Cal High Mentor

Catie Hawkins

My Cal High Mentor is Catie Hawkins. She is a loving, caring person and I am blessed to have her as my mentor for iQuest. Mrs. Hawkins used to teach English 12 until two years ago she transferred to help with Common Core. I have known Catie for about 6-7 years because I used to swim with her kids during the summer on a rec swim team. I picked her for my mentor because she is honestly like a second mom to me. I am able to talk to her about anything and she gives me a lot of good feedback. I hope to get a long lasting friendship during the course of the school year and after when I am off at college. Being able to have someone to go to is wonderful and I'm blessed to have her.

Mission Statement

Mission Statement:

 I believe my mission in life is to live everyday as its my last. To be able to be happy, caring towards others and do everything that I can before I die. Also to be able to live up to God's word and have a strong relationship with him my entire life.

Time Management Reflection

  I never thought time management was a important thing in my life, until Mrs. Gagnon explained it to us in class. I have the same routine every day and it consists of the same thing. Sleeping, going to school, and eating. My time management skills at the moment aren't the best. I usually have the thoughts in my head of what I am going to be doing once I get home from school, but it usually ends up with me falling asleep. I remind myself everyday that I would be more productive if I didn't fall asleep, but it still happens on the daily basis.
  Day by day, I strive to work on my time management. Soon enough I will be living on my own at college and I will need to know when its okay to be relaxing and when it is okay to be studying. It is important because I want to be successful and that starts with managing my time well. I think setting a schedule or putting reminders on my phone would help me stay alert and keep me motivated to get my things done quickly so I more time to myself later in the evenings. It would be better to relax in the evening's then being stressed beyond believe and staying up late to do homework all night.
  The time management tips are very useful to my daily life, I liked the tips from the college board website because it applies to most teenagers. My favorite part is how it explains that we should get a good night sleep because that could make the tasks more difficult or how it is okay to say no because somethings are more important then others.  I will be able to deal with my procrastination in this way because it is better to get your stuff done sooner then later because if a problem comes your way, you have a chance of fixing it. I believe that something I have been doing too much is spending to much time on my phone or sleeping.Taking naps after school would have to stop because I would be able to spend my time more efficiently doing college apps are homework that is due in the future. I think that know I have a better mindset on what I need to do with my schedule so that I will succeed in life.

Five People and Five Things

Throughout my life many people have influenced me in many ways. It is hard to choose five people that will help me achieve my goals, but I believe that these five people will do just that:

1) Laura Tucker (mom): My mom is the strongest person I know. She has always been there for me for everything because she is my mom and I can tell her anything. She will be able to help me achieve my goals because shes believes in me and wants me to succeed later in life.

2) Kurt Tucker (dad): My dad has my support all the time. I know he will always have my back and he will always will be proud of me and my decisions in life later on. 

3) RubenVirgen (family friend): For my entire life, Ruben has been a person that I have looked up to. He has given me and my brother so many opportunities and I know that he will support 100% of the way.

4) Jamie Orr (church counselor/leader): I met Jamie this past summer and she was able to open my mind up and make me face new challenges. She is a positive aspect in my life and I am blessed that I am able to open up to her with my experiences.

5) Mrs. Hawkins ( teacher):  Mrs. Hawkins is a teacher at Cal High and currently my iQuest mentor. She is one, out of many teachers that I have been able to open up with and talk to her about what is going on in my life. She has helped me throughout high school with classes and I couldn't be more grateful.

 I want to accomplish many things in my lifetime, but a few that I want to get done this week are:

1) Get a gym membership and make a plan to go regularly. I will be setting up pictures to my room to remind me of where I want to be with my body and to be able to be happy.
2) To start my personal essay for College applications. I will brainstorm ideas for where I want to go with my essay and work from there.
3) Study for the ACT that is coming up this Saturday. I will study each night for at least 30 minutes so I know that I am not overdoing it, but I am keeping the most important information in my brain.
4)Clean  my room and reorganize. My room gets messy a lot from time to time, but I really want to work on keeping it clean for a while because I feel like with a clean environment you are able to focus more.
5) Start looking for homecoming dresses online. Homecoming is a little more than a month away, but I want to be extra prepared.