Keeping yourself open to growth throughout life opens opportunities and leadership positions, which you wouldn’t have know about otherwise. I have joined many clubs throughout my first two years at Saint Xavier and loved them all. I have joined marine biology club, ski club, and fishing club. I have also joined the community service program special olympics. For my first action step, I will get involved in more clubs, electives, and community services options. I plan on joining the engineering club and looking at many other options at the club fair, as well as returning to my old clubs too. I’m also going to look for new and interesting electives such at anatomy and finance, to narrow down my major for college As I become a junior next year, I look forward to joining the big buddies program and eventually achieving a leadership role within in it. Next year, I will use my classes to break out of my comfort zone to meet new students and teachers. In doing all of this, I hope to find more friends that I can hang out with, so I’m not with the same group everyday. My second action step is to get a tutor for any classes that I’m …show more content…
Throughout my first two years at Saint Xavier I have become kind, understanding, and friendly. I have created many friends within my classes to build relationships for the future. When my friends need advice for something, I’m there for them. When my friends are struggling to study for a test, I’m there for them. When my friends are confused with the homework, I’m there for them. I also do the same for family, which includes taking out the trash, cutting the grass, and doing my Landry. I also usually have to keep my brother up to standards too, by making sure he brushes his teeth and takes out the dog out (Bentley). I’m always talking with my parents, keeping them updated on how school is going and how my grades are. Grades mean a lot to them, so keeping those up makes them
Next year, as I embark my first year at university, I hope to fully integrate myself into the community by getting involved in the Students' Union, joining the cheer team, volunteering where I can and making many new friends along the way. At university, I hope to maintain a high grade point average, granted that my education is extremely important to me and that I am extremely ambitious about achieving my goals.Therefore, I will commit lots of my time to my studies in hopes of being a successful student. Nevertheless, I am still looking forward to being a part of the community by devoting my extra time to helping those around me. In classes, I intend on being an active learner, a respectful student, and a helpful classmate; someone who is always willing to lend a hand to others. Through engaging in my community, I hope to bring joy to others around me by spending my time supporting local events, volunteering for fundraisers, and helping plan and organize campus activities.
The years in high school would perhaps be the most formative years for my future and I want these to be spent at Sidwell Friends because it values intellectual inquiry, provokes authentic exploration, and puts prodigious emphasis on giving back to the community. I have pursued my intellectual interests and have been engaged in community service both in and out of the classroom. I’ve been interning at a technology startup in Silicon Valley building an Analytics platform for addressing the challenges of clean water across global communities. I also volunteer at a charitable organization dedicated to the empowerment of refugees in the USA to lead sustainable lives. I’m committed to pursue these interests and am confident that Sidwell Friends with
As a student, I am an active participant in my academic and extracurricular activities. My first priority has always been to make good grades and learn in school. Although this is important to me, I also know that by participating in clubs, sports, and after school activities, I will become a well-rounded student. During the past years of my high school career I have participated and received awards in the following: Cheerleading (eight years), twice as captain, '97 -'98 Varsity Letter in Cheerleading, '98 AIM scholar, Who's Who Among American Cheerleaders, and '98 Academic Excellence Award while participating in Virginia High School League Interscholastic Activities. I also belonged to the following clubs: S.A.D.D. club (two years), second year as secretary, Pep Club, Varsity Club, Choir Club, and Computer Club. In the year '99 -'00 I received awards in the following classes: Computer Applications, Spanish I, World Geography, and Advanced Algebra/Trigonometry. I also received an award for Most Encouraging Student. I currently belong to the Hiking and Outdoor Club, Ski Club, Pep Club, and Environmental Awareness Club. In addition, this year I participate in a program called Read With A Friend. In this program I, along with a group of other students, go to the near by elementary school to read to a class of students from kindergarten to fifth grade.
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My heart was beating and my hands were sweating. My teacher asked me a question and I wanted to cry. I didn’t know how to say my response in English and was afraid of the other kids making fun of me because I thought my accent was too strong. All the students stared. “Just answer the question” one girl murmured. Every day I’d sit in the same seat without talking. And even though I had spent a month in the same classroom I felt uncomfortable being there. I moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic when I was twelve. I knew the word for “mariposa” was “butterfly,” and I knew how to introduce myself, but that was about all. Some people would even become frustrated due to the fact they couldn’t understand me, or the other way around. Knowing how they felt about me not being able to communicate made me want to shut myself off from them.
