I. Extra-Curricular Activities
A. Clubs
Women’s Group
This club is for high school girls who want to learn to build their self-esteem, reach for their goals, and inform each other on various issues going on in the world. My senior year I brought this club back to our school.
9th, 10th, 12th grades 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
Interact
Interact is a club whose sole purpose is to have a positive impact on its community. We are involved in various community service projects throughout the year.
10th, 11th, 12th grades 2 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Speech and Debate
My junior year I competed in Impromptu and my senior year I competed in Prose. I placed in district my junior year.
11th, 12th grades 4 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Journalism
My first year, I was in charge of taking pictures for the yearbook as well as designing class pages. The next year I wrote articles for our school newspaper and my last year I was chosen to be co-Editor in Chief.
9th, 10th, 11th grades 2 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Wilderness Club
This club is new to my school. Its purpose is to teach students basic survival skills which are then used during our backpacking trips.
12th grade 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
Architecture and Design Team
Throughout the year I worked on designing a Gazebo to be put on campus and created a plan for restoring the nature trails at the back of our school.
11thgrade 2 hours per week/35 weeks per year
B. Sports
Softball
Not only did I play center field and short stop, but my duties also varied from being designated hitter, recording the team’s statistics and caring for the equipment
Not only did I play center field and short stop, but my duties also varied from being designated hitter, recording the team’s statistics and caring for the equipment
11th grade 6 hours a week/14 weeks per year
C. Other Campus Activities
Chores Captain
During Chores, students are appointed to work in groups at different areas throughout the school with older students as captains. Captains are responsible for their group and are in charge of making sure each person is doing his/her job.
10th, 11th, 12th grade 5 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Tutor
I tutored two middle school girls in Math, Science and History my sophomore and junior year. I helped both of them raise their failing grades to solid Bs.
10th, 11th grade 1 hour per week/25 weeks per year
Laptop Monitor
Upperclassmen are in charge of assigning laptops to students who need them the most during study hall.
9th, 10th grade 2 hours per week/35weeks per year
Crew Captain
At lunch, girls are placed into different groups that are in charge of lunch duties for a certain day. As Captain, I’m in charge of assigning each girl a different task, checking to see if everyone is working efficiently and making sure everything is running smoothly.
12th grade 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
Computer Lab Monitor
During lunch, students are chosen to be proctors for study sessions held in the computer lab and are responsible for keeping an atmosphere in which other students can work.
11th grade 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
D. Off-Campus Activities:
Red Rowdies
This is a group for the Houston Rockets’ most dedicated and crazed fanatics. Each person has to try out in order to have a seat reserved in the Rowdies’ section at every home game. Our job is to stand up, cheer and get the crowd motivated the whole game.
10th, 11th, 12th grades 3 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Literacy through Photography
I did various projects through FotoFest’s Literacy through Photography program which were displayed at FotoFence 2011.
11th grade 4 hours per week/6 weeks per year
Interact District Conference
Each year, the schools from our district meet together all weekend in order to present a culmination of the community service projects we’ve done.
10th 11th 12th grades 30 hours per week/1 week per year
EMERGE Fellowship
Students that are bright, driven and come from low-income families are chosen to be in EMERGE and receive help and guidance so they can get into the nation’s top universities.
12th grade 3 hours a week/35 weeks per year
Chores Captain
During Chores, students are appointed to work in groups at different areas throughout the school with older students as captains. Captains are responsible for their group and are in charge of making sure each person is doing his/her job.
10th, 11th, 12th grade 5 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Tutor
I tutored two middle school girls in Math, Science and History my sophomore and junior year. I helped both of them raise their failing grades to solid Bs.
10th, 11th grade 1 hour per week/25 weeks per year
Laptop Monitor
Upperclassmen are in charge of assigning laptops to students who need them the most during study hall.
9th, 10th grade 2 hours per week/35weeks per year
Crew Captain
At lunch, girls are placed into different groups that are in charge of lunch duties for a certain day. As Captain, I’m in charge of assigning each girl a different task, checking to see if everyone is working efficiently and making sure everything is running smoothly.
