Sara+J

My Life at Green Hope High School. Spending the past four years of my life here at Green Hope has taught me so much about family, about friends, about life, and about myself. I’ve learned that of the people you surround yourself with, the ones that accept you for who you are and support you through thick and thin, are the only ones that matter.

I’ve spent my time playing basketball and softball, dancing, volunteering, and perhaps most of all… studying. I’ve been a Girl Scout since I was in second grade, and I earned my Gold Award in my sophomore year… I’ve never been more proud of something I’ve accomplished.

I’ve been a part of Beta Club, National Honor Society, and Student Council, and I’ve spend my past two summers working for the YMCA as a Sports Camp counselor, teaching young kids how to play soccer and about what it means to be a good friend.

I joined my travel softball team in my sophomore year, and the girls on my team have become like family to me. As my coach says, “we are a special group of girls.”

High school, for me, has also been about boyfriends and love. Some say that you can’t fall in love at this age, but I think they’re wrong. Some of my favorite memories have been of times that I spent with the ones that I love and the ones that make me laugh.

Over these four years I have formed my opinions on political issues, grown strong in my convictions about what is right and what is wrong, learned to appreciate others that are different than myself, and learned what I want and need from the people in my life, as well as from myself. High school has been one big journey, one in which I’ve discovered who I am and what I am capable of accomplishing. These four years has brought me closer to my family and has truly allowed me to appreciate all of the wonderful things I’ve been given. I thank God everyday for my crazy, fun, amazing friends and my supportive, loving, close family. All of the experiences I’ve had during high school have allowed me to grow into the person that I am today—a graduating senior of Green Hope High School, Class of 2009, freshman class of 2013 at UNC Chapel Hill.

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