{"id":4249,"date":"2015-09-30T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2015-10-01T22:03:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T02:03:31","slug":"compass-keepers-club-jalyn-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/compass-keepers-club-jalyn-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Compass Keepers Club: Jalyn White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sitting across a table in the library of Lynnhaven Middle School, Jalyn White enthusiastically runs through how she spends her time.<\/p>\n

First off, there\u2019s Girl Scouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love volunteering, helping people\u201d she says. The smile across her face only widens as she talks about the work her troop has done partnering with Autism Buddies, hosting food drives for the community and even holding Christmas giveaways for families in need.<\/p>\n

She plays basketball on the weekends.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It) improves my health, my endurance,\u201d White points out. She goes on to talk about how important it is to keep your health a priority \u2013 especially in middle school while you\u2019re balancing so much.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2732\"<\/a>Balancing things like One Act Play, where White is currently rehearsing her role in \u201cThe Ever After.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really fun,\u201d she says. \u201cI love acting.\u201d White dreams of going to the Yale School of Drama, where she can study to follow in the steps of some of her favorite actresses, like Angela Basset, Sanaa Lathan and Jada Pinkett Smith.<\/p>\n

But that is still in the future. Right now, White has National Junior Honor Society.<\/p>\n

And Student Advisory Council.<\/p>\n

And maybe a return to gymnastics.<\/p>\n

Before long, it feels like you are no longer talking to a 13-year-old, but the walking personification of the school\u2019s activities office.<\/p>\n

Point this out to White, and her smile never falters. She stifles a laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I do think, \u2018How do I even keep up with all of this?\u2019\u201d White says.<\/p>\n

Her answer to her own rhetorical question reveals more of the eighth-grader\u2019s maturity than her litany of leadership roles. She is the first to tell you she finds nothing extraordinary in herself to keep up such a pace; rather, every time she steps out to try something new, the support from her parents buoys her to success.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupport from your family is very important,\u201d she says. \u201cMy parents are willing to take me to every meeting. They help a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, leaders, teammates and fellow students also encourage White to keep going. As an example, being in the national honor society \u2013 a distinction in itself \u2013 proves to still be an inspiration for White.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt encourages me to keep really good grades,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

And, being involved becomes almost cyclical in nature: once you try something new, there is another opportunity waiting for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more you get involved, you will pretty much want to do anything,\u201d she points out.<\/p>\n

White\u2019s voice and drive were just a couple of reasons that Lynnhaven Middle School Principal Violet Hoyle wanted White on her Student Advisory Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cJalyn guides and directs her peers,\u201d Hoyle said. \u201cShe is not afraid to take risks and her peers know that they can depend on her. She holds firm to her beliefs and she sets high expectations for herself, bringing those around her into the same realm of thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoyle also noted that White not only take the time to represent her fellow students and their concerns, she researches solutions to issues students may have to come forth with resolutions.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one of the biggest resolutions White personally wants for her fellow students is for them to realize the power and the potential they each have. White is passionate that involvement is a choice. Any student can take action in their school career, and, again, echoing her own experience, there will be people there to help you along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is you are able to do it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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