2nd Letter of Recommondation

601 Mill Iron Rd

Milliken, CO 80543

(970) 302-7493

February 9, 2011

Mr. Judson Doyle

Science Teacher

Roosevelt High School

Johnstown, CO 80534

Dear Mr. Doyle,

As you already know, college is my option of choice after school. I am planning on playing baseball in college so my college of choice is still unsure of. I would greatly appreciate if you would write a letter of recommendation for me. Because I have taken almost every science class with you, you know the quality of my work, my work ethics, and my passion for things I love doing. You also know the kind of person I am.

As my science teacher, you know how hard I work and the effort I put into my school work; but not only school work but my extra-curicular activities as well. You have always been there for me and were willing to help so you also know that I care about my work.

If you could give me or even Mrs. Boresen my letter within the next 2 to 3 weeks that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to write this letter for me. Let me know if you need any more information.

Sincerely,

Derek Lewis

3rd Letter of Recommondation

601 Mill Iron Rd

Milliken, CO 80543

(970) 302-7493

February 9, 2011

Mr. Alan Gibson

Head Baseball Coach

Roosevelt High School

Johnstown, CO 80534

Dear Mr. Gibson,

As you already know, college is my option of choice after school. I am planning on playing baseball in college so my college of choice is still unsure of. I would greatly appreciate if you would write a letter of recommendation for me. Because you have been my coach for many years, you know my dedication and passion for the things that I am involved with.

As my baseball coach, you have seen me grow because of the hard work and effort I put into sports. You also know that I can handle failure; since baseball is a game of failures. You know that I can handle adversity and deal with not succeeding on my first try.

If you could give me or even Mrs. Boresen my letter within the next 2 to 3 weeks that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to write this letter for me. Let me know if you need any more information.

Sincerely,

Derek Lewis

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Tell us about your academic/career short-term and long-term goals.
How has your Hispanic heritage influenced these goals?

My academic career has always included a love for math and science.  After my freshman year is when I determined that I had a natural ability for these subject areas and I started researching careers in which I could use them.  I enjoy building things and figuring out how to solve problems so my interest in mechanical engineering greatly increased.  My short-term goals include graduating from high school and maintaining my 3.2 grade point average.  My step-father is a computer field engineer and he has greatly influenced my career goals.  He is also Hispanic and is one of the reasons that I want to major in mechanical engineering.  He has inspired me to do my best and has been instrumental in my determination to attend college. 

My Hispanic heritage has influenced these goals because as the enrollment of Hispanics in schools increase, our graduation rates from high school are not that impressive.  I want to be a positive role model for my Hispanic peers and be an encouragement to them.  When society tells me that I cannot do something because the odds are against it is when I am the most determined.  Being an Hispanic male and wanting to attend and graduate from college hopefully will prove to other Hispanic males that they can achieve their goals if they keep trying. 

Describe your participation in extracurricular activities.
What have you learned from your experience(s)?
(Examples may include: community service, volunteer work, employment, school clubs, sports, family, church, etc.) *

For the past four years I have been involved in our high school marching band as a percussionist.  This year I was selected to be the section leader.  I have been a member of the RHS golf team and have been a varsity letterman for the last two seasons and was one of our co-captains as well.  My favorite sport is baseball and I have been participating in this since I was five years old.  School organizations that I am a member of include FCCLA and GEEK club, which is a club for math and science students in which we play and develop games to increase these skills.  From participating in these activities I have learned the importance of playing as a team and also how vital encouraging one another is.  Being chosen as a leader also has taught me how necessary it is to evaluate situations before ever reacting to them.  I feel that I have grown as an individual by being a participant and member of these activities.  I have also had two jobs which have taught me the importance of being on time and doing my best while on the job.  Employers count on their employees to be present at work and when my colleague did not show up for work, I understood how big of a toll it puts on everyone.  I feel that all of this has prepared me to be successful in college and also how to communicate and interact with others.

Describe a recent academic challenge you have faced.
Explain how you overcame it.*

I really haven’t experienced many academic challenges, but this year in my debate class, I was challenged by my teacher.  I have never worked so hard in any class and what made it so difficult for me was that I had to debate my classmates.  I learned that you can disagree with someone but not have to dislike them.  Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion and I developed a genuine respect for this.  I also learned how vitally important preparation is for performing at my teacher’s high standards.  I practiced at home and did thorough research in order to feel prepared and be confident in my presentation so that I did not appear offensive or aggressive toward my peers. 

