Welcome Paragraph

Welcome to my 10^th grade portfolio. My name is Shaurice H and I’m 15 years old. My favorite color is purple and I love to sing and dance. My favorite sports are Basketball,Volleyball and Softball.I have one brother and one sister that live at San Paqual Academy with me. Jabriel is my older brother and he is a senior about to graduate. Sharay is my younger sister that is in the 7^th grade. As you read my portfolio you will learn that I’m a very out going person and I’m up for any challenge. I’m a hard worker and I’m very determined. You can visit my blog at Shaurice1995.blogspot.com to read and comment on my most recent school work I have done. Thank you for visiting.

Improvement

Over the past two years, I have been exposed to lots of new things and new people. For example, my writing skills weren’t as good as they could have been because I transferred to different schools. Now I can write an essay with out getting nervous because it has to be 5 paragraphs. I improved by accepting the fact that if I didn’t try I would be leading myself to failure and that was something I did not allow.

My reading skills were good but now that I look back they are great! I can read any big words with out having to sound it out because I know the concept of reading in my head. I have read chapter books and novels to improve my reading skills over the last past two years.

My speaking skills were not good at all. The only way I knew how to talk was slang and gang violence. I’ve decided to make myself a better person and talk like I have sense. If I say something like “mines” I correct myself because I know that is not a word. With the speaking skills I have now I am able to speak to adults and be looked at as if I have respect. I improved my speaking skills by taking English class very serious. I also improved because it was my choice.

My group-work skills are no as good as they should be but I am working on them and trying to fix them. I understand that in college your professor may have you work on group projects so that is why I choose to participate in group-projects. My group- working skills are getting better.

I was afraid to work a computer because I had no idea what I was doing. Now that I have Ms. Priester’s class I know everything I could ever know about them. I also too Kyle Conwell’s class as an elective my freshman year. As I get older I know more and more stuff about technology.

 To improve my academic skills I will continue to be open to learn new things. I will continue to turn in my work and pay attention in class and finish my homework. This is my improvement paragraph.

Portfolio - Future

I feel that my future is in my hands and I don’t want to mess it up. My goals are to be successful in life and stay on the right track no matter what I decide to do with my career. I plan to go to college but the biggest goal for me is to attend San Diego State University which is my favorite college of them all. I want to make this goal come true because if I do I won’t have trouble with transportation because my family lives near that school. Being in high school has opened my eyes to see what is ahead for me. It’s time for me to step up and look into serious and important things that will only help me. In order to complete these goals I must continue to keep up my grades and have no D’s or F’s. My family and friends will help me achieve my goals by staying in my life and keeping me motivated. I genuinely believe that my goals will come true and if not that then I will live a decent life.  

Playwrights Project Play Performance

Today four actors from the Playwrights Project came to campus to perform excerpts from our plays. The word that describes how I felt during the plays is relieved. My play didn’t get read and even though it was good I didn’t want the actors to act mine out. Also, lots of people had very good plays which relieved me that we ran out of time and they didn’t get to read mine. This experience has impacted me because of all the great plays I seen get acted out. Lerontae, Nora, and Bella had very awesome plays. When the actors were acting them out I thought to myself “This play has really caught my attention”. Then I got to see the Playwrights writer of the play and I was very impressed.

Greatest High School Accomplishments

My greatest high school accomplishment was getting involved in sports and having a 3.8 for volleyball season. I never thought I’d play sports because I was never forced to. Now that I’m in high school I see all the opportunities I get when I’m playing sports. I can get a basketball scholarship to San Diego State University if I tried hard enough. Although I don’t think they recruit kids out of high school any more. Also for volley ball I had to receive a 3.5 to play and I received a 3.8. I didn’t think I would even get a 3.0 better yet a 3.8.  I was so proud of myself. After that I lost hope in myself because I let people get into my head and I gave up. If I tried and was super dedicated I could do it. Now that I am about to be a junior I realize that grades are very important in sports and for a scholarship you need at least a 3.8. I love sports and I’d do anything for them. I don’t just play one sport I play Volleyball, Basketball, and Softball. I love them all!

My Educational Experiences

“How has your educational experience influenced your current academic performance?” Well I must say that everything I have learned at my other schools has paid off for me now. I'm very smart and intelligent and now when I see school work it's nothing I haven't learned or seen already. Due to my educational experiences, I am currently in the 10^th grade and I have very good grades. I set very high standards set for myself. I currently make sure that my homework/class work is finished at the time it is required. I come to school everyday ready to learn even when I’m having a bad day.