Personal Narrative: National Honor Society

National Honor Society is a great opportunity for me to give back to the community. I am Marcel Kas and I am currently a sophomore (2016-2017). I was the president of NJHS in middle school (2014-2015). Through my first two years of high school I have been able to take honors and AP courses allowing me to have a GPA of 4.143. I am also involved in many after school activities. I am currently a part of the tennis team, German National Honor Society, and the Greenfield High School marching band. I also volunteer my time to my community. I always volunteer for Polish cultural events like Polish Fest, I volunteer at church by being a lector and by helping out the priest every Friday and Sunday by being an altar boy, I am in a choir, I babysit,

My personal development has been molded by many people and things, yet the four pillars of National Honor Society have exceeded all other influences in their potency. Scholarship, service, leadership, and character— each pillar engenders its own unique form of impact upon me. Furthermore, the foundation of my future goals harmonizes seamlessly with the pillars; I shall strive toward success by applying them throughout my life.

Since the beginning of my high school career I have embodied the four pillars of National Honor Society. The past summer I spent over a hundred hours volunteering at Pocono Medical Center. At PMC I was entrusted to escort patients being discharged by wheelchair or walking,

East Carolina University is and has always been a dream school for many students including myself. I have grown up hearing about the University and it is nothing short of spectacular. Many family members of mine have attended East Carolina, and I have always pictured myself at this school. It would be an honor to be a pirate. Throughout high school I have struggled in Science and Math. I know I could have done better in high school but in life you can always do something better, im eager to push myself more and work harder than ever to succeed as an adult, if given the chance There are many times when I should I have put school in front of my extra curricular activities such as dancing, art, work, tennis, and swimming. However, all of those

I am a member of National Honor Society. We volunteer and help people in anyway we can. So far I have about 20 hrs of community service. I helped my teacher moved everything in his class during the summer. I helped an old woman raked leaves in her backyard. I volunteered to assist my high school's registration. I lend a hand to elementary school children and basically played and watched them. I assisted a youth wrestling tournament. There are many more services in which I hoped to help out.

Before coming to James Madison University I had no clue what I wanted to get involved in. Whether it was a club sport, business related group, or a social fraternity I just wanted to be apart of something that was bigger than myself. At the beginning of the school year I looked into tryouts for club baseball, the Madison Investment Fund and rush schedules for fraternities on campus. I quickly found out that club baseball wasn’t for me, at least for my freshman year. I then asked around about MIF and got the sense that you needed a very heavy Economics background and that it was very challenging to be accepted as a freshman. MIF is something I hope to get involved in next fall. In the back of my head I always knew that a social fraternity was what

As surprising as it may sound, I have been doing community service since the sixth grade and it is a new experience each time. It all began with a community clean up known as 'Keep McAllen Beautiful' as we got there everyone seemed excited to be there. It was beautiful to see such unity inside of my community, and I decided from then on that I would like continue helping out where it is needed. As I joined the National Honor Society my chances of providing my services increased, and I decided that I would assume a position of leadership when needed. I became the society's president, which allowed me to develop my time management skills, creativity, and efficiency. I organized an fundraiser for the hurricane Harvey disaster victims where all

When I was younger, I had a difficult time making new friends because I never started conversations and never stood up with what I believed in. I was told to join clubs and be open to make new friends, but I always seen myself fading into the background. I was tired of being known as “the shy girl” so I decided to make a difference in my life. I built up enough confidence and took the initiative to join clubs and open myself to new opportunities. Although it was difficult at first, I found myself getting comfortable and wanting to make a positive change to the community by becoming a leader. This was the most significant experience of my life because I conquered my shyness. This is why the fours pillars that best define my pillars is leadership, service, confidence, and dedication.

Before everything I’d like to apologize for the inconvenience I’ve caused. I’d like to start off by going back to the start. So some background on me, I knew that Mariah, Raquel, and Megan were all in the chapter and wanted me to join. I didn’t really think anything of it until my first semester of Sophomore year, Ana and Jamison joined. Now I was considering it even more, maybe this was worth joining since I had a good amount of friends were in it, but I couldn’t because I had things going on in my life and I still wasn’t certain what exactly I was joining.

“What defines you as a person is not the life you were born into, but what you made of it” Shahid Kapoor said. This quote can mean many things, but to me, it means that the things that are given to you are not as important as the things you have to work for. The things I have had to work for over the last 17 years of my life have shaped the person I am today.

A $3,000 dollar scholarship, or any scholarship for that matter, would open me to a plethora of opportunities, taking away the financial burdens that would typically discourage me. A $3,000 scholarship would help me be one step closer to my goal, and dream I have had since I was in kindergarten-- to be a Senator. My dream of becoming a Senator, while ambitious, does not come without determination, regardless of my financial situation or any other socially constructed boundaries. $3,000 today would mean that I could save now, while I continous on my quest of lifelong knowledge at a higher education institution. I recognize that I am one of the few who has been given these privileges of being able to chase after my own dream. I have the unique

When I first signed up to join the honors program at the university I was fairly nervous. Growing up I was a timid person and my assumption was that I would not fit in a critical thinking course. When I arrived on first day of class I was floored by how excited I was for the class. Throughout the semester the class has become more and more enjoyable with few moments that I did not enjoy. I now have the ability to go home and successfully debate with my parents about some political or social matter (without becoming infuriated and leaving the room).

During my eighth grade overnight trip to Boston, I bought a Harvard t-shirt off a sketchy guy near Plymouth Rock. The letters were wonky (the fabric was too rough to be resemble anything remotely high-quality) but I wore the t-shirt everywhere. I had hoped that I would someday wear an official Harvard 2021 shirt, and continue my straight trajectory into a well-paying career and notoriety and a loving husband.

Right after third grade ended, my friends and I were racing in wagons. At the time it sounded like an awesome idea, but when I got in my wagon I had my sister give me a push down the hill for a little boost, but when as I went downhill, I hit a hose that was laying in the road and the wagon hit it and flipped over. As I was falling, I put my right arm to stop myself, but that only made things worse. I hit the pavement so hard and at such a fast speed that it broke my arm. At the time I didn’t know it broke so I proceeded inside and I told my mom what had happened and she just told me to lay down until it felt better, but it never did. My mom finally took a look at it and noticed it swelled up a lot more, so she called the doctor’s office and

I see myself as funny, compassionate, and stubborn. I am funny because I can almost find