Until 8th grade, I was homeschooled, and for all of highschool, I have gone to St. Stephen’s Academy, a private classically accredited school. During my high school experience, my leadership has been a quality which has set me apart and formed me as a person. From my position during freshman year as a class representative to now, being the house council President, my leadership positions have truly influenced who I am today. Each year has improved on my leadership skills from the year before. During my freshman year, there were three students returning to our class and two new people. Because of the fact that forty percent of the class consisted of new students, there was no problem for me to overcome the fact that I hadn’t been at the school
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Towards the beginning of the year, I was asked to be the MC for the talent show with one other person of my choice. I chose my classmate, Joshua. As MCs, we had an unwritten responsibility to provide some great entertainment as the former MCs have done. I came up with the idea of a lip sync battle, which was a great hit, and is now being pursued as an entire event for this upcoming year. Another thing which happened during this year was the implementation of a house system in which I was one of my house’s leaders. Along with two other seniors, I lead my house to become the first house champions, during which, we came in first place during every event during the entire year. This included competitions ranging from wisdom testing events such as our knowledge bowl to athletic events such as dodgeball. The dodgeball event was something the school had never done before, and I, being on the house council, was able to plan. In charge of this event, I delegated people to reserve the chosen destination for the game, order the dodgeballs, and get the message out to all of the parents. Along with delegation, I was in charge of planning how the competition would work, presenting the game to the students, and leading the event. As a junior, I started the lip sync battle which is currently growing, I started the dodgeball competition which, so far, has become annual, and lead my house to become the first house
Towards the beginning of the year, I was asked to be the MC for the talent show with one other person of my choice. I chose my classmate, Joshua. As MCs, we had an unwritten responsibility to provide some great entertainment as the former MCs have done. I came up with the idea of a lip sync battle, which was a great hit, and is now being pursued as an entire event for this upcoming year. Another thing which happened during this year was the implementation of a house system in which I was one of my house’s leaders. Along with two other seniors, I lead my house to become the first house champions, during which, we came in first place during every event during the entire year. This included competitions ranging from wisdom testing events such as our knowledge bowl to athletic events such as dodgeball. The dodgeball event was something the school had never done before, and I, being on the house council, was able to plan. In charge of this event, I delegated people to reserve the chosen destination for the game, order the dodgeballs, and get the message out to all of the parents. Along with delegation, I was in charge of planning how the competition would work, presenting the game to the students, and leading the event. As a junior, I started the lip sync battle which is currently growing, I started the dodgeball competition which, so far, has become annual, and lead my house to become the first house