This article got me thinking. I had face situation in my life that because of my bad grammar I had let go of great opportunities. English is my second languish and I thought that as long as I knew the basic I would be ok in life. But as I got older I started seeing the pattern of negatives effects of my insecurity of grammar. My return to college open my eyes to a better potential in life just by continually a proper college education. When reading this article the wheels of my brain started spinning. The first image that pop in my head, was my children trying to mimic all the YouTubers online with their in style vocabulary. Then two little boys appear in my head, two little boys that I saw ones about 10 years ago for about 10mn. I have forgotten them, until
There are many traits I have that I feel I could bring to the campus, and enrich the community. A lot of these traits I picked up with my journey of high school. For me high school was a time for me to prove myself with hard work, and keeping my grades up. However, I had many obstacles along the way. These obstacles may have made my journey into high school a lot more difficult, but I had the opportunity to grow and become a stronger person from the situations I had to face. The first obstacle I ran into was freshman year. I had started out with a good GPA and it looked like I was off to a good start. As things looked to be going my way, I started getting strep throat and tonsillitis constantly, making me miss a good amount of school. The doctor
In college, I will also be exposed to new clubs and activities. I feel that club and after school activities can make a person more involved and give a person the right qualities to become a leader. Involvement in extra events has provided a balance for rigorous course study. With the pressures that college brings, I will probably want to be involved in many groups.
If there was a turning point in my life, it probably occurred around my freshman year of high school. Before this year began I has recently received the sacrament of confirmation in the Catholic church. In my church this sacrament is seen as a final step in the process of attaining full membership into the church. We believe that through it you receive certain special gifts and insights. I broach this event because something definitely changed in me after this process. Up until freshman year I had struggled to even get all A's. I'd usually end up just shy of all A's. Suddenly, in freshman year, something just clicked. I was off to a fairly good start with all A's. Something else had changed during this year that probably affected this trend. During
I’ve spent the past ten years of my life pushing my body to the max. Sore muscles and blistered toes have become common for me. In fact, I can’t remember the last time a week’s gone by without one body part or another hurting. My blood, sweat, and tears are probably embedded in the floorboards of my studio — but I wouldn’t trade it for a thing. No matter how much pain it causes me, I keep coming back. Dance has truly become my life. It’s a form of self expression that I’ve learned to use as a method of self improvement for every part of my life. I often use it as a coping mechanism. When I’m upset, the barre is there for me to lean on. When I’m angry, I can put on my pointe shoes and prance my problems away. I could be in the worst possible
The first few years that I went to school were pretty tough, because I was just starting to understand what to do. I wasn't one of those smart kids i needed a little help but i pushed through it and I graduated. My teacher for kindergarten her name was Mrs. Romen-ello. Then second grade came and I was expecting all went down that year. I struggled trying to learn I couldn't focus like the other kids. Then 3rd grade came and I still wasn't all that smart I still pushed through it.
It was rumored in the third grade that I would have my right hand amputated. This rumor was stemmed from the fact that I broke my arm, where both the ulna and radius were snapped. The people that surrounded me, being doctors and family were frightened at the sight of me holding my dangling hand with the other. Breaking my arm of itself was not a challenge, but it was the recovery that would challenge my determination and character.
The moment I stepped on the ferry was like no other. The feeling of the moisture from Lake Superior on my skin was breathtaking. I have passed Mackinac city a million times but never experienced the heart-stopping beauty of Lake Superior and Mackinac Island. When I arrived to the island there were thousands of people all around me. I have never been accustomed to how many people were around, and on such a small island. Living in Michigan for almost half my life and moving away from this experience was something I thought would never happen. I really took living there for granted. I had never realized all of the things I never did until after moving and coming back to Michigan to discover more. I moved to Wyoming the beginning of summer 2010.
Fear is just a reason to try harder is a saying that you might think of . Well this type of fear is different . THere was a time in my life where i was just taken over by fear i was not happy at all i would not smile . I was really nervous about coming to middle school . I was nervous because there are so many new people here and the locks on lockers were a scary thing to me to make that transition .
In Grade 9 I was quite uninvolved with the Brebeuf community. I did then and still do idolize my brother, so naturally I participated in anything he did. Unfortunately for me, he was not all that involved, so I ended up only joining the rugby team and attending the annual CSUNA (Catholic School United Nations) event. In Grade 10, I continued to idolize my brother; however, I also began to realize that I could form my own path through high school. It was at this time when I first realized that I wanted to make a change. I would no longer participate in only two activities; instead, I would branch out in an attempt to reach the entire school community. Between Grade 10 and 11 I finally began to put the pieces of my life together. Both my academic and social lives began to flourish, as my average increased by 14% and I became what author Malcolm Gladwell refers to as a “connector”; someone who brings together members of different social groups. In the beginning of Grade 11, a friend of mine told me that I would make a good Student Council President, so I set to work to prove him right. I worked tirelessly to reach out to the most vulnerable students at