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Morgan Muhart
Morgan Muhart www.facebook.com/morgan.muhart www.twitter.com/mmuhart morgan.muhart@gmail.com
3320 Clemwood Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 407-895-8318
May 17, 2013 Melissa M Valiquette 1365 Monorail Way Bay Lake, FL 32830 Dear Ms.Valiquette, Perhaps Walt Disney World is on the search for a talented individual to bring joy and dreams to life at the parks and for the multiple families that visit every day, all year long. If this is the case, then please accept the accompanying resume for review and consideration for a position as a character look-alike. As a staffer on my high school yearbook staff, I work with people everyday. Whether it is through interviews I must conduct to write my story or through the teamwork it takes to create a masterpiece, people are always at the center of my world. I feel as though the people skills and knowledge about teamwork gained through my year on staff will greatly assist me as a character look-alike, as in this career too, people are always the main focus. In addition, I love working with children. Whenever possible, I try to volunteer in camps or even in my mother’s preschool class. I also babysit my sisters and neighbors when my assistance is needed. Making a child smile is something I strive for whenever I am around children. If given the opportunity to work as a character look-alike, I would aspire for the same goal every day. Living in Orlando my entire life has made Disney the center of everything. From the cartoons I watched as a young child to the trips to Walt Disney World over the steaming summer, Disney is a major part of my family’s life. I can quote movies like “Winnie the Pooh” backwards and forwards, due to the effect it had on my life as a little girl. I want to make the same difference in a child’s life, by giving him or her the best experience at Walt Disney World he or she could ever have. Although the accompanying resume illustrates my background well, I feel like a personal interview with you would demonstrate my knowledge and abilities better. I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with you at your convenience. Thank you for your review and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Respectively yours,
Morgan Muhart Enclosed: resume
Morgan Muhart www.facebook.com/morgan.muhart www.twitter.com/mmuhart morgan.muhart@gmail.com
3320 Clemwood Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 407-895-8318
OBJECTIVE
To gain experience in improvisation, people skills and communication through a part-time or seasonal career at one of the world’s leading entertainment companies.
EDUCATION
Completed two years at Boone High School. Graduation Date: May 2015 GPA: 4.57 (weighted) 3.85 (unweighted)
EXPERIENCE
Weekday School Fun Fair Volunteer Consecutive Novembers beginning in 2010. Provided assistance wherever needed to make sure the preschool students and their families had a good time at the Fun Fair. Including applying temporary tattoos, selling concession, working the carnival games and handing out prizes to the very enthusiastic children. Vacation Bible School Helper, First Presbyterian Church July 2012. Led a third grade class, with assistance from two adults, through the Vacation Bible School schedule. Each day of the week consisted of a congregation in the chapel, a music and dance class, an interactive theatre show, arts and crafts, games in the gym and a small group, in which I was in charge of leading the children. Yearbook Staff Member, Boone High School August 2012-Present. Wrote stories about the student body; took photographs of sporting events, club meetings, concerts, etc; interviewed a diverse range of students, teachers and coaches in order to learn small details about the person and/or what he or she was involved in; and learned valuable lessons on time management and how to work well with others. Salvation Army Thanksgiving Volunteer November 2012. Served Thanksgiving lunch with my family to the many homeless people in the Orlando area. Listened to their stories and while there, learned the value of family and appreciation.
RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES Journalism 1, Music Theory, English 1 Honors, English 2 Honors
HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS
French Honor Society Inductee. April 2013. An honor bestowed upon those who maintained a 3.5 or higher in at least three semesters of his or her French class and also those who were active members of the French Club. Honors Breakfast. December 2011 and 2012. Honor given for maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher throughout the first semester of each freshman and sophomore year. Algebra 1 Honors Award. May 2011. Award given for having the highest grade in Algebra 1 Honors in 8th grade. English Award. May 2011. Award given for having the highest grade in English in 8th grade. Principal’s Award. May 2011. Award given in 8th grade, rewarding the 4.0 GPA that was held through the three years of middle school.
