Melissa Gende
Follow messageChapin High School Class of 2009
CHAPIN, SC
I am a very active person. A majority of my classes this year are AP classes. I also work as a waitress at a local Italian restaurant about 4 nights a week and Sunday afternoons. I LOVE to travel! I have been to most states in the Eastern US as well as Italy and Hungary (on a missions trip, I will be going back this summer), soon to add Israel to that list. I always have plans, whether it is heading to the lake with my friends, camping in the mountains, going to the gym after school, or finishing up my massive term paper so that I will be able to do other things without stressing about school.
Extracurricular
- Model U.N.
- Students literally Model the United Nations at different conferences around the US. It has been an amazing experience for me because it has forced me to look at many major world issues from a different perspective. It has also enhanced my public speech an
- Marching Band
- Basically I devote my entire fall to turning a few pages of music and drill into a moving work of art.
- Alto & Tenor Saxophone
- I have played alto sax in the marching band throughout high school and alternated between alto and tenor sax in concert band.
- NHS
- Requires at least a 3.5 GPA, 10 hours of community service per year, and students must be in at least 10th grade to be a member.
- Beta Club
- Requires at least a 3.0 GPA and 5 hours of community service per year to be a member.
- Academic Quizbowl
- Requires a thorough knowledge of every subject to compete against other schools at various competitions. I was part of the Academic Quizbowl my freshmen year and would have continued but our sponsoring teacher moved and no one else would take his place.
- Miss Chapin Pageant
- The preliminary rounds to the Miss Teen South Carolina and Miss Teen USA pageants.
- NJROTC
- MATHCOUNTS
- An organization that strives to keep middle schoolers interested in math and science. I help with just about every aspect of the chapter and state competitions.
- Volunteered at retirement home
- played my saxophone with the jazz band for a winter concert for the old folks.
- Washington DC Missions Trip
- went to Washington DC for a week with my youth group and volunteered at homeless shelters and distribution centers of food for the underprivileged as well as running a small bible camp for children.
- Summer Music Camp
- A week long camp put on at Anderson University in Anderson, SC where students who are artistically inclined can express themselves and learn new things about what they love.
- Marching Band
- I lead the saxophone section at practice in and out of school. Also, I put in helpful ideas and input on various aspects of marching band as well as serve as a role model for younger students in my morals and actions.
Experience
- Waitress
- Alfredo's Italian Restaurant
- I take your order, transfer it to the kitchen, bring you your drinks and food, and do whatever else you tell me to.
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
December 26
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Religious:
Presbyterian
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
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Heritage:
Slavic
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Fluent Language:
English
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Hometown:
CHAPIN
Interests
- Management
- Social Sciences
Favorites
- Movies:
Pride and Prejudice, the Phantom of the Opera, STAR WARS, Lord of the Rings, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days...
- TV Shows:
Amazing Race, Greek
- Music:
Rock (Mayday Parade, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Skillet, A Change of Pace, RED, soooo many more...)
Acoustic (Dashboard Confessional, Matt White...)
Techno (Cascada, Groove Coverage...)
Jazz (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy...)
Classical (Vivaldi...)
Country (Brad Pais - Websites:
facebook
- Quotes:
"Do something worth remembering" -Elvis Presley
- Books:
The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, Great Expectations
