after a hundred years. The day I woke up realizing it was my graduation day, I was smiling all day long knowing that I had made my family proud of me. I remember everything about my graduation day: my party, cake, dress, makeup, hair, cap and gown, and the gifts I got from family and friends.
Though I’m halfway done with my final year at St. Charles West, I think I will accomplish my goals in no time. Practically because I’ve managed to keep my grade point average at a 3.9%. Don’t get me wrong, it was a very difficult challenge over the last four years to accomplish this. Staying up past 2:00 A.M. to finish that last minute essay and doing countless amounts of history projects. Whatever the case was, I am grateful I’ve made it to this point. I don’t have to worry about whether I’m going to graduate because I’ve completed all the requirements. I even went above and beyond by taking on college credit classes. With that in mind, I’ll be one step ahead because I’ll already be getting the college work experience, doing calculus and college composition as if I was a freshman undergraduate. Enjoying high school is what I love and it will be truly missed when I step on that graduating stage, receiving my diploma, and graduating with high