Making Your Resume

I hope you are having a great summer - I now really feel like it is summer and am enjoying the time off! Hopefully you are also balancing being productive with having fun this summer.

If you are wondering what you should be doing this summer, one of the items that I hope you have on your "To Do" list is to create or update your resume.

Now, it doesn't have to be a formal resume, but it is important to compile a list of:

- all of your activities including clubs, community groups, and sports

- awards received - it is helpful to know the award name, who it was from and reason for the recognition

- community service commitments with hours

- employment with hours

You can do this informally (just don't lose it!) on a sheet of paper or you can use the resume feature in PrepHQ to add your list there. One thing I really like about the PrepHQ resume builder is that you can tell it to create a resume for you and it will format it for you to be able to print in case you need a formal resume for a job application or for a college application.

Adding to and keeping this list updated is an important step for students of every age because when you sit down to start working on your college applications they are going to ask you over and over again to list out these types of items so having a complete list is key. I also hope it goes without saying that not only should the list be complete, but it should also be ACCURATE! Do NOT make up activities, awards, or other involvement that you did not participate in and did not earn!

Congratulations Nick!

This year was an incredible season for the lacrosse team, but more specifically it was an amazing season for Nick Beattie.

Nick received many awards/ recognitions at the end of the year including:

- 1st Team All American

- Attacker (Think Offensive Position) of the Year for Ohio

- 1st Team All Ohio

- OCC Player of the Year

- Sports Illustrated Top 100 Lacrosse players in the nation (#53 overall and #13 attack position)

There may be more recognitions that he received, but these are the ones that I was aware of - Congratulations Nick!

(Pictured is Nick talking to his brother, Alex, after a game.)

With Humility and Gratitude...

So, I have gone back and forth trying to decide if I should mention this on my blog or not, but after a great deal of thought I decided that if I couldn't share good and exciting news with my students then why was I even in this job... but I don't want you to think I am bragging!

At the end of each year the WKHS PTO host a staff lunch to show appreciation to all of the staff members for another great year. During this lunch, they also present a few awards and I was among those honored this year. (I couldn't believe it and about crawled under the table!!) As I understand it there were several parents who submitted nice comments about me to the PTO as a part of the nomination/ voting process. I was floored and while I am extremely grateful to those parents and the WKHS PTO for this recognition, I truly believe that I am the lucky one to have the honor of working with you each day!

In case you or your parents were among those who helped in this recognition - I wish that I could thank each of you individually, but since they were confidential I am unable to do that, but I hope you know how much I appreciate your kindness!

Summer School Reminder

Summer School begins on Monday at Thomas Worthington High School. The first session runs from June 16th through July 3rd. The second session is July 7th through July 24th. If you failed a class or were hoping to get ahead on a course, please be sure that you sign up and get started on Monday.

I called and left messages for everyone who had failed a class. (Which means that those of you who are anxiously awaiting your grade cards to find out if you ended up passing a class or not... if you didn't hear from me - Congratulations! You passed!) I sincerely hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to attend summer school so that you will not fall behind your class.

I hope you have enjoyed the first week of your summer! My last "official" day for the school year was yesterday, but somehow I didn't manage getting everything done so I worked another 5 days today and will have to put in a few hours again next week so that we will be good to go for next year.

A Second Try...

I have been busy at work sorting through all of the failures and figuring out options to help students make up classes in summer school or next year. I cannot believe you have only been gone from the building for a few days as it feels like time moves so slow without students around.

I saw this article today and thought you would think it was interesting too. Can you imagine receiving a diploma that said, "educaiton?" The moral of the story is to remember that you are NEVER too old or too experienced to have someone else help proofread your work.

School's Out!

Wow, it doesn't seem possible, but we have reached the end of a very successful school year. I am sure that you are all breathing a sigh of relief that exams are over and summer has finally started.

My guess is that I will still see quite a few of you tomorrow at the lacrosse state championship game, but if I do not, I hope you have a wonderful, safe and relaxing summer!

I will still be working through next Thursday trying to readjust all of the schedules based upon failures and working to arrange for students to make up credits in summer school. After next week I will still check e-mails routinely, but will not be in the school or checking voicemail messages. If you need to reach me e-mail is definitely the best option. As for the blog - I will still update it during the summer, but not as often. I am currently thinking one or two updates a week, but we will see... I don't want you to get out of the habit of reading the blog, but I also don't want to bore you with mindless chatter.

Before I close I would like to share a special thank you to all of the anonymous parents and students who submitted my name for the "Staff Member of the Year" award that the PTO presents each year. Today I was a co-winner of this recognition with Kristy Smith, one of the other counselors. I am very humbled and honored, but I sincerely believe I was the lucky one to have worked with so many incredible people this year. Thank you again to everyone who felt that I deserved this honor. I appreciate your kindness - it was a great end to a very memorable year!

Enjoy your summer!

Championship Quest

Several track and field athletes and the guys lacrosse team are all still participating in the state tournament with their final match-ups coming this weekend.

A very special good luck to runners (L to R) Carolyn Cann, John Batchelder, and Philip Bunting.

John and Phil are two of the members of the 4 x 800 team that will run tomorrow (Friday) night at 5:00pm at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

On Saturday, Carolyn will run in the 800 and John will run again in the 800.

Good luck to all three of you and your teammates!

I'd also like to wish the members of the boys lacrosse team good luck as they take on Upper Arlington for the lacrosse state title. The state championship game is on Saturday night at 5:00pm at Dublin Coffman High School. Kilbourne has taken on UA two times already this season and many times over the past 17 years, but has yet to walk away with the victory... hopefully this weekend will be the game that reverses that pattern! I have "a few" of the lacrosse athletes - Nick Beattie, Ben Groff, Will Campbell, Luke Bott, Tim Davis, Daron DiSabato, Harrison Bassani, Josh Burton, Juan Contreras, Johnathan Carroll, and Jason Clark. Good luck to each of you and the rest of the team!