My position in student government has always asked me to think critically and creatively. In ASB, associated student body, we create events, dances, and pep rallies for students in the school to enjoy. I have been in ASB since 9th grade and I have always been a dedicated member. I was applied for ASB as class president and was elected by my class to that position. I held the position for two years and then became a director of extracurricular activities for one year. I worked hard and strengthened the necessary skills to become ASB president which I ran for and was elected to. Every year in ASB we try something challenging to learn critical thinking and problem solving skills along with public speaking skills. A challenge the ASB advisor gave us this year was to find a problem in the school and fix it. It was easier said than done. My partner and I found that a majority of students in our school may be college ready but don’t know a lot about it. We decided to fix this by increasing the amount of college information available. My partner and I surveyed students to see if the researched college on their own or made a list of colleges they are interested in. Over sixty percent of students did neither.
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I conducted interviews with counselors, teachers, principals, and staff. With the interviews I found out the history of the problem and how staff, counselors and the administration tried to fix it. I also had interviews with students at my school and students outside of my school to get their perspective on the problem and what they think may be causing it. My partner and I researched the problem online and how it affects other schools. Our solution to the problem was to create powerpoints about careers and colleges to send to students. Although our problem is about colleges, we don’t want students to be confused on what to do in life after college. We would get freshmen and sophomores focused on careers so as juniors they can find a college to match their career. Students would use the information we give them to fill out a worksheet for both careers and colleges to save for later use. We recognized that some students may not be interested in doing this so we decided to schedule an assembly in February where current seniors and former alumni give their experiences, stories, and regrets while preparing and applying to college. We are hoping that this will encourage students to do the worksheets and dedicate more time to preparing for college. We also wanted to have a big college fair in May so students can collect more college information there. We don’t want to overwhelm them with work where they become bored or tired of it so we will make this something they can do in advisory in the morning to get it out the way. This solution plan will be executed next semester. The point of this solution is to get students the information they need so they can use it when they are seniors. After our documents and plans were completed, we constructed a powerpoint and presented it to a room of students, teachers, administration, and staff. The presentation required us to combined character and intelligence. When Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech in front of thousand and thousands of people, he too combines intelligence and character. Like him,
I conducted interviews with counselors, teachers, principals, and staff. With the interviews I found out the history of the problem and how staff, counselors and the administration tried to fix it. I also had interviews with students at my school and students outside of my school to get their perspective on the problem and what they think may be causing it. My partner and I researched the problem online and how it affects other schools. Our solution to the problem was to create powerpoints about careers and colleges to send to students. Although our problem is about colleges, we don’t want students to be confused on what to do in life after college. We would get freshmen and sophomores focused on careers so as juniors they can find a college to match their career. Students would use the information we give them to fill out a worksheet for both careers and colleges to save for later use. We recognized that some students may not be interested in doing this so we decided to schedule an assembly in February where current seniors and former alumni give their experiences, stories, and regrets while preparing and applying to college. We are hoping that this will encourage students to do the worksheets and dedicate more time to preparing for college. We also wanted to have a big college fair in May so students can collect more college information there. We don’t want to overwhelm them with work where they become bored or tired of it so we will make this something they can do in advisory in the morning to get it out the way. This solution plan will be executed next semester. The point of this solution is to get students the information they need so they can use it when they are seniors. After our documents and plans were completed, we constructed a powerpoint and presented it to a room of students, teachers, administration, and staff. The presentation required us to combined character and intelligence. When Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech in front of thousand and thousands of people, he too combines intelligence and character. Like him,