Today I had the opportunity to give a presentation to all of the students at St. John's Baptist Catholic School located in Excelsior. I spoke to them about how we can achieve our goals if we work hard at it. Nothing is simply given to us, if we want to be successful we need to live a life where we make good decisions, be respectful and take responsibility for our actions. I also was able to speak about my platform "Empowered to Serve" where I spoke about my experience with community service and how much I have learned about myself; my strengths, my limitations, but most importantly what I have to offer other people. Each and every one of us has a special talent or gift that we have been given, and I really wanted the students to explore their unique talents so they could find their niche in the world of service.
The students their were very well behaved and had some very insightful questions about the Miss America Organization, volunteering and there were of course some questions about "being a princess." My great Aunt, Ruth Borash, is the music teacher there and I am so blessed that I was asked to come speak. All of the students made me feel like a real celebrity! The eighth grade boys asked me to sign their arms! After getting it okayed with their teachers I signed their arms with a permanent marker. Thank you to the students and staff at St. John's Baptist Catholic School, I had a great time!
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ReplyDeleteI was the one who told you I would go on your blog. Remember me? You came into my classroom at the end of the day? Tall, brown hair, annoying sister?
Haha I just spotted myself in the picture... :)
Thanks for speaking at my school. It was very inspiring and rather weird when Jacob, Gibson, Alan and all the other boys had you sign their arms. I guess they were just being their bizarre selves.