12th grade 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
Computer Lab Monitor
During lunch, students are chosen to be proctors for study sessions held in the computer lab and are responsible for keeping an atmosphere in which other students can work.
11th grade 1 hour per week/35 weeks per year
D. Off-Campus Activities:
Red Rowdies
This is a group for the Houston Rockets’ most dedicated and crazed fanatics. Each person has to try out in order to have a seat reserved in the Rowdies’ section at every home game. Our job is to stand up, cheer and get the crowd motivated the whole game.
10th, 11th, 12th grades 3 hours per week/35 weeks per year
Literacy through Photography
I did various projects through FotoFest’s Literacy through Photography program which were displayed at FotoFence 2011.
11th grade 4 hours per week/6 weeks per year
Interact District Conference
Each year, the schools from our district meet together all weekend in order to present a culmination of the community service projects we’ve done.
10th 11th 12th grades 30 hours per week/1 week per year
EMERGE Fellowship
Students that are bright, driven and come from low-income families are chosen to be in EMERGE and receive help and guidance so they can get into the nation’s top universities.
12th grade 3 hours a week/35 weeks per year
II. Community Service
Special Rodeo
Each year, I’ve volunteered at the Baytown Special Rodeo. Each person gets assigned a special needs kid. Our job is to make sure the kids have a fun time riding on horses and playing games.
9th 10th 11th 12th grades 5 hours a day/1 day per year
Shell Houston Open
Once a year, students go all day to the Shell Houston golf tournament and volunteer to walk 18 holes alongside the golfers while carrying the scoreboards.
10th 11th grade 8 hours per day/7 days per year
Thanksgiving Dinner
Every year I volunteer at the George R. Brown convention center on Thanksgiving Day. Volunteers spend all morning serving “thanksgiving dinners” to the less fortunate.
9th 10th 11th grades 6 hours per day/1 day per year
H2O Project
The goal is to drink only water for 2 weeks and give the money you would have spent on other beverages to charity. The money helps build wells for people in third world countries that will give them access to clean water.
9th 10th 11th grades 7 days per week/2 weeks per year
End Polio Now
I’ve volunteered to give out shirts at an Astros game in order to spread awareness about polio and raised money within my school to help eradicate it in impoverished countries.
9th 10th 11th 12th grades 5 hours per week/4 weeks per year
Special Olympics
For the past two years I’ve volunteered at the Baytown Special Olympics. I’ve set up the different “events” as well as helped to judge them.
10th 11th grades 5 hours per day/1 day per year
III. Talents/Awards/Honors:
1st Place Academic Excellence in Geometry
1st Place Academic Excellence in Algebra II
1st Place Academic Excellence Language Arts II
2nd Place Academic Excellence in World History
2nd Place Academic Excellence in Language Arts I
2nd Place Academic Excellence in Advanced Spanish I
Most Improved Academic Excellence in English
5th place in Mathematics at TAPPS 2A District
6th place in Number Sense at TAPPS 2A District
National Hispanic Recognition Program: Honorable Mention
1st Place Academic Excellence in Algebra II
1st Place Academic Excellence Language Arts II
2nd Place Academic Excellence in World History
2nd Place Academic Excellence in Language Arts I
2nd Place Academic Excellence in Advanced Spanish I
Most Improved Academic Excellence in English
5th place in Mathematics at TAPPS 2A District
6th place in Number Sense at TAPPS 2A District
National Hispanic Recognition Program: Honorable Mention
IV. Employment/Internships/Summer Activities
Cleaning Service
During my sophomore and junior year, I worked with my mom as a housekeeper. She and I would clean people’s houses every weekend during the school year. In the summer, I would be in charge of babysitting the four children of the house. I would have to clean, do laundry, and cook until their mother would come home from work.
Daycare Transport May 30th – August 19th, 2011
Every morning last summer, I was in charge of taking my half-brother to daycare. I was responsible for making sure he showered, got dressed and ate breakfast before I drove him to his daycare facility. In the afternoons, I had to check him out and babysit him until my father got out of work.
