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A Step Above: Gregory Darnell Gulley II
Palo Verde High School
Class of 2011
Palo Verde High School senior Gregory Gulley isn’t your average young adult. For starters, he possesses an abiding sense of discipline and a resolute plan for the future. Far from self-serving, this plan reflects his desire to change the world for the better through his own positive example. Whether in the classroom, on the volunteer front, or on the field with the Color Guard, you’ll find him working hard toward his ultimate goal of living a life in service of others. He’ll be smiling contentedly because he knows his plan is already in action, and for that, Gregory Gulley is – A Step Above.
G.P.A.: 4.32
Sports/Clubs/Community Service:
- Freshman Football, 2008/09; Junior Varsity, 2009/10
- Palo Verde AFJROTC, 2008-Present
- Kitty Hawk Air Society, 2008-Present
- Physical Fitness Team, 2009-10
- Awareness Presentation Team, 2009-Present
- Student Council, 2010-Present
- Student 2 Student, 2009-Present
- Choir, 2008-Present
- Color Guard, 2008-Present
- Little League T-Ball Coach, 2009-10
- Toys for Tots Foundation Volunteer, 2007-Present
- Ronald McDonald House Charities, 2008-Present
- Four Square Volunteer, 2008-Present
- Paws for Change Volunteer, 2010-Present
- No H8 Volunteer, 2010-Present
- People Against Poverty Volunteer, 2010-Present
- Lupus Research Project, 2008-Present
Scholarships/Awards:
- Air Force Association Award, 2010
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Award, 2008
- Aeronautical Education Foundation Award, 2010
- Freedom Fighters Foundation Essay Winner, 2010
- Outstanding Cadet, 2009
- National Association of Student Councils Winner
- All Air Force Regulation–2nd Place, 2008; 1st Place, 2009/10
- All Air Force Inspection–3rd Place, 2008; 2nd Place, 2009; 1st Place, 2010
- All Air Force Sweepstakes–1st Place, 2010
- All Air Force 2nd Place Overall, 2008/10
- CCSD Regulation–3rd Place, 2008; 2nd Place, 2009/10
- CCSD Inspection–3rd Place, 2010; 2nd Place, 2009
- CCSD Sweepstakes–2nd Place, 2009; 1st Place, 2010
- CCSD First Team Commander, 2010
Goals & Aspirations: “My only goal within my life is to make a difference in this world. I want to be a positive role model to my peers and community, as well as an active participant within the governing of the people. I’d like to one day become Secretary of the State so that I can make a change within our foreign relations.”
Gregory is Successful Because: “The one thing that I give sole credit for my success is my unfaltering devotion to the promises that I make. When I was younger, I told myself ‘I am going to be a man of my word.’ Every promise I make I will follow through with, and every word that I speak will be the truth.”
Gregory Looks Up To: “I look up to my mother. She is preparing me to be successful in my later-life through the strict discipline she enforces upon me and through making a decision and sticking to it no matter what.”
