Sehyun Ra

• Raised school spirit by planning, organizing, and hosting multiple school events (Spirit Weeks/Days, Halloween, Halloween, Valentines, Movie Night, Dress down days, Pie Day)
• Proposed, planned, organized, and hosted the 2022 Homecoming (covering the finance, budget for food, decoration, and activities)
• Organized a Humanitarian aid project to support those affected by the Ukraine crisis. Raised a total of 4,405,300 krw to fund 4 different organizations (Voices of Children, RAZOM, Ukraine’s Women Fund, American School of Warsaw).
• Managed financial, operational, and human resources to optimize the school event planning process.
• Collaborated with other council members to lead in various projects.
• Participated in election and campaign process, gathering student support and votes.

• Created meditation videos to be posted weekly on school news
• Created mental health website
• Created a MINDFUL Space within the school (a space designed for students to relax and do mindfulness activities)
• Sold +60 mental health kits during Spring Fair

• Tutored a high school student to develop deeper comprehension of English course materials and better understanding of assignments to improve academic success.
• Determined concepts needing priority focus of tutorial sessions by reviewing and assessing student work, notes and discussions.
• Created tailored lesson plans and study guides to teach and assist students in area of study.
• Communicated with parents and teachers regarding student progress and areas of concern.

• Funded the scholarships offered by The Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNFPA to financially support the education of adolescent mothers in El Salvador.
• Raised 3,024,000 won by selling100g bags of Salvadoran Pacamara coffee beans to the Dwight School Seoul community.
• Slogan: No girl in a less fortunate situation, should be forced to give up her right to an education

• Volunteered to perform monthly at a local nursing home (Tokyo, Japan) consistently for 2 years
• Selected to travel to Tokushima, Japan to perform for kindergarten students and assist their learning
• "New Horizons" Music Festival: One of the 28 selected musicians to perform at Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre in New York City (Feb 2023) - Choir & Solo
• "Souls in Harmony" Music Performance: Selected to perform at the prestigious Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, South Korea (Sep 2021)
• Performed for various school performances including Spring fair, Halloween, Christmas, Assemblies, etc.

• Selected to compose the lyric for Dwight School Seoul's first official school song "Spark in Me" (an entirely original composition for celebrating the school's 10th anniversary)
• Collaborated with a student producer through a professional recording process to sing the demo music track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlQp-jglZ0)

• Selected to take the lead female role (Marian Paroo) in [The Music Man]
• Other performances include [Alice in Wonderland] and [Little Shop of Horrors]
• Performed humorous and serious interpretations of emotional actions and situations, using body movements, and gestures.
• Studied scripts to successfully understand characters' relationships and develop role interpretations.
• Managed time to arrive on set when required to not delay rehearsals and shows.

• Won 2nd place in the 2022 KAIAC speech competition in Spoken Poetry (November 12, 2021)
• Finalist in 2022 KAIAC speech competition @ SIS (Oct 14, 2022)
• Honored participant of Jan 13th 2023 KAIAC Speech Tournament at KIS (G10)
• Honored participant of Mar 3rd 2023 KAIAC Speech Tournament at GSIS (G10)

• Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
• Partnered with teachers to plan and implement lessons following the academy’s curriculum, goals, and objectives.
• Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain a positive learning environment.
• Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.

• Selected to be one of the 5 Student Panelists to participate in a conference exploring career pathways for students.
• Led Q&A sessions with outside speakers joining us both in person and live via video conference.
• Provided opportunities for students and families to engage in a fun and interactive event

Hosted various whole school events including:

• 2022 Spring Fair
• Upper School Celebration
• 2022 Chuseok assembly
• 2021 Seollal assembly

• Awarded Honor Roll 2020-2021
• 1st place Dwight representative in 2022-2023 Camerer World Wide Essay Writing Competition ("Overcoming Perfectionism in an Imperfect Life")
• Published a poem on Pluvia Magazine (https://www.pluvialitmag.com/)
• Awarded Dwight Academic Award 2020-2021
• Awarded Distinguished Student for 5 different academic subjects in 20/21 school year: Design, I&S, Drama, Service As Action, Korean Lang & Lit
• Winner of Literary Lions Short Story Competition: Korean

• Awarded Honor Roll 2019-2020
• Awarded MYP Wall of Honor Certificate - IB Learner Profile Attribute "Caring"
• Awarded End of Year Awards in MYP Service as Action
• Awarded End of Year Awards in G6-8 Fine Arts Music

Grade: A+

Completed Korea University's International Summer School (KUISC) program in the summer of 2022.