National Honors Society: Outstanding High School Student

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NHS Essay National Honors Society recognizes outstanding high school students who have portrayed excellence in areas of leadership, service, character, and scholarship. I have exemplified in all these areas. Initially, I volunteered at Asian American Civic Association for my whole sophomore year and completed about 50 hours of community service. I was a Youth Council there and I participated in two projects. The first project I worked on was Clean- Up Chinatown. The goal of this project was to create long lasting changes to keep Chinatown clean. As a council member, I attended meetings and discussed ideas with other members. We, then, surveyed the people in Chinatown and collected data. The second project was the AACA Youth Players

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