Peter Creighton

276 Doncaster Rd.

Kenmore, NY 14217

Tel: (716) 873-6282

Email: pcreighton18@gmail.com

 

Objective                    To gain admission to a four-year college or university for the study of business administration.  There is also an interest to participate in athletics (golf) in the college or university I attend.

 

 

Education                    Canisius High School (graduation 2008)

                                     1180 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 14209

                                      GPA: 3.2.

 

Work Experience        File Cleric: (04’Summer- Present)

                                      I file patient charts in the Dental Clinic of the Children’s Hospital

                                      of Buffalo for 15 hrs. per week.

 

                                      Range Attendant: (05’ Summer- Present)

                                      I work at the Battistoni Golf Range in Clarence, NY doing

  various assignments: working the cash register; helping out with

  junior golf; scheduling lessons.

 

 “Rent A Tent”

  Owner Operator of “Rent A Tent”!  This is a business that I

  started that is a complete party planning and delivery system.  I   

  employ five other people and we work from April through  

  November.

 

 

Activities, Skills          Activities:

 Student Senate: Participated in the Student Senate for all four

 years at Canisius High School.

 

                                     SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions): My

 senior and junior years I was a member of this club directed at

 promoting safe and constructive decisions.

 

 Blue Crew: All four years in high school, I have been part of

 the student cheering section when not competing on the athletic

 field myself.

 

                                      Sports:

                                      Golf:

                                      Golf is my greatest passion and it would be a dream to play the

                                      game professionally.  I intend to play golf at a competitive level

                                      at a university or college.  I have played on the CHS Varsity Golf

                                      team in my freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years and

                                      this past year was named captain of the team.  I also am a

  member of the Buffalo District Golf Association and the FCWT

  or Future Collegiate World Tour as well as the Pinehurst Junior  

  Tour.

                                      ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

-        member of the All-Catholic Golf Team 04’,05’,06’ and,07’ seasons

-        Metalist at the All – Catholic Championship 2007.

-        Winner of the Buffalo District Golf Association Match Play

Tournament 05’

-        2nd Place in the BDGA Stroke Play Tournament 05’

-        Competitor in the NY State Junior Amateur Golf Tournament 04’

-        Invited in July 04’ 05’ 06’and 07’qualifiery for the Porter Cup Golf Tournament for the best Amateur golfers in the US.

-        Semifinalist in the Silver Flight of the International Junior Masters 05’

-        International Junior Masters Championship flight participant 06’ 07’

-        Buffalo District Player of the Year 2005

-        Two top 20 finishes on the FCWT Tour

-        New York State Junior Boys Champion 04’

 

Hockey:

Another favorite sport, hockey, has been an influential part of my life.  I have played on travel teams at the AA level for area teams such as the Tonawanda Lightning and at the AAA level for the Depew Saints.  I have played on the Canisius High School Varsity Federation Hockey Team.  For both travel hockey and high school hockey I have played offense. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

-        played in the NY State Semifinals in 03’ and 05’

-        played on Depew Saints AAA Hockey[Ranked Nationally in the top 20 teams in the United States] on  the NY State Championship team ’05-’06, ‘06 – ’07 and ’07-’08.

-        played on Depew Saints AAA Hockey Team in the Nationals ’05-’06, and ’06-’07 seasons.

-        qualified to play in AAA Hockey Nationals in ’07-‘08

-        played in the WNY Varsity Federation finals high school season ’05 – ’06

-        Played on Scotty Bowman Cup High School All Star Team

-        Played on the New York State Empire Western Hockey Team that won the gold metal.

 

 

Volunteer Experience   Food Pantry: (04’-present)

                                        I have helped at St. Paul’s Parish in Kenmore, NY to bag goods

                                        and carry them out to people’s cars. 

 

                                       Food Shuttle: (03’-present)

                                       I have gone to pick up different foods at area supermarkets and

                                       then take those foods to poor shelters and households of the City

                                       of Buffalo’s East and West Sides.

 

                                       CHS Service Projects:

                                       I have participated in various charitable activities since freshman

                                       year, including yearly visits to St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy

                                       where I bagged food for the needy and the annual Thanksgiving

                                       and Christmas Meals.

 

                                       Light House (04 – present)

                                        I have acted as a facilitator for free health care clinic.  

                                        Marshalling patients through the system so that health care can

                                        be delivered to the underserved has been enlightening and

                                        educational.           

 

Personal Statement

I am a very punctual, organized person.  I am a planner and goal oriented.  My plans for next year have changed due to a decision that I needed to make.  I have had success in both hockey and golf on a national level of competition.   I was seriously committed to not going to college in ’08/’09 so that I could play hockey and then go to a college that I wanted to go to in ’09 and both study and play hockey.  After thinking about this career path, I realized that this was not the realist approach and I now I am more comfortable with the idea of going to college for business.  I love to compete and hope to play golf on a college golf team.  

 

I am a confidence guy.  I am not the greatest test taker but my work ethic is strong.  I think that the only way I have succeeded is that I try to give 100% in everything that I do.  Over my first three years at my college prep high school, I feel that I have learned to determine the difference between the “forest and the trees.”  As a result I have accomplished a great deal academically. 

           

Extracurricular activities are incredibly important for me since I think my participation has allowed me to mature as a person.   I have completed a fair amount of community service hours at the Food Pantry, Food Shuttle and the free health clinic called Light House.  These experiences have been eye opening and humbling.  I now appreciate what I have much more than ever before. Balancing my weekly commitment to outreach with my hockey and golf schedule has been challenging.  In the fall of both ’06 and ’07 I was in cities such as Dallas, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Boston and Cleveland.  In a two month period of time I was out of town 7 out of 8 weekends.  Layered on top of all this was my commitment to a business that I set up with my brother.  Our company is a party facilitating company.  We bring in tents, tables, chairs, music, plants, beverages, and more to make peoples’ parties a success.  Dealing with people who are stressed out because they are trying to have the nicest parties has been a huge education. Dealing with employees to fulfill the commitment that we have has been very challenging.  All this activity has made me very adept at time management.  My time management skills have certainly been well honed over the past three years.  I am far from a one dimensional student.

 

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