Demetrius Lalanne
Follow messagePhillips Academy Class of 2011
USA
My name is Demetrius Aarron Lalanne. At the moment I am 17 years old, and a twelfth grader. I love languages and am currently studying Japanese and German. I am an extremely outgoing person, and love to be apart of whatever community I am in. Which is shown through the sheer number of clubs and extra-curriculars I am involved with. I am very interested in the arts including Theatre and Dance. I also fell in love with debate, Wrestling, and Crew. There is too much about me to say in 20 seconds so I'll leave it at that.
Extracurricular
- Jv Wrestling
- I began Wrestling my tenth grade year, at first to bulk up and stay in shape for the the spring crew season. I fell in love with wrestling and aspire to continue with it for the rest of my high school career.
- 3rd/4th boat
- Began my freshman fall in Instructional Crew. I fell in love with the sport. I aspire to be in the first boat by Senior year.
- Philomathen Society
- I began Philomathen, the school's debate team, because a friend asked me to. It is one of my favorite activities. We do extemporaneous debating, basically debaters chose topic and side respectively and is given 10 minutes to come up with points and consul
- G.S.A
- I am active in my school's GSA
- Acting
- I began as a freshman getting into a Senior Independent Project, the highest show a freshman could get into at the time. After that I have been in countless shows and I intend to continue for the rest of my high school career.
- Directing
- Directing. I began directing short 10 minute
- Singing
- I began in my school's Gospel Choir, began voice lessons in my tenth grade year. And aspire to be in my school's boy a Capella group.
- WPAA
- WPAA is Phillip Academy's Radio Station. I have a radio show once a week for 45 minutes in which I play the top ten of a chosen genre; disney songs, top charters, rock, etc.
- Tour Guiding
- I give multiple tours a week of my high school to potential parents and students. The average tour guide gives one a week I gave three this past trimester
- Backtracks
- Backtracks is the school's General Interest Magazine. Any non fiction writing can be sent to Backtracks along with any art. I am a columnist on the board of Backtracks.
- Hypnotiq
- Hypnotiq is Phillips' Modern Hip-hop group. I personally do not agree, nor appreciate the term hip-hop and street. This dance group of about 14 kids is a school organization.
- Learn To Read
- Learn To Read Jacksonville is an Adult literacy program.
- Lawrence Boys and Girls Club
- In the neighboring town of Lawrence, I volunteered at their boy and girl's club, mainly in the homework help room.
- MSPCA
- MSPCA is an animal shelter in Methuen, Massachusetts where I volunteer once a week for 3 hours.
- TEAK
- The TEAK Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges. Along with academic support, TEAK provides leadership training, exposure to the arts and outdoors, mentoring
- ACE
- A 5-week summer program held in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 6 hour classes commenced, including 2 hours of Geometry, College Chemistry, and Expository writing. I also participated in Kayaking and Blacksmithing.
- Community Service
- During Phillip Academy's Non Sibi Day, an international day where all students both current and alumni does community service around the head, I lead a team of 15 students through community service.
- On Campus
- I am apart of S.A.B, which is my school's Student Activites Board. We meet once a week plan the events for the weekends, publicize the events, raise money, etc. I am the leader for "on campus", other sections include; off campus, publicity, the weekender
- Cluster Council
- As dorm representative I am the liaison between my dorm and the school. Along with getting my dorm's ideas out there, it allows me to get closer to the faculty and fight for what I believe is right.
Experience
- Intern
- Qcollection
- 2009 to 2009
- I helped different people in Qcollection's main office on 21st. Including both retail and clerical jobs
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
December 5, 2011
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Gender:
Male
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Birthday:
November 27
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Religious:
Agnostic
Background
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Ethnicity:
African-American // Caucasian or White
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Heritage:
Dutch // English // West Indian
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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Fluent Language:
English
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
USA
Interests
- Foreign Languages
- Political Science & Government
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Languages
Favorites
- Movies:
Scary Movie 1 & 2, Date Movie, Just Friends, Amelie, Honey, Nuremberg Trials, Dead Poets Society, Breakfast Club, Airplane
- TV Shows:
30 Rock, So You Think You Can Dance, Glee
- Music:
I'm eclectic I like some of my favorite:
AFI, Adele, Alice Deejay, Aluto, Aly & Aj, Amy Winehouse, Anberlin, ATB Aventura Basement Jaxx Blake Lewis, Breaking Benjamin, Chrisette Michele, Cobra Starship, Daft Punk, DMB, Duncan Sheik Fallout Boy Finger Ele - Websites:
panet.andover.edu, www.facebook.com, www.wikipedia.com, www.google.com
- Quotes:
Every fight is a food fight, if you're a cannibal~Demetri Martin
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend." -- Albert Camus - Books:
The Lonely Bones by Alice Sebold
A Child Called it series by Dave Peltzer
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbach
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Antigone by Sophocles
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