Freedom Scholarship Essay

One does not realize the many things in life that are vitally important until those very things are in jeopardy. Failure, disappointment and struggle. Without the freedom of failure, one does not know the freedom of disappointment. Without the freedom of disappointment, one does not know the freedom of struggle. Without the freedom of struggle, one does not know the freedom of success. Imagine our world without these freedoms. Imagine every time you fail, one’s punishment is the decay of developmental progress through life.  

Failure is not an option. Yet, failure must be an option. Failure allows us to learn from our mistakes, and grow beyond the previous generations. History books and articles show us the reasons for war, the flailing economic crisis, and corruptive government. And, those failures require society to react with knowledge from its predecessors, as well as its own experience in order to change and enjoy the freedom of success. It is through this adversity people become stronger, more intelligent individuals. The reality of society now is only how the failures from the past recreate the same failures or reconstruct a new productive one.

Disappointment is another word for dissatisfaction, disillusionment, and displeasure. One may question the validity that this is a freedom. Disappointment is most certainly a freedom. If we cannot be free to be disappointed then we will never be free to feel satisfaction. Needs, wants, and desires for a better world becomes obsolete. Without disappointment, life becomes a constant line with no ups or downs.

Struggling makes people work harder. If they did not struggle, there is no need for extra time or effort to be applied to anything. Everyone would be happy with their current state.  Struggle is the process of learning. When we struggle we find strengths which overcome internal and external battles. When one struggles and learns from them, greatness arrives at the end of the journey.

Failure, disappointment, and struggle are the freedoms which make Americans. Who we were; who we are now; who we shall become. These freedoms define the purpose in life, and without them, one becomes a puppet controlled by others. We do not fully understand the importance of these simple freedoms until we are close to losing them. The following quote, “You never know what you have until it is gone,” is quite fitting. 

