John David Ward is a senior at Quitman High School with extensive leadership experience and community involvement. He currently serves as Senior Class President and has held leadership roles in numerous school organizations such as FBLA Vice President, FCCLA Secretary, Student Council Representative, and FCA Leader. Outside of school, Ward volunteers regularly at his church and has participated in mission trips and community service activities. He has received several awards for his academic and leadership accomplishments.

1. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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CURRENT ELECTIVE OFFICE(S) – QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL (12TH)
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
Leader of Senior class, creates agenda for meetings, presides over class meetings, delegates
duties to others, reports class activities to Senior Advisor, gives Senior Graduation Speech,
liason between classmates & administration, organizes & leads fundraising for senior trip
FBLA VICE-PRESIDENT- (FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA)
Assists President, prepared to assume president duties should need arise, oversees all
committee work of assignments, serves as community service chair person, encourages
participation of all members enthusiastically
FCCLA SECRETARY – (FAMILY CAREER & COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA)
Keeps minutes & takes attendance at chapter meetings, reminds President of unfinished
business prior to next meeting, counts & records chapter votes, helps create & distribute
member cards to members
STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
Identifies student needs & issues, be a voice for classmates, attend meetings with
principal once a month, work at dances to raise money for student council, personally
help to make & setup Homecomings for both Basketball & Football
FCA LEADER of GROUP (FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES)
Compile message, organize and lead meetings every other week to members
SIGNIFICANT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
FCCLA (9-12th
), PRESIDENT (11th
)
Led meetings & organization, delegated duties to others, attended district conferences, led & organized
activities including Hippy Christmas Party for children of the program & presented presents to children
FBLA (9-12th
), REPRESENTATIVE (10th
)
Created booth at Quitman Fall Festival to raise money for FBLA
Dressed up as “Fox N Sox” for “Read Across America Day” & read to elementary
Served at Junior High Football game concessions as volunteer
Hosted party & bought presents for low income preschoolers
Represented 10th
grade class in decision making
FFA (9-10th
), TREASURER OF OCC TEAM (9th
)
Raised, trained, and showed female pig at District, County and State Fairs
Competed in OCC Competition as Treasurer in Parlimentary Procedures

2. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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BETA CLUB (9-12th
), VICE-PRESIDENT (11th
)
Led club projects including building props for skits
Built Head for Monopoly Man & dressed up for classmate state office presentation
Led all fundraising for organization
STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE (11-12th
)
Served School lunch to community at Thanksgiving Lunch
Performed DJ function at Elementary dances as volunteer
Created EOY Awards Banquet Slide Show
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY (10-11th
)
Led and organized a group of students to decorate large replica of “The Magic School Bus” and “The
Women in the Shoe” and the “Magic Tree House” which were housed at the QHS Front Office for all to
See
FOOTBALL TEAM (9-10th,
12th
), MANAGER (11th
)
Team player
While Manager, recorded all games, organized & made sure equipment was where it should be
Volunteered to read to elementary students
History Class (10th
Grade)
Orchestrated & led project with classmates to build a model Castle with timeline of four weeks.
Castle was successfully completed and was displayed in school foyer for viewing.
JUNIOR CLASS PROM COMMITTEE LEADER (11th
)
Created the theme for Prom personally, built the props including a live pond with tree, massive replica of
a cottage where DJ was housed, and directed others on what to do and how to help
JUNIOR CLASS 5K LEADER (11th
)
Organized and created first ever Quitman Bulldog Blitz 5K sponsored by Junior Class to raise money for
Prom & Senior Class Trip the following year. Personally originated idea & gained majority of
Financial sponsorships.
HOSA MEMBER (12th
) Health Occupation Students of America
Helped pack food to deliver to lower income families within the school
Donated presents to Haven House at Christmastime
VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
NEW LIFE CHURCH KIDS MINISTRY VOLUNTEER (12th
)
Overseeing kids during service along with working technical equipment

3. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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NEW LIFE CHURCH GREETER (11th
– 12th
)
Stand at front door of church and greet thousands of people that attend church each week.
QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL FIRE MARSHALL (11th
)
Make sure everyone is out of halls, bathrooms, and classrooms for assigned area of the
school when fire alarms go off
HOWARD CHURCH YOUTH GROUP VOLUNTEER (9-12th
)
Led the devotional at youth led service & worked projector screens at other services.
Attended youth mission trip to Dallas, TX where we cleaned a church, moved items around,
brought in new furniture, held massive yard sale, held block party for community, led
Wednesday night service, and I personally made the video of the entire trip
Church Community Cleanup Volunteer
LITTLE ROCK MARATHON VOLUNTEER (9-10th
)
Worked assigned water stops during marathon by handing out water to runners while
encouraging them
RAISED MONEY FOR LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN (11th
)
On my own, built a Gingerbread house & auctioned it off to raise money for the less
fortunate children of the Quitman Community in need at Christmastime
TICK BORN ILLNESS AWARENESS DAY (12th
)
Create and promote a new “Tick Born Illness Awareness day” in regards to Lime Disease to
promote awareness of the effects of diseases carried by ticks
AWARDS AND SUMMER LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL DELEGATE (11th
)
AMERICAN LEGION ARKANSAS BOYS STATE DELEGATE (11th
)
One of seven USSYP (United States Senate Youth Program) Arkansas Representatives (12th)
U.S. ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD (11th
)
YOUNG VOTERS EDUCATION WORKSHOP (9th
, 11-12th
)
QHS STUDENT OF THE MONTH (9-11th
)
CLEBURNE CO FAIR “RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION” showing hog (10th
)
QHS AP U.S. HISTORY AWARD (11th
)

4. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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QHS ALGEBRA II AWARD (11th
)
QHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT/PARENTING AWARD (11th
)
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PLACE QHS “CASTLE DRAWING COMPETITION” (10th
)
2nd
PLACE EAGLE BANK ART SHOW, Heber Springs (10th
)
QHS SURVEY OF FINE ARTS AWARD (10th
)
QHS WORLD HISTORY AWARD (10th
)
QHS CIVICS/ECONOMICS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (9th
)

5. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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6. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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7. JOHN DAVID WARD
1096 Hwy 107, Quitman, AR 72131
501-259-9356
Jdward96@gmail.com
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