I am honored and excited to be considered for the National Junior Honor Society. I would love to be a part of this organization because it would provide opportunities for me in the future. Also it can give me a sense of community. I can promote all of the NJHS tenets but I am only going to write about service, character and scholarship. I feel I already work hard at exhibiting these principles in my everyday life.…
Not only do I have a burning passion to become a member of the National Junior Honor Society, but I demonstrate all 5 of the pillars: scholarship, character, citizenship, service, and leadership. Because of this, I will be able to collaborate well with other members and make myself a (more) well-rounded person. Scholarship: I am a respectful, responsible student who puts in 110% into everything I do. Principal’s List for the past four consecutive quarters are repercussions of my strong work ethic. Service: I devote 70% of my time in extracurricular activities to working for other people’s benefit, striving to make their lives easier.…
National Honor Society Essay The National Honor Society is of great significance in select individual’s high school careers. To be a member of the NHS is an honor. In order to become a member of the NHS, one must demonstrate some fundamental characteristics, such as: honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, and demonstrate the qualities of a leader.…
Thank you for the scholarship. I am Mandy Schreiner and I go to JL Mann High School. I’m in 10th grade and take all honors and one AP class. I play flute in the school band and outside of school in marching band, I take Spanish 4 Honors. My favorite class is band and my least favorite is Engineering.…
Ideals Catawba College is somewhere I hope to see myself in the next year. Some of the things that interest me about Catawba college is the atmosphere, friendliness, academic and extra circular opportunities that it has to offer. The school’s ideas of Scholarship, Character, Culture and Service truly apply to me. For the core value of scholarship, I strive for excellence everyday in the classroom.…
I believe that I should be chosen for the New Prague Honor Society chapter, for many reasons. Growing up receiving a private catholic education, k-8th grade, I was always taught to live by the four pillars. School does not always come easy to me, but I am a very hard worker. I am also involved in sports, which in order to excel, you need to put your education first. My first year on the Dance Team I received “Most Improved Dancer” award.…
From a young age, I have always had an inherent passion for learning. Whether it was learning through school or learning on my own, the endless amount of information in the world constantly fueled the hunger I had for knowledge. This passion has guided me throughout my life and allowed me to persevere through some of the hardest experiences in my life. It has allowed me to grow, give back, and achieve things that I believed were impossible for someone like me. I was born in Cusco, Peru, the same city where my parents met and had spent most of their lives.…
Everyone is unique in a different way and being different is such a beautiful thing. I was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico. I have worked as hard as I can to successed and chase my dreams here in America. As time has passed, I have discovered what I love and what I want to do in life. All I need is encoragement and support; I know I could make it.…
I was born in Dominican Republic but grew up in China. I spend half of my life in Guangzhou where I can go out at any time of the day and it always enlightened me. The experience and knowledge that I learned in there become the foundation of who I am. I came to the U.S. when I was 13, I spent a year in Miami and then move to New York. The opportunities to travel influenced me open to differences and appreciated the obstacles that my path gave me, it made me affirm in my standing and my believe.…
Dreams are shaped by ideals as families shape the beliefs we grasp strongly. The sacrifices and struggles of my family are what have shaped me to be the person I am today, therefore I have dedicated my path as a first generation Hispanic student to my family. My family and I were born in Guadalajara, Mexico. After three and a half years of living there, my family decided to seek a promising future in The United States.…
Scholarship Essay I am applying for this scholarship because it will greatly assist me in purchasing needed resources for college. I am a first generation college student, as well as non-traditional. I attempted going to college a few times when I was younger but truth be told I wasn’t ready so I dropped out.…
My desire to pursue a career in construction science started at a very young age. I did not grow up like most of my peers who might have been playing with friends all day long or spent all the night gaming. This is due to my dad, who wanted to expose me to the real world at an early age. People might not consider it a good deed, but I am glad that my dad raised me the way he did. I owe my desire to pursue my dreams in construction science.…
I was born in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, a small city in the northern part of Mexico located about four hours from the United States border. Although I was born in Mexico, it is hard for me to consider it my home, since I moved to the United States when I was only three years old. When I was little, I didn't notice the differences between my family and the other families living in the United States. To me everyone was the same, even if we looked different on the outside. It was not until I began the first grade that I began to notice just how different I was from other kids.…
Introduction: Please describe your background, family, and immigration to America including where you/your family work, and/or attend school. I live in Naperville with my husband and two children (9, 11). Before I moved to the U. S., I had lived in Poland and spent there most of my live. I and my husband had always dreamt of living in the U.S.A. and that desire pushed him to take part in the Diversity Visa Lottery Program. He sent the applications in 2011 and the following year, he discovered that he had won a green card and would be able to immigrate with his close family.…
My parents were born and raised in Romania and came to America with my sister in 1997 after winning the Visa lottery. Both of my parents received their college degrees in Romania and always told my older sister and I that they came to America for an overall better life and education for us. They have always encouraged…