High School Musical

Cheerleading is more than just a sport, it is a lifestyle and it creates bonds that last forever. Most cheer competitions are held on the weekends because most athletes attend school. My next competition was on a Saturday and it was in myrtle beach. I was only eleven years old at the time so traveling to myrtle beach was a first. When the coaches announced the location a burst of excitement ran through my body. Two days later my grandmother, my sisters, and I left our home in Roanoke Rapids to…

I began participating in winter guard in middle school. I mostly just used it as a pastime because I wasn’t involved with any dance classes or sports. When I got to high school, I did color guard and winter guard. These began as great experiences, but as the team began to grow and become more successful, our instructor became extremely overbearing. We eventually began practicing roughly 30 hours a week. These practices became harder as years went by. Our instructor became much more focused on…

First Day of Central High The first day that Melba Pattil was at Central High she had to be supported by the soldiers, because she wouldn’t have made it if the soldiers were not by her side. She was getting hit with things like acid and they were using bad language toward Melba as the soldiers were escorting her into the school. Caption about the picture above. As she walked into the school, she was so scared. Once her classes started, she was not treated right because the student…

Going into my 10th grade year of highschool I had to change things. Freshman year I played three sports and all the time, effort and energy I put into that year had all gone into the trash once I got my transcript in the summer. My grades were nowhere near what I had expected them to be. This was all because of my decision to involve myself in three sports and use up all my free time. I would use my free time trying to be in clubs and going to practice rather than at home studying for my test…

It was the happiest time in my life; the beginning of something new and exciting. I was thrilled to start my journey along with the rest of the unfamiliar eyes that had the same mind-set as me. As I transcended from middle school to high school, I saw him – Brad. The boy who had a story to tell and I was ready to listen. We formed a beautiful friendship which lasted only three years and turned out to be devastating. Our friendship taught me the most valuable lesson. I learned to not be so naive…

broken and even gained. My family and I were now separated by a state. It took two moving trucks, three cars, and about one day to get the main part of our house to our new home in Ohio. The first day of school was even difficult for me because everyone was different from the students at my old school, East Noble. Let’s just say that when I moved from Indiana, my life got really difficult. This was the most difficult thing that has ever happened in my life. Less than a week after…

Before tearing my hip cartilage, I played two seasons on JV soccer and ran the 800 meter and 1600 meter for winter and spring track, earning myself a letter and a white star. Currently, I am the light board manager in for the Musical, a program I have been apart of since I was a freshmen. Though all of these attributes and extracurriculars show some core parts of me, none are as meaningful as the volunteering I have done for Zonta Club and National Honors Society, where I help…

Several years ago, my younger brother Cooper accomplished a great feat. I was there when he reached this triumph. I screamed and cheered for him as loud as I possibly could. He was eight at the time and I was eleven. I stood beside the mat, recording my brother wrestling in the state championships. My family and I left before dawn that morning. This very special tournament was held in Lawton. Cooper was not nervous at all, but my parents and I were very anxious. Coop has been wrestling from the…

It was such a new and exciting chapter in my life when I finally decided to committ to Lock Haven, but the novelty of starting college slowly started to wear off when it dawned on me that the transition was going to be bittersweet. I was extremely nervous for move in day to come because I knew settling in and being away from home could either go bad or very smooth. Luckily, I was fourtunate to be apart of the SSS Summer Bridge program because my transition as a new incoming freshman could not…

pencils, ballpoint pens, highlighters, math textbooks, binders, snacks and Poland spring water. All together the weight of these items would equate to six kilograms. Hamza, a very religious Muslim, couldn’t carry food like the other peers of this school since he was fasting thus, not being able to eat and drink until after sundown. Before fainting due to lack of fluids and food, Michael, who was very diligent and intelligent, was referred to as a “nerd”. He carried much more than the average…