Communication 

Standard 7.9: The student leader takes initiative by assessing where a need exists, and assisting without being asked, when appropriate.

During homecoming, one thing that is always lacking is teacher participation and involvement throughout the week. Along with sending teachers emails with the spirit days by my co-commissioner and I, we also took the incentive of creating a teacher "VIP" section for the night rally this year. My belief is that if teachers felt wanted and appreciated at the night rally, then they might be more willing to be present at school events and participate in spirit days and other activities throughout the school year. Unfortunately, I was a club sweetheart and was not able to get to the night rally before it was opened to the public. Because the VIP section had not been properly sectioned off, by the time I arrived the sections was full of parents. Our idea had not gone as planned, so we revised the idea for following years and decided that it would be best to make sure there is a designated person to direct teachers to this section and other people away from it. We also decided to rebrand it as a "staff" section so other members of THS don't feel excluded in our school environment. On the right is a picture of me and my co-commissioner, Sheeren Ziadeh working on the poster. 

Standard 1.13: The student leader creates and sends personalized thank you notes. 

​For teacher recognition week this year, the leadership class created personalized oscars with categories for each teacher and surprised them by taping them up on their door. I led the class in the organization, planning, and creation of the activity, ensuring that each teacher was recognized and felt appreciated by the sentiment. This experience taught me how to lead in a class environment, work with others over differences in time constrained settings, and be efficient with my time. I learned that I had to lead with example and the best way to make sure stuff would be done is do it myself first. By setting an example, it gave precedent to the rest of the class to participate and be active in the process. I am very happy with how the recognition turned out. 

Personal and Social Development

Standard 3.9: The student leader identifies differing social and cultural norms and then raises awareness of those norms to promote acceptance and inclusion.

I am president of Muslim Student Association, a club that brings together people of varying ethnic backgrounds and cultures. While it is amazing to foster a community that is open and accepting of everyone, it can also be an extreme struggle to make sure everyone feels recognized and heard in our club. I try to make our experiences as inclusive and memorable for everyone. For our first club meeting, I had our members brainstorm ideas for what they would like to see from the club, and how we would best represent them this year. We had the biggest turnout in the club's history; and while it was shocking to see so many new faces I quickly centered the discussion on the needs of the students rather than my personal ideas. I had to think on my feet to become inclusive  of converts, African Muslims, and non-English speakers which had never happened before.  On the bottom is a photo from our first meeting where we got to hear from people that come from all different walks of life, and all their ideas on the board behind us.

Standard 3.5 The student leader established and maintains healthy relationships with the student leadership team, the student body, and adults. 

Being a senior, this year made me very reflective on my last four at tracy high and the good and bad decisions I made. I feel like I had the chance to grow and learn a lot, but I missed out on a lot of guidance which would've been helpful to get earlier on. I asked students in my stats class to tell underclassmen one piece of advice they had for freshman or one piece of advice that they try to actively live by. The intention behind this came from being able to understand and relate to the confusion and fear that freshman face. I wanted to leave the campus more positive and happy Han I found it and these students were more than willing to be apart of the positivity! 

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Civic and Service Learning 

Standard 3.1: The student leader establishes relationships with community leaders and community groups to help address a community need. 

As a neighborhood change champion, I work with a group of students to address issues that permeate our community. Right now, the team is in the process of singling down our issue before creating a policy. In this process, my team and I meet with important members of the community to gain their insight on the issues that most greatly affect the youth. In the picture, we met with our mayor, Ms. Nancy Young. She gave us a tour of city hall and afterwards we sat down with her to discuss our policy ideas. This experience taught me about the importance of the process for civic forums to the success of policies itself. I questioned Nancy about the different regulations in Tracy for establishing businesses, as one of the needs I identified were places to keep kids out of trouble. Tracy has several clauses that add extra tax for commercialized businesses, making it more difficult for the area to expand as chains don't want to open up here. My conversation with Nancy brought forward issues that were not considered before, and it forced our group to refocus the way we approached our policy. Below is a picture of that meeting in her personal office. 
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Standard 3.3 The student leader participates in a service activity or project to serve a specific need of others.

