Student Biography My name is Jenny Burgoyne. I'm a sophomore at Kearny SCT, and I'm 16 years old. I was born in NC, and I've also lived in New York, Hawaii, Okinawa (Japan), San Diego, and now I'm here in North Carolina. My family is amazing. My siblings and I can get into fights, but we love each other so much. I absolutely love music and playing the piano. I feel great when I help people. I love to eat food, and I have a really bad sweet-tooth. I'm uncoordinated. I am extremely lazy and procrastinate a lot. I also like to sleep, volunteer, and be with my friends. I practiced Aikido, a Japanese martial art, for two years and earned the rank of 5th Kyu. I also used to do gymnastics. I ride the unicycle, and I like to draw and read.
I aspire to work in the medical field; I love helping people. Because I know Japanese, I was able to volunteer for at a small local Japanese school during my freshman year. I was involved in the Kearny High School Key Club. Key Club is a community service club; we volunteer at events and raise money for various causes. I was the treasurer throughout my sophomore year and part of my freshman year. I was elected for president in my sophomore year, but I was only in office for about a month because I moved to New Bern. I volunteered at Sharp Memorial Hospital for three hours every Thursday. It was an amazing experience, and I learn a lot. I earned 139.04 community service hours through working as a Guest Ambassador. I joined Power of Passion/ADL as a sophomore. We worked with the ADL and were trained to become A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institute Peer Trainers. We worked to combat bullying and discrimination and spread awareness and tolerance through freshman peer training workshops. I was also involved in CSF, or California Scholarship Federation. We went to walks/runs and other service events. I was in Environmental Club in my freshman year as part of the marketing team, and I became Co-President of the club in my sophomore year. We often attended beach cleanups and canyon cleanups.