High School Leadership Qualities

Contemplating back on my high school journey, I began to recognize and appreciate the life changes I experienced and the imperative lessons I learned throughout those four years. If I had to choose several words to describe my high school experience, I would begin with eventful, challenging, and memorable. High school afforded me many experiences that continuously led to stressful and challenging encounters. Being involved with the Ambassador Program and the National Honor Society was one of the greatest decisions I made in high school. Both clubs provided me with numerous life-changing opportunities that will continue to have an impact on me for a lifespan.

In high school I have learned the true meaning of being selfless and what the gift of giving is. I have spent much of my high school career volunteering at school and in the community. Many students spend their years of high school partying and hanging out with their friends, but I have dedicated myself to staying after school every day to volunteer and help the Athletic Trainer at the High School, as well as being a part of our schools community service group, Youth Core, as an officer.

Two more important parts of leadership are organization and responsibility. My senior year of high school, I worked with a committee to organize a large fundraiser called “Stuff the Bus”. I helped with every aspect of the project and also served

Coming into high school I really had no idea what type of high school student I would become. But, what would really define me as a high school student was my commitment to service for the benefit of other people. For the past four years while in high school I have volunteered on Monday nights

Through my experiences, especially in basketball and my classwork, I have been able to be exposed to new things and apply my skills elsewhere in my life. In both sports and school, I have had to work with different people with different mindsets, but have come together as a cohesive team. Even if the team struggled, I still pushed through and did what was necessary for our success. Despite being discouraged at times by failure, I came right back and moved on to the next challenge. High School has helped me develop into a leader; I work towards a goal and help others that are in for the

After I graduated from middle school and entered high school, I experienced numerous changes throughout my learning and education. During my freshman year of high school, I was able to apply the skills, concepts, and knowledge that I learned throughout my years in middle school, which allowed me to gain success as a student. I

As a sophomore now I often look back on how I got here. Aside from the apparent support of loving family and friends, other factors aided in the progression of me becoming a growing leader and overall an adult. In middle school and high school my roles in student council, girl scouts, captain on several sports teams and even management holding a job too have shaped me. My more recent influences are linked directly to my decision to join a sorority last year at West Chester University, that sorority being Zeta Tau Alpha.

Middle School has impacted my life in such a huge way by giving me responsibilities, multiple opportunities for different activities, and lots of friendships. I enjoy being a big part of the school and showing my abilities as a student, in and outside of the classroom environment. I've done student council the past two years at Whitford Middle School, as well as yearbook community the past three years. In my 8th grade year, I have definitely learned multiple qualities and advantages of being a leader. In fact, in my third year of being on the yearbook community, I became the editor who was in charge of everything. That really showed me a lot about myself, and that I really can improve and help Whitford and hopefully Beaverton next year. I like

High school is such a different experience for everyone. We all take different paths and learn new things everyday. We learn trigonometry, how to fix cars, how to dissect a frog, and different laws in the world. The things we learn in class are very important, but along the way of expanding our educations, one will tend to learn a lot about themselves and others. For me, I feel that my high school experience was not ideal and I constantly complain about the outcome. Looking back in grade eight, I had a different plan for me. It took me up until this year to realize that although my experience was not something worth bragging about, I've learned a lot about who I am. I've learned to take chances, be patient, and

In high school everyone expects you to find out who you want to be before you graduate, some of us do and some of us do not. Teachers, counselors, administrators, your own family will tell you that what you do with your four years of high school will define you who you are and who you will become in the future.  I may not know who I might become but I have spent the past three and half years doing something I am passionate about. Being a part of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps has transformed my way of life. It has given me a part of my identity I never knew I had. Being able to have the confidence, leadership, and the ability to communicate with others gave me a sense of purpose.

Throughout my high school years I have learned that growth comes from experience. Through mistakes you learn what not to do, through struggles you learn how to rise above, and through high school I have learned that hard work really does pay off. I have been an honor roll student for the entirety of my high school career which has led me to many opportunities

High school has been a very interesting experience for me. It has definitely had its highs and lows and many confusing experiences in between. Overall, I feel like I have been equipped for not only college, but also life as a whole. High school has taught me many things, both academically and emotionally. It has revealed and exposed my true colors, both good and bad, and as a result, has built many aspects of my character. My experiences at school have shaped me into the person that I am today.

It feels like it was just yesterday I was walking into a new school, as a freshman, but beginning my high school career, not my college career. I feel I have grown tremendously in the last four years, both in height and maturity. But of course, like everything, there is always room for improvement. As I go on through my next three and a half years, keeping all that I learned in this class close will help me mature and define me as a person. Being aware of the different backgrounds people have come from, and what they have will ensure I keep the best attitude toward everyone I encounter. Leadership is an ongoing process that I will never fully complete. I will, in the next months and years, keep my mind and eyes open to new ideas and opportunities for me to make my impact on the community and the

ETSU Department of Social is looking forward to collaborating with the Office of Equity and Diversity and the University Advisement Center in developing a program to increase college readiness for high school students that come from low income, disadvantaged communities. Leaders Emerging Among us, (L.E.A.U), is a summer program designed to help minority and low income students gain extra skill to succeed post-graduation. The camp is designed to teach participants skills that they might not have received a chance to learn due to circumstances outside of their control. This program hopes to empower participants to accomplish goals they thought they could not achieve. At the end of the summer program participants will receive a scholarship to help towards their future academic goals.

My high school career had ups and downs. I've witnessed things not every student experiences such as a friend passing away. This really made me work harder because you never know what can happen. I think differently than most for example I do what makes me happy I don't necessarily want to be just like everyone