Honor Society® member
Brenna Koester
- communication studies
- Class of 2023
- Trout Lake, WA
Member since October 2022
About
My name is Brenna Koester, and I’m a 17-year-old high school senior with an interest in media and communications, language and cultural studies, writing, design, and art.
Education
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University of California: Berkeley
media studies
2023 – Present
Honors and awards
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National Gold Medal (Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2019)
I was awarded a national gold medal through “the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens” for my short story “On the Curve of Infinity.”
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Rural and Small Town Recognition Award (College Board 2022)
National recognition for “academic achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and or AP Exams”
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national society of high school scholars
Invitation to the National Society of High School Scholars “for oustanding academic achievement.” (2022)
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Best in Show (Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries: Imagined Ink)
I was awarded “Best in Show” for two consecutive years through a regional library writing competition for my poetry collections “Phenomena” (2018) and “Eclipse” (2019)
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Best in High School (Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries: Imagined Ink)
I was awarded Best in High School through a regional library writing competition for my poem “2020 Haibun (Rain in Central Park)” (2020)
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Design, art, communications, media
- Outside the classroom
Art
Writing
Journaling
Learning languages
Volunteering
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Social Media Coordinator
ArtSmart Trout Lake
Mar 2021 – Aug 2022
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- Spanish Beginner
- Korean Beginner
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