Marcus Sutton

Awards & Accomplishments

As I said before, I progressed pretty fast in my chess career. In 7th Grade, my rating was over 1900--which is really good--but before the end of that school year, I went back under 1900. However, I played in a tournament at Bryant Park in that very same school year and somehow I ended up on Japanese television! More about this on my Chess webpage.

This accomplishment will slightly throw off the order I have created here, but it is that I became a member of the National Junior Honor Society in 8th Grade and then the National Honor Society in 10th Grade. This is big for me because I work hard every day and these are both pay-offs of working so hard. They validated my promise to put my education above everything so that I could succeed.

My next accomplishment was Co-Hosting the A Better World Festival, a festival my community service organization hosts, bringing together a ton of nonprofit organizations who serve the youth of this and the next generation and can impact their lives for the better, so that they can help create a better world. More about this on my Story webpage.

My next accomplishment was showcasing my project at Google's Holiday Showcase. I got into Google's Code Next program in October and since then, I learned how to code in the Python language, and simultaneously make music through this program called EarSketch. I've made a few songs with the program, which my coaches thought were awesome, and it motivated me to show it off at the annual showcase Google has. It was an awesome experience because I made some really good music, according to my listeners, in just a few months of learning. It was so good that it motivated some of the other students in the program to join the club I was in to learn how to make music when they get a chance. That really made the experience feel awesome and wholesome for that matter.

My next accomplishment was breaking expert in chess! I have been playing chess for 7 years now, competitively for 5 years, and all of the hard work I've committed to it has paid off. I'm not stopping any time soon, but I am so proud of myself for persevering and making it to expert. It only means becoming a master is the next step though!

This accomplishment is sort of a work-in-progress as well as a complete piece of work; I've been learning piano since the beginning of this school year and, not only have I progressed speedily at learning how to play, but I have also written two songs on the piano myself and I'm very proud of them. They show both my abilities up to their creation, as well as my potential to grow much more. There are new songs coming soon!