Artifact Name

Clark Family Scholarship

Core Competency
Professional Development-
The student will demonstrate a working understanding of the
concepts, tools, and strategies used to explore, otain, and
develop a usiness career!
Course Subject
Scholarship
Last Update
"ay #$%&
Rationale
' chose the Clark family scholarship essay as the artifact for
professional development ecause ' had to write an essay
explaining my future plans and my academics! ' also included
it ecause it tells the reader who ' am in an informal meeting!
Knowledge
' learned from writing this scholarship that it is hard to tell
someone who does not know you all aout who you are and
what you can offer and how you can enefit from a
scholarship in (ust a short essay! )ou have to show your est
*ualities in the spots the reader wants to know aout!
Skills
Through writing this Clark family scholarship the skills ' have
gained range from getting etter on writing scholarships
understanding what should e in that essay! ' also gained the
skill of looking into my past to learn former academics or
where ' place within the school that ' did not know efore this
scholarship essay!
Growt and !mpro"ement
Statement
'f ' could grow from writing this essay is learning and
improving in the ways ' write scholarship essays and making
the essay persuasive to the reader making them want to give
me the money ecause it will eneficial to me! ' could also
improve in making a final draft one of the first drafts and not
having others read it to edit it as much as ' currently am!
Kayla Reen
May 27, 2014
Clark Family Scholarship
Hello, my name is Kayla Reen, and I am a jnior a! "amoille #nion Hi$h School in !he
%siness &dminis!ra!ion class' (e)! year, I *ill +e a!!endin$ ,ohnson S!a!e Colle$e -or !he .arly
Colle$e pro$ram in place o- re$lar classes a! !he hi$h school' /he .arly Colle$e pro$ram is a
ne* pro$ram !ha! allo*s hi$h school s!den!s !o !ake !heir senior year as a -reshman in colle$e'
.0en !ho$h !he pro$ram is !i!ion -ree, !here *ill s!ill +e !he cos! o- +ooks and o!her -ees' I
*orked e)!remely hard !o $e! in!o !he .arly Colle$e pro$ram and mee! !heir eli$i+ili!y
re1iremen!s !o apply' /o mee! !hese re1iremen!s, I main!ained a 2'0 34&, am crren!ly 12 o!
o- 122 in my jnior class, and +een on honor roll -or !he las! si) years' /hro$ho! hi$h school, I
ha0e main!ained an a0era$e o- 50 or hi$her in all my classes, and !his year, I ha0e had an
a0era$e o- hi$h 50s or $rea!er drin$ my !ime in !he %siness &dminis!ra!ion class' I am
crren!ly !akin$ !he -ollo*in$ -or colle$e classes6 In!rodc!ion !o %siness, 7--ice &ccon!in$,
Small %siness 4lan, and In-orma!ion 4rocessin$' Since I am already !akin$ colle$e classes, I
-eel more !han ready !o do more colle$e le0el *ork ne)! year and s!ill main!ain my $ood $rades'
I am a mem+er o- !he (a!ional /echnical Honor Socie!y 8(/HS9, *hich has ri$oros
academic s!andards !o -ollo*' I ha0e had !o main!ain an a0era$e o- 50: or hi$her in hi$h school
classes and an a0era$e o- 5;: or hi$her in !he !echnical pro$ram, *hich I keep pshin$ mysel-
!o main!ain' I ha0e also +een an ac!i0e mem+er in !he commni!y and comple!ed a !o!al o- 100
commni!y ser0ice hors a! 0arios commni!y e0en!s sch as !he "amoille <oods 4rojec! and
!he "amoille 7+s!acle Race' &s par! o- !he %siness &dminis!ra!ion class, I am par! o- !he F!re
%siness "eaders o- &merica 8F%"&9' I ser0e as !he secre!ary and my responsi+ili!ies inclde
pda!in$ a re$is!ra!ion *e+si!e -or !he sprin$ con-erence and !akin$ min!es drin$ !he mee!in$s'
&-!er !he early colle$e pro$ram and $rada!in$ -rom hi$h school, I am hopin$ !o !rans-er
!o an o! o- s!a!e colle$e and $e! a +achelors in -ine ar!s in $raphic desi$n' &! ,ohnson S!a!e I
*ill +e !akin$ !*o classes -or !he major6 =ra*in$ I and In!ro !o =i$i!al Media' I +elie0e I *ill
scceed in $raphic desi$n' I ha0e already had an in!ernship *i!h a $raphic desi$ner in S!o*e and
really lo0ed and +ene-i!!ed -rom !he e)perience' I am cons!an!ly lookin$ -or o!her oppor!ni!ies
!o $ain e)perience in !he -ield and +e!!er my academics'