It is a great pleasure to recommend Rachel Sitasz for admission to the Edward Hospital Student Volunteer Program. She is one of the most empathetic, kind, and exceptional humans I have encountered in my 14 years of teaching. I teach Rachel in my 8th grade advanced ELA class. Her academics, character, innate curiosity, intrinsic motivation, ethical standards, and unwavering desire to give back, have put Rachel in a class of her own. In fact, for the first time in over 25+ years, the eighth-grade team created a brand new end-of-the-year award for our graduation awards assembly. This award was specifically designed around Rachel’s qualities. Rachel is so uniquely exceptional and service-minded, we had nothing in place to properly recognise and honor her accomplishments.
Rachel is perceptive, brilliant, intuitive, yet unassuming. She approaches each task as a novel opportunity to better the community as a whole. She critically reflects, is highly metacognitive, thinks globally, and problem solves on a holistic level. Personally, I am astounded that an 8th-grade student displays this level of humanity. Rachel’s dynamic …show more content…
Organization of this school-wide event was vast and detailed, involving repeated meetings with administration and staff in regards to scheduling and roll-out details; along with negotiating a “pie the principal or assistant principal in the face” incentive to increase competition and fundraising. She created an elaborate and engaging iMovie “hook” for the students, introducing the student body to a silent peer most had never met, her friend Ainsley. The film, so moving, was the catalyst in inspiring student activism in the fundraising effort. Penny Wars was wildly successful in both raising money and a giving students a service-based mindset. In the past few months alone, Rachael has raised over $3000.00 for her cause, and her
Rachel is perceptive, brilliant, intuitive, yet unassuming. She approaches each task as a novel opportunity to better the community as a whole. She critically reflects, is highly metacognitive, thinks globally, and problem solves on a holistic level. Personally, I am astounded that an 8th-grade student displays this level of humanity. Rachel’s dynamic …show more content…
Organization of this school-wide event was vast and detailed, involving repeated meetings with administration and staff in regards to scheduling and roll-out details; along with negotiating a “pie the principal or assistant principal in the face” incentive to increase competition and fundraising. She created an elaborate and engaging iMovie “hook” for the students, introducing the student body to a silent peer most had never met, her friend Ainsley. The film, so moving, was the catalyst in inspiring student activism in the fundraising effort. Penny Wars was wildly successful in both raising money and a giving students a service-based mindset. In the past few months alone, Rachael has raised over $3000.00 for her cause, and her