Personal Narrative: Kansas Association For Youth Club

Being a student at Selma High School, I continued to stay out of trouble and remain focused. Also, I decided to become a member of SGA (Student Government Association).Being a member of SGA I knew that this would be an opportunity for me to stay out of trouble and focus on my schoolwork. As I continued being a member of SGA, I enjoyed helping others and putting my ideas in activities. Another thing that I did while being in SGA, was that I ran for secretary. The secretary makes sure that everyone is on time and in order.

As two-year drum major of my high school band, I traded the stability of my sleep schedule and my time to get tutoring from teachers to rehearse the band early in the morning and late into the night. I witnessed the band grow into a community-wide organization that gained followers from all corners of the local area. As a member of the Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council, I gave up my cherished evenings at the public library and my privacy to represent my peers to the City Council and give teenagers a voice in their city government. Through KAYAC, I was able to be a part of an organization that developed and implemented an ordinance to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, an act that has drawn national attention and incited discussion on the issue on outlets such as the Huffington Post. I started my own business, Giveback Merch LLC, with the purpose of designing and printing t-shirts and donating proceeds to local charities and non-profits. As Senior Patrol Leader of my Boy Scout Troop, I freely shared my knowledge and my skills so that those younger than I could advance in rank. These experiences as a leader are the fondest; I directly improved the lives of the new Scouts I mentored and reformed the youth leadership of my Troop to be more efficient and effective in planning and executing meetings and campouts. In my experiences as a leader, I have

My voluntary contributions have ranged from Boy Scout service projects to youth group outreach to NHS activities, however my most significant voluntary contribution was my Eagle Scout Project, which was completed in June of 2015. The project consists of a memorial rose garden surrounding the flagpole on the front lawn of Altamahaw Ossipee (AO) Elementary School. The garden stretches about an 8 foot radius around the flagpole, with eight rose bushes surrounding a stone path, an engraved memorial stone, and a garden bench, all surrounded by mulch. The garden is in memory of Mr. Elliott Faucette, the former PTA president of A.O. Elementary, who unexpectedly died of a heart attack in December of 2013. Although I didn't know Mr. Faucette very well,

Our team went undefeated for our first 16 games, and then our 17th game we had our first tie. We were used to killed the team we tied to, but that proves if you don’t come ready not everything is going to go your way. Some of the kids kind of took it the wrong way. We won 14 more games after that and kept playing strong. Then we had our final playoff game to see who was going to state or not.

Throughout the season we had some big defeats from the tougher schools, however I was able to maintain our team’s morale throughout our wins and losses. And Fundraising. Oh boy those were tough. This year was very different from the previous with the new restrictions. However this brought out our teams creativity. These new obstacles brought pushed our team to think out of the box and work together in effort to raise money for the team.

Throughout my school years, I have always tried to be a positive role model for younger students as well as my peers. This year I decided that the best way to serve my school was to participate in our school’s Student Leadership Council. It has proven to be a fantastic decision for me. I succeeded in getting the most votes out of all of the candidates and have had a great experience taking a leadership role in my school. I feel like I have become a much better leader and role model because of Student Leadership Council. I have been really fortunate to be exposed to the Jeter’s Leaders program, since they come to our school to mentor us as SLC members. It has been an incredible experience, and I would really love to continue with it. As an eighth grader at Saint Augustine, we are required to mentor our younger students. I

A risk that I have taken was writing about my past for an essay contest, the Synergy Kindest Kansas Citian. Which in the end, resulted with my essay being in the top 20; receiving a banquet in my honor and the other 19 finalists. Even though what I wrote about pained me, I still wrote my essay over it, knowing it would help me win. I wrote about the abusive relationship that my ex had me ensnared in; where he wanted me to do everything with him and him only. He wouldn’t let me tell my friends about him because he knew that they would take me away from him. Because of his abusive streak, I didn’t want to go behind his back.

The final mast of school and community involvement was catalyzed when I joined Key Club as a freshman. Finding a passion for service and leadership, it rapidly became my primary focus in deepening my high school experience. Key Club inspired me to search for further opportunities for leadership and involvement, leading me to join Student Council, Relay for Life, and so forth. Through my various executive positions, I have not only improved my own character and qualities, but also inspired others around me to do the

Throughout my high school career, I have been involved in various clubs and organizations to help me become a leader in my community. At Auburn High School I took on the role of being a Publicist officer for National Technical Honors Society the first two consecutive years that it became a part of our school. I gained a lot of leadership experience through this club. Implementing a new organization is never easy and takes a lot of hard work and dedication from the leaders of the club. By being a part of a very helpful, dedicated and motivated team, we helped affiliate all the eligible members into the club and in turn helped introduce this new club to the school. As publicist my role in helping the club grow was crucial; I helped in publicizing the clubs various projects and involvement.

I have been involved in many leadership activities that have built up my character and helped guide me to be the hardworking person I am today. One of my leadership experiences was being a room leader at The Altoona Kids Cafe over the summer. Altoona Kids Cafe is a program that allows children to have a place to eat and a safe environment to spend time in. This gave me the opportunity to not only give to kids in need, but to also teach these children how hard work allows one to succeed. Without being a hard worker, I would not be able to maintain a 3.6 GPA and I would not be able to be a classroom leader.

I am so honored to be invited into The National Honor Society. During my final year in Jr. high I was inducted into The NJHS and now I know the responsibilities that we must uphold. Throughout my life, my family has always provided assistance within the community and also provided jobs to benefit the community. Growing up, I learned the value of community service by helping my mom at her clinic to delivering food to elders who cannot cook.

Despite it being middle school, my leadership of the first ever NJHS at Sparta Middle School, taught me valuable things about leading and being part of a club with such prestige. As the inaugural chapter of the society, we ran the student-faculty basketball game, baked cookies for Project Self-Sufficiency, and collected food and then visited a local food bank. I learned how much a group of students could impact the community with their actions, something I had previously thought impossible. I will draw from those experiences when presenting my opinion on new service projects and will also try to introduce successful techniques that I used back during my time spent as President of

It’s five in the morning as I rise, throw on some layers and mentally prepare myself to stand out in the freezing cold till eleven handing out water and gatorade to runners. Growing up, I always had the values of service and leadership hardwired into my brain from my parents and the Boy Scouts because of getting involved with them so early in my life. Now that I am older, I am beyond grateful for this upbringing because they are two very important values that are often overlooked or misinterpreted by many people. My biggest display of these virtues was my Eagle Scout Project and the fundraising for it that I performed in my sophomore year.

I went to a very small high school around 25 kids to every class. I was able to develop real relationships with my teachers and fellow students. This helped fuel my success in school and in my social life. With Lycomings small class sizes I feel that I can achieve the same success that I did in my high school. Being able to know the person sitting in class next to me and the professor teaching, me makes it easier for me to learn. I was always able to walk into a high school class and make my teachers smile and I believe that I can obtain these same relationships with my professors at Lycoming. I was also very involved in my High School, through several clubs I was able to develop my leadership and public speaking skills. Through several different clubs at Lycoming

There is much controversy regarding what to believe in the modern world, whether it be believing in the God, a god, gods, or no god. Once a person goes down deep enough in theology, science, or philosophy, he or she might come to an understanding like I did when I went to the Steubenville North Youth Conference in June of 2015. It is not “what¨ one believes, but “if” one believes.