High School

I attended Centennial High School which was a Shephard family school. My dad and his eleven siblings attended Centennial when it first opened back in the late 50's and early 60's. Many of my cousins that my grandmother raised also attended Centennial. It's amazing that the same teachers that taught some of my aunts, uncels,and cousins were still around to teach me. I exercised my student government roles at Centennial and held many different postion since my freshman year such as Public Relations, Year Book Committie, Secretary, Treasurer and Student Body Vice-President of Student Council my senior year. I was in Upper Bound because I knew I wanted to further my education after leaving Centennial. The program helped me to understand what it takes to get in college and what it took to stay in. The weekends in the dorms were really fun and exciting, but regardless of how late we stayed up the night before we had to be able to get up on your own for the morning tours. The program also helped us prepare for SAT's and the ACT. I was ranked in te top 20 of a class of 300 when I graduated in 2003. I received awards for attendence, leadership, and a special award for serving the most hours in community service. Despit my acceptance to Chico, Dilard and Sacramento State I chose not to leave home and rethink where I wanted to study and what I wanted to major in.