A Note from Ms. Clark, Esmeralda's Teacher

Esmeralda is an excellent candidate for US Sports Nike Volleyball Camps because she a dedicated and talented student athlete. She just completed a season on the JV girls volleyball team where excelled while also maintaining a very strong GPA and focus on her studies. She sets goals and consistently reaches them in her academics, sports and social life. For example at the beginning of school year all incoming freshman go on a 2 day Freshman Retreat to UC Davis. Day one of this retreat was the first time I met Esmeralda as her brand new Advisor. I am her Advisor for all 4 years of her high school experience. On this first day Esmeralda set a goal of "being less shy" and then proceeded to socialize and make friends with all the other students in our Advisory and other incoming freshman. She also spoke up and offered to represent her Advisory in a contest that required her to perform in front of the whole 9th grade class. I was so impressed with how she met her goal that I awarded her the Puma of the Retreat for our Advisory (each Advisory picked 1 student for Puma of the Retreat). Esmeralda would benefit tremendously from this volleyball camp because she has so much passion, drive, and skill for the sport, but has yet to be able to focus all her energy on volleyball. Having a week or more of a camp all about volleyball will her build her skills, encourage her passion, and provide an all around very meaningful and fulfilling experience for her.