Nicole Ames Portfolio 2014
NICOLE AMES
3814 Gatlin Place Circle • Orlando, FL 32812 • nicolemarie00@cfl.rr.com• (407) 488-3107
May 15, 2014 (407) 898- 8777 Jennifer Watkins Owner & Manager JW Boutique 2304 Curry Ford Rd. Orlando, Fl 32806 Dear Mrs. Watkins: With my strong love for fashion, being a sales associate at your business is something I feel I would strive in. I would like to experience what it is like to be surrounded by clothes and accessories all day, being able to intrigue other customers the same way I am when it comes to fashion. As a junior coach of my local cheer-leading team, I have experienced what it’s like having young girls looking up to me and copying my every move, being a role model and having to present myself in a positive light, which I feel would be a strong attribute to add to your already striving business. I am very much a people person and have no problem talking to people I don’t know and making a connection with them, even being the first one to strike up a conversation wouldn’t be a problem for me. In a boutique, it is basically just you and the customer one on one, the way you comes off is a lot more personal since it is a much smaller environment, I will have no problem sending the right message about your boutique to your customers. I appreciate you considering me for a job, but I feel that an internship would allow me to personally express my capabilities to you directly. Attached is my resume with other experience and qualifications. I hope to hear from you soon. Respectfully yours, Nicole Ames Enclosed: resume
NICOLE AMES
3814 Gatlin Place Circle • Orlando, FL 32812 • nicolemarie00@cfl.rr.com• (407) 488-3107
OBJECTIVE To bring a positive attitude to the work environment and others, while achieving a higher knowledge on how to manage a business. EDUCATION Completed three years at Boone High School Graduation date: May 2015 G.P.A. 3.58 EXPERIENCE Legend Yearbook, William R. Boone High School Aug. 2013-2014. Staffer. Work as a team, write copy, meet deadlines, and photograph events. Conway Falcons Cheer-leading and Football Club Aug. 2010- 2014. Junior Coach. Role model for young girls, help them live up to the best of their ability for future achievements, and teach them the basic cheer-leading techniques. Babysitting September 2009-2013. Helped prepare meals, bathed them, helped with homework, did arts and crafts, cleaned when necessary, and put them to bed. RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES Journalism I, II honors, English I, II honors, AP Language and Composition HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEMBERSHIPS Junior Class Officer, help organize school functions, and creates leadership among members Junior Homecoming court member, nominated by fellow classmates to represent the class to the best of my ability, participating in things like the homecoming parade, and homecoming football game REFERENCES Renee Burke: yearbook adviser. (407) 443-8451 Amy Child: family friend. (321) 947- 9443 Jennifer Watkins: babysitting contact. (321) 287-5999
Self Evaluation My mom used to pester me to take journalism because of the amazing teacher that I would get to work with and learn from, but I was nervous because of the work load I would eventually have to take on. Once I got started, I realized that learning all the new programs that went along with our process like InDesign and Photoshop was a lot more challenging than I had planned for. After a year of journalism, it would have been pointless not to go on to yearbook and apply all the things I had just learned, I have never regretted my decision since. Through the course of the year in yearbook I experienced that procrastination isn’t the answer anymore, deadlines need to be set to get things done in a timely manner. Meeting deadlines were some of the most challenging things I had to prevail through this year, they taught me self-discipline and time management. I had to learn that sometimes asking for help isn’t the wrong thing to do, and not to be nervous about asking fellow classmates if it was what was going to get the job done. Trying to sell ads at the beginning of the year was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, I faced rejection many times and had to learn how to keep my head up so I could continue looking for more buyers. After the second deadline I came to the realization that I had chosen to dedicate myself to this publication and if that meant staying after school longer and not going to hang out with friends than that’s what had to be done. It was very difficult at first but it was worth it in the end. Being in a room with the same people days on end causes for friendships to become inevitable, you are forced to spend long numerous hours with the same people. I want to come back next year mainly because of the friendships i’ve made and I want to continue to spend my time with these classmates. I feel like I brought a very positive attitude towards our staff this year, I tried to always have a smile on my face and uplift others even when we were stressed out to no end. I will never advise to someone that this is an easy course to take, but it is so worth it. You are forced to challenge yourself even to an extent that you never saw your self overcoming, it teaches you lessons you will use later in life for deadlines and relationships in your carrer. Yearbook IS worth it.
