Second Year National Honor Society

This was a great experience I had and would love to do again in the community. I love working with kids and making their day. It’s always a great feeling knowing you helped a kid become better as a student or even as a person. I wished I had done this earlier because I had such a great time with my

As what seemed to be an almost non-existent summer comes to an end, I have had time to reflect on what I hope to accomplish during my last year roaming the halls of James E. Taylor High School. I picture the impossible calculus problems that I will be required to solve or the piles of books I will struggle to finish as my literature exams near, but one thing that I am truly enthusiastic about is service. Improving my grades had been my most important goal as I began my high school career, however as this draws to an end, I have come to realize that the one thing that will truly leave a mark and will hopefully inspire others is the service that I have given to my community. Through Key Club, I have not only made friendships and bonds that I

Whenever a teacher needs help, I am ready to help whenever they need it. I enjoy community service and I am volunteering to help at the Cuyahoga Heights Corn Roast. I have assisted leaders at my church. I am also planning on volunteering for sound technology at the church I attend.

As a Covington Latin student, we are expected to help at the open house. At the open house we show off the school in the hopes of attracting new students. I have done this for two years now and I will certainly do it in the future. Both years, I have worked in a teachers room helping display what that particular class is like. I am also always asked about my experience at Latin school. I tell the families that Latin school is a great challenge for kids and that it has helped me so much as a person. This, of course, is the absolute truth. The whole open house I usually am talking to parents, answering questions. I have developed better social skills. I really enjoy helping out at the open house and

I am contacting you because I would like to volunteer at Fox Elementary. Is this something that I could do? I left SSD last year hoping that I could find a full time teaching job at the elementary level. I have faith that something will turn up eventually. In the meantime, I am subbing for SSD, but have time one day a week to volunteer. Can I reach out to some teachers and see if they would like some assistance?

Ever since I was a young girl I have always felt the need to help others, not only does it benefit them but the feeling I get from being able to impact another individual’s life positively is one of the best feelings I have ever felt. One of my favorite ways of doing this is by volunteering with a program called Give Every Child A Chance. GECAC is a non-profit tutoring program for children who struggle with different subjects in school. I volunteered for them for a total of about 3-4 years, and eventually during my senior year of high school I received the opportunity to work for them. This was my first time working, and although I was very nervous I knew it was something I had to do more of. In the program, I see my students twice a week for

First, I have volunteered with Junior Achievement in 2015 and 2016 for a kindergarten class. I had the pleasure of teaching the 5 to 6-year-olds about saving and spending money and the positive effects of giving to others. I also volunteer at a Sunday School for children with disabilities, I have worked with children with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,

In the J.R.O.T.C class we make it our job to help others in need, If a public service comes up and they ask for our help we try our best to supply the help they need. When I joined JROTC I was shocked by all of the community service projects they wanted us to do. I never thought that I would be able to do it all. We helped with parades, serve people for company picnics, we even do stuff to help out around the school like put up tables and chairs for testing. We do so much in JROTC to help everyone and each and every project motivates me when I see the turn out.

While being involved in the IB program and doing my Creative Active Service project I have been able to be exposed to different people of different cultures. Along with C.A.S, I try to broaden my horizons when it concerns the contribution to my community. Inluding,doing things that I never thought of doing in my life because I didn't like the idea or the belief that it would be boring. A few activities that I participate in is helping pre-K-2nd graders on reading and writing skills , once or twice a week depending on my schedule. I love being around kids and being able to interact with them on another level and just their thirst for knowledge. Not only do I like being surrounded by children, but also the elderly. As a result, I decided to participate

With my large service background, I hadn't done any community service since this past summer with the STEP Program. Coincidently, earlier this semester I unintentionally enrolled into a community based service class. I then would have to select a nonprofit organization to do fifteen hours of service and later create a service project. Reviewing the organizations I had to choose between, I was not overly enthused as none of the organizations called out to me and I would have to do a lot of work with them. My choices narrowed because of my schedule, availability, locations, and other various conditions. Having to determine which service cause was the lesser of the two evils based off of my personal interests. I found myself choosing to work with

I have been a Teacher’s Aid for Mrs. Crane an 8th grade teacher for two years now. She is an amazing math teacher and an amazing person in general. I know she can get busy preparing all those kids for High School so I volunteer to tutor some of the kids struggling in math. I came in sometimes after school to help them. I really loved working with those kids and I am also bilingual so I helped the kids that didn't understand. I feel like I made a huge impact on those

Throughout my high school years I’ve volunteered to finish my hours that were required to graduate additionally I knew I would keep on helping even when I've finished my hours. I'd help in campaigns for a few days which I had to make calls to voters and put up signs as just 1 of 3 places I've volunteered. Another is an organization called MEND which stands for “Meet Each Need with Dignity” where I'd go for 1 year every Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Within MEND I entered in the food bank section where one stacks, organizes, and sorts food. In addition, in putting my time to assist people by caring their necessaries to their destination as well as lead and be a guidance to others that just begin to help out. I've dedicated more time as a

I believe the volunteering work that I’ve put in my four years of high school will have benefited me because I have taken school and volunteering very seriously. For the past two years I have been a part of the National Honors Society, which requires a minimum of 20 hours of community service per year. This past year, I’ve also been active in a Leadership class, where I am in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Being a part of NHS and BBBS has really opened up many opportunities that I’ve never thought about doing. I’ve volunteered at many places including Cascades Humane Society, the Jackson Friendly Home, the Lyle Torrant Center, the Michigan Center Food Pantry, and I read to first graders every week.

I have always enjoyed contributing to, and bettering my community. Most of my free time during high school has been taken up by Key Club and Robotics. What extra time I have is devoted to helping my friends complete their work to the best of their ability. I have been an active member of the Fridley High School Key Club for all four of my years in high school. Key Club is an international volunteer organization overseen by Kiwanis. Robotics has been my other passion for the past three years and i’m proud to have been a factor contributing to the team’s recent success. The real success I feel every day is in the friends I have and the way I help them and they help me, not only in robotics but also in school and life. My work has also taught

As repeated throughout, I truly believe that service is one of the greatest opportunities. Not only am I helping society, but I love the feeling that I get from making someone smile. It’s possible that that person isn’t as fortunate as I am to have a home, food, and water or that person doesn’t have a family. If I can make that person forget about all of their problems just for a couple minutes then I have done my job. Regardless of what I want my career to be, I believe that everyone should contribute to society. My volunteering experiences have taught me to be more empathetic and a better human being overall. During school, I participate in peer counseling. Peer counseling allows me to show new kids around the school and help them to feel as comfortable as possible. NHS will benefit from my love of giving