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Academic Achievements:
Ranked first in class 9 — 12. Awards received in French (3
years), mathematics (2 years), social studies (2 years), and science (1
year). Academic Athlete of the Year — soccer team. Georgia Certificate
of Merit, 11. Finalist in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program in math.
Georgia Girls State program, 11. National Nominee for the Wendy's High
School Heisman award for excellence in academics, athletics, and community
service. STAR student from Woodstock High School.
Leadership Roles — in school, church,
sports, other: Vice president of the Woodstock Beta Club and the Woodstock
Elves Club, 11. President of both of these community service clubs, 12.
Co-captain Varsity soccer team, 10 — 12. Temporary captain on soccer
team 9 — 12.
Community Service: Woodstock High
School Beta Club, sold Shamrocks for Muscular dystrophy, volunteered at
the Cherokee County Animal Shelter, participated in the Adopt-A-Mile program
and collected teddy bears for Teddy Bears on Patrol. Helped create a Wheelchair
Basketball Game, raising more than $1,600 for the American Cancer Society.
The Elves Club — high school student mentors an elementary student.
I also have served as a tour guide for a Christmas charity house, a reading
tutor at Sixes Elementary, a participant in the building of a United Way
playground at the YMCA, and a mentor on morals to children in a summer
program at Woodstock Elementary.
What are your post graduation plans? After
graduation, I plan to attend a small, private university where I plan
on studying anthropology. The only question is which university I will
be attending. I have been accepted at Furman, Davidson, Dickinson, Mount
Holyoke, and Union, but I am still making my decision.
What are your career aspirations and why?
My dream would be to become a professional anthropologist, doing research
that may help the world's cultures understand each other. If, for some
reason, my plans change, all I hope is to pursue a career that will make
at least one person's life a little bit easier.
What is the biggest issue facing high
school students today? I believe the biggest issue facing high school
students of today, yesterday, and tomorrow is the unrelenting peer pressure
to participate in unhealthy practices such as drugs, drinking and unprotected
sexual contact.
Looking at your life thus far, what makes
you beam with pride? While I have had the wonderful privilege of receiving
many academic and athletic distinctions, all of which I am very proud
of, the thing that makes me beam with pride is a distinction within myself.
Everyday I am surrounded by people who bend their true selves to please
others. Peer pressure today is so powerful and so overwhelming that it
is almost impossible to stay an individual and to remember who I truly
am. I pride myself with the fact that I have never given in to these pressures.
I know who I am and that knowledge is priceless. Having and retaining
this knowledge makes me most proud.
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Academic Achievements:
Honor Roll 9 — 12; Governor's Honors County Level for Drama
10; Academic Letter II; Outstanding Spanish 3 Student II, Who's Who 12,
Georgia Boys State Delegate 12, Nominated for Most Likely to Succeed 12,
Voted Most Dependable 12, SAT 1,220, ACT 29, Joint-Enrollment Student
at Kennesaw State University.
Leadership Roles — in school, church,
sports, other: SGA Representative 9 — 11; Student Advisory Board
Member 12; Student Ambassador Captain 11 — 12; Student Ambassador
Mentor Leader 12; Beta Club President 12; Institute for Young Leaders
12; and Youth Leadership Team at Hillside UMC.
Community Service: Mentor to a 9th
grader; volunteered at school during summer to help file homeroom lists
and prepare teacher's rooms; made sandwiches for MUST during summer; organized
"Trunk or Treat" a safe Halloween alternative; organized a toiletry drive
during Holiday season (donated toiletries to MUST); and volunteered to
help lead Hillside UMC VBS games in summer.
What are your post graduation plans? My
post graduation plans are to continue working part-time this summer. I
will then attend Georgia Tech in the fall. After Tech, I hope to go on
to earn my MBA at Duke or UNC. I am going to major in business, minor
in international affairs at Tech.
What are your career aspirations and why?
I hope to one day be a business executive because I love organizing
projects and seeing them come together. I also love leading people. A
good leader not only has to lead, but they also have to listen.
What is the biggest issue facing high
school students today? The biggest issue facing high school students
today is definitely alcohol. I know more people who think its "cool" to
drink than any other thing (doing drugs, smoking cigarettes, etc.)
Looking at your life thus far, what makes
you beam with pride? Pride is defined as "delight or elation arising
from some act or possession." The thing that makes me "beam with pride"
has to be my family. I feel so blessed to know that everyday when I go
home, I have my mom and dad and brother waiting there for me. Even though
my mom sometimes gets a little stressed out, even though my dad is not
always home because he travels with his job, and even though my ten year
old brother can sometimes be really annoying; I wouldn't trade them or
their love in for anything.
You are King/Queen for the Day. You can
make one change at your high school and it would be changed forever. What
change would you make and why? If I could change anything at Etowah,
it would be the students attitudes towards the teachers and the school
itself. Not all students are like this, but most students have no respect
for the teachers and hardly any respect for the school. Students constantly
bad-mouth teachers, when not in their class, and students continually
focus on things our school doesn't have or
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