Relfection One I chose this piece because it was the one deadline I thought I was not going to accomplish, it was hard for me to see that light at the end of the tunnel during the process. At the beginning of the deadline there was a lot of miscommunication as to what was expected out of the page, including the angle we were choosing to take, and I was left to pick up the pieces. I had to go through numerous re-subs because there was just too much information we were trying to include on such a short story. The story was on a family with 11 kids and one on the way, with the stress the mom was under being seven months pregnant and dealing with me constantly trying to get in contact with her, left me feeling like a burden. I really liked including the story in our yearbook in the first place because three of the Giroux girls are currently attending Boone and I felt that it was a special touch, but things could have been communicated much better. The editors and Mrs. Burke all had different thoughts on what this story was supposed to portray about the family, not wanting it to be too biased towards one member of the family to another, but that was a downfall for me. I learned that sitting down with everyone involved with the final product of the story could benefit one in the long run if one may feel a sense of miscommunication burdening the process. This page tells a story, and a very important story at that, of an un-ordinary family breaking the odds, and i had the honor of telling it.
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LOOK AT ME NOW Student Sonny Jennings has some fun with fellow students in Stephanie McGurk’s eighth-grade class at the Ocean Charter School in Westchester, Calif., shortly after turning on their iPads first time, Nov. 7, 2013. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/ MCT)
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Styrofoam popcorn pieces covered the classroom floors and bright smiles spread across the students’ faces as they unwrapped their brand new laptops. To fund the state’s mandate that 50 percent of instruction be digital, the Orange County School Board allotted $13.8 million to purchase new technology. Ocoee High School, Corner Lake, Hunter’s Creek and Liberty middle schools, along with Millennia, Pinewood and Wetherbee elementary schools were the first schools to test the new technology. As part of a digital-technology pilot at Ocoee, 2,500 students received MacBook Air laptops, along with black, neoprene laptop cases. The district was not able to expand the digital program to it’s 177 other schools due to lack of funding. “At this point, the onus is on the state. We can’t do it locallynot with the current funding,” Orange County School Board member Christine Moore said. Other Central Florida districts like Lake, Osceola and Seminole were trying to provide students with more digital freedom as well. In Seminole County, their main goal was to provide students 24-hour access to academic content however possible.
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“[I would rather have an] iPad. You can have more than one textbook on it, so you don’t have to worry about forgetting to bring a certain one to class.” ADRIESSA OLIVEIRA, sophomore
“I think [technology] is more helpful because some kids relate more to technology than they do to pencil and paper.” KAREIN LACROIX, freshman
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“It’s great; the technology helps us send in the tests, like the ones we do on the remotes. Also, we can search things using technology for studying.” QIJIA LONG, senior
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KNIGHTS conquer Bears
The stadium shook as fans lept from their seats, cheering to show their enthusiasm for the University of Central Florida football team. The 15th-ranked UCF played sixth-ranked Baylor, at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1, in Glendale, Arizona. The game occurred in the University of Phoenix Stadium, in front of a crowd of about 65,172. Junior quarterback Blake Bortles led his team to a 52-42 win. Bortles had 31 touchdowns in the season with 561 career rushing yards. Bortle’s became the 58th 2014 NFL draft pick. “I wanted to play in the NFL, and how could I do that if I wasn’t the best quarterback on my own team? That was kind of the mind-set I had, and I went from there,” Bortles said. The Knights ended the season 12-1, with the loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sep. 28. Their highest win was against the Connecticut Huskies, 62-17. “I think as long as you stay in the trade, you continue on the same path that you started with. Eventually you’re going to have the culture and program that you want. I think that’s what we have right now. We have the culture. We do well academically. We win at football,” UCF head coach George O’Leary said.
