October 2017

Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player 150 150 Jack Warren

Dealing with the stresses of school and other activities, baseball is the one place I know I can go to where I know I can relax, be myself, and play…

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Waterworld

Waterworld 150 150 Jessica Mele

I have always been a very visual person. I learn most efficiently from graphics and flash cards; I store memories through an image in my head; and artistically, I attain…

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Being Shy

Being Shy 150 150 Samantha Jones

Throughout my whole life I struggled with being shy. My freshman year in high school I decided I didn’t want to be shy, I wanted to be able to get…

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Communication

Communication 150 150 Lillian Oliver

I work in retail and have to be able to grow my communication skills with not only my team members but also the customers. Throughout my time working for Kohl’s…

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Asking for help

Asking for help 150 150 Briauna smith

Last year I moved schools. It was my junior year in high school and I had a line of difficult classes ahead of me. I didn’t know a single person…

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Chess tournament

Chess tournament 150 150 Chesteray Henderson

As a young child I was exposed to chess, but I was never taught how to play. Then one day my dad and older brother were playing and to my…

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October Essay Question

October Essay Question 150 150 Haley Kassum

One of the biggest problems that students have both outside and inside the classroom is not being able to manage their time. Throughout my years being in school, I have…

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Student Led Drama Department

Student Led Drama Department 150 150 Taylor Graffman

My friend and I started from the ground up and create our high school’s first student led drama department. We knew it would be extremely difficult to achieve, but we…

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My Time at Girls Who Code and How if Helped Me with My Confidence

My Time at Girls Who Code and How if Helped Me with My Confidence 150 150 Kami Jurenka

An outside of school experience that impacted me deeply was my time at the Girls Who Code program. This program was created to introduce girls to computer science by doing…

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How Programming Helped me Learn Programming

How Programming Helped me Learn Programming 150 150 Foster Brown

In the Fall of 2016 I began my freshman year in college. That semester I took an introductory course in programming. Coming from a musical background, I was not aware…

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