By Shetasia Akridge
Mollie
Emrick is an eighth grader at Dayton Regional STEM School (DRSS).
She is well-known for her academics, as well creating programs to raise awareness
for the school that she believes in. Mollie is hardworking and a dedicated
student at DRSS.
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| Molly Emrick is in the eight grade at DRSS. |
This
year, Mollie created a human trafficking awareness day at the DRSS. She created
this program with input from a few of her friends who had ideas about how to spread raise awareness of the problem of human trafficking. During ACE Month, Mollie and her
friends would read statistics over the intercom at the end of the day. They even started an Instagram account to raise awareness of statistics about human trafficking.
Many students just attend
DRSS, but Mollie Emrick also spends time to help develop programs to improve student’s math
skills. Mollie has helped introduce the MathCounts club to DRSS, an after-school program where students compete against each other and other school
districts. Not only does she care for her school but she cares about the education of other students as well.
In
addition, she is also a student ambassador at DRSS. A student ambassador is
someone who shows visitors our school and speaks on behalf of the school on
special events. Outside of school, Mollie volunteers at Community Harvest Church as a Sunday School teacher, where she teaches 2nd and 3rd
graders. She also attends her church's youth
groups as a student leader and enjoys helping with the library and nursery at
her church.
Mollie is
transforming into a stronger women with great leadership, confidence, and
power and demonstrates the power of peer-to-peer education. Her confidence allows her to stand up for the rights of others and not to
let anyone discourage her beliefs. She is making real changes in the world and
at DRSS.
Once
Mollie becomes a freshman in high school she is also interested in becoming a
part of Key Club. She would like to continue with MathCounts during her high
school experience. Currently, her main goal is to learn how to do American Sign
Language (ASL) to teach people with disabilities from ages 2-20. In addition,
she wants to maintain her current academic standing while exploring the life of being in high school
at DRSS.
