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Percy Lavon Julian was born on April 11, 1899 in Montgomery, Alabama, and on April 19, 1975, seventy six year old Percy Julian died of liver cancer. Exceptional student though he was, there were no high schools at the time of Julian’s childhood that would accept black students. Instead of giving up on his education, he went on to college at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, taking high school courses at night to keep up with his peers. Julian ended up graduating first in his class with honors as a Phi Beta Kappa. Julian was then accepted to Harvard University where he finished his master’s degree, later earning his doctorate at the University of Vienna in Austria.

Truitt came to realize her love for children during her career so, she got her teacher certification and went back to school to receive her masters degree in educational administartion. This allowed her to become a exceptional education teacher while still residing in Florida in 2005. She continued teaching there until 2012, when she had he second child. As a single mother of two, she made the decicion to move back home to Abbeville where she knew had a supportive family. Continuing her career as a special education teacher in her home town lead her back to her high school sport of choice, cheerleading. When the cheer coach stepped down, Ms. Truitt was asked to take over and I will forever be grateful that she accepted the task. I was nervous to try out for cheerleading in 2015 because I knew that Ms. Truitt was somewhat of a tough teacher with a backgroung in criminal justice. Classmates that had cheered that year before encouraged me to try out anyway saying that it was not as bad as I thought. When I made the team I was ecstatic but still nervous to be around Ms. Truitt. It did not take long for me to find out just how wrong my first impression of her was. Within weeks of making the team, she had become a mother figure in my

Academically, Ms. Wilson has stood out as a student that values her education. Her hard work and dedication to assist others in need

Throughout one’s childhood, they will meet many people that will have an impact on how they live their everyday lives. For me, that individual is the Houston High School dance team coach, Jennifer Taylor. Jennifer Taylor came into practice each day ready to conquer anything. Even though she had a full-time job, she still put my dance team as one of her top priorities of her everyday life. Jennifer Taylor played a significant role in my life at Houston High School because she taught me numerous life lessons throughout my four years I will never forget.

Nicole's favorite sport growing up was dance. She'd had taken such passion into dance, her life revolved around it for 5 years of her life. In her school life, she says one teacher who influenced her highly was Ms. Roca. She states that for her 3rd and 5th grade year at Banyan Elementary, Ms. Roca was not only an exceptional

To our surprise, the principal came out to the stadium, accompanied by about 25 members of their school’s Project Unify Club (a club that promotes cooperation between special needs students and ‘normal’ students), bearing signs and smiling faces. They all came to the field to cheer him on as he ran the bases one last time. Everyone in the stadium stood and cheered as he charged toward home. It was easily my most gratifying accomplishment, seeing Bailey’s face on that final stretch, and knowing that I had helped him get there by challenging the absurd idea that he meant any less because of his

As a former soccer player and coach, I believe Ally embodies the tenacity and motivation a coach hopes to find in any athlete. She loves the sport of soccer and is educated in every aspect of the sport. This knowledge makes Ally more than just a soccer player; she is a tremendous student and advocate of the sport to young girls. Ally has been on the high school team since 7th grade and has played varsity since her freshman year. Receiving numerous awards including All-District Varsity Team as a freshman and All-Regional Second Varsity Team as a sophomore, she is humble in her accomplishments. She is well respected by her teammates and is extremely unselfish.

The key aims of PE on the national curriculum focusses on a healthy lifestyle developing competence across several physical activity areas and for children to be active for sustained periods of time and encouraging children to engage in competitive activities and sports (Smith 2014. P213).

In this classroom Coach talks to the team and he starts every meeting by writing one word on the white board. Each meeting has a different word that we talk about, and each word means a lot to the team and to him. The four main words that we have heard from him so far are family, trust, believe, and selflessness. From there Coach speaks about what each word means and how the words shape good character and personality. And while Coach is up in the front of the room teaching everyone how to succeed I always say to myself that Coach’s character is made up of those words that he puts up on the board. So when I look at Coach’s life and what he has to go through it shows that he is a one of a kind man and that his character makes him push through every hardship that comes his way. For him to go through all that he does and still succeed in life takes a very powerful

Dr. Percy Lavon Julian was a spearheading chemist whose findings enhanced the field of science and saved many lives. A grandson of a slave, Julian grew up facing a lot of obstacles because of his skin color (Drew, 1950). African Americans during his time faced a lot of challenges like racism. Julian rose above this racism and turned out to be among the most influential scientists of the 20th century and a leader of civil and business rights.

Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medical drugs from plants. He was born on April 11,1899, in Montgomery, Alabama. He is known as one of the most influential chemists in American history even till today. Percy grew up in the time of racism and legal regime in the southern United States. Among his childhood memories were finding a dead man killed from a mob hanging from a tree, while walking in the woods near his home. He was born at a time when access to an education beyond the eighth grade was extremely rare for African Americans, but that didn't stop him from trying.

One of Zachary’s many interest is sports. He started out at a young age in Taekwondo. He stayed with it until he was a brown belt. He switched gears and joined a year-round swim team. He loves the water and met a lot of wonderful friends. Finally, he decided to give baseball a try. He found his niche. He realized quickly he has a natural ability with the sport.

Senior Ryan Tilley doesn’t only cheer for his school, he gives his school something to cheer about. Wherever Ryan, otherwise known as The Life of the Party, is he brings his enthusiasm for school activities ranging from parades to sporting events, and everything in between. Seeing that he is in Student Council and National Honor Society he even takes part in planning exciting activities for his fellow classmates in hopes that it will increase school pride. In addition to this, Ryan plays for his school’s football, basketball, and baseball teams. Just last year Hominy High School ended their football season undefeated and brought home their fifth football state championship with the final score being forty-two to fourteen; this is something

As a girl who had grown up in a house with three restless brothers, Christie Wisel has acquired the ability to stay patient and diligent in almost any situation. If she could handle being an only girl in a family of mostly men and teach herself what she had to do in order to succeed, she could do anything. It was in her hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska where she was quickly recognized as someone who was was going to go places in life. Throughout her years at West Valley High School, Christie was a standout student and had become a star when it came to athleticism. As a senior, she was captain of the team in all of the sports she played in and she had just received a “Student Athlete of the Year” award. Every student in the school looked up to her as their role model.

Resilient, athletic, collaborative, and joyful are words that come to our minds to describe Joyce. At age six, she started to practice three days a week with Palo Alto Lightning, a youth cross-country club. Over three years, she has improved her physical stamina, mental toughness, as well as social skills. She was not always the best runner in her team, but was always ready to do what is necessary to create a fun environment for everybody. This year, I helped out as a room parent at the Stanford Math Circle, where Joyce is one of the few participating girls since second grade. Naturally, she was challenged with certain problems, but she would never hesitate to try different approaches that she was not familiar with, sometimes with teacher’s