As a member of the Joan of Arc Society of Scholars, I have to keep my GPA above 4.5. I have achieved Highest Honors throughout all of my freshman, sophomore, and junior years so far. I also participate in quarterly events that heighten my intellectual knowledge and grow in my experience as a scholar. As a part of only a select group of girls in my grade, I also attend seminars every year about the JOA Program., Member – 2 Years

Through my school’s E3 Leadership Initiative, I went on a week-long leadership retreat in Ligonier, PA, involving team-building activities and bonding. As a member of E3, I help work the school coffee shop, C3 around twice every month and I attend monthly meetings that teach me about different forms of leadership., Member – 3 Years

As a member of my school’s Global Competency Initiative, I learn about different world cultures and current events through speakers, presentations and different events. For example, I learn about all the different places that OC students travel over the summer and I have learned about Italian culture from the Milan exchange students that were here in fall of 2024. I write reflections about the different events I attend and will be doing a final research project during my senior year., Member – 3 Years

As a student ambassador, I volunteer to help with certain events that my school partakes in. Sometimes, OC needs people to hold doors, give directions, or hand out papers and I help with those every chance I get. One major event that the student ambassadors partake in at OC is the open house. Here, I give incoming OC students tours of the school and convince them to attend., Student Ambassador – 3 Years

After graduating 8th grade, I received the Louise DiNardo Scholarship, from my academic excellence at my grade school, Holy Cross Academy. The scholarship awarded me $5,000 off of my tuition for my freshman year of Oakland Catholic and helped my family afford the school. Overall, this scholarship is one of the main reasons I chose Oakland Catholic. Every year, I apply for and receive this scholarship. To apply, I write a short essay about my evolving relationship with God. Because of this scholarship, my family received $500 off of my tuition for Oakland Catholic and it helps my family afford the school., Recipient of 2 Scholarships – 1 Year

As President of the Health, Education, and Research Club at Oakland Catholic, I work with my two co-leaders and we plan upcoming meetings with speakers, make posters, and get snacks for the meeting. We organize female speakers who want to speak with the club about anything in the Health, Education, or Research fields. Similarly, as President of the Pickleball Club, Along with my two co-leaders, I make group presentations and present them to a group, and make club advertising posters. I also plan club meetings which consist of the group gathering to play pickleball around once every month., President of 2 Clubs – 1 Year

Throughout all of high school, in the fall, I practice and play games with the OC Volleyball team. We practice three days every week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays after school and have games every Tuesdays and Thursdays. Because of this time commitment and the rigourous classes that I take, I stay up later to complete my school work. Volleyball has taught me team building skills and collaboration with others. During the fall, volleyball is my favorite part of my day because I get to see my closest friends. During the spring and winter for the last four years, from the months of December to April, I play club volleyball for Renaissance Volleyball Club. I practice three times and week and have around 2 tournaments every month throughout states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio., Member – 3 Years

As a part of the school’s Anatomy Club, I attend monthly meetings with speakers involved in Physical/Occupational Therapy, Oncology, Radiology, Pathology, Nutrition, etc. During my sophomore year, I witnessed an Open Heart Surgery through the anatomy club at Allegheny General Hospital. I learned about the anatomy of the patient and risks of heart surgery., Member – 2 Years

On Wednesdays and Sundays I rehearse for my church (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)’s CYO Musical. Throughout rehearsals, I raise money for the show by getting advertisements and selling hoagies. Since there is no charge for entry into the musical, all the money I raised goes towards the production. Every year, in the spring, we perform the musical and we accept donations. All the money that we raise goes towards an impoverished women’s hospital in Chimbote, Peru, and The Project HOPE Mission Trip in Appalachia, Kentucky., Member – 3 Years

During my junior year, I attended the Kairos retreat for one weekend. During this weekend, I grew in my relationship with God, my friends, and myself. I got to know people that I didn’t know very well and learned meaningful stories about my teachers and older students. I had a wonderful experience and would recommend Kairos and its secrets to anyone., Member – 1 Year

Starting in the summer after my sophomore year, I started working at Hollister Co. in Ross Park Mall, as a Brand Representative. In the summer I worked 4-5 days every week, but now, during the school year, I work once or twice a week. I check people out at the register, run clothes back out onto the floor from the fitting rooms, sensor new clothes, pull clothes from the back rooms onto the floor, and fold the store. Hollister has taught me leadership, responsibility, and personability., Member – 1 Year

In June of 2024, after sophomore year, I attended the week-long (Project HOPE) mission trip to Appalachia, Kentucky, specifically, the small town of David, Kentucky. I worked with 49 other people from my church (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish) to help one of the most impoverished counties in America. My group worked to renovate the interior of a house, along with the entire plumbing and electrical lines. We completed this project in one week., Member – 1 Year

With Oakland Catholic’s Pittsburgh Mission Trip, I have worked in many organizations and facilities throughout Pittsburgh, such as Propel School, Urban Impact, Global Links, The Nest, and Light of Life, to help people in need. I have helped organize clothes, clean rooms, sort food, pack care packages, and do landscaping throughout one weekend each year of High School., Member – 3 Years

Through the Junior Achievement Organization, I spent the day teaching a third-grade class at Sister Thea Bowman grade school about the basics of money and the economy. I enriched them with fun activities and kept them interested while keeping the lesson educational., Student Ambassador – 1 Year

Over one week in June 2024, I worked with the rest of my varsity volleyball team affiliated with Oakland Catholic to help Middle School Girls learn the basics of volleyball and improve their skills. I got to know them and became friends with some of them, and I still talk to them now! I learned how to teach those younger than me and had fun , making friends along the way., President – 1 Year