High School

Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park, IL

Accomplishments:

Graduated May 2008

Valedictorian, GPA: 4.7

Illinois State Scholar and AP Scholar

National Merit Commended Student

Quill and Scroll Journalism Honor Society

Journalism Experience:

 

• Announcer Student Newspaper (Sept. 2006-May 2008 )

-copy editor

-edited grammar using AP style, helped design pages on PageMaker 

-wrote articles and helped last minute things come together

-learned problem solving skills, how to work under pressure

• Alexine Yearbook (Sept. 2004-May 2008 )

-staff writer for freshman year, section editor for sophomore, 

-editor-in-chief for junior and senior year

-wrote copy, captions, as well as took pictures and cropped photos for spreads

-led the editorial staff as well as section staff members as editor-in-chief

-personally designed the theme and cover for the 2007 edition

-developed visual design skills as well as leadership ability