I have been involved in 4-H since I was in the fourth grade. Today, I am still very involved. I show dairy cattle every year at the Clinton County Fair, Mississippi Valley Fair, and the Iowa State Fair. As well as showing in an open show called the Youth Dairy Classic through the Jr. Brown Swiss Association that I belong to. Through 4-H I have also participated in our annual fruit sales, helping put up and take down Christmas lights, paint the barns and help with restoration of them. I also helped at a cancer benefit of one of our 4-H families. To me, 4-H has helped me become a leader, I was recently in charge of the Entertainment Committee as well as being the Historian officer. My family is also very involved with 4-H, my father is on the Clinton County Fair Board, and both of my brothers and sister in law are Associate Fair Board members. Also my mother and father and grandmother were all 4-H leaders for years. I hope to follow in their footsteps and be a Fair Board member myself and one day help the fair board make important decisions too. This has impacted my life in a positive way and I hope to continue the generation. …show more content…
I have taught dance classes for the last four years and the little dancers really look up to me as their role model. I was nominated as dance team captain by my peers for my school dance team. I have also been on the leadership team at Central DeWitt Community Schools. We would meet regularly to talk about goals to increase our leadership skills amongst our peers. I am also a member of the Jr. Brown Swiss Association and have lead the younger members through our annual concession stand fundraisers teaching them the ropes so they can help the next generation. All of these leadership roles are thanks to my devotion to 4-H. Being involved with my community is a future goal of mine. It always feels good to give
The most meaningful and challenging experiences in my life have been through sports and the 4-H club. They have instilled the values of perseverance, confidence, and teamwork within me. I feel that my peers and others could learn valuable life lessons through participating in these organizations. They are not just clubs, but a guiding light for life. For example in sports I have had the opportunity to play on both losing and winning teams. This has given me a different perspective of looking at things. I now realize that even if you fail or lose that is no reason to give up, you still have to get right back up. Just realize your mistakes and errors. Then come back the next time, mentally and physically, ready to meet the challenge. To often in life youth and adults alike fail at something and automatically think that they cannot do it, and give up. Instead of just pushing themselves to run another lap, lift another set, study for another hour, or learn another theorem. Imagine a world if the early American settlers had given in to the British, if the North had given in to the South after the first loss of the civil war, or if Michael Jordan had given up after being cut from the team in high school. People just need to learn to have perseverance and believe in themselves. 4-H has been a series of stepping-stones for me. When I first started out at age four I was shy and afraid to do things that I had not done before, but now I have blossomed into a confident and outgoing young man. I no longer fear getting up in front of large groups and speaking because of the experiences I've had in public speaking events. In addition, 4-H has given me the chance to develop myself as a leader. Over the years I have held various leadership positions on the club, county, and district levels. Also, 4-H has given me the chance to go into the community and help people by leading youth in workshops, assisting the handicap and elderly, and also learn from what others have to teach. In both of these organizations I learned the need for teamwork. For example last year my football team went 0-11 and the main reason because of that was we were not a team.
Throughout everyday tasks in the classroom, or outside of school, I step up and lead those who need to be led. I constantly find new opportunities to lead others and help the situation any way I can. Every summer the band has a marching band camp for a week straight that we must all attend. Being an experienced band member, I step up and assist all underclassmen and show then where to go and what they need to be doing. Instead of getting frustrated when giving the freshman directions, I am calm and collect and walk them step by step until they understand, something most leaders would not have time or patience for. With many plans to help others and lead within my community, I believe that I have what it takes to be a strong, and powerful leader for the National Honor Society.
Involvement in marching band, field hockey, and various other activities has given me many opportunities to show leadership. My first leadership opportunity was in eighth grade when I became a WEB leader. While I was a WEB leader, I helped incoming sixth graders get adjusted to middle school life and find their classes on the first day. I also met up with the sixth graders in my group once a month at lunch and got to know them while I asked how school was going and helped them with any issues they had. In marching band, this past season I was a marching captain for my section. I helped the freshmen learn to march, demonstrated proper marching techniques for others, and gave advice to anyone having trouble with part of our marching show. At the start of field hockey season I showed leadership by helping new players learn to play field hockey by demonstrating how
I have been given several opportunities to teach these skills to younger girls, including organizing the San Francisco Girl Scout Skills Camporee training, where we trained Girl Scouts of all ages for the annual Skills Camporee. For multiple years in a row, girls in my troop and I organized and designed the training activities for this event. Events like this have improved my leadership abilities and inspired me to continue learning as a Girl Scout. Of all of the amazing experiences that I have gotten from Girl Scouts, the most important to me has been the opportunities to meet hundreds of other inspired young women and help them enrich their own lives through Girl Scout programs. Through my troop, I was connected with DWEN, Dell Women’s Entrepreneurship Network.
