Kennedi Fishback

Youth Salute: "The purpose of this program is to honor high school juniors in your community who maintain a high scholastic average and have demonstrated leadership ability."

The George Eastman Award was awarded to a student who exhibited strong leadership, had high grades and took challenging courses and had extensive involvement in extracurricular activities.

The AP Scholar Award was awarded to students who received an average of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP tests. I took the AP Biology, AP Literature and Composition, and AP World History exams and received a 3 on all of them.

Girl of Merit Award "A Girl of Merit is a girl with vision, tenacity and intention. A girl who gives herself in order to better the lives of others. A girl who shows compassion and makes sacrifices for others. A girl who is committed to excellence in all areas of her life."

During my senior year of high school I served as a Peer Tutor to a freshman English class. My duties included helping students with any questions they have, proof reading their work, helping the teacher with any grading she may have, and aiding the substitute with the lesson whenever the teacher was not present.

I hosted tours to incoming students and to the district staff touring Frederick Douglass High School. I met weekly with other ambassadors to improve our leadership skills. We frequently would host volunteer events to help those not only in our school but in our community as well.

As a member of this program, I met twice monthly with other student representatives from all over the country to discuss different ways to be resilient in our communities. We discussed bullying prevention methods as well as programs that we could start at our schools and in our communities to help others feel included.

I served as the Fundraising Chair for this club. I would inform the club on creative ways that we could fundraise for our club to attend conferences. Our club attended two conferences, Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) and Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA), at those I served as a delegate, a bill sponsor (KYA), and a Resolution Sponsor (KUNA). At KYA, I along with three other girls presented a bill that would allow menstruating people two excused days off of school per month, per semester. We found that it would not only benefit those suffering from the symptoms, but would also increase school funding, participation rates, and attendance rates. We were very successful and received two awards for this bill. At KUNA I along with three other girls presented a Resolution that would incentivize STD testing in Kenya to help lower STD rates. We were very successful at this conference and received awards for this as well.

I participated in Student Council during my junior and senior year of high school. My junior year, I ran for Junior Class President and won. My duties included planning prom, coordinating "Happy Birthday" emails to staff and brainstorming ways for students to feel welcomed when returning to in person classes. During my senior year, I served as Senior Class Secretary. My duties included taking detailed notes of all meetings, taking attendance, sending students who missed the meeting the notes, helping the President plan school and volunteer events. For example, we hosted a Blood Drive for the UK Hospital and the student council officers were in charge of welcoming in students, providing them with instructions to sign up, providing them complimentary food and water, then signing their class note and a verification for volunteer hours. We also planned the prom theme, spirit week, and the venue. I was also given the opportunity to sit on stage and give a speech during the 2022 Commencement Ceremony.

A prestigious and selective organization that offers membership to students who receive a 3.5 GPA or higher and exhibit great leadership skills and involvement in their community. I was apart of this organization for two years and during that time, I hosted a toy drive for kids in need during the holidays, hosted a service day where members of National Honor Society spent two hours cleaning garbage around the school and many others. Students who were accepted did not need to reapply again, they just needed to maintain the GPA requirement

"At FDHS, we offer the Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Pathway. In these courses, students play the roles of over 50 different biomedical professionals as they investigate and study the concepts of human medicine, physiology, genetics, microbiology, and public health. In the PLTW BMS Program, students engage in activities like investigating the death of a fictional person or dissecting a sheeps heart, learning content in the context of real-world cases. They examine the structures and interactions of human body systems and explore the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Students work collaboratively to understand and design solutions to the most pressing health challenges. The future of biomedical sciences comes alive in this rigorous and relevant four-course sequence that prepares students to continue their studies through post-secondary education and careers." Throughout my four years in the course, I learned about the human body systems, different diseases that affect those body systems like Type 1 and 2 Diabetes, develop a case study, construct a biomedical technology presentation, and conduct a research study that observed the relationship between medication and mental health disorders to see if there was a more effective way of treating them. During this course, I took and passed the "NOCTI" exam which certifies me to work in a lab, received my white coat during the White Coat Ceremony, and received a stethoscope at the end of the program.

"EcoReps serve as sustainability ambassadors in their residence hall as they provide outreach, organize and participate in events and help further the universitys sustainability goals. The following is authored by Kathryn Tutwiler, UK Recyclings EcoReps coordinator for this academic year." During my time as an Eco Rep, I attended one two hour meeting every other Friday to learn more about environmental sustainability and an effective way of educating my peers on the topic. I also hosted two tabling events, one of which was in my dorm hall. That tabling event lasted two hours and I talked to residents about how and what to recycle, why they should recycle, and offered an info sheet as well as environmental friendly giveaways. The second tabling event took place in the Student Center on my campus. I was apart of the "Materials Management" group and our main goal was to educate people of different materials that are better for the environment and ways to limit the amount of waste they produce. To do this, my group hosted a "Plant Adoption", students were able to build either a tomato, cilantro, or jalapeo plant. Their plants were put in a biodegradable pot and while they built their plant, we informed them of the steps they needed to take in order to keep their plant happy: Watering it, providing it sunlight, and not littering! They were also able to fill out an adoption sheet and take a care sheet with instructions on how to keep their plant alive.