My Calling In High School

For the last 17 years my father has worked with nonprofits to bring education to refugee camps in the most forgotten places on earth. He goes where the most basic services that we take for granted are lacking. All his efforts are made under the premise that education is the most liberating assistance of all. This early awareness of the abysmal inequalities that exist in the world has profoundly influenced my character and worldview. I carried out a variety of service activities in high school, all focused on helping leverage educational opportunities. My volunteer work allowed me to put my

My whole life I have been invested in doing what I love, focusing on my true passions, as well as finding new ones. I have been very involved in my high school, and have been lucky enough to be a part of multiple clubs and activities. Without these activities, my high school experience and life would be a lot different. I have been an active drama club member, a part of ‘Bottlecappers,’ a club advocating anti-drug, alcohol, and bullying to younger students in my district, and many other community service opportunities. I am lucky to have the opportunity to be in these activities, as they have shaped me to be the young adult I am today.

By joining Family Career and Community Leaders of America I feel as though i am serving a very good part in the community by helping others. The help is then represented by the school and i have a sense of integrity by priding myself in the achievements that i have made in Conner High School.

As my high school career ends, I notice increasingly how much life that I have yet to live and the opportunities available to me in the years ahead. The past four years have been great preparation for my future endeavors, but college is the path leading to my full potential. In order to reach the end of this path, I utilize my most valuable trait—determination—to set short and long-term goals and achieve them. It is with this “can do” spirit—like the one my grandpa, a former Navy Seabee, evinces through his stories—that I have set my personal goals: to volunteer my time in service to others, further develop leadership skills through experiential learning, and excel at my school work no matter how challenging it may seem. Though these may

Throughout my freshman year at Notre Dame Preparatory I have participated in many new activities that have allowed me to grow in character, leadership, and service. Examples of such activities include school athletics, membership in the United States Civil Air Patrol, and ushering at my Catholic parish. Through school athletics I have not only grown in my athletic ability in the sports of track and cross country, but I have grown in my ability to move through adversity and challenges. In addition to my participation in school sports I joined the United States Air Force Auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol. Through Civil Air Patrol I have grown tremendously through classes every week, a week long training

Ever since my elementary years, I have taken my education and the work I do seriously. My dedication to the qualities of scholarship, character, leadership, and service have helped me during my high school experience as high school was a eye-opener for a young girl with big dreams. A quote that is to mind when I think about what dedication to scholarship and character means to me is one by St. Jerome; “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.” I have always gone past the point that is the best I can do in my academics accomplishments, building my character, being a leader, and helping others. I take pride in the fact that I work hard, push myself, and excel

Over the years I have encountered many road blocks, none of which I hadn’t been able to overcome. My freshman year I had been cut from the volleyball team after working so hard over the summer to improve my skills. I admit, I felt extremely put down by this turn of events but if that had never happened, I wouldn’t have found the sport I love more, cross country. On top of that, I received and application for National Honors Society last year, and I was ecstatic. However, when I didn’t quite make it in, there was a determination in me to find a way to better improve the skills required to qualify to be a part of this amazing group of people. Those events shaped my character deeply. I also had the amazing opportunity to go on a mission trip to

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.

Volunteering for the Special Olympics was an incredible experience, while interacting with the athletes I learned to be more appreciative and I saw genuine happiness. I was given the amazing opportunity to volunteer at this event because I am a part of Grace club. Grace club is an organization in my school that helps and interacts with kids who have special needs. One of the club's main goals is informing others about the disabilities these children have and how to properly interact with them. It also works towards building respect for people with disabilities and changing the public's perception of these disabilities. I decided to join Grace club for various reasons, but the main reason I decided to join the club was because I would be able to help and interact with these children. I believe lots of compassion and patience is needed when interacting with these children. Volunteering in this club and the Special Olympics fulfills my needs of helping

In 2012 I wanted to give back to my community, so on thanksgiving I decided to feed 100 homeless people around the downtown portland area. I put together 100 lunch bags that included a turkey sandwich, bag of chips, granola bar, and water. Not only did I feed 100 people, I was fortunate to sit down and talk to most of them. most importantly I was able to give them my time and to hear their stories as well as sharing my own story with them. In 2013 I was honored to give a speech to my fellow classmates at PCC about my experience feeding the homeless and how I planned to do this every year. After my speech I few of my classmates told me I inspired them to do the same. Im thankful for my diverse background and culture and I would love to bring that to the University Of Oregon. I plan on sharing my story and listening to other students stories as well. I would love to work with other students on making the campus and community a better place. By talking about my story and my culture I feel like I can inspire many students. I would also love to be apart of the Multicultural academic excellence program and being apart of the African Student Association. University Of Oregon has many students from different backgrounds and I would love to be apart of

I currently work with an at-risk, yet extremely lovely and lively class of high school seniors who are preparing for life after graduation through a system called AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination). Our goal is to prepare them for post-secondary education despite their circumstances. I was a participant of this program for all four years of my high school

I joined clubs that controlled individual aspects of my life in education, collaboration and leadership that would prepare me for a college life. However, the biggest impact I made at my school was being involved in my marching band. As a junior, I was chosen by my band director to step into the role of a senior and lead our band. I doubled as a section leader for saxophones and drum major leading about 90 kids on the field. As a junior it was frustrating dealing with seniors who invalidated your position simply because of age, but as a program it was a growing experience. It was stressful and time consuming, but it was such a culminating opportunity to mature and grow not only in the program, but also as a person. I never understood how much this program meant to me until I was separated from my parents and put into a placement home, away from the single two people who lifted the world off my shoulders. The band room became my home when I refused to call a strangers house my home. I then realized that this program wasn't just teaching me how to play an instrument, but also helped me to get through life in a safe way. Now as a senior, I continue to be the drum major of a much larger band and hope to help the kids find their comfort in music as I did when nothing else was

My last year of high school I got accepted into a program in my school called PALS, Peer Assistance and Leadership. In this program we mentor elementary and middle school kids, and help make a positive difference in the lives of other students. Instead of me making a difference

Very young, whether it was the medical field or educational field, I knew I wanted to serve people. Not just regular people, but helpless people, the ones that strive for that conditional attachment that someone is there for them. Recently, I’d say about two years ago, I decided the medical field was how I wanted to reach out to people and aid them in their times of need. As an energetic and outspoken freshman, I was all about sports. Track and Field was all that was on my mind, and it was taken away from me.

Extracted from the comfort of my hometown, I had the opportunity to attend one of the best schools in Mobile County. Faced with many challenges I managed to make lifelong friends, set an example for others, and learn to accept and respect perspectives that are not my own. I had come from a small town with people who were simple minded and were afraid to push the envelope. The change in location exposed me to a more diverse student body and equipt me with the tools I needed to expand my intellect and world view. I was chosen to be a peer tutor on the special education hall, frowned upon by my Ap teachers who encouraged me to drop the class. I am immensely grateful to have been among such intelligent individuals. My unit focused on students with Asperger Syndrome, a developmental disorder affecting ability to effectively socialize and communicate. I had built relationships with the students and immediately fell in love with their ability to be brutally honest. I was one of few who appreciated their honesty and they accepted my friendship because of it. The truth hurts but so does life. That was something I needed in such a dark time in my life, a meeting with reality itself. They allowed me to see the beauty in the struggle. They taught me to be honest with myself. My purpose in life had gone missing in a bowl of Campbell’s number soup. All my life I’ve been a series of numbers, not a