Reflective Essay On Dual Enrollment

Between band practice, studying, and officer meetings, I find time to volunteer. Through my 3 clubs, I have completed over 250 hours of volunteer service. Many of my service hours have come from HOSA, where I can obtain clinical experience through volunteering at nursing homes, health fairs, or hospitals. Volunteering has been extremely important to me, and every experience is special. I can remember vividly my first volunteer experience at a soup kitchen where a man began to sing hymns. It was such a shock to me that I could be as much of a blessing to people. That experience inspired me to continue volunteering throughout high

Over the past year, I have served my school and community in many different ways. Whether it be through volunteering or participating in organizations that work to make changes in the lives of others. I try to stay involved in my environment. Currently, I am a student at Rockford Lutheran High School. With the multitude of clubs, my school offers, I am able to interact with other club members to promote student participation. Every year we participate in drives and fundraisers. In Key Club, each year we put together solider boxes. We collect a variety of small items and send hand packaged boxes to our fighting soldiers, as a gift for christmas. Other drives that I partake in are the canned food drives for the local food pantries, and the clothing drives to give winter clothing to those less fortunate. This helps to provide this vulnerable population with warmth during the cold winter months.

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.

I am enrolled in the Commonwealth Governor's School. It is a rigorous academic program for highly gifted and motivated students. The program, which spans all four years of high school, is designed to challenge students in the four core subjects. Students in the program are required to take the most academically challenging courses available at their school, including a total of eleven Advanced Placement courses and one Dual Enrollment class. The program also requires its students to create two independent research projects called culminating projects. The goal of these projects is to teach students about how to conduct scholarly research, write literature reviews, create original products, correspond with experts, and present their findings.

I have always succeeded in all of my courses with high marks, earning a place in the National Honor Society. I have been in accelerated English, math, and science since eighth grade and took my first Advanced Placement course in tenth grade. Midway through tenth grade, I made the decision to graduate early considering my senior year would be very minimal in course work. To graduate early, I took economics independently last spring and challenged the U.S History and Government course. I am currently taking thirteen credits in college courses and going on clinical rotations three times a week in the hospital through the New Vision Medical Program.

I am currently enrolled at Thornton Academy as a Junior. Since I had all of my credits completed I had an opportunity to start dual enrollment classes. Last semester I completed psychology 101, and received an A. This semester I am enrolled in a English composition class, my current grade is a B+. I am also currently taking seven classes at Thornton Academy. Next year as a senior I am planning to take all dual enrollment classes, to get ahead on my career.

Through my experiences with philanthropic work I realize the commitment it takes. I also understand the outcome and the feeling you get knowing you have been a part of something bigger than yourself. Growing up in a small town I have grown accustomed to the idea of helping others. Every year my hometown puts together a philanthropy event called DUCK Week. DUCK Week stands for Doing Unselfish Charities for Kids. It is a weeklong philanthropy event where we as a community come together and help a family in need. DUCK Week started when I was in kindergarten and has grown as I have progressed through school. When I reached my first year in high school I was really able to participate the most in DUCK Week. I was involved in several committees including finance and technology. Being a part of these committees allowed me to get in on the ground floor and assist with the moths of planning that went into DUCK Week. When I reached my senior year I was defiantly able to look back and be proud of the work we had done. At our peak we were able to raise $170,000. Philanthropy is something I have first hand experience with and I know how much the outcome can help people. That I why I fell I best fit into the

High school students who are dual enrolled feel they should receive free college credits while enrolled in high school. Being a dual enrolled student in high school is a privilege.in the early 1900’s students did not have to opportunity to take collage curses while in high school. Dual enrollment was implemented to help students succeed faster and increase the rate of people that attend and graduate collage. Therefore, giving out free grades would impact society in a negative way. If the students were not able to receive free credits in classes it would teach them maturity, responsibility, and would get them ready for the real world. Giving out free grades would decrease the opportunity for the students due to them not learning the materials

When we see problems facing our high school, we are mainly looking at metro area school, “urban area schools.” What we do not see is that students in rural areas have less access to higher-level courses in school. Only half of students in these areas attend schools that only offer one to three advanced courses and that is only if they are qualified to take the class.

provide the appropriate transition service to all students with disabilities; applying numerous and challenging programs and strategies. “Students learn to manage their time and money, network with professionals, and prioritize work and school assignments”. Besides, the executive director state that these training motivate and prepare students to insert into society, learning a trade and receiving a salary for their efforts; understanding the meaning of the work, developing social skills, adopting appropriate behaviors, and adequate work’s habits (Virtual Job Shadow, 2016).

Philanthropy is giving back to the community and ensuring a positive difference in another’s life. I have been tutoring in my community through the National Honor Society and volunteering in the local area soup kitchen.

Contributing to my school and community is a true passion. I am involved in programs like the Red Cross, Angel Tree created by The Salvation Army, and Olive Garden’s Pasta For Pennies. My school hosted a Red Cross blood drive, and I was responsible for promoting the event to individuals within our school. We had a total of two hundred students donate blood. We helped save a total of six hundred lives! I also assisted the Program Angel Tree by promoting the program among the student organizations within my school. Our involvement has helped hundreds of less fortunate children and seniors receive necessities and gifts! As a team, the student council also collects spare change from students in our school. Our collaboration with Olive Garden has helped fund the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's School & Youth campaign. I am truly glad that my contributions have made an impact within my community and society! My strong involvement in extracurricular activities has helped me become knowledgeable, principled, and a risk-taker. I carry a strong sense of respect and righteousness, and I approach unfamiliar opportunities with a vision and great courage. I seek to set an example for members within my school, community, state, and

Instead of attending classes at my high school, I only attend college classes and the dual-credit system will allow me to graduate next year with both my high school diploma and my associates degree. This program has been such a blessing and I truly believe that it has helped me take a glance at what the college environment will be like wherever I attend university. Although the classes are harder and expect more from me, I now know that I am ready and able to take on such challenges. I am currently on track to receive my associates degree of arts with an emphasis in psychology by

This idea was a collaboration of people coming together to develop an idea to focus on the literacy skills with a concentration on dually served students. This idea was designed using data collection and research based strategies that focused on increasing students’ literacy skills. When designing this program we reviewed a lot of information, but there is limited research pertaining to dually served students. There is a good deal of literature stretching back to the early 1990s supporting the need to provide students who are both English learners, and who have a learning disability with instruction in both support areas (Hudson & Fradd, 1990; Frantz & Wexler, 1994; Gersten, Baker, & Marks, 1998; Obiakor & Utley, 1996; Artiles & Ortiz, 2002).

Lastly, my accomplishments include completing 95 credits within a two-year time span, which I will conclude at the end of this spring semester. Additionally, I have became a member of the Sigma Alpha Phi honor/leadership society, the Golden Key Honor Society, and have recently concluded being an Alternative Spring Break 2016 Co-Leader, where we arranged a trip to build an urban garden at an elementary school in Denver.