Personal Narrative Essay Examples High School

The last of my high school career was spent at Plant City high school, in the small town of Plant City, Florida. Nothing much has happened in the small Floridain town except the annual strawberry festival. The only activities one can do involves driving to Lakeland or Brandon. The school in the area was rather dirty compared to other schools in the district, often smelling of fried rice along with the marijuana and robotussin the students sold among each other. The dark bland hallways robbed of…

to detail and a passion for leadership. During high school, I was always eager to be involved. I seized every opportunity I was given to be a leader. I was elected to student government, and even co-founded a DECA chapter at my school. At my graduation, where I delivered the Valedictorian Address, I was presented with the Harold Albrecht Leadership Award, which was given to recognize the many ways in which I have been a leader during high school. These experiences helped me to gain perspective…

freshman year, the Mount Si High School Swim Team had its first official season. I was one of 15 girls on the team. Hardly anyone knew we existed in the community and at the high school. The fall of my junior and senior year, managing the swim team became my project. I was promoted to team captain. I helped grow the team from that original 15 to over 40 girls by going to the middle schools for recruiting trips and spreading the word about swim team throughout the high school. Just like every…

Growing up I always dreamed of being a college football player and making it big. I thought it would all come so easy until I entered high school. My grades started dropping, I started getting into more trouble, but I did meet an amazing girl through all of it. High school changed my whole outlook on life. I can take all the lessons I learned throughout the past few years and use them to help guide me through life and make me want to always try my best at anything I do or have to do. These have…

“I know applying to colleges is the last thing you want to do right now, but you might change your mind,” a trusted friend told me. It was December of my senior year of high school, and college application deadlines were approaching quickly. I was recovering from a major illness at the time, and wasn’t ready to think about college. My plan was to spend a year living at home and working before I pursued higher education. In the following months, my recovery progressed rapidly. As my friend…

It was the first day of school at Brooklyn High school and at some ungodly hour, my cold-blooded step brother,Alex,came pounding on my closet door, saying,”Gracie, wake up, it’s time for school!” My real name is Grayson Swift, but he likes to call me Gracie, especially in front of other people. As I got out of bed, I realized I had no nice clothes to wear. All I had was a couple pairs of old jeans, hand-me-down tees, an ugly sweater, and the clothes I had from my Mom and Dad. Those were a black…

Despite tepid enthusiasm from my friends, I was going to do it; I was going to start a high school club. With a free hand, I grasped a clipboard with at least a half dozen signatures while I cut gooey slices of fresh chocolate cake with the other. Originally, our mission was to save marine animals, an ambitiously lofty idea. Problem was, I had an abundance of ideas, but no clue how to pursue them. Does our club protect marine life from overfishing? Exploitation? Commercialization?…

We even had a few classes together throughout the years and it is something most people will never get to experience. Some students are lucky if they go to the same school at the same time as their siblings and occasionally see one another. It is the opposite for me as I have always had lockers next to my sisters since junior high school. Some may assume that having sisters the same age is easier because we are growing up together and experiencing events at the same time. However, we do not grow…

Old Note from High School I was cleaning my room one day going through old High School papers., throwing away things that were not very important to me. My friend Ashley was over watching me sorting through old papers, And I came across a drawing that I made for my ex. The picture had his name in big black letters and a rainbow circle around his name. I asked her should I throw this away and she responded by saying yes, I defiantly agree with her why should I keep something I made for a boy I…

I’ve noticed most people my age don’t know what they are going to be doing out of high school, some don’t even know what they are going to have for dinner tomorrow night. Thankfully, I know both. I know what I’m going to do out of high school and what I’m going to do after college. P.S. I’m having grilled cheese tomorrow night for dinner. The spring break of 7th grade my family, last minute, decided to go to Washington D.C. And by last minute I mean we decided on Sunday and we left Monday…