As chair of YAC, I've taken on the responsibility to represent YAC in city related events and activities. At a Block Party at a local middle school, I volunteered to table the rollin rec booth with an adult advisor. Rollin rec is a program designed to help the community by watching children while parents have to work. They also set up events in parks with games, music, and activities to get children involved and outside their house. I worked to market this event and played some games with a couple of the kids to market rollin rec. We focused on the outreach of the program and the awareness of small, young families with little kids. I learned a lot in this experience, especially hearing the struggles of so many parents at the booth. 

Government 

Standard 2.3: The Student leader follows the established chain of command protocol for the student leadership team, the school, and the school district.

Voters of Tomorrow, a club I found and am president of, received an opportunity to host a voter registration drive at San Joaquin Delta College. I had received the information for this very close to the date we had to be there by, and it wasn't possible to submit the activity forms for the students and transportation in time. Being aware of the rules to go off campus, I knew this would pose a struggle. Luckily, 2024 was an election year so students receive a one day excused absence for civic engagement efforts. We used this as our solution to still make it to the event and have Tracy High represented at Delta. If I had not been aware of the necessary procedures to participate in such activities, it would not have been possible to make it to Delta for the registration drive. The photo is of my peers setting up our table in the quad. 

Standard 1.3 The student leader learns the chain of command that exists within their school and their student body organization. 

One part of Neighborhood Change Champions, is understanding the working of the government and process of implementing policy changes. Our program focuses on getting a policy initiative in our local school district so we learned about school board meetings, officials, practices and policies. I was given an award for my work and dedication in understanding the progress by representative Josh Harder. The work I've put into this program has allowed me to have a full, comprehensive scope of our political system and how to bring change to the government. 

Business and Finance

Standard 3.2: The student leader works collaboratively with the student leadership team to create a brand and/or marketing message for the student leadership team, and the student body, the school, and/or school events. 

For a school fundraiser, I sold over fifteen raffle tickets to my family and father's coworkers. I recorded a video and shared it with them to convince them to purchase the tickets, as well as posting it on my instagram story where I sold three there as well. 

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Standard 2.2 The student leader performs market research and identified trends in student purchasing preferences when selecting products and vendors for fundraising purposes. 

As president of MSA, I've taken charge of fundraising for the club. Being muslim, we eat Halal meat and the chick and Angry Chickz is halal. This, as well as their popularity prompted me to set up a fundraiser there with them. During the course of setting fundraiser I ran into several obstacles. Because of Ramadan and Angry Chickz's availability, my days to host the fundraiser became limited. I also ended up needing a W-9 for the fundraiser which I was unable to provide due to school restrictions and it was very difficult to navigate. I finally figured it out but unfortunately I will not have time to have the fundraiser before the end of the school year. Hopefully next year. 

Technology and Digital Citizenship 

Standard 4.1: The student leader recognizes the role of video and photography on the promotion of positive school culture. 

I started a new way to appreciate people on campus through a google form in the school's instagram link tree. After advertising the link tree on our socials, IB Bio students reached out and asked for us to create a poster thanking Ms. McKay (Biology teacher) for all her handwork the past four years and mentorship through the biology IAs. I created the poster and delivered it to them after class for them to take a photo with it and Ms. Mckay. By creating the google form, the goal is to get students involved with positive stigmas through social media rather than the negative ones that are so inherent in today's society. Ms. McKay was extremely thankful for the poster and I hope to continue this way of spreading positivity on campus through this campaign especially with the holidays so close. 
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Standard 4.2 The student leader demonstrates a basic understanding of video and photography skills as they relate to their role on the student leadership team. 

Being social media commissioner of Mock Trial, I I have been promoting the club through social media for the past three years. Social media has been a great way to allow students to understand what mock trial does and the community we built within each other. This photo is from the end of the year banquet, where I took photos and created a post on the instagram for the last time. I am so grateful for the past three years and the opportunity to manage this account.