Kaylee Purinton
Follow messageI am 5'9 and LOVE to play volleyball. I like to go hiking in the summertime with my friends on local mountains. My favorite food would have is anything homemade or Quakes Cheddar Cheese Rice Cakes. I am extremely school spirited and involved in multiple extracurriculars ranging from sports to academic clubs. I'd like to call myself a student government guru and I am currently a senior class respresentative. I tend to bust out in dance moves and random song lyrics just cause it makes other people smile. I plan on becoming a teacher, entrepreneur, and/or physical therapist in the future.
Extracurricular
- JV and Varsity Volleyball
- I am involved with playing volleyball at the JV my freshman and sophomore year and varsity my junior year at my school.
- Class President
- Currently I hold the posistion of class president which includes helping at all the school activites. This also includes my job for conducting class meetings, meeting with advisors, and planning prom for the upperclassmen.
- Prom Committee
- Head of prom committee that arranged all the necessities for prom. Ranging from decorations to refreshments.
- World Language Declamation Competition
- This was a competition of five different events. Students has the choice of which event and how many events that they wanted to compete in. I participated in impromtu, poetry, dialogue, and a culture trivia test. All of these except for the culture
- Symphonic Band
- I was involved with the symphonic band at Eagle River High School. The typical band class; marching, concerts, and the occasional pep band. I played french horn and some trumpet when it came to pep band.
- Staff Member
- I am a staff member in creating a yearbook for Eagle River High. I will continue this my senior year and hopefully become an editor.
- Senior Class Representative
- My job is to assist the class president and help the executive board president fulfill their duties.
- Mentoring
- I mentored a younger girl my sophomore year which meant that I tutored and was a friend in one. Currently I am volunteering at the school as a tutor and teacher aide.
- Ms. Bear Paw Pageant
- I competed in the Ms. Bear Paw Pageant and volunteered helping with the carnival and activites associated with it.
- Seatbelt Safety Week
- There is a huge proportion of teenagers that die in car crashes each year.Student government felt that our students should be aware of wearing their seatbelts. We gave candy to teens with seatbelts.
- Summer Elite Camp
- This camp is for a group of girls that has shown a great ability in volleyball. They were hand selected and what they did was play volleyball. We were taught how to speed and slow down the game of volleyball.
- Summer School for Middle Hitters
- This was a school that developed the skills needed to be a better player as a middle hitter. There was no game play involved. Just recording players and fixing areas of concern.
- All-American Camp
- This camp was for players that could perform at a varisty level. Head coach from Michigan came to run the camp as if it was a college practice. Collegiate players also came to help out. It lasted for one week.
- Reno Travel Trip
- I was a member of the 16's age division of the Midnight Sun Club volleyball. We traveled to Reno, Nevada where we competed in the largest volleyball tournament with over 10,000 girls particpating.
- Class President
- I am the class president which means that I organize all the meetings and activites for the junior class. I am also responsible for putting on prom.
- Change of Heart
- Change of Heart is a training that students will go through at Eagle River High School. It shows students how much prejudice and racism happens in our school on a daily basis and how much we can hold grudges. This is student run. Teachers and students
- R.S.V.P.
- R.S.V.P. stands for Raising Student Voice and Participation. It is a brainstorming of ideas with a randomly selected amount of students in our school to see how they felt about how things were going. Items ranging from spirit week spirit to prices on th
- Student Advisory Board
- Three representatives from each high school meet twice a month to debate and create resolutions to improve schools in the district. My job was to give a view of where my high school stands on particular resolutions and give suggestions for improvement.
Experience
- Movie Theatre Attendant
- Captain Cook Hotel
- 2007 to 2007
- I worked at the box office selling tickets to customers, worked in the concession stand, and as the usher who tears the tickets as people walk into the theatre.
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
March 4
Background
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Hometown:
EAGLE RIVER
Interests
- Liberal Arts
- Health & Medicine
Favorites
- Movies:
Finding Nemo, Mean Girls, The Diary of Bridget Jones, Wild Hogs, The Inside Man, Tropic Thunder, and my all time favorite STEP BROTHERS
- TV Shows:
So You Think You Can Dance, America's Best Dance Crew, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, Make me a Supermodel
- Music:
When it is dead silent, and everyone is in their own little world, I want to get up and dance. I like songs that pump me up and just make me want to go crazy dancing white girl style.
- Websites:
www.myspace.com/ (talkin to my friends)
www.freerice.com/ (I like to donate rice to the UN with my vocabulary skills)
www.facebook.com - Quotes:
"You must be the change you want to see in the world"- Mahatama Gandhi
"Is your name Gillette? Cause your the best a man can get". - Books:
Twilight Series, Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, Cut, Witness, Tangerine, House of Scorpion, My Sister's Keeper,
Angus, Thong, and Full Frontal Snogging Series, The Subtle Knife, Monster