REFERENCES
1. Courtney Barnette- President of Event Xperts 2. Mary Crimmins- teacher
Self-Analytical Evaluation When I first began middle school, I aspired to be on the yearbook staff. I don’t remember the initial reason why I wanted to join the staff, but I always knew it would be a part of my life. In high school, I decided to take Journalism 1, as once again I knew I wanted to be on the yearbook staff. Even when my counselor told me of the challenges of the class, I held steadfast to what I wanted to do. And when I got accepted into yearbook, I was ecstatic. I couldn’t wait to start working on such a memorable piece of my high school life. Over the course of this year, I learned so much. I discovered what it takes to create this giant production and masterpiece. From listening to other’s opinions on your work to pacing your time, I learned what skills are required for an actual production, through my first year on the yearbook staff. Though not always considered a team by others, the yearbook staff was more of a team than some sports teams. I learned that since we work together to create the book, anyone and everyone is open for questions and help. At first, I was nervous about asking an editor or a returning staffer for help, but quickly realized that we are all in this together and everyone is happy to assist you whenever needed. This is my favorite part about the yearbook staff; I love the teamwork that goes into it. I always reminded my non-yearbook friends to buy their yearbooks, and being the girls they are, they bought their books early. When the time for last-minute book sales came around, it was crazy. I was extremely anxious about calling parents and requesting for them to purchase their yearbooks. I eventually though, gained the confidence to do so and unfortunately for me, many of them I had to leave messages for and the ones I did catch, couldn’t, or wouldn’t buy them. It showed me how to deal with real-life business. In yearbook (and J-1), I learned so much about what to do and what not to do in journalism. The journalism ethics that I have taken from these courses will follow me my whole life and if I go into journalism as a career, I will already have the experience that not all candidates for the job may have. If anyone asked me to describe yearbook in one word, I would say: dedication. If a staffer wasn’t dedicated to yearbook, he or she would have a challenging time on staff. When you join yearbook, you have this almost requirement to dedicate most of your time to the course. I know I’ve had to stay after school quite often and it doesn’t bother me, I just want the yearbook to be absolutely amazing and dedication is required for this to occur. This course has absolutely been the most valuable course I have taken in high school thus far. I have learned so much, as you can see from the above paragraphs, and it wasn’t just “school-like” learning. I learned extremely valuable life skills that I will use for the rest of my life. I have grown more confident over the past year and I am so proud to say that I am on the yearbook staff. In the future, the life skills I have learned in the class will assist me greatly. For one, I have learned the value of time management, which is a very important skill to have in life. I also learned the value of teamwork, which I believe will help me in all areas of my life in the future, as we deal with people every day.
Reflection 1 My most significant piece in the yearbook this year is the BARC page. It was my third deadline and probably the most stressful one. It was definitely a challenge, but I think that is what makes it my favorite, knowing all the hard work and time that went into it makes the final product look even better to me. This piece was a bit more challenging than the others because of a few different reasons. I realized after finishing this that relying on other people, doesn’t always go the way you would like it to. When working with others, that is always a risk you take and for me, this caused some issues, especially communication wise. Another challenge that this piece brought on was the fact that the BARC club doesn’t have as many pictureworthy events as one may need in order to get the best photos possible for the page. It was difficult trying to find incredible photos from the few events we were able to attend, but in the end it all worked out, thanks to the sponsor, Ms. Dowdell, and her photos from events that she allowed me to use, in addition to a few others that helped me find photos. It is so crazy and amazing to see a spread go from the very first draft to the printed yearbook. After seeing what it started out as, just a bunch of second-choice pictures and not-so-great writing, to the final, awesome spread. I can’t believe how it looks, seeing what it started from and all the time and effort that went into it.
I am extremely proud of myself, and I don’t get to say that every day.
Reflection 1 1st Draft
Reflection 1 Final Draft
Reflection 2 The piece that I think could still use some work is the Musical Students page. I think it turned out well in the end, but not as well as I hoped it could have. I learned that to get a great story, you have to dive deeper into the topic and really get into what you are writing about. I also learned that getting close-up on the subjects in pictures is key, which is why only one photo on the page is actually mine. And of course the final is a billion times better than the first draft, and that’s something to be proud of, seeing how far along you can come from the beginning to the end. It all came together in the end; no longer is it a jumble of pictures and text boxes, but an amazing spread. It was my first deadline, so I was still learning a lot and nervous and wanted to create a good first impression. I love the angles behind each story; I just wish I would have spent more time learning about each person and discovering how to include their passion more clearly and in-depth for each story. I think this is such an interesting topic to explore and I wish I had been able to spend more time focusing on the personal aspects of the stories, rather than being nervous the whole time about making my first deadline. I also would have liked to try and take better photos. Photography isn’t my strong point, but I really wish I could have taken the majority of the photos on this page, rather than just one; that would be pretty cool to say that I took all of them. This is definitely going to be a goal for me to strive for next year.
Reflection 2 1st Draft
Reflection 2 Final Draft
Reflection 3 Photo 1
I am proud of this picture because this is my only picture that got printed in the book, and I think that is the coolest thing ever to have a picture of mine actually in the yearbook forever. I also think it has good composition as Labovitz is at the center of visual interest and is close enough to the camera so that we are able to see her face. She shows a lot of emotion when she sings and I feel like this picture captures the essence of her powerful passion as she hits a note during her performance.