My perseverance has prepared me for a career in medicine. The path towards becoming a physician can be long and challenging, necessitating the ability to endure. My ability to bounce back from setbacks and mistakes has solidified throughout my journey. One of the cornerstone experiences of my personal development occurred during high school. My determination led to me my graduating as valedictorian of my class, while balancing three varsity sports and several extracurricular activities. In addition, I worked on weekends to help support my family financially. This persistence resulted in scholarship awards that made higher education a possibility.
I have been a part of multiple pep rallies and am a role model to younger students. One moment, in particular, stands out to me on how much difference I can make in younger children. My new cheer coach had asked if anyone would be interested in volunteering their time to help the middle school squad learning the cheers. Being Varsity Cheer Co-Captain, I was more than happy to oblige. It was a no-brainer to help out because cheer is one of my favorite things. As I laced up my cheer shoes, I glanced up, I noticed the fresh-faced cheerleaders who timidly walked into the gym. They reminded me of me at that age, afraid that they didn't have what it took to be a cheerleader. However, as practices went on, they became more confident in their abilities. Volunteering my time was well worth it, I got to see the cheerleaders grow into more confident cheerleaders and people.
When I was a child, I looked at a mirror one day, and I was amazed by the fact that I was aware of my eyes looking at my face. It was a moment of epiphany for me that I was conscious of my senses working properly.
Without a doubt the most meaningful activity I have ever been involved in is 4-H. I have been a member of the Cheerful Champs 4-H club for almost ten years. When you join a 4-H club the members and leaders become your friends and family. 4-H’s mission is to provide a positive environment for kids to grow and succeed through. With such an environment 4-H hopes to give kids confidence and empower them to do whatever they hope to achieve. Empowerment turns kids into leaders and teachers. After being in 4-H so long you learn how to lead and teach the younger members of the club and others in the community. Through 4-H I have gained a family and many qualities that I will cherish for life.
1. At CoBA, we place great importance in values, initiative and professionalism. Describe one example of how you have demonstrated these qualities.
My work as an assistant dance teacher at WA Stage School allowed me to develop leadership skills, build confidence and learn how to collaborate with others. By working together with the teacher in charge, I learnt the necessary collaboration of others to run a successful class, as well as the importance of helping others. I learnt from her own experiences as a dance teacher and developed the confidence to teach the class certain aspects of technique and choreography. I learnt how to use my own initiative and how to lead in certain situations where guidance is necessary. Witnessing the
A good curator has the potential to shape a person’s approach to art and culture. In 2011, Andrew Bolton’s stunning presentation of fashion as art, in ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’ opened my eyes to the work of a designer that would become the backbone to the majority of my undergraduate study. Aged 18, I traveled to New York where I visited the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Four years later, when ‘Savage Beauty’ was showing once again - this time at the V&A, curated by Claire Wilcox - I wrote my dissertation on the complex relationship between art and fashion through a detailed analysis of the exhibition which gave me my biggest passion.
I am Sierra Rettenmund and I currently attend Clyde High School. I plan to attend Ohio State University next year to work towards receiving my bachelors degree in dance. I hope to one day perform as a professional dancer and eventually own my own dance studio. In order to be able to run my studio with ease I, along with the instructors I hire, will need to be good leaders. A leader, by definition, is the person who leads or commands a group. There are many qualities or characteristics that play a role in good leadership. If were to fail at portraying these characters I would inevitably fail with running my business.
Of those children, 400,000 of them are in the foster care system, meaning that they do not have parents on top of being homeless. That is 2.5 million lives that could be impacted by the art form of dance. This is where organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs and orphanages in every city across the United States come into play. Over the past four years, I have taken part in going to these organizations in my area teaching dance classes to children who couldn’t afford it otherwise, and have even fed the families at the shelters as well. The reward that you receive from watching the beaming faces of the children who are having the time of their lives in your dance class is incredible just because you know that what you are giving them is something that they could never receive otherwise. Seeing their joy and excitement to dance makes me want to go back each and every day for the sole fact that I know I am giving them something to look forward to and to instill the same passion that I have for the art of dance and give them the resources that they need to take their love for dance to the next
Besides academics, fine arts and sports in school, I have attained leading roles in different groups. This year, I am the Spirit Leader of Student Council encouraging monthly goals and themes and assisting in school events. From creating a student council with a group of peers three years ago we have had success in many events and have found new ways to spread spirit, gather important information and assist with financial groups. Recently, I stepped up to be the leader of the fundraising committee for our ...
As I described in my previous paper I have participated in many leadership roles. I have been a host teacher for two up and coming teachers from colleges in the local area. I have also served as a Subject Area leader for fourth and fifth grade. I was in charge of the Science curriculum and approving achievement in that content area for both grades. I have also been part of a peer coaching team for Science and Social Studies curriculum. It’s awesome to visit other classrooms to share and compare