What has FBLA meant to me? FBLA has made an impact on my high school years. The first thing I enjoyed about FBLA is giving back to the community. Every FBLA club in Mississippi donates money to the March of Dimes as a state project. A community project we participate in is the Thanksgiving food drive and the toy drive we did this year. Giving back to the community means a lot to me because you should always take care of home. You never know when you will need help one day. FBLA has also taught me acceptance. I love that anyone can join FBLA and have an opportunity to do something great for themselves and the school. Being accepting of anyone means making new relationships and making someone feel like they are able to be part of something.
At a young age I knew as an African American woman through activism, educational autonomy, and community service, I can thrive through the wake of extreme poverty and turmoil faced by the people of my neighborhood of East New York. My interest in Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., would be based solely on their ethical standards, history, and values they are founded upon. The ladies of this organization exude exemplary character who excel in sisterhood, respect, honesty, accountability, and integrity. Throughout my life I always encouraged myself to have these ideal characteristics without knowing that one day I would be pursuing membership in a prestigious organization, whom upheld the key principles “greater service, greater progress. The first
The purpose of this organization is to bring people of all racial backgrounds together on a bi-weekly basis in a mission to provide a constructive exchange, including topics of education, culture, civic duty, recreational events, finance, health, and social events to promote the projects and philosophy of Black Students on Campus.
Over the semester I have done a great deal of listening, reading, reflecting, and a good bit of talking as well. I realized early on in this course that in order to look toward the future, I had to dig through the past. I began by examining myself and the looking into the history of the independent school movement. I examined my own feelings about race and privilege, the founding of Rocky Mount Academy (RMA), and spoke with Tony Shanks, RMA’s first Black student. I came to the conclusion that in order to shape the future of RMA, I must accept who I am, examine the history of the school, and proactively transform who we were into who we can become. I believe we should continue to strive to be the finest school in Rocky Mount by providing the best education to students regardless of race, religion, class, or economic status. Although I still have more to learn and more to do as an educator, I feel I have begun an important journey to help me be a part of a transformation at my school.
Junior and senior year I took an active role in FBLA and I am t...
“Fremont High School” an essay written by Jonathan Kozol presents a high school in need of transformation and support with educational advancement. Kozol writes about the limited educational opportunities available to the students that attend this lower class institution. Kozol addresses the overcrowding of this institution and lack of consistent staffing. The purpose of Kozol 's essay is to illustrate that lack of opportunity based on social class is an active crisis in the United States educational system, whereas addressing this crisis in the essay, Kozol would hope to achieve equal opportunities available to all socioeconomic class institutions.
Current public high school curriculum are simply too easy. Students are able to take too many easy classes that do not challenge them. This is the first point that needs to be focused on when trying to fix this problem. Within this one cause, there are many different solutions. However, I do not have the time here to name them all. I am going to focus on one particular recommendation that I believe would help the most.
When you tell me what does it mean to be a Winner FFA Chapter member? I see a person who is willingly to always try new things. I know a certain student who convent me to join FFA this year. This student and other people who are in FFA will always be doing different stuff. It doesn’t matter if it from helping wild life to helping people who are homeless. I know for certain last year the people in FFA, went to Sioux Falls, where free food was serve for people who can’t afford their next meal. The FFA members help out with severing out the food to people, while there, they realize a lot of people go on without meals for long time. They decided to find way, where people will help out and give out some free food.
Throughout my life I have contributed too many extracurricular activities such as clubs, sports teams, and volunteer groups. However my involvement in my Latinos in Action volunteer group has taught me a plethora of valuable lessons that will forever be engraved in my memory. Latinos in Action is an organization that takes minority groups in local Jr High and High Schools and guides them in going and tutoring local school children that may need extra help. We also contribute a vast of our time doing service projects such as helping at local soup kitchens, Goodwill Stores, organizing food drives, gathering gifts for the less fortunate and helping in the general community. I have participated in the organization for three years now and every
With this movement, African Americans finally got The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed. They also got The Voting Rights of 1965 passed. With these two rights, African Americans got more equality, More opportunities were given to African Americans. Also the U.S. became a more respectful country towards the differences of people.
Growing up a black female in a black neighborhood. I went to school with not much diversity in my elementary, middle school nor high school.
I have had so many amazing experiences already in my first few weeks of college. Deciding to participate in the Emerging Leaders program was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Without it, I would not have as many friends or opportunities as I do by being a member. Just this week, I became a member of DreamAKRON. I am extremely excited to begin the journey of mentoring a high school girl named Makayla!
...ately, the Movement transformed the South and the entire nation. Finally, there were equality rights for the blacks, now they could sit in the front of the bus without having to fear prosecution. There was no more segregation in public, and the black people were allowed to integrate with the white people. Now some fifty years later, black culture has seeped into everyday life and has fully integrated itself into American culture. The radio airwaves are swamped with black music, black actors and actresses are gaining ground, and black culture is seemingly the in' thing right now. One can't go around without hearing some sort of praise being sung about black culture, be it from the white folks, or the black people. Some fifty years later, black people are no longer being ostracised, right now, they are being celebrated. Life, as it seems, has come full circle for them.
I can also make a difference in the community where I live. Last year my class held a car wash to raise money for the Animal Shelter. We went to visit the dogs there and I realized that the money we raised made a difference for some of them.
I was introduced to FCA my freshman year of high school because my older sister wa...
Raising community awareness to students will teach them the importance of being involved in the community. Students being able to give back to the community will prepare them for their journey to being a positive role model or servant leader.