David Kaufman Recommendation

It is with great honor that I am writing this letter of recommendation for David Kaufman. In the past four years, I have taught David in theatre teacher and now english; in all of which he has excelled. In my fourteen years teaching I have never seen someone so involved in their commmunity. During a typical week leading up to the shows , I would watch him finish his scene and sprint across campus to baseball practive, mock trial, soccer, or a leadership meeting and return just in time for his next scene. A classic David Kaufman story was when he had been selected to stage manage and do a humorous ballet number in the schools dance show. On the big friday night show his baseball game had gone into extra innings and it was doubtful he would

The pre show jitters intesified when the stage manager was nowhere to be seen yet david calmy gave cues for the first number via cell phone, dashed to the audtiorium , changed into his ballerina outfit a couple minutes later the crowed was in tears folowed by thunderous applous, moments later he was in the booth running the show. I can say without the shadow of a doubt that he is one of the most naturally gifted and hardworking students with whom I have had the pleasure to work with. David's abiding interest, is preforming. He has developed strong ties with the administration, faculty and students with his ability to speak, innovatively think, and lead. He had a commanding presence on stage with a natural ability to create a marvlously complex character, as Trinculo in the Tempest he made the audience laugh and as the Milkman in Our Town he made the audience feel. When technical work needed to be done for a production David was always my go to student, regardless of how much he had to do he always found time to either do a task himself or instruct someone to properly complete it. With all David has done for SOCES with his enviornemntal club among other activities the administrators have a relationship with him that is like no other I’ve seen. In the classroom, David is always the first to take a stance every thing he says or does is very methodical and