High School Council Research Paper

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.

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.

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

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.

I would like to apply to be a member of the Student Council Executive Board. The board has many attributes that interest me such as leadership, community service, and planning student activities. If I was put on the Executive Board I would be able to help by giving creative ideas, setting a good role model, and helping with any community service. I know about the projects that Student Council already does such as the blood drive and the Thanksgiving baskets, but I have some of my own ideas that I would be willing to suggest on the Executive Board.

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.

High school is one of the many things in life that can change a person. You go from being super immature from middle school to being more mature in high school. High school can help mature almost anybody.

High school is something we all look forward to as kids in middle school. In high school there will be many new things, but a few couldl stay the same. There are things I expect and look forward to about high school, but there are also things I dread.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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