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Standing on a stage with over a thousand pairs of eyes watching every second, nerves beginning to fill your stomach, and smiling from ear to ear trying to hide those nerves was what I had to do. All that can be done, at this point, was count down the time left before a single word had to be released from my mouth. The numbers three, two, one, ran like lightning through my mind, and finally, my name was called. I knew this was my time to shine. “Hello, I am Crystal Sandoval, and I want to become one of your next SkillsUSA National Officers.” My life stood still as I felt the nerves suddenly be released and transformed into words. At this point, there was no turning back, but rather share to over three hundred students from across the nation and our United States territories, what SkillsUSA has done for me. “SkillsUSA changed my life, and it has granted me the opportunity to make a difference not only in my life and in other students’ lives, but as well as making the difference in the United States of America.”

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who are most at-risk. Mullins High School is a 100% free lunch qualified school where students look for encouragement. Mullins High School adopted this program to develop leadership skills and soft skills that are essential for our students to be prepared for college and career ready. As an intern, I take this opportunity to determine the support provided by these extra-curricular programs in achieving the vision of the institution. Mullins High school is blessed to have Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program. The program coordinator Ms. T is proud of her student members and their highly supportive parents.

All the work paid off. During the 2016 national competition in May, I ranked in the top 9 percent of 1,308 competitors, the highest individual performance ever posted by Decatur High School. I’m now team captain and have coaxed a lot of promising freshmen to join.

Over the course of the past several years, the North Iowa Fire basketball program has helped me become a much better basketball player but it has also done so much more. The Fire program provided me with the opportunity to make, what are now, some of my closest friends. Throughout my years in the program, we went through our struggles, but from these struggles I learned the value of hard work and competing at every level. North Iowa Fire helped me fall in love with the game of basketball and I learned so much about myself that I never knew.

Ottawa-Glandorf athletics taught me more than I ever thought I would have learned. Being apart of Titan sports comes with a stigma: a stigma to be great, to work hard, and to carry good sportsmanship. I participated in Ottawa-Glandorf sports so I could be apart of a team, enhance leadership skills, and build relationships with peers. My freshman year I decided to join the girls soccer team. I was a little hesitant as I was the only Glandorf girl on the team, but after the first week of practice, I met some of my best friends I have today. Although I didn’t get much playing time, I always tried my hardest, gave it my all, and was a leader on and off the field.

Zach’s hard work doesn’t stop at the classroom. He is a very involved student at Eisenhower. His freshman year he immediately started making an impact at EHS when he joined Cross Country and was elected by his peers to be a representative for Student Council. Zach was active in Student Council from Freshman year all the way through Junior year and excelled as a leader of his peers. He was selected to be a member of National Honors

Last year I was turned down by the program due to lack of leadership and a few other options. This was very disappointing, but I realized that it was entirely true. I set out to help the community and that’s when I realized I could be a leader doing what I love with a program called Top Soccer. Top Soccer is a program that provides kids with mental disabilities the opportunity to play and experience the game of soccer. This program instantly caught my

The inconsiderateness of the clinic for my father’s injury only further fueled me to research and contact many lawyers to find the best one to represent my father. I continued to lead my father through this new and unfamiliar situation. I further developed my researching and inquiry skills to uncover resources and opportunities for the benefit of peers as myself. Bright prospect is a program aimed to empower students to gain admission, and graduate from universities. Currently, I’m the crew leader of my Bright Prospects team. Many of my crew members were unaware of the benefits and opportunities offered by their community. One of my crew member wants to pursue a career as a firefighter, but was confused about how prepare. I led him to ask around Pomona City Hall and introduced my crew member to various internships opportunities within and around our hometown. Because I pursued a positive change in myself, my family, and my peers, I took the initiative to find organizations in which I could take on leadership roles. I continue develop my leadership skills to persuade others to be active in communities and to seek opportunities to achieve their personal

Today is the first official start of my high school career. Our freshman team has been together since seventh grade and have been undeafeated ever since . The class of 2021 to most people is the best athletic class that we'll ever have for Central York School District. Now, everything is different. We are now in high school, and high school football will be a little bit more of challenge. But, I think that if our team stays together we'll be able to accomplish great things in high school football, things like winning districts, states, and maybe even further down the road than that it's possible.

On my visit to the Dunwoody campus, I could not wait to look around. I've been attending the Math and Science Academy for seven years. Even before my sixth grade year, I have always enjoyed constructing things, playing with building blocks, and making little robots. On the night of my sixth grade orientation, I visited my school to be and was surprised when I walked in the front door. I was greeted by an eight foot tall robot made by high school students. They were part of the program called For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST). I

This summer, while my friends flew across the world attending prestigious summer programs, took community college courses to get ahead, or found high-profile internships in Stanford labs, I made less in a day than my dad did in an hour as an intern at camp. This camp was dedicated to nurturing the innovative spirit of elementary school-age children, and the buzzwords in our mission statement attracted the parents working in high-tech who trusted us with their kids over the summer.

Hearing rocket engines roar and seeing a month’s worth of work destroyed in a split second due to a catastrophic failure have solidified my interest in rocketry. To share my enthusiasm and to expand the community of rocketeers, I established a Team America Rocketry Challenge team at my school. A nationwide competition, TARC focuses on designing, building, and testing rockets for specific missions. It required a lot of convincing and collaboration to get started with TARC. Securing a school sponsor - challenging as rocket engines are explosive devices - required persuading the dean. The core team needed to learn marketing skills quickly to attract fellow students and to raise funds for parts. Borrowing MIT Lincoln Lab’s launch rig required administrative

With the opportunity of a fresh start in front of us, I believe now is the time to make the changes this program needed five plus seasons ago. My first year on the team was both very exciting and intimidating. It couldn’t have been more than two days into the season before I was taken under the wing of senior captain Laura. She began to teach me the ropes of the program I would dream of leading myself one day. As a new captain, Laura explained to me her goals as a leader and what she hoped to bring to the Prior Lake Girls’ Hockey Team. As I look back to the very beginning of my high school hockey career, I have yet to see this team achieve the goals Laura set that year. What I will write about is what I have learned what makes some leaders more successful than other, and why

Throughout my high school life, my extracurricular involvement has helped me develop a variety of skills. Primarily, I have been a part of the Leadership and Peer Support group as a project manager of a conference; I exercised my leadership and collaborative skills. As an engineer, there are times where an individual with leadership and cooperative skills must rise and become the leader in different projects. Interpersonal skills play a significant role in an engineer’s life because they will always be required to communicate with new people. Earlier this year, a peer and I decided to start a Student Mentorship Program and as a co-founder of this group, I learned how to problem solve, make decisions, think laterally, and work as a team. As a student, my skills will allow me to accept challenges with confidence and contribute to discussions during lectures with new ideas. Teamwork, leadership, interpersonal and hands-on skills are key abilities engineers must contain in order to be successful.

ARC and ABC have established strong marketing tactics for themselves, with ARC’s use of social media to set them forward and ABC’s focus on bringing in sponsors and individual donations. In order to stand out even more, ARC should continue to enhance their social media tools because social media has proven to be quite impactful. ARC should also continue connecting with other corporations and companies to bring more sponsorships in. By highlighting the corporations and showcasing what the collaboration does for people, people will see that their money is spent for a good reason. Reaching out to corporations and donors both can push ARC become the top organization to help people everywhere who needs their help.