Swav Essay Examples

During my high school career being involved in activities was important to me. Yearbook, SWAV (Students with a Voice), Student Senate, Gymnastics, Volleyball, and Miss Trempealeau were the activities I showed off my leadership. In Yearbook I showed my leadership by being an editor. I helped design templates and write the captions on each page of the yearbook. During my senior year, I worked very hard on the yearbook and did it with help from only a few people. Only being a part of yearbook for a year, I have learned a lot about leadership and what it takes to get 100 pages done in two months. I also show my leadership in SWAV. SWAV stands for “Student with a Voice” and it’s a group of sixteen kids who meet with the Principal during the school

year and talk about problems that are going on in our school or district. I’ve been on SWAV since my sophomore year. These students are selected by the Principal and this group involved leadership to be a part of. Student Senate was another club during my high school career I was a part of since my sophomore year.

My sophomore and junior year I was in the position of Class Representative, and my senior year I became Vice President. This organization helps run dances, after school assemblies, and homecoming week. My last club I was a part of was FCCLA. FCCLA stands for “Family, Community, and Career Leaders of America”. FCCLA was one of my greatest accomplishments in my high school career. We have a variety of events that one could choose to do for competition, and my junior year, my partner and I chose “Hospitality, Tourism, & Recreation.” We designed a company and thought of all the details it would need to be successful. In this event we made it to Nationals in San Diego, CA. We received a silver at Nationals, but we were very proud of the award we received. This club also gives everyone the opportunity to go to Leadership events, which I did. They were seminars that showed the importance of leadership and bringing it to your community, school, and careers. FCCLA was the most beneficial in learning leadership skills. Another organization I was a part of is in my hometown, they have an organization called the, “Trempealeau Lions.” The Lions run everything from our town festival to organizing events in the

community. This year I was lucky enough to run for Miss Trempealeau, and received 2nd Attendant. My platform for running was to Promote Trempealeau. This showed my leadership because I created pamphlets and talked to members of the Chamber to help recreate the website. Being a part of the royalty alone has taught me a lot about leadership, and how it’s important to have when working hard to promote somewhere I love. The last two extra-curricular activities in which I showed my leadership was Volleyball and Gymnastics. In Volleyball, I was a part of the Varsity team both my junior and senior year. Our team never really stood out to people, because our losing streak was at a high point. I used leadership whenever I would talk to my teammates about what we could improve on. I was a captain for my senior year, and trying to make the girls believe in themselves really helped improve my leadership skills. Lastly, gymnastics was a sport I used my leadership skills in. I have been on the varsity gymnastics team my entire high school career. During my senior year I became a captain and I have worked to help design t-shirts, jackets, made photography sessions, and worked to help organize our videos online. This year in gymnastics I took my leadership skills to a new level, and really stepped up as a leader. In high school I am happy to say I am proud with all of my leadership opportunities and skills I have gained.