Honor Society® member
Cameron-Scout Colosi-Bontrager
teaching assistant at Assistant teacher, 2023 – 2024 Midtown High School Assisted instructing literary writing, thought-provoking stories, photography, design, and layout for 10th and 11th graders publishing material in Midtown High School’s Unmasking publication.
- english and creative writing
- Class of 2024
- Atlanta, GA
Member since August 2023
About
Reliable, driven, and mature high school rising senior seeking a challenging position in customer service in a community-driven local bookstore setting. I am an author at heart, would rather be reading in a hammock, and have a collection of books dating back to the 1880’s.
Education
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Midtown High School
general studies
2020 – 2024
Honors and awards
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national honor society
Honorary member starting fall 2023
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national society of high school scholars
Active member since 2022 participating in various seminars and webinars focused on my chosen degree - English literature with an emphasis on creative writing major, minor in marketing and sociology.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Dual major: English Literature & Arts with an emphasis in Creative Writing and Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. Minor in Sociology.
- Outside the classroom
DECA Club, 2022 – 2023
Participated in the DECA State Championship. Team event service project focused on promoting and developing a 45-day campaign to drive awareness, increase customers and sales activities for Building with Cimone.Beta Club, 2018 – 2023
Led community service events Walk for Water, Soles4Souls, Open Hand Atlanta food drives, Joy Jars program, holiday parties, and supply drives to help displaced individuals. Achieved the highest revenue in school history for annual Inman Middle School Halloween party. Maintained an A average to be a qualified participant.Writer’s Workshop, 2022 – 2023
Received exclusivity to participate in taking LitMag, an invitation-only course based on academic grades and writing extra-curriculum activities. Wrote several short stories outside of academic structure based on
instructor’s request.Arts and Crafts Club, 2021 – 2022
Engaged in after-school club creating various mediums in arts and crafts. Included painting, collage projects, clay,
3-D design, and 3-D printing.Girl Scouts Atlanta Troop 12562, 2013 – 2018
Earned 23 badges through Daisy, Brownie and Junior levels and completed 3 Junior journeys focused on Practice with Purpose, CEO/It’s Your Business, and Business Owner. Highest achievement contributed 376 pairs of shoes within two weeks for Scouting for Shoes Shoe Recycling Program through community outreach donations in my neighborhood.48-Hour Film Festival, Woodland Drive film, 2023
Wrote short-story repurposing into to a seven-minute short movie. Won Best Horror, Best Scare, and Best Use of Genre awards in the Best DAMN Film Awards Festival. Semi-finalist Best film in the Global Shorts Festival.48-Hour Film Festival, Dear New President film, 2017
Wrote outline and co-directed five-minute short movie. Official selection in the Katra Film Festival, Kids First Film & Video Festival, Magnolia Independent Film Festival, Terminus Film Festival and Tupelo Film Festival. Won Best Concept in the Franklin NC Film Festival.48-Hour Film Festival, Friendship film, 2016
Wrote outline and co-directed five-minute short movie. Official selection in the ITSA Film Festival, nominee for Best in Arts Youth at the Widescreen Film Video Festival and Best PSA at the Scout Film Festival. Won Best Student Film in the Underexposed Film Festival K-12 and winner of Best Documentary in the International Family Film Festival.
Experience
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teaching assistant
Assistant teacher, 2023 – 2024 Midtown High School Assisted instructing literary writing, thought-provoking stories, photography, design, and layout for 10th and 11th graders publishing material in Midtown High School’s Unmasking publication.
Aug 2023 – May 2024
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teaching assistant
Summer paid full-time employment, 2023 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Assisted with an array of fine art activities serving as a floater assigned to ages 5 – 13. Responsibilities included ensuring camp participants understood and engaged in projects, set-up, and clean-up. Assigned to recess ensuring physical engagement, lunch, and transportation for child safety. Participated in Friday rotations with instructors to ensure classes were fully staffed.
May 2023 – Jul 2023
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writer
Writer, 2022 Poets in Revolt! publication Wrote several poems focused on environmental issues designed to inspire readers published in Poets in Revolt! a Midtown Publication.
Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
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editor and writer
Editor and publisher, 2023 – 2024 Writer and editor, 2022 – 2023 The Unmasking publication, literary magazine Several poems and short stories focused on the theme environmental issues published. Developed spreads including editing photographs.
Aug 2022 – May 2024
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childcare
Childcare 2021 – 2023 Care for multiple neighborhood families for children ranging from 2 – 3 per family between the ages of 1 and 12 years. Create and engage age-appropriate activities for mental and physical stimulation.
Jan 2021 – Aug 2023
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teaching assistant
Dark room and digital photography assistant, 2018 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Assisted adult students on best practices, varying unique camera methods, and dark room methodology to include set-up, processing, and tear-down. Personal photography featured in Callanwolde Winter Arts Exhibit 2018 and 2019.
May 2018 – Aug 2018
Volunteering
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Summer full-time internship, volunteer community work, 2022 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Assisted with an array of fine art activities serving as a floater assigned to ages 5 – 13. Responsibilities included ensuring camp participants understood and engaged in projects, set-up, and clean-up. Assigned to recess ensuring physical engagement, lunch, and transportation for child safety. Participated in Friday rotations with instructors to ensure classes were fully staffed.
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
May 2022 – Jul 2022
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Summer full-time internship, volunteer community work, 2021 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Assisted with an array of fine art activities serving as a floater assigned to ages 5 – 13. Responsibilities included ensuring camp participants understood and engaged in projects, set-up, and clean-up. Assigned to recess ensuring physical engagement, lunch, and transportation for child safety. Participated in Friday rotations with instructors to ensure classes were fully staffed.
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
May 2021 – Jul 2021
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
- French (France) Fluent
