Asb Reflection

Asb has really taught me how to be a strong and effective leader that everyone will want to follow. I have never thought of being a leader as being the top

I was the activities director and as activities director, I executed and supervised extracurricular activities, programs, and field trips. I created and designed promotional materials for all activities, wrote and published school newsletters, and managed social media content. Being an adolescent in this position, gave me a better insight on what the students desired and I, in turn, gave the students a greater experience in that area. I will take that drive, determination, and experience, and everything I learned from it and apply it to my schoolwork and my overall college

I voiced the opinions of many students in my class and took charge of some of our events like semi formal projects. I enjoyed it so much so, I ran to become the treasurer of my junior class. Though I had not won, I still take part in student council. I also joined Jewish Student Union as recommended by my friend and felt it to be an amzing way to get involved with my religion and learn more, later taking on an officer position. To challenge myself I applied for Hispanic Honor Society in which students had to write an essay and remember an induction speech. It all worked out, as I had made it in and tutor students. Also I particpated in my first high school sport, Girls Bowling. After my first practice I improve exponential to the point in which I was part of the varsity team, cheering on the

My personal experiences of leadership started when I was younger, roughly 7 years old, I was elected the captain of my travel soccer team. At the time I didn’t think much of it, nor did I have any extra duties that I was explicitly told that I needed to perform. Later throughout the season, I started to notice my teammates mimicking my styles and techniques and I highly enjoyed this feeling of being looked up to. I didn 't realize until years after that the recognition and pride I felt was leadership. This privilege of being captain was the first time I had realized that people weren 't necessarily following my actions because I was extraordinarily skilled, but because I provided this role model status with my confidence and encouragement. Some of the most valuable leaderships traits that I acquired and fortified are:

I am currently the Secretary of the Senior Class and the Secretary of the National Honor Society. I have represented my class through Student Council since freshman year, and I was elected as Junior Delegate of the National Honor Society last year. I put multiple hours into both of these activities each week, and I plan to put a lot of effort into the position I am applying for (Entertainment Executive Chair).

But after I realized how involved we got to be in all of our school’s major decisions, I was hooked. I was overjoyed when I was presented with this amazing opportunity to not only better my campus for me, but for all of my peers. I believe this relates to the person I am because I love being able to solve complex social problems not only to satisfy my needs and wants, but others as well. Which is exactly what ASB is about. It’s not only something that is useful to me, but I love doing it. I love interacting with other people and helping them out. For example, last year I was elected Senior Class President. In the past, the seniors have usually waited until senior year actually starts in order to start organizing events. This year, directly after I was elected, I created and ordered all of our senior shirts with my fellow officers to have for the last day of school. And over the summer I made sure that our senior class was going to be able to have a perfect senior sunrise the first day of school complete with music and the ever popular Teddy’s Donuts. By going to class everyday, I get to help my peers everyday. ASB has been an important experience for me, because I’ve been able to grow as a person, and learn new leadership skills.

I was always volunteering for class representative. I loved how I was helping the school and creating positivity for everyone else in the school. Although this may not compare to what ASB does for our school, I have experience that I could use that to influence my actions to produce an encouraging school tone. Another experience I have in leadership is in my camping group. I was in a YMCA dad-and-daughter camping program and for one of the years I was involved my father and I were in charge of the 300 person group. My job was to help the other girls and create entertaining activities for everyone to enjoy. I also planned many things such as; the general activity theme for each campout, how to make everyone feel welcomed and included, and the locations for the campsite. I also rewarded and identified good behavior and helped create new friendships with the people in our program. These leadership experiences are one of the reasons why I am a good fit for

Going into my final year of high school, I had been elected as the Vice President of the National Honour Society for Murphy High School’s charter. With this new position, I had to contribute ideas on how to raise money for our club and school, how to improve the students involved, and how the club could better the school. The election was based on nominations and popular vote. I was elected because I was outspoken and provided ideas as much as I could in meetings. This allowed for my fellow peers to understand that I cared for the honor society and wanted to better the program.

I have to do class visits to tell students about the protocol and resources that are available in the school to make sure they know all of the support that is available to them. Another one of my jobs in this committee is to attend committee meetings and staff meetings to discuss new protocol that is being implemented in the school, to ensure the safety of the students and

Holding position in our class government every year has always been a highlight of my high school career. As a senior now I am Class President, the National Honors Society President, the Future Christian Athletes Faith Leader, and the Science Club Vice President. I’m also the National Honors Society community service group leader, and with that position I’ve been able to really connect with my community through the community outreach programs I’ve luckily been able to be apart of.

Some of the things that I am tasked with include helping make decisions on the plays/musicals, making plans for the members to get together and make new relationships, and overall watch over and change the Drama Department in any way needed. A task that I had been recently assigned was to try and get the Drama Department varsity letters. About a month ago I was successful in that task. It took about six months to get them but when we were awarded with the letters the Drama Department was changed. This was a major award because now, because of the planning and pushing that I had put into this project, the Drama Department can give out varsity letters every year to students who have met the requirements. This project has impacted and changed the community because now there is a bigger support for the arts throughout the community and, like said before, students now have the access to earn a letter later in their high school

Being a leader means having the ability to compromise, the ability to listen well and to empathize. I have demonstrated leadership at work with my coworkers who are interns and are new to the job. I always show them what to do and how to do it right. I also encourage them that with time and practice they will get used to the job. At school, I always try to correct my classmates whenever I see them do something wrong. I show them how to do it right. It just never feels right to me seeing someone do something wrong and not correcting them or showing them the right thing. Some of my classes like art I have with students who are in a lower grade than me, students who are just learning to draw and paint. Most times I show them some drawing and painting techniques that would them. We also work in groups most times at school and I’ve learnt never to criticize anyones ideas. I respect people’s ideas and people themselves. The first and most important area of leadership is to show others respect and gain respect and I believe it is important to show respect whether the person deserves it or not.

By attending summer workshops I plan to take all of the things I’ve learned there back to my council. Sharing my knowledge and skills will not only make our council stronger, but it will also make our school a place where leadership is expected and accepted. Building the community around me will encourage others to help, volunteer, and stay inspired.

As this has been my first semester at the ASMS this is the first semester reflection I have done. When I first arrived at the start of the year I was quite nervous, not knowing what to expect. Once the classes started I was a little overwhelmed by the style of learning and the work load near the end of each term. In my first term at the ASMS my grades had dropped from where they were at my previous school however, we were told to expect this. By the end of the second term my grades had risen from C’s and B’s to B’s and A’s. My evidence came from the fact that I hardly received and C’s on my assignments or tests. I can’t really decide which subject is my best because I have received an even amount of A’s B’s and C’s in each subject. However,

The second year I become a student counselor for the SSC and facilitated the freshman and sophomore students for two years. During my time as a student counselor, we worked on many community service projects where I arranged blood drives, talent shows for the disabled students, charity works for the homeless, and night classes for the homeless kids that were taught on a voluntary basis by my fellow students. This became the only form of education these kids received, and because if its consistency, the SSC granted a budget of 200 USD (20,000 BD, Taka). I also organized an art competition for the homeless children to help raise awareness for the night school in which many organizations donated money. Planning these events really helped build up my leadership skills because I was constantly learning how to accomplish tasks in different ways.