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Student Information
Student Number: 11745 Grade: 12
Birthday: 05/29/1993 Gender: M
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Diploma Date:
GPA Summary
Cumulative GPA (Weighted) 3.200
Class Rank 53 of 147
#7490 Roosevelt High School
Course Mark Weight Credit
2007-2008 Grade 09 Term 1
MA 100 Algebra I A A 1.0000 0.5
ENG 09A English 9A B 1.0000 0.5
MATH 102 Geometry A C 1.0000 0.5
SCI 100 Intro Natural & Physical
Science A
B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 100 Marching Band A 1.0000 0.5
PE 100 Physical Education A 1.0000 0.5
FL 100 Spanish I A B 1.0000 0.5
SS 100 World Geography 9A B 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 4.000 GPA: 3.250
2007-2008 Grade 09 Term 2
MA 101 Algebra I B B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 101 Concert Band A 1.0000 0.5
ENG 09B English 9B A 1.0000 0.5
MATH 103 Geometry B B 1.0000 0.5
PE 101 Health Education A 1.0000 0.5
SCI 101 Intro Natural & Physical
Science B
B 1.0000 0.5
FL 101 Spanish I B A 1.0000 0.5
SS 101 World Geography 9B B 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 4.000 GPA: 3.500
2008-2009 Grade 10 Term 1
MATH 104 Algebra II A D 1.0000 0.5
SCI 102 Biology A B 1.0000 0.5
ENG 10A English 10A B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 100 Marching Band A 1.0000 0.5
PE 102 Physical Education II A 1.0000 0.5
FL 102 Spanish II A B 1.0000 0.5
SS 102 World History 10A B 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 3.500 GPA: 3.000
#7490 Roosevelt High School
Course Mark Weight Credit
2008-2009 Grade 10 Term 2
MATH 105 Algebra II B D 1.0000 0.5
SCI 103 Biology B B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 101 Concert Band A 1.0000 0.5
ENG 10B English 10B C 1.0000 0.5
FL 103 Spanish II B A 1.0000 0.5
BUS 117 Word Processing A 1.0000 0.5
SS 103 World History 10B B 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 3.500 GPA: 3.000
2009-2010 Grade 11 Term 1
BUS 100 Accounting I A B 1.0000 0.5
PE 106 Conditioning A A 1.0000 0.5
SCI 109 Geology B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 100 Marching Band A 1.0000 0.5
FL 104 Spanish III A B 1.0000 0.5
ENG 12 Speech A 1.0000 0.5
SS 104 US History 11A C 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 3.500 GPA: 3.286
2009-2010 Grade 11 Term 2
BUS 101 Accounting I B C 1.0000 0.5
ENG 11 American Literature C 1.0000 0.5
SCI 121 Astronomy B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 101 Concert Band A 1.0000 0.5
PE 107 Conditioning B A 1.0000 0.5
PE 102 Physical Education II A 1.0000 0.5
FL 105 Spanish III B B 1.0000 0.5
SS 105 US History 11B C 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 4.000 GPA: 3.000
2010-2011 Grade 12 Term 1
SS 106 American Government C 1.0000 0.5
EN 120 Debate A 1.0000 0.5
MA 118 Finance Math A B 1.0000 0.5
MUS 100 Marching Band A 1.0000 0.5
PE 102 Physical Education II A 1.0000 0.5
EL 115 RHS Teacher Asst S1 P 1.0000 0.5
Credit: 3.000 GPA: 3.400
Standard Tests
:ACT 04/2010 Composite
Date:
Result: 25
:ACT 04/2010 Math
Date:
Result: 24
:ACT 04/2010 Science
Date:
Result: 25
:ACT 04/2010 Reading
Date:
Result: 26
:ACT 04/2010 English
Date:
Result: 23
Note: Standard Test scores within this transcript
Standard Tests
represent the student's best scores only and may
consist of scores from multiple administrations of the
assessment. Therefore, the composite score should
not be interpreted to be comprised of the subtest
scores shown.
Credit Summary
High School
Credits
Attempted
Credits
Earned
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 0.500 0.500
ELECTIVES 3.000 3.000
ENGLISH 3.500 3.500
HEALTH 0.500 0.500
HUMANITIES 6.500 6.500
MATH 4.500 4.500
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 0.500 0.500
SCIENCE 3.000 3.000
SOCIAL STUDIES 3.000 3.000
WORD PROCESSING/COMP
APPS
0.500 0.500
Total 25.500 25.500
Weld County School RE-5J District
Roosevelt High School Official Transcript
Tel: (970)587-6000 Fax: (970)587-6068
616 North 2nd Street, Johnstown, CO 80534
Lewis, Derek Jordan
Student Number: 11745 Grade: 12
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Official's SignatureDiphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, combined [DTaP, DTP]
Shots 07/30/1993 09/29/1993 11/30/1993 06/25/1998 09/15/2003
Tetanus-diphtheria [Td]
No doses of this vaccine.
Polio [IPV, OPV]
Shots 07/30/1993 09/29/1993 06/25/1998
Measles-Mumps Rubella [MMR]
Shots 09/30/1994 07/28/2005
Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella [MMRV]
No doses of this vaccine.
Hepatitis B [Hep B]
Shots 07/30/1993 09/29/1993 03/14/1994
Hepatitis B - 2 Dose [Hep B - 2 Dose]
No doses of this vaccine.
Hemophilus influenza, type B [Hib]
Shots 07/30/1993 09/29/1993 11/30/1993 09/30/1994
Pneumococcal
No doses of this vaccine.
Varicella
No doses of this vaccine.
Measles
No doses of this vaccine.
Rubella
No doses of this vaccine.
Mumps
No doses of this vaccine.
Hepatitis A [Hep A]
No doses of this vaccine.
Tetanus, Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis [Tdap]
Shots 06/05/2008
Polio [IPV]
No doses of this vaccine.
Polio [OPV]
No doses of this vaccine.
Diphtheria and Tetanus [DT]
Shots 06/05/2008
Tuberculosis [BCG]
No doses of this vaccine.
Influenza
No doses of this vaccine.
Meningococcal
Shots 10/16/2006
Human Papillomavirus [HPV]
No doses of this vaccine.
Rotavirus
No doses of this vaccine.
Lewis, Derek J
ID: 11745 Grade: 12
Birthday: 05/29/1993
Immunization Summary Report
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Derek Lewis
601 Mill Iron Rd, Milliken, CO 80543·(970)302-7493·derekjordan@msn.com
Objective
I would like to become a Mechanical Engineer
Education
2007-2011	Roosevelt High School		Johnstown, CO
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