Sample Portfolio

Year by year

1. 7th Grade2025–26

   1. 

      Arts · April 2026

      First Place — Tree Photograph Contest

      MeritBoard Sample Classroom

      Tree roots heaving up a sidewalk slab by the school fence, shot low among fallen leaves. Placed first of eighteen entries.

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   2. Awards & Honors · March 2026

      First Place — Regional Science Fair

      Physical Science division

      Measured how surface texture changes the distance a paper glider travels. Judged first of 42 entries in her division.

   3. Test Scores · February 2026

      MeritScore — 241 overall

      7th grade cohort

      Strongest in language arts (92nd percentile) and math (88th). Provisional until the tenth proctored test.

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   4. Community Service · Sep 2025 – May 2026

      Reading Buddy — 2nd Grade

      30 hours across the school year

      Paired with a second grader twice a week to read aloud before the first bell.

   5. Activities & Clubs · 2025 – 2026

      Quiz Bowl — Team Captain

      Middle school team

      Captained a four-person team to the district semi-final.

2. 6th Grade2024–25

   1. Awards & Honors · April 2025

      Honorable Mention — Poetry Month Contest

      Limericks, 6th grade

      One of twenty-one entries recognized.

   2. Athletics · October 2024

      Cross Country — Middle School Team

      Personal best 11:42 (2 mi)

      Ran every meet of the season; improved her time by ninety seconds across it.

   3. Photos & Media · September 2024

      Sketchbook — Self Portrait

      Personal work

      Graphite, from a mirror. Kept in the portfolio at her own request.

3. 5th Grade2023–24

   1. Essays & Statements · January 2024

      Why Our Creek Floods

      Persuasive writing, 5th grade

      Argued for replanting the bank above the school, using the county’s own drainage figures.

4. 4th Grade2022–23

   1. Arts · April 2023

      First Place — Class Art Show

      4th Grade

      A watercolor deer her teacher hung in the school office for the rest of the year.