Your resume looks more like a MySpace page.
Ookeey... here we go.
You have 2 sections. They both tell exactly what a resume is supposed to be. Remove these titles because they are redundant based on the fact that this is (supposed) to be a resume.
Your sections really don't distinguish what should be where and there is no coherant thought.
Your alignment stinks.
You have boxes. Make them invisible.
Sans Serif fonts are for on-screen viewing. If you intend to print this, make them a serif font.
You have dumb blue stuff under where your name should be.
Do not keep putting "in the 9th grade." This is a SETBACK. If you say you are in 9th grade... you don't have to say in high school.
DO NOT make sentences in your resume. If this were a resume and I was describing something, I would simply say "didn't make sentences" (notice, no punctuation, short as possible with keeping the idea.)
Make your lists two columns to eliminate paper waste (aka dead space)
You often don't get more than a minute of someone looking at your resume. You have to get as much across in that time as you can.
Do me a favor. Delete it or start with a blank page and follow this:
List things like this:
Contact iinfo: (Do not use a heading for this.)
-Name: First and Last, middle optional. No nicknames. (If your name is Jimmy Joe Johnson and everyone who knows you calls you "Joe Johnson"... you can put that if you WANT... but it's preffered to stick with your true name.)
-Contact info: Address, phone number, email. No IM, No web address. (at least not in 9th grade.)
(Leave a little space to seperate that information, maybe put a single or SLIGHTLY decorative line below it, too.)
Education: (Use these headings that I give you.)
-First off... you want to put your school. This is first and foremost in your life.
-Name of School. (North Gwinnett High School. Not just "North Gwinnett".)
-Address of School. (When you get to college, you will only have the city. Nobody cares about high school once you get to college.)
-Graduation Date (Month and Year ONLY.)
-GPA if it's worth mentioning. (Once you get close to the end of college, unless it's a 4.0 or better... remove it.)
(Leave a little bit more space. No lines or anything.)
Work Experience: (volunteer work included)
-Put any work experience you have next. Like school, the name of the place, address. -Add in your roles and responsiblities.
"Helping out at local temple" tells me nothing. Did you help by cutting their grass one day, or did you help by assisting in a large scale renovation? Tell me what you did and I can help you word it.
(Leave a little space.)
Skills:
-Your usuable skills. C Programming is one, Web Development is another, but those sound boring.
-Say things like "proficient in HTML" or "Experience with C programming".
-Don't lie about how much you know, but really juice it up.
-When you say things like "Web Development" you need to elaborate. Do you just know HTML, or do you know things like Java, PHP, SQL and more? TELL US!
-Don't put things that have no relevance to the workplace. Since you probably can't fill a page right now, it's okay to put things like "strong creative writing ability" and "strong mathematical knowledge". Just don't use the word "skills" because that is the heading of this section.
Awards & Activities (Seperate these if there are a number of both.)
-List anything that is a great acheivement. (Honor Roll, Merit Roll, Student of the Year...etc.)
-List any sociable activies you partake in. (Scouts (list rank, esp. if 1st or above), Sports, Clubs, etc. Don't list hobbies. Nobody cares that you build models or play games unless you are trying to get a job doing these things. You can ONLY list them if you NEED some extra content and then ONLY in their own section at the bottom.
That should give you a good start. I wouldn't mind if you PM'ed me with a .doc copy of it so I can help you better fix errors.
I normally wouldn't write this much for someone, but you get an A for effort so you get my help.
YOU HAVE A PM COMING.
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