The Importance Of Respect For Mr. Decerbo

I have several notable accomplishments, most of them are of academics. Some of the awards/accomplishments that I can recall ever since I was in middle school are: First position on spelling contest, department award for the most Helpful student, Student of the quarter, Presidential award for educational excellence (Gold Seal), 4.0 Honor roll, Indian Classical dance, Achieve3000 state winner, department award for “Excellence in English Language Acquisition,” and Academic Excellence Lettering Award. Among all these awards and recognition, I consider Achieve3000 to be the greatest because it was a state level competition and was moderately competitive to win. In the Achieve3000 program, basically, an individual has to compete with the students

School is an extremely important part of anyone’s life, and I have the opportunity to attend New Prague High School. Here I have been able to strive academically. Over the years I have tried my best to get good grades, on both my tests and report cards. I have taken my education very seriously. I do this by getting all my work done on time and having good grades and maintaining my GPA. Over the years of attending high school and trying to improve my education, I have received a few academic awards. One award that I have received was student of the month for math.

After receiving the award, I continue to visit the residents at St. Barnabas and share my gifts of music, by playing the piano, flute, and leading group sing-a-longs. I throw myself into my activities and do so with a happy, humble heart. An important quality I possess includes my integrity and respect. I always uphold strong moral integrity and respect those around me. I understand that you must treat others as you would want to be treated, and to be respected, you must do the right thing even when no one is watching. I am a strong leader as I am a person who takes action and gets involved, in order to help others and the team. When I see an opportunity to be supportive and to lend a helping hand, I jump in. I am not a person who sits in the background and waits for someone else to do something. I am a go-getter, who thrives on helping those around me. I am very organized with all of my activities, both academically and socially. I input over 200%. I understand that without a strong work ethic and passion, only the minimal will be accomplished. As Class Secretary for the past four years and as upcoming National Honor Society Peer-Tutoring Coordinator, I remain organized in sending emails, marking attendance, collaborating new ideas and fundraising opportunities, and encouraging others. I am an effective communicator as I understand that each voice matters. I do not speak just to hear my own voice, and I value the thoughts of others. I speak up when I have

I believe that I, Laura Benitez, deserve the Tim Acklin Award because I always intend to exceed the expectations that are given to me. I was raised and taught that going above and beyond is the only way to work. Whether it be in schoolwork or doing simple errands, working harder and doing more than is expected is what sets me apart from others. It is very easy to become idle and to find the easy way out, but I have aimed to always push myself and become engaged with stimulating groups of people. Throughout high school, I have held multiple leadership roles and committed to different activities. I was able to maintain these extra-curriculars, athletic training, and a GPA of 4.18. Even without official leadership positions, I always strive to be a helpful leadership position at work and especially in athletic training. I remember learning many skills from upperclassmen

I am honored to be a candidate for the National Junior Honor Society. This organization means a lot to me. In elementary school, I hadn’t really put much effort into my work because I didn’t know that it would make such a difference in my life. However, in the fourth grade, I realized that what I did would make an impact on the rest of my education. If I didn’t do well then, I wouldn’t make it into honor classes or AP classes, meaning I couldn’t get the higher education I desired. I then began to work harder and my determination increased. My hard work paid off because during my sixth grade graduation, I was one of two students that received the gold for the President’s Education Awards Program (PEAP). Knowing that all the effort was

Learning is a vital part of growing up. I find myself learning the most when I try new things and stretch out of my comfort zone. I know that this award will be all about trying new things. I have never asked for letters of reference or overseen volunteers for multiple hours, for example. I expect to make mistakes, however, I also plan on not shrinking away with failure but learning and growing from it. As the perhaps clichéd quote says, “What does not kill you makes you stronger,” and I hope to grow stronger by learning from the mistakes I

Everything we did in class was put towards winning this award, and the fact that I was the one picked is such an achievement for

As an Autistic Behavior Therapist Trainee, I am constantly teaching Makena, the girl with Autism, life skills and hope that one day they will stick with her. Each day at work I interact with Makena and am able to see the progress she has made. One day in November, I arrived at work and started the therapy with Makena. To my surprise, she acknowledged me and said "Hi Ashley" without any prompting! Knowing that I was able to successfully teach Makena a new, seemingly insignificant, life skill, made me so proud of her. The feeling of successfully teaching is

I nominate myself, Dr. Ava Morrow, for the HBCU Alumni Award in the category of education because of my Service to Gallaudet University and my commitment to providing excellent leadership as the STEM Program Director for the DC Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance, Inc. I was destined to be an educator. As a child I loved to play hide and go seek, dodge ball jump rope and pretend school. I always wanted to be the teacher when we pretended to be in school. My desire to be an educator was nurtured while in middle school and high school as I served as a tutor for students in my biology class.

Throughout history, individuals have been given awards for unique qualities that person possesses. The people have been given things like medals, trophies, or rounds of applause from a large audience. Qualities such as courage, kindness, freedom, and bravery have all been given great recognition and seen as one of the best traits that one can have. But in this case, the award I am giving is not one of the above, but one that still deserves a little recognition.

Recently, the officers in my chapter of Phi Theta Kappa decided to nominate our advisor, Patty Plantenga, for an advisor's award. I took the initiative of researching the necessary information and setting up a tentative plan of action. After locating the application requirements, I then sent all the information to the others in the group. I suggested a specific deadline for us to share and critique each other's rough drafts before we met in person to polish the application answers. I concluded my emails by asking the other officers if they were in favor of the deadline and how they wished to divide the workload. Conducting the research and suggesting a plan of action empowered my fellow chapter officers. My leadership gave them the tools needed

St. Dominic has given me plenty of ways to further my accomplishments through sports and academics. While I am only going into my third year I have already been recognized for many things that St. Dominic has allowed me to accomplish. Among the awards I have been honored with while being a St. Dominic student, would include receiving Honor Roll both full academic years I have completed. The major award I have received would be my Glory Award. Last spring I was honored with the Glory Award for virtues by the state of Missouri. This is one of the biggest honors I have ever received in my entire life and definitely the most impressive award while attending St. Dominic. I believe these awards show my dedication to my education as

Imagine you are in a ceremony. The gathering’s purpose was to recognize outstanding individuals that have excelled throughout their time in school. They have showed amazing participation, achieved many awards, and have worked extremely hard to accomplish many of their goals. You see your child up on stage. You are as proud as could be. You hope that out of the six that were chosen as the top students from your child’s school your child will win the Student of the Year Award. You know how much hard work he has put into school that he deserves that award. He has participated in helping others in need. He has been tutoring other peers to help get their grades up and be a fantastic student. Although he has had trouble with a few, he has tried his

Respect – is an important positive trait of admiration and acceptance for the abilities and qualities another possesses and portrays that are of high esteem. Nowadays, the idea of respect has being lost because on many opinions and beliefs that are in the interest of oneself. The comparison of two stories “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe showed difference in settings, but similar character traits of how respect has been lost by main characters ‘Dee’ with her mother and sister, and “Okeke’ with his son. In story “Marriage is a Private Affair”, Okeke portrayed his disgust and anger towards his son as a sign of his disapproval of his son’s marriage to his wife who was of a different tribe, and in story “Everyday Use”, Dee portrays selfishness due to her strong literacy and physical physique compared to her mum and sister who were setback in life because of unforeseen events in their lives.

Once I have found my voice, I need to set an example and be a role model to my team. I think it would be beneficial to create an award system that would allow people in our department to nominate coworkers who have done an amazing job or went out of their way to help our department. People who earn the award can leave early from work on a day of their choosing. Having an award system that recognizes our staff will reinforce our department’s shared values.