Sophomore slump

I joined my school’s wrestling team during my junior year of high school and went into this new environment with 0 years of prior training and 16 years of “Girls don’t really wrestle”. I was determined to excel during my first wrestling experience to challenge the skepticism that surrounded girl wrestlers. Despite this resolve, I was terrified at the thought of having to actually wrestle someone, so when I found out that my first wrestling match would be against a small, unassuming girl 20…

would need to work extremely hard to become the best player I could be. Although I was not able to catch or throw my first time practicing, I kept pushing myself and evolved into the strong player I am today. After a surprising moment during my sophomore year of high school, my love for lacrosse was never the same and the respect I have for the sport and other players has grown immensely. As I continue to…

If you had asked any of my peers for a description of who I am, they would have said that I was someone who was shy, and possibly even a bit awkward. This was a personality trait that I had been struggling with throughout the majority of my life. I had grown up as an only child, incessantly feeling out of place among my peers. It wasn’t until the middle of my freshman year of high school that I gained the self-confidence I had only dreamed about. In 2012, two friends and I established the Irvine…

My sophomore summer I attended COLS (cadet officer leadership school) to become an officer in my JROTC unit. My junior year I was the captain of the varsity soccer team. I was also the drill team commander of my AFJROTC unit. The following summer I attended:…

put on by the high school such as plays concerts athletics and parades were my favorite thing. Today I am a three sport athlete, with varsity letters in tennis, basketball and football. I have participated in high school politics, I was the sophomore class Vice President. I am a member of concert choir, who performs regularly for the community. I am also in the Drama three class in my high school, in which we write and create our own play to perform for the community…

mindset, making new friends & knowing it was going to be MY year. I had faced many successes academically and faced a few failures that I am going to improve my sophomore year so I don’t make the same mistakes. My main priority going into freshman year was to excel in all my classes since I wanted to get off to a good start. Being a sophomore now, I consider myself to be proud to be a part of the Cedar Shoals community. My freshman year, I had…

Making history Winning this tournament meant everything for our team, I would had never imagined that we were capable of achieving such a goal. In 2014 the annual volleyball competition of Bilingual schools took place at “Escuela Internacional Sampedrana" in San Pedro Sula, Cortes. Our school took teams to compete in four categories in Pre Juvenile girls, Pre Juvenile boys, INFA girls and INFA boys which was my category. Our team had gone under a harsh training, but not only had us,…

As a team captain of my high school’s cross country and track teams, I make an extra effort to reach out to my underclassmen to make them feel welcome and supported. I know in my first year of running in high school, it was hard to feel welcome in a sport when everyone was literally running away from you. Luckily, I grew faster and made many amazing friends, but I believe everyone should be included in the team dynamic, even if they are not a top runner or an extrovert. New people on their first…

lackluster spring semester during my sophomore year. However life took an interesting turn to say the least. It was during marking period one. I entered my Health classroom with a certain kind of enthusiasm. I remember very vividly I was seated next to my previous teammates. This would normally trigger a happy feeling within me, however this was something different. There's something that must be made clear. The reason I was underperforming at school sophomore year was because I was bullied by…

It was 8:45pm, a cold breezy night, the stand were filled but the filled anticipation. I stood there in my marching uniform with the thought of dreading to perform. The old dead sounding announcer yelled the next marching group. I hated everything second being in a part of my high school marching band. I invested three whole years, and what came to follow? Nothing. Yes I learned to drop the tv show i was watching and rush to practice or giving up thousands of my saturday to go to far nowhere…