My National Honor Society

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National Honor society is not only about the qualities that your character has to be involved with. But taking part of an after school activity, or community service. An activity I got involved with is being a Reggie leader, to be a Reggie leader you need to take the leadership role. A Reggie Leader has made me have leadership skills, for example at the freshmen orientation, I was there helping out the freshmen's giving them a tour around the school. Also on the first day of school where Reggie leaders helped out freshmen to the places they needed to go to in case they got lost for the first time. Being a Reggie leader has helped me to achieve being a leader. Being part of Reggie leader I had to take part of peer mediation, where I had to decide

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