Review Committee Pine Lake Preparatory 104 Yellow Wood Circle Mooresville, NC 28117
Dear Review Committee,
My name is Emily Brewer. I am seventeen years old and a senior at Pine Lake Preparatory. I have been attending Pine Lake for five years, since 2010. Prior to Pine Lake I attended Mooresville City Schools. I have lived in Mooresville my whole life with my parents and my sister, Abby, who is a Freshman at Mooresville High School.
I am very involved in my church, Central United Methodist Church here in Mooresville. I have been on many mission trips and been involved in many service events in the community. I also have played soccer for eleven years, including a recreational team and also my schools team. I have a passion for both soccer and volunteering, these passions have shaped me as a person in many ways.
I have chosen to do my Pride Project on Special Education. I have always had an interest in Special Education and teaching. I have a personal experience with Special Education, I started having learning difficulties when I was in the second grade, and was diagnosed with a learning disability in the sixth grade. I have been an A/B honor roll student since Freshman year. I have learned to overcome my learning disabilities in school and I would love to be able to help kids overcome the same struggles I have gone through. Last year, while writing the Pride paper I realized that I might want to become an EC teacher. Currently, I am applying to colleges and putting my major as Special Education. The Pride paper and project have made me realize what I might want to do in the workforce.
For my Pride product I am going to make a hands on lesson plan for the kids and graph how the programs are helping their growth as students during the school year, starting now to February. Making the lesson plan and presenting it to the kids will take me about a week. While graphing the kids growth will take me until February. In addition to the lesson plan and growth chart I will present a presentation with pictures, charts, and also make a notebook of some of the programs and games I've watched the kids do. I currently have five mentor hours completed. My goal is to have all my hours completed by next Friday, October 24. I have really enjoyed doing my mentor hours. I love helping and watching my mentor and the kids. I am estimating that all the work within the Pride project will take me around twenty five hours. My goal is to have my project completed about a week or two before the due date, that way I can practice and focus on the presenting aspect. My overall goals going into the Pride project is to present my topic well to the judges and receive a passing grade.