High School Council Research Paper

In my junior year of high school, I decided that I wanted to plan a college and career day. Over the years, equity in education has become a very important topic to me. When I have ventured out into schools with higher funding then my school, the difference in available resources is very obvious. I believe that every child is entitled to the same resources no matter what their background is. Consequently, over a Christmas break me and a friend started planning the fair. We invited three colleges, and ten different speakers who each had a different career. While the fair was rather small, I think that day everyone took something valuable from it. No student at my school had organized an event like this on their own. My class saw that day that even teenagers are capable of creating the change they want to see around them. After that day I saw more people advocating for themselves and having dialogue with our school's administration.

On March 10, 2017, I boarded a plane bound for San Francisco amid the hustle and bustle of spring break travel traffic. However, this was no regular spring break vacation, filled with relaxation and carefree experiences. In fact, I was only going to be the Golden City for thirty-six hours, and I was on my way to the national conference being held by the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs. As one of their two national scholarship recipients for the 2016-2017 school year, I was invited to attend the conference in order to publically accept my scholarship and was encouraged to attend any panels I wished. As suggested by the name of the organization, the conference was centered on community college education programs and teaching in general. When I arrived on Friday, the only event being held was a networking reception, where I met individuals from various community colleges around the nation. However, Saturday was a much more eventful day, with my spending eight hours at the conference.

Coach Linville explained how Racheal’s close friends and family were in awe and disbelief upon discovering that Rachel died in the shooting. After the presentation, I described to Coach Linville how Rachel's Challenge was moving to me. Afterwards, I remember explaining my stance on bullying and how I was being bullied. Without delay, she informed me of the No Place 4 Hate Coalition. In my 7th and 8th grade year, I actually organized this presentation with the help of the Leadership Team! I was also a part of other leadership-based and community service-based programs in my middle school: Student Council and National Junior Honor Society. Being a member of both of these groups have provided me the opportunity impact my middle school in an unfathomable way, and they’ve allowed my to uphold and promote my principles of ethics, demonstrate high standards of honesty and reliability while also building upon the skills of leadership, critical thinking and social skills, so I believe three strongest qualities are my ability to connect with others different from me, being able to think outside of the box, and my work

So it’s the start of senior year, and I got this assignment to write a High School Letter to myself. My first 3 years of high school were anything but “normal”. Still, the experience I’ve had and continue to have were very fun.

Throughout the four years of high school, one of the biggest improvement I have made is opening myself more. I started out high school as a completely different person than I am today. When I entered high school, I was an extremely shy girl who had a hard time making friends and talking in public. I struggle a great deal with participation points, presentations, as well as just getting along with classmates. I would always just stick with a few close friends instead of trying to make new ones. Somewhere along the way, I started attending church more often and becoming more involved. Being more involved at church helped me start opening up and allowing myself to be who I really am.

My freshmen year I ran for president of our Gender-Sexuality Alliance, SOUP. I won the position and I work with our leadership team to plan such events as our bake sale, health fair, holiday pride drive, and our plan for the day of silence coming up this April. For our table at the Phoenixville health fair at the beginning of the year, we made kindness cards and reached out to our community for support of our LGBTQ+ students. While planning the Health fair I made the kindness cards in all my free time showing that I can dedicate my free time to help the club. We ended up with an abundance of kindness cards as a result of my hard work and the work of the other club members and helped brighten the attendees days with our kind

Your class has people you know but they are only acquaintances. This school year I realized that you don’t always need your friends to have a good class or good day. West Meck has a very friendly atmosphere that not many schools have and unfortunately it’s something we aren’t known for. A lot of laughter comes out of everyday with your friends but I never realized until now how much I laugh with just my classmates and teachers. Also I would like to remember all the times at West Meck when we did things to make our voice be heard. Like for the Gun Violence walkout, the Chorus petition, even when teachers went to Raleigh to protest. These moments were important because they enlighten the mood at West Meck, bring everyone together, and make high school for individuals enjoyable. I think it’s very important for students to make a positive impact in school so that they can do the same in the real

During high school, you either become a member of a club or an athlete. In my case, I decided to be part of Student Council so I could be more involved in school activities. All of the student council members were required to run for a leadership position, from president to historian. When senior year came, I knew I wanted to run for a competitive and very important position. And that’s exactly what happened I decided to run for senior class president, but I never expected such an outcome.

Now that I have half a year in highschool, I would like to tell the incoming freshman some things they may want to now for the upcoming school year.

In the beginning of my junior year, I applied to the Junior Leadership Program of El Paso, a well-known and competitive organization within our city. The application is only open to current juniors in high school and I was one of the lucky four to be selected to represent our school in the program. This was the first time Northwest Early College High School would participate in the program. Within the first month, I met with forty other students from other high schools around El Paso and we soon became close friends. Our first meeting with each other, was a team building exercise where we got to experience a Ropes Course. Not only did we have to depend on each other, but we cheered each other on to the finish. That is all it took

High school is widely believed to be a successful system that prepares adolescents for a job and college, but does public high school prepare teens for the real world?(Ivywise.com) Between purely academic teaching and metaphorical hoop jumping, the high school system does not seem very productive at all. Molly Aillis wrote an article agreeing that public high school simply fails to bridge the gap between school and the real world(odyssey.com). The current school system promotes group paced learning rather than encouraging students to challenge themselves and travel at their own pace.

The most important thing that Student Council does in our school, is that it allows students to be able to use their gifts they have to help better our school in so many different ways.

my family is the most important thing to me! They support me at the toughest times and they never turn an opportunity for myself down. I am thankful for there support and i'm very appreciative for that . I am a senior at Dr.justin Wakeland High School this year ! I am happy to say that I have been involved in many activities and i'm looking forward to this upcoming year, I am very excited to be starting student council this year .Student council will put me more in the community of our school to help make the student body feel more at ease with learning and being apart of the school's pride . Im a strong believer in giving back to the community , I am always asking to help with stocking stuffers or help take clothing to the resale store. I

It was a normal spring afternoon, the midday sun shone through wide windows, lighting up the otherwise dim living room. I had just returned home from school and I dropped my bag heavy with my algebra textbook to the floor with a loud thump. My mom stood in the kitchen, shuffling noiselessly through the mail. She presented me with a thick white envelope that had my name neatly and elegantly handwritten on the front. My curiosity was brimming and I quickly tore open the thin paper, revealing the contents within.

High school is one of the most important lessons that any kid can have. High school has taught me many important lessons for my future. I learned how to have responsibility, and not care what people think.