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“I didn’t expect [them to win], but I hoped [they would]. Since they were playing a team ranked higher than them, I wasn’t sure how it would end.” ABIGAIL BAVARO, senior
“[Blake’s] team building qualities showed through the games. His accurate passes helped get us up in the rankings the way we deserved.” HENRY ALICEAMARTINEZ, junior
TOUCHDOWN Central Florida’s Breshad Perriman (11) celebrates a touchdown with teammate Rannell Hall (6) against Baylor during the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Az., on Jan. 1. Photo/Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
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RUN, TOMMY, RUN > On Feb. 28, junior Thomas Townsend
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runs to first base. “[I like] going out and playing with all my friends [because] they are good competition,” Townsend said. EYES ON THE PRIZE Senior catcher Christian Martinez anticipates the pitch. “I like being involved in the game, and as a catcher, you are constantly in contact with the ball,” Martinez said. YOU’RE OUT In the game against Dr. Phillips, junior Robert W. Simmons catches a ball at first base. “[I wanted to play baseball because of] my dad. He played professionally, and I wanted to follow in his footsteps,” Simmons said.
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SLIP AND SLIDE. In the game against Freedom, junior Ramon Alejo skids into third baseman Tanner May. “[My favorite part about baseball is] competing against other people,” Alejo said. Alejo had two home runs for the season.
on the ball, senior Blake Sanderson prepares to hit. Sanderson signed with Florida Atlantic University. “[While you’re being recruited], you have to relax, play the way you know you can play and trust the abilities you know you have,” Sanderson said.
GET OUT OF TOWN. On the mound, junior Evan Lumbert picks-off the first base runner. “[I started playing baseball because] it was something that ran in the family. I just really got into liking it and wanting to play it more,” Lumbert said. Lumbert had a .176 batting average.
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The stands erupted into cheers as junior pitcher Cooper Jeffers struck out five players in the first game of the season against Oveido on Feb. 20. Despite the efforts of Jeffers and his teammates, they lost, 0-1. After the initial loss, the boys’ record improved. On Feb. 22, the boys defeated Winter Springs, 2-0, before beating Cypress Creek, 16-3, on March 14. “[Defeating Cypress Creek] was exciting because, for one, it was a district game we needed to win, and we played as a team for seven innings straight, never letting up on the gas pedal,” junior Adam Anderson said. Traditions like the team’s pre-game prayer and the handshake senior Blake Sanderson and junior Ramon Alejo performed between innings helped the boys remain positive, despite the pressures of the game. “We crack jokes to try and keep things alive. We just make sure to cheer on our [team members] through the good and bad because you’re only as strong as your weakest link,” Anderson said. This attitude inspired the team to work towards a common goal; winning district. Since the boys won the 2013 district championship, they felt pressure to repeat this achievement. “[The team prepares for districts by] taking practice more seriously and focusing on mechanics. I feel like we can do it again this year, we’re just going to stick to what we know and do our thing,” junior Daniel Guillot said. With a 18-5 record, the boys and their coaches felt the season was an overall success. “We’ve had bumps in the road, but [the players have] all rebounded, dedicating themselves to the game,” coach Peter Post said. The boys played Cypress Creek in district semifinals on April 23 and won, 8-2, advancing them to the district finals on April 25. They played Dr. Phillips to determine the district championship and their regional seed.
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The players get new uniforms, embroidered with their numbers, annually.
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Quentin Davis prepares to hit a ball. “[My favorite part about baseball is] just being able to go out there every day and have fun,” Davis said. Davis had a .259 batting average.
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mound, senior Hayden Goldman pitches to a Dr. Phillips opponent. “I really like pitching because I control the game. I have all sorts of confidence on the mound, and nobody can take that away from me,” Goldman said. Goldman ranked 56th in the state, according to MaxPreps on April 19.
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