High School Leadership Personal Statement

Colin Powell suggests that “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” I appreciate this quote because it summarizes my academic and social experience in High School. Throughout my high school career, I have grown from a uninvolved, laid back student, who did not care much about his studies, to a student achieving great academic heights, and not only getting involved in the community, but becoming a leader. I have aquired wonderful leadership characteristics, communication skills, and volunteer experience. My objective is to pursue a career in the field of ___________.

Throughout my high school career, I have been involved in many different clubs. During my freshman and sophomore year, I was in clubs such as the Academy of Engineering, tech club, DECA, and tee-shirt design club. I found myself joining clubs but not taking on leadership roles as I should be. As a Junior, I truly showed myself how much of a leader I can be. I got selected to be the social leader of Junior Class Council, where I would be the person advertising and promoting the upcoming events

at our school. I also joined the National Honor Society, where I got selected to be an officer for my senior year. I was also a member of the teacher cadet program where I would stay after school and tutor freshman in the subjects of English and Math. Additionally I would travel over to the local Elementary school with a couple of friends, and we would assist the children with their reading skills. My honesty and social skills opened a lot of leadership roles for me. I am very honest in the fact that I messed up academically my first semester as a freshman. Being honest with myself scored me a spot as a Student Ambassador, where I lead freshman orientation, guiding freshman to make the best decision possible to avoid the academic mistakes I made.

My communication skills have evolved from being scared to present a project to the class, into one of my best features. I am able to speak to all audiences, young or elder, male or female, I seem to be able to connect with whoever I am speaking to. My social and communication skills have not gone unnoticed as I have been named co-president of Creek Chaos. Creek Chaos is the student involvement club at my high school, where I plan the themes for our student section at sporting events, plan activities to do before sporting events, and so on. I was selected for this role because I know how to talk to my school and be able to understand what they want and give that to them. Furthermore, I was selected as the social leader of Junior Class Council and the publicity director of National Honor Society, so this assures that communicating with my school is one of my strong suits.

My community has given a lot to me growing up so it is my duty to give back to my community as often as possible.

I donate a lot of my time with the Mallard Creek Optimist Club, whether I would be serving as a camp counselor during summer camps, participating in community park cleanup, or serving dinner to the sick and elderly, I have always been there to help. One of my most proudest achievements with the Optimist Club was winning the ‘Reel Optimism Video Contest’. The ‘Reel Optimism Video Contest’ consisted of a small group of individuals who worked together, directing and editing a short film about a service event we did for our community. Receiving first place in the video contest earned my optimist club a $1,000 grant. As I mentioned earlier, I also give back some of my time in the form of tutoring through the teacher cadet program at my

school.
Looking back at my experiences, accomplishments, and achievements, in the areas of leadership, communications, and community involvement, and having the hunger and drive to want to accomplish and learn more, I believe I bring a lot to the table and would be an excellent candidate for a career in the field of __________________.