Sam Gontarz
Proactive and motivated student. Experience with childcare, enrichment
activities, customer service, and connecting community members with resources and support.
HOME PHONE: 203-***-****
************@*****.***
Address: 195 Chimney Hill
Road; Wallingford, CT 06492
EXPERIENCE
YMCA, Wallingford, CT— Teacher’s Assistant
August 2018 - June 2022
After-school teaching position; caring for children providing a safe environment while parents were unavailable. Including snack time, homework time, enrichment, and physical activity time. SAGE Center, Southern Connecticut State University — Student Ambassador
August 2020 - Present
Representative for the Sexuality And Gender Equality Center; available to talk to students and offer council and help. Worked to coordinate events hosted for students in the LGBTQ+ community and Southern community alike.
Senior Internship, Mark T. Sheehan High School – Library Internship
August 2019 – January 2020
A semester-long internship; organized projects and book displays in and around the library as well as managing technology rentals and storage. Worked as a clerk at the circulation desk to check in and out computers, books, and other miscellaneous items to students and administrators. Aided students and teachers with library-related problems and questions they needed assistance in solving.
Bright Path, Cheshire, CT- Assistant Teacher
June 2022 - May 2023
Caring for and enriching the lives of the children at the daycare through curriculum based activities, daily homework time, and playtime indoors and outdoors as well. Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack are also scheduled to be given throughout the day.
SKILLS
Teamwork and conflict
resolution.
Activity organization and
advertisement.
Familiarity with Microsoft &
Google Applications
Excelling in a teaching
environment, as well as a
caretaker for young and
adolescent children.
AWARDS
Honor Roll and High Honor
Roll throughout four years at
Sheehan
Finalist in Semi-Finals of
Connectic Word slam poetry
contest.
Dean’s List of Southern
Connecticut State University
(fall 2020 and spring 2021
semester)
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Spanish;
working proficiency in
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Wallingford, CT- Produce Clerk December 2023 – Present
Responsible for restocking, blocking, and rotating produce for display. Knowledge and ability to lift up to 50 pounds, as well as use a pallet jack for heavier loads. Also re-shops as needed. Provides a friendly and helpful atmosphere for shoppers, answering any questions they might have. EDUCATION
Mark T. Sheehan High School, Wallingford, CT— H.S
Diploma
August 2016 - June 2020
Any specific accomplishments/club participation/honor societies et cetera. AP Classes, early colleges classes
Participation in:
- Varsity Choir and their concerts/fundraisers
- Drama Club
- Theater Department Spring and Fall productions and fundraisers
- Positive Impact Club
- Students Against Gun Violence Events
- AP Spanish (level 6)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT — Communication Sciences & Disorders, B.S
Involvement in:
- the SAGE Center
- SMART Recovery Meetings
- Monthly Magic
- VPAS events
American Sign Language