- 2010 Highlights
Personal Statement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR3v1SEN0Zo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCJYr8FFFw Name : Jean PIERRE-CHARLES Gender : Male Age : 17 Height : 6,8 Email : [email protected] Address : 75 Gillespie Cres. Ottawa, Ontario K1V 0L8 Award /Accomplishment: 2006 Best soccer goal keeper U13 After 3 seasons of winning goal medal for Capital United Soccer team Division 1er, Jean was nominated best goal keeper U13 for having stopped more shoots and received fewer goals. 2007-2008 1st and 2nd place High Jump Gold medal for high jump in 2007 and silver in 2008 �?? 7th at OFSA Ontario. 2nd place for Race 100 and 400 meters Sprint 100 and relay 400 meters for High School Franco Cité. 2008 MVP basketball player for Franco Cité Best basketball player for Franco Cité. 2nd Science Fair Project on Global warming, presented with Nader Eid. 2009 MVP Basketball MVP shared with Mat Mc Clean for Ashbury College. Gold medal at OFSA. Volunteer Work 2007 Volunteer camp counsellor at Ottawa Lions summer camp Over summer of 2007, volunteered as a camp counsellor at Ottawa Lions Club. Helping kids under 12 years old. 2008 Basketball camp counsellor at Carleton University Worked during the summer helping young kids to improve their skills in basketball. That helps to pay part of my next year tuition at Ashbury College. 2009 Basketball camp counsellor at Ashbury College Worked as a counsellor at the March break camp at Ashbury College. Helping kids in basketball Fall 2010 Leadership counsellor for Ashbury College During a three day camp, volunteered as a leadership counsellor for Ashbury students of grade 9. From people who know Jean �?? (Teachers- Coaches) Jean is a very good student and manages very well his academic and his sport activities. Starting in grade 8th up to now grade 11th Jean has demonstrated character and commitment in his activities. In grade 8th and 9th he has been chosen by his school Franco Cité to be part of the Enrichment Mini-Courses at the University of Ottawa where he chose sciences the first year and law the second year. In Grade 8th and 9th he received MVP for Canterbury Mustangs for football as running back; MVP for his basketball school team in 2008 and 2010. He received gold and silver medals for high jump and silver medal for race 100 meters and relay 400 meters. In 2010 He has been nominated for the Spirit Award of Ontario High Schools. Jean worked hard to pass the admission exams at the Ashbury College for grade 10. He received a scholarship for three years at Ashbury College. Jean played basketball for his school and his competitive team the Ottawa Guardsmen. Jean with his basketball school team achieved bronze in grade 10th and gold medal at OFSA in grade 11th. This year he also played football for his school team as a wide receiver. Jean and his basketball team had a tournament in Spain and France where they lost two of the six games they played. Jean has been chosen to go to Italy by the Hoop Factory Elite-Canada for the Junior International tournament 2010. ===================================================================== From Jean I am really intense in everything I am doing. I like to do well and enjoy all the steps in my life. I like to help the younger kids. I exchange very well with them because I went through the same process. I had the chance to have good persons around me and I tried to be good to people around me. I know I have a lot to learn and I am ready to work hard to improve. When I started basketball at the age of 13, I only used to play soccer and football. It was not easy to change sport and adjust myself to another style of coaching and team. I enjoyed all the steps bad and good, always looking for ways to become a better person and a better athlete. I like challenges. When I had to change from my school Franco Cité to Ashbury College, it was a big challenge for me: changing from a French Catholic Public School to a Private English school; leaving friends that I had since grade one or three; changing from French to English. It was not easy. I had to make choices. I had a scholarship for basketball and I wanted to keep my good marks in sciences and maths. It was a real challenge for me. I took the opportunity, ready to work hard. I have a great sense of humour that helps me to make friends at Ashbury College. I found also kids that I knew in my old soccer team. Again sport helps me to make the transition. Good teachers and my coach Mr. Ian McKinnon ease the way for me. In my third year in Ashbury College, I can still say it was a good choice. It is not easy to manage sport and academic but I think it is like that for everybody who wants to do well in sports and also academically. It feels good to take that opportunity. The way I dealt with that challenge built my character makes me more confident in my capacity to overcome difficulties. I am taking IB French and I am very proud of the work I made on the �??Nihilism�??. My teacher Mr. Pelletier is very proud of me. However, during the OFSA tournament, it was hard to meet his expectations. We had the gold medal for Ontario and I am proud of my contribution to my basketball team. Trying to find the right balance between school and sport is a real challenge that I enjoy to overcome each year.
