• help elementary school students


• once a week, i go to my old elementary school after school and help kids with their homework or play games with them.

• Class Office


• i've been VP of my class for the past 3 years. i generally help set up bake sales and other fundraisers and plan prom.

• orchestra


• i played the flute in my school's orchestra.

• marching band


• when scheduling conflicts didn't allow me to take orchestra or band class, i joined marching band, an extracurricular activity. i absolutely loved learning drills and competing.

• Building with Books


• this is my favorite activity. bwb is an organization that builds schools in third world countries. i was fortunate enough to be selected to travel with a group of other students to mali, africa for a two week trip. while there, we lived in a village and h

• math team


• i like math so i joined the math team. we compete against other schools in connecticut.

• track


• i ran for my school's track team in the 800 m race.

• red cross


• i'm part of the stamford chapter's youth corp and am currently treasurer.

• Tri-M Music Honor Society


• As a music honor society, we try to help spread music in our schools and community.

• Summer Reading Club


• i volunteered at my local library with the summer reading club be logging the books that the children have read.

• bennet cancer walk


• i help set up the bennet cancer walk in my city every year by blowing up balloons, hanging up signs, etc.

• church


• i play in my church's youth ensemble. we play during mass every month.

• CTY Summer Program


• i attended 3 week long summer programs sponsored by JHU during which you take a course at various campuses. one summer, i took math logic and reasoning at sienna college. another summer i took probability and game theory at franklin and marshall.

• BizCamp


• Another program sponsored by CTY. It was a one week long camp at JHU during which i learned about business practices and how to start a business. In the end, the campers were split into group and we had to pitch a business we came up with using what we le

• Goldman Sachs Leadership Development Institute


• I spent 3 days with other students learning about leadership styles and how to be an effective leader.

• BwB Trek for Knowledge


• BwB sends groups of students involved in the afterschool program on treks to Mali and Nicaragua to help build schools. I travelled to Mali, Africa to help with the construction of a school in a village there. We lived with the villagers and worked besdie

• Building with Books


• Service is one of the core values of the club. I find services for our members to participate in and volunteer opportunities for them to pursue.

• Class Office


• We basically raise money for our senior prom and plan both our junior and senior proms.

• Tri-M


• As historian, i put together our monthly newsletter, The Musical Note.

• Red Cross Youth Corp