================================ JAKE A.

GRIFFIE
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CONTACT INFORMATION CURRENT ADDRESS
Cellphone: (859) 797-9983 Sherry L. Griffie
Alternate: (859) 608-3415 405 Stonehedge Place
Email: jagrif8@uky.edu Lexington, KY 40517
====================================|OBJECTIVES|
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Become economically independent and self-sufficient, find an occupation I am passionate
about that helps people, and give back tenfold to the community what has been given to
me.
====================================|EDUCATION|
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University of Kentucky (2008-2011; Premed biology major & Double minor in
Anthropology and Psychology), Henry Clay High School (2004-2008; 28 college credits
from AP & other exams), Bryan Station Middle School (2001-2004; half of curriculum in
Spanish), Maxwell Elementary School (1995-2001; half of curriculum in Spanish)
===================================[ACADEMICS]======
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Extracurricular Competitions &
Awards
Groups Programs
• MathCounts • Gifted and Talented • Excellence Award for CATS testing (00)
(02-04) Program (96-01) • House of Representatives Academic
• School • Chairman of Achievement Award (00-01)
Newspaper President’s Advisory • President’s Award for Academic
(02-04) Committee (98-00) Excellence (01-06)
• Treasurer of • Ranked top 3 for • Award of Excellence for Maintaining 4.0
Student majority of science fair GPA (02-04, 04-06)
Council (02- exhibits (99-03) • Highest S.R.I. and StarMath averages of
03) • 2nd Place in Young Bryan Station (03-04)
• Academic Authors Competition • Academic Excellence Awards for
Team (03) (02-03) Spanish Grammar (02), English
• D.A.R.E. • Fayette County Young Composition (02-04), Geometry (05),
Graduate (04) Achievers Program Spanish IV (05), and English Literature
• D.A.R.E. Role (03) (05)
Model (06- 07) • People-to-People • Magna Cum Laude Graduate (02-03)
• History Club Student Ambassador • Suma Cum Laude Graduate (04)
(04-07) Program (01-03) • Outstanding Scholarship and
• Science Club • Read Across America Citizenship Award (04)
(05-06) Program (03) • Duke University Talent Identification
• Psychology • K.M.S.A. Scholarship Program State Recognition Award (04)
Club (06) Winner (04) • United States Achievement Academy
• Future • Junior Achievement National Commemoration (05)
Business Job Shadowing Day • Academic Excellence Award for All
Leaders of (04) Distinguished Scores on KCCT (07)
America (05- • Who’s Who Among • AP Scholar With Honor Award (07)
06) American High School
Students (05-06)
===================================[TEST
SCORES]=====================================
 Kentucky Commonwealth
Core Content Accountability Advanced Placement College Entrance
Test or KCCT Testing System Exams Exams
(03) (CATS)
• Distinguished • SAT: 740M +
• Proficie Reading & • 3/5 on US History 630V = 1370
nt On- Comprehension (07) • ACT: Equivalent
Demand and Practical • 3/5 on English of 31
• Disting Living & Language (07) • National Spanish
uished Vocational Studies • 4/5 on Spanish Exam: Top 10
Writing (06) Language (07) national score 2
Portfolio • Distinguished • 4/5 on English years in a row (05,
• Disting Math, Science, Lit/Com (08) 06)
uished Social Studies, • 5/5 on Psychology • U.K. Spanish
Science and Arts & (06) Placement Exam:
Humanities (07) 492/496

===============================[MISCELLANEOUS]=======
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SPORTS AND VOLUNTEER WORK AND OTHER SKILLS AND
ATHLETICS COMMUNITY SERVICE INTERESTS
• Y.M.C.A. T- • A.H.A. Jump Rope for Heart • Proficient at
ball (96) (95-01) troubleshooting Microsoft
• Y.M.C.A. • March of Dimes Walk-a- Windows
Basketball (97) Thon (98-04) • Proficient in web-
• Taekwondo • A.H.A. Hoops for Heart (01- developing languages
(99-02): seven 1st 04) including HTML, XHTML,
place medals XML, CSS, RSS, PHP, and
• Travelled to England,
from 01-02 alone JavaScript
Holland, Austria, Italy, France,
• Middle school Spain, Switzerland, and • Mastery of Microsoft
track: short & Germany with classmates from Office programs Word,
long hurdles and Henry Clay to study foreign Excel, Powerpoint, and
long-distance languages and live in different Exchange
running (01-04) cultures (Summer 06) • Fluent in Spanish (14
years of experience)
• Henry Clay • Volunteered total of 10
Lacrosse Team: hours so far serving food at the • Hobbies include
attack and Salvation Army (08) trailblazing, hiking, rock
midfield positions climbing, kayaking,
• RSA and 3rd Floor
(06-07) basketball, tennis, football,
Representative of Kirwan I
swimming
campus dormitory (08-09)

==================================[WORK
HISTORY]====================================
Business Time Reason
Address & Phone
(Employer if Worke Duties and Skills For
#
applicable) d Leaving
The Greet guests, take guests Schedule
Aug-08
Chophouse 2640 Richmond Rd. to seats, bus tables, clean not
to Nov-
(Veronica (859) 268-9555 menus, tidy up bathrooms, suitable for
08
Gibson) wash windows classes
Movie Tavern 133 N. Locust Hill Dr. Nov-07 Take food from kitchen to Switched
(859) 266-4667 to Mar- customers, tidy up theaters focus to
 after showings, take out studying
08
trash for finals
Connect electrical house
wires to breaker boxes,
Peterson 225 Normandy Ct. Summe
Wire houses under Classes
Electric (Bob Ste. A rs of 07
construction, troubleshoot resumed
Peterson) (859) 887-3500 & 08
customer electrical
problems
Kentucky Summe Stock, pull, and sell
Lighting & 960 Winchester Road rs of 04, electrical fixtures; construct Classes
Supply (Erle (859) 259-0466 05, & electrical fixtures for resumed
Levy) 06 display in a showroom
Prepare ramp for, taxi in,
Bluegrass
and remove luggage from
Airport
Summe incoming planes; prepare Classes
(Worldwide Bluegrass Airport
r of 09 ramp for, taxi out, and load resumed
Flight
luggage onto incoming
Services)
planes
==================================[SUMMARY OF
SKILLS]===============================
• Taekwondo is an art form entailing appropriate ways to communicate with authority
figures, tolerate pain, better the self, move with grace and precision, cooperate and
compete in healthy manners, get to know one’s own limitations, and appreciate the
power of culture and tradition
• Proactive, creative, synergetic, dutiful, optimistic, organized, and a natural-born
leader when assigned tasks; adapts well to any given work environment
• Problem solving is approached with realistic, straightforward, and logical
methodology
• Polite, open-minded, confident, suggestive, tolerant, considerate, self-aware, humble,
and non-confrontational when dealing with customers, visitors, other employees, and
authority figures
• Well-read in diverse fields of research including but certainly not limited to evolution,
global economic systems, taxonomy, plasmid biology, U.S. history, molecular
genetics, world religions, phylogeny, micro-sociology, neuro-psychology,
biochemistry, the Spanish language & heritage, and some theoretical physics
• Passionate, spontaneous, empathetic, ethical, and mature when approaching day-to-
day life