Reflection 3 Photo 2
This was my favorite picture that I took all year, I remember when I took it, I was so proud of myself. I still am very proud of it because I think it has good depth of field, framing and it shows the rule of thirds well. I think it is such a cool photo and it shows a really interesting angle of a junior varsity lacrosse game.
Reflection 3 Photo 3
I really like this picture because I feel like it shows the player’s emotion as she stands on the field. I feel like it uses the rule of thirds rather well as she is off to one of the sides, holding her stick as she rests for a moment on the field. I’m happy I captured this moment because you don’t always get to see the emotional side of sports in photographs as you do in this one.
Reflection 4 I feel like I was an asset to the Legend yearbook this year because of my determination. I try to work as hard as I can at everything I do because I guess I’m a bit of a perfectionist so I like things to look perfect and beautiful. It is always a goal for me to do my best at everything and I feel like it extended into my yearbook life this year. This year, I committed what feels to be a lot of time to the yearbook. I spent several upon several afternoons at a computer in room 224, fixing and then highlighting the mistakes given to me by editors or finishing up the final touches on a spread. I also attended every workday of the year and worked until the very end at each one of them. I also went to several different events including orchestra concerts and girl’s lacrosse games to take photos and write my three beats for the year. When I didn’t finish work during class or after school, I would take it home and add it to the homework I already had from other classes. And even if it took me a while to do, I would still get it done because I know that the yearbook is such an important aspect of high school life and again, my perfectionist-self came out and made me want to make my spreads flawless. I really enjoyed this year; I had a blast making new friends and definitely loads of memories through camp and all the craziness that happens in yearbook class. I feel like once I got a hang of how things ran in this class, I was able to focus on creating this awesome publication as well as having a good time and once this realization occurred, I was more of an asset to the team than ever before.
Reflection 5 One of the problems I faced this year on staff was not having enough quality photos for specific spreads at some point during production. I learned that if you need good photos, you have to work for it. If you depend on someone else’s photos, then you’ll never really be satisfied and the pictures may not be what you are looking for or not enough. I feel like I handled the situation well, my editor helped me contact another person to get the photos we were looking for and in the end, the page turned out rather well. Another problem I faced was communication issues. There actually were a few instances when this occurred, once with a coach who wouldn’t respond to my email until Ms. Burke stepped in and another time when teachers weren’t as helpful as they could have been over email. I learned that you have to be confident and a bit forceful to get what you need done in these sorts of situations. I’m obviously not the most confident or forceful person ever, so it was a challenge getting these adults to work with me and help me to get what I needed. It took me some time but again in the end, everything turned out fine. I know that next year I will definitely strive to make sure I get the message across in a strong, but kind way, and I think that skill can work for a lot of different aspects of high school in general. Of course, there were other smaller problems, but I think that’s pretty common for a newbie to have little issues throughout the year. All in all though, I had an amazing year on staff, despite all the issues I may have had.
Reflection 6 The first goal that I made for myself was to meet all the deadlines of the next semester. I think I made 2 out of them, from what progress book says. So I half-way succeeded in meeting this goal. I think I achieved this goal because I made lists for myself of what I had to do each day during class and also what I had to finish up at home. I did this to stay organized and have an idea of where I wanted to be each day. I really think that helped me because it provided motivation for me to get it done. I tried to get all my pictures chosen early on and the interviews done early as well. My second goal was to take better pictures. I definitely tried my best to take the best pictures I could, especially at the girls’ lacrosse games that I attended. I got as close on the field as I could and used a really amazing camera to get good photos. I don’t know if I really succeeded in this goal because none of the pictures I took that semester were used in the book, but I am still proud of myself for attempting to achieve this goal. The final goal was to write more accomplished stories. I really think I did a good job at working at this goal because I feel like the stories I wrote later in the year reflect how much I’ve grown as a writer over the past year. I tried my hand at writing more descriptive lead-ins and providing more related information. Also, I asked for help and one of the editors sat down with me and helped me perfect one of my stories, which was just amazing of her and it meant a lot to me. Her help aided me in the achievement of this goal and I am very thankful for that.
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Reflection 7 Y9-
p. 100-10 The three captions that I chose for this were the ones that lead with “Based on the Music”, “Fellow with a Cello” and “Oh boy, Oboe”. I really liked these captions because I had a lot of fun writing the lead-ins and I think they turned out really well.
Y1- “Spirit Stands Strong” p. 008-009: I
would like this piece to represent me because I believe this is one of my best writing from the entire year. I think the overall feeling of the piece is really cool because of the quotes and the other information that I provided. It is one of the first pages in the book and so I’m proud that it turned out as amazing as it did.
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“Variety Stimulates Success” p. 066067: I really, really like this story. I thought the angle was extremely interesting and I enjoyed learning more about the different learning types in order to write the story. I think it is different than average academic spreads and that makes it specia
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