Home Schoolers Choose Activities: 10 Dynamite Tips to Build College Application Resume

As you start high school, join youth and adultdevelop above average skills.AgricultureJoin Future
clubs in your community that you would reallyFarmers of America, FFA, or 4-H Clubs. Enter
enjoy. Participate as an appointed or electivestate and county fairs to gain awards, prizes, and
officer on the clubs and other groups you belongrecognition.Home EconomicsWork hard and
to. Most groups look for youth representatives,compete for awards and prizes at county, state
and you have the time to do an excellent job.and national fairs. Offer to help a local business in
Look for activities and sports that will make youyour area of interest.Technical ArtsVolunteer for
look your best to the college you eventually wantexperience at auto and body shops, metal shops,
to attend. If you have many talents and interests,manufacturers, and engineering or architectural
be sure to keep your grades up, and achieve atfirms. Schools offer job training through Regional
high levels in your activities.During your high schoolOccupational Programs, ROP. These may be open
years, some of the special activities that showto you at the Community College .apprentice
you have special talents and abilitiestraining programs.BusinessTry out some
include:WritingJoin the club newsletter staff. Enterprospective business careers by working as a
writing and essay contests. Compose speechesvolunteer or intern. Be sure to ask for letters of
for contests and debate tournaments. Write arecommendations.LeadershipBecome an Eagle
teen column for your local newspaper.Art,Scout.. Apply to be a legislative page. Volunteer
Photography and DramaEnroll in special design,for your senator, congressman, assemblyman,
drawing, painting, ceramic, and pottery classescity councilman, or for local civic and charitable
through your city's recreation department,organizations.Keep track of your high school
continuation or adult school. Act in communitycourses and activities A scrap book for
plays, or musicals, and work backstage in thenewspaper clippings and awards will give you a
community theater. Volunteer to work on thewonderful diary for your future life, and will help
photo staff of local newspaper. Publish in city oryou fill out your resume your senior year.Helen
local newspapers. Win awards at local art showsHeron-Karnes is a dedicated educator, author and
and county fairs.MusicParticipate in communitypublisher. She graduated from Pomona College,
orchestras, bands, choirs, madrigal groups,received her teaching credentials from UC
musicals, junior symphonies, summer musicBerkeley and is a Reading Specialist. She taught
camps, music award competitions, and churchhigh school in Livermore, CA for thirty-five years,
choirs.ScienceJoin the adult radio, science, mathand retired as "Teacher of the Millennium"! She has
and engineering clubs. Participate in regional andgiven presentations all over the world, including
national math tournaments and sciencetalks at the World Council on Gifted and Talented
competitions and fairs. You can win prizes andChildren at The Hague and Hong Kong. Her most
awards. Subscribe to science magazines or readrecent presentation on "Creative Problem Solving
them at the library.SportsBe an active teamwith Gifted Students" was at the Mensa World
player in the recreation department sports youGathering in Orlando in August, 2006. She is the
like best. Follow a regular training program toGifted Children Coordinator for San Diego Mensa.