Running for Class Representative

 

This year I tried out for student council representative. Student rep. is when you are the rep. for your class. You go to meetings and take notes on what the older kids say. You also help out with things like the Can Food Drive.

At first, I didn’t want to try out; I thought I wouldn’t  make it anyways and I was too embarrassed to talk in front of my class, but then my sister, Jessica, persuaded me to try out, and my mother wanted me to try out too. And so I did. My mom signed the form, and I was now running.

I then created my speech. At the beginning, I gave up and said I couldn’t do it, but eventually, I did. My mom and sister helped me and I practiced in front of them. All week I was nervous, and finally on Friday I had a huge butterfly in my stomach with little butterflies around it, I was so nervous.

Each person was called up to present their speech. All of them were pretty good. Then, it was my turn. As I walked up to present my speech, my stomach was rumbling with butterflies. I reached the front of the room. At first I was still nervous, but I finished the rest of my speech calmly. Here was my speech:

“Hi. My name is Olivia Lightfoot and I am running for class representative. This is my first time trying out so I hope you will vote for me. To be in student council, you must take good notes. I am a very good note taker and I love to write. I have written 3 stories in the past 3 years and I even have my own blog. Also for student council you need to volunteer to help out. For example, the Can Food Drive. I volunteer to watch my little cousins to help out my aunt.

“So I’m hoping you will vote for me. If you do I will do a very good job as your class representative.”

During specials, I was nervous. I really, really wanted to get in. Unfortunately, two yellow papers were sitting in two people’s mailbox, not mine. Then everyone figured out they were voted. I still said “Congratulations” to both of them. But I was still upset inside.

My mom said she was just proud of me. She said it didn’t matter if I had gotten in or not. So I guess it really just matters that I even tried. I know that I can still try out next year, this time for the whole school!

My Summer 2013






These are the things that I did this summer:  

- My family had a family reunion, and I met a lot of people I never knew. People came to our house, and we played games and had a lot of fun, we also went to other people's houses . Some of our cousins from Iowa and California came to celebrate our family reunion. I even met a kid my age  from California. It was very fun and I can't wait until the next time we meet.

- I went to a volleyball camp at Plano East Senior High. I had a great time with my friends: Tanaz and Sydney. The coaches were really nice, and I learned how to serve an  over-hand  serve. I even won Camper of the Day on the first day! We played a lot of games including: Elbow Tag and Newcum. I was really sad to stay for only a week, but I had a great time!

- I went to the Caribbean this summer. Special thanks to my Grandma Michelle for taking us! We stayed in a boat with two trampolines in the front. It was awesome!  And we went to the following places:

Monkey Point (an awesome place to snorkel), Cane Garden Bay, The Baths, White Bay, and Cooper Island. We hiked to the top of The Baths, where there was a restaurant and a pool , too. Monkey Point was probably the best snorkeling place. There was lots of fish, coral, and rocks. My family and I had a fun time, I can't wait to go again!

- I had a birthday party for me, and I invited some of my friends. Special thanks to my parents for helping me set it up. We did some water games outside, then came inside to eat. Then, we went to my next door neighbor's house, ( Special thanks to Miss Amanda for letting us use it) to swim for about an hour. After that, we came home, did some more water games, then went inside and dried off. Afterwards, we had cake, and went inside to play. Then everyone left. I had the best 9th birthday ever!

- We had a birthday party for my sister, Jessica. Both some of my dad's and mom's side came over to celebrate for her 17th birthday. We ate Mexican food, and I also went outside to play on the trampoline with the other kids. We watched some TV and watched my brother play games on our PS3.  It took a long time to set up the party. We had to clean the house, do our chores, make food, and set up tables for the kids to eat before people got to our house. But we managed to do it all together and we had a great party.