1. Sydney Blackwell
PO Box 1923, Alma, AR 72921
Home: (479)-670-2201
Cell: (479)-670-2201
Email: sydblack1727@gmail.com
Education:
Alma High School, Alma, AR (will graduate May 2016)
Work Experience:
The Pizza Place- Waitress (December 2015-Present)
Duties Include:
- Handling cash, checks, and credit cards.
- Answering phones
- Taking orders
- Serving Food
- Working Cash Register
- Cleaning duties
City of Alma Mayor’s Office- Administrative Assistant (August 2015- Present)
Duties Include:
- Answering phone calls
- Filing receipts, and other important documents
- Typing Letters
- Selling permits
- Mailing bills, and letters.
Merle’s Steakhouse- Waitress/Hostess/Cashier (2012-present)
Duties Include:
- Handling cash, checks, credit/debit cards
- Working cash register
- Taking orders
- Serving food
Alma Aquatic Park- Lifeguard (Summer 2014-present)
Duties include:
- CPR/First Aid certified
- Applied first aid on several occasions
- Saved Patrons from drowning
- Watched over safety of children and adults
Coach of the Alma Swim Team (Summer 2014-present)

2. Duties Include:
- Teaching kids how to improve their strokes, and time
- Entering events for swim meets
- Traveling to swim meets and over seeing the kid’s events
- Sorting and distributing medals to swimmers
Extracurricular Activities:
Alma High School Student Council (2012-2016)
- Served as Historian (2014-2015)
- Served as Second Vice President (2015-2016)
- Sportsmanship announcement at football games
- Head of Decoration Committee (2014-2016)
National Honors Society (2014-2016)
- Maintained high GPA of (3.75)
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) (2014-2016)
- Served as President (2014-2016)
- Served as Vice President (2013-2014)
Alma High School Partners Club (2012-2016)
- Assisted partners at several Special Olympic events
Crawford County 4H (2012-2016)
- County Vice President (2014)
- Club President (2012)
- Active member since 2002
- Attended several leadership camps/workshops;
- TLC (Teen Leadership Conference)
- National 4H Congress in Atlanta, GA
- County Camp
- State Leadership Camp
- Citizenship Focus in Washington DC
Community Service:
Through FCCLA:
- Sponsored and provided gift to a student at Head Start Daycare (2015)
- Helped decorate tree at City Hall in Van Buren (2015)
- Attended and helped set up Fall Ball at Hope’s Creek Retirement Center (2015)
- Helped create a Halloween party/carnival for Head Start Daycare (2014-2015)
Through Student Council:
- Collecting socks for the homeless in “Socktober” (2015)
- Miracle Minute; collecting money for Make-A-Wish during a football game (2015)
- Annual trash pickups (2012-2016)

3. - Helping the Alma Community Outreach program organizing can foods. (2014)
- Shop with a Cop: Helping children pick out Christmas gifts. (2013) (2015)
Through NHS:
- annual trash pickups (2014-2016)
Through 4H:
- Brought animals to see special needs students (2013)
- Collected items for needy children (2013)
- Alma Community Outreach Center, helped distribute clothes and food. (2013)
- Picked up trash at a local park. (2013)
- Served at Chamber banquet (2013)
- Brought Pets to nursing home patients (2014)
- Helped tornado victims in Moore, OK (2013)
Awards and Honors:
- Was chosen to attend Arkansas Girls State (2015)
- State 4H record book finalist and winner, qualified for National 4H Congress (2014)
- 1st place at school wide History Day (2014) “The Stolen Generation; A Fight for
Aboriginal Rights”
- 1st place at regional History Day (2014) “The Stolen Generation; A Fight for Aboriginal
Rights”
- 2nd place at State History Day, qualified for Nationals in Washington, DC. (2014) “The
Stolen Generation; A Fight for Aboriginal Rights”
- 1st place at school wide History Day, (2015) “Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special
Olympics.”
- 1st place at Regional History Day, qualified for State. (2015) “Eunice Kennedy Shriver
and the Special Olympics,”