Honor Society® member
Payton Ward
Team Member at Panera Bread
- Political Science, English
- Class of 2024
- Bluffton, South Carolina
Member since January 2024
About
- Cross Schools Class of 2024
- College of Charleston Class of 2028
- ALA Girls Nation Senator 2023
Education
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College of Charleston
Political Science/English
2024 – Present
Honors and awards
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1 of 25 selected to attend Conference on National Affairs
CONA Delegate: 2022, 2023, 2024
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SCISA Literary Meet High School Girls Extemporaneous Speaking 1st place
10th grade, speech topic: cancel culture
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1 out of 2 of 600 delegates chosen as ALA Girls Nation Senators
Palmetto Girls State (South Carolina), Senator to American Legion Auxillary Girls Nation
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Town of Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka's Community Service Award
100+ Community Service Hours
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Honor Roll
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade
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Top 30 Finalists in U.S Senate Youth Selection
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Anne Frank Youth Network Conference
2023 (Unable to attend), 2024
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Teens for Healthy Youth President
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade
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Student Body President
11th grade
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Student Ambassadors Team Captain
11th and 12th grade
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Student Council - Spirit Chair
12th grade
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Student Council - Communications Chair
10th grade
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Lawyer/Judge
- Graduate school interests
Law School
- Outside the classroom
- Reading
- Writing
- Spending time with my friends, family, and cats
- Public Speaking
- Listening to music
- Watching new movies
Experience
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Team Member
Panera Bread
Jan 2023 – Jul 2024
Volunteering
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Summer 2023 Internship
Lowcountry Alliance for Healthy Youth, Bluffton SC 14th Curcuit Solicitor's Office
Jun 2023 – Aug 2023
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Cat Care Volunteer Lead, Palmetto Animal League (October 2022-Present): In my Junior year I was inspired to get more involved with my community and wanted to pursue weekly service hours. I first applied to volunteer at Palmetto Animal League in October 2022 because of my love of caring for neglected animals. Since then, I have volunteered 2 hours, 4 times a week. In Early 2023 I was offered the role as Cat Care Volunteer Lead, it’s in this role that I serve as a representative to welcome and train new volunteers with open arms. I have volunteered over 105 hours at Palmetto Animal League. I was recommended to and received the Town of Bluffton Mayors’ Service Award in June 2023. Over the past year, I have been able to meet such amazing animals and people at Palmetto Animal League. In fact, last month I adopted a very special cat from the shelter named Burke, who is now the 3rd addition to my beloved cat family!
Palmetto Animal League
Oct 2022 – Aug 2024
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