SCCSD November Business/Marketing Student of the Month
November 12, 2022 | Reposted from SCCSD Facebook Page (Salamanca City Central School District)
Alyssa Perkins has been selected as the November Business/Marketing Student of the Month. She has taken numerous business/marketing classes which include: ECC GS 111 College Success Skills, Computer Applications Software 2, JCC CAS 1560 Computer Applications Software, JCC BUS 1410 Accounting Fundamentals, Career Planning, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship and Keyboarding. Alyssa is an amazing student who is extremely excited about her future. As you can see, Alyssa is getting ready for her next step after high school. Many of the courses mentioned above are college classes that she is taking for free while in high school. In addition to the business college classes, Alyssa is also taking many other courses that are gaining her college credit during her senior year. While she is taking accelerated college classes, Alyssa also participates in sports and works to help her pay for college opportunities coming up in the Fall. It is no wonder that Alyssa was awarded the JCC College Connections Student of the Year as well as the Niagara Frontier Industry Education Scholarship and Certificate of Employability.
Alyssa is continuously in the Top Ten of the Class of 2023. Alyssa works on perfection in the classes she is taking. She strives to be the best that she can possibly be. This shows in her membership on the Business Marketing Honor Society which she has been a member of for two years. She is the treasurer of this society. Alyssa is musically talented; her excellence in concert band and select chorus has earned her a spot on the Tri-M Honor Society. She is the president of both concert band and the Tri-M Honor Society.
She is a very civic-minded individual who gives freely of her time. She is a member of the Key Club where she was the treasurer during her junior year, and now during her senior year she is the President. She is considered a leader which is why she was chosen to be a Warrior Ambassador. She used to participate in Drama Club and was a member of the Journalism staff.
Alyssa is a team player who enjoys the camaraderie and physical activity of being on many sports teams. During her high school years Alyssa has participated in the following sports: JV Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Track & Field, Football Cheerleading and Basketball Cheerleading.
She is a student who volunteers her time to help others and involves herself in many events and programs to help the community. She has helped with concessions, performed at the tree lighting ceremony, completed the Cystic Fibrosis Walk, and much more.
Alyssa has exceptional time management skills in addition to her academics, community activities, sports, and volunteering she also works part-time at more than one job. Alyssa is a multi-family babysitter and a Subway sandwich artist.
Her future plans are to attend college with a major in Early Childhood/Childhood Education and a minor in Business Administration. Her overall goals are to own and run a daycare and later expand to a youth center.
