DEAN'S LIST ESSAYS
Safiq Sindha Dean's List Essay 2013Safiq encapsulates the FIRST qualities of cooperation and gracious professionalism through his zeal for FIRST, his exemplary leadership, and his passion for helping others.
There is not a single work day where Safiq is not bursting with energy. He brings a unification to the team with his fun spirit, whether he is dancing to a song or singing as he works. His contagious laughter and enthusiasm makes him everyone’s best friend, a homework tutor, and a positive spirit. He provides helpful knowledge that he accumulates from his activeness on Chief Delphi, he is also able resolve many strifes on our team using the knowledge he gains. His unrivaled commitment is seen in his dedication to FIRST. This season, Safiq lead a group of 5 students in writing the team’s first Chairman Award. His devotion to FIRST was tested when two days before the essay and executive summary were due, Safiq and the team realized they had written the executive summary incorrectly. He rewrote the entire summary in a single night so that his team could have something to use as a fundamental base for their essay. A strong believer in outreach; Safiq became one of our main presenters at outreach events. He was able to grow as a presenter due to his high involvement with FRC. He started out nervous when talking to others, but through mentorship and guidance he is now able to give solo presentation to families, sponsors, and schools interested in robotics. He helped set up one of our big events at the Waco Engineering Fair, where he presented the robot to approximately 1,000 teens from the surrounding county about STEM and FRC. He was even able to draw one of our biggest sponsors, Waco Optimist Club from this event. Safiq demonstrates exemplary leadership both in and outside of FIRST. He has completely transfigured our business and fundraising portion of the team. In a single year he has helped raised $11,000 with a team of 5. He also has done multiple solo presentation to the company Shark Wheels and to Texas A&M University. Outside of FIRST he is our school NJHS president and helped raise $2500 for the American Cancer Society. Also he is the leader of his local mission trips from his local mosque, where he organized a 1 week mission trip to Miami for 25 students. One of his passions is to help others. Safiq is currently mentoring two rookie FLL teams; a future team from Robinson Jr. High and team 13870 Woodway Wired Wizards. He devoted his time to the Woodway Wired Wizards and helped them win a 1st place champions award. He aided the team in bring their project to life. He assisted the team in contacting Scholastic Press about starting a program to help rebuild libraries that have destroyed by natural disasters. Scholastic Press was interested in the idea and the team now is awaiting approval from the rest of the board on whether their idea will go national. His passion for helping others and furthering himself are greatly shown when he volunteers at a yearly local robotics camp held by Texas State Technical College, a local college. He acted as a mentor for over 15 teens by showing the correct way to wire a robot, different engineering techniques, and other STEM related activities. He is an active member on our schools Math team and has been pursuing to learn the arabic language outside of school for the past 6 years. He maintains a 4.0 GPA and despite only being a sophomore, he is taking a college level course with an instructor at a local college. Safiq’s passion for FIRST and STEM is unwavering, but what sets him apart is his gracious professionalism. Safiq aspires to one day have a double major in engineering and business and mentor an FRC team so he can continue to inspire others in STEM careers, but ultimately he wishes to have the opportunity to work at the FIRST HQ, as a member for the GDC, so he can continue to change the lives of teenagers all around world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Winning Essay for KWKT Student of Week) Safiq encapsulates the qualities of cooperation and leadership through his zeal for spreading the love of STEM education, his exemplary leadership, and his passion for helping others are just the icing on the cake for him There is not a single day where Safiq is not bursting with energy. He brings a unification to the class room with his fun spirit, whether he is working in robotics or explaining a difficult math problem to one of his peers. His contagious laughter and enthusiasm makes him everyone’s best friend, a homework tutor, and a positive spirit. His unrivaled commitment is seen in his dedication to FIRST Robotics. This season, Safiq lead a group of 5 students in writing the team’s first Chairman Award, an optional an award that explains why their team is a role model to other teams. His devotion to the team was tested when two days before the team had to turn in an essay and executive summary, Safiq and the team realized they had written the executive summary and essay completely wrong. He rewrote the entire summary in a single night so that his team could have something to use as a fundamental base for their essay, so that it could be turned in on time. A strong believer in STEM education, Safiq and his robotics team participate in many different popular events around Waco. Such as The Waco Art Festival, Waco Air Show, Waco’s Farmers Market, Waco’s Engineering Day, and Waco’s YES! Expo. Safiq is one the main presenters at these outreach events. He was able to grow as a presenter due to his high involvement with robotics. He started out nervous when talking to others, but through mentorship and guidance he is now able to give solo presentation to families, sponsors, and schools interested in robotics. He helped set up one of our big events at the Waco Engineering Fair, where he presented the robot to approximately 1,000 teens from the surrounding county about STEM and robotics. He was even able to draw one of our biggest sponsors, Waco Optimist Club from this event. He also gave a 45 min presentation to Texas A&M about the robotics program at his school Safiq demonstrates exemplary leadership both in and outside of robotics. He has completely transfigured our business and fundraising portion of the team. In a single year he has helped raised $11,000 with a team of 5. He also has done multiple solo presentation to the company Shark Wheels and to Texas A&M University. Outside of FIRST he is our school NJHS president and helped raise $2500 for the American Cancer Society. One of his passions is to help others. Safiq is currently mentoring a rookie robotics team for elementary students; team 13870 Woodway Wired Wizards. He devoted his time to the Woodway Wired Wizards and helped them win a 1st place champions award. He aided the team in bring their project to life. He assisted the team in contacting Scholastic Press about starting a program to help rebuild libraries that have destroyed by natural disasters. Scholastic Press was interested in the idea and the team now is trying to figure out the logistic with Scholastic to make the project go national. His passion for helping others and furthering himself are greatly shown when he volunteers at a yearly local robotics camp held by Texas State Technical College, a local college. He acted as a mentor for over 15 teens by showing the correct way to wire a robot, different engineering techniques, and other STEM related activities. He is an active member on our schools Math team and has been pursuing to learn the arabic language outside of school for the past 6 years. He maintains a 4.0 GPA and despite only being a sophomore, he is taking a college level course with an instructor at a local college. He also mentors his school rookie Odyssey of the Mind team which placed 1st and will be moving on to the state competition. Safiq’s passion for robotics and STEM is unwavering, but what sets him apart is his love for learning. Safiq aspires to one day have a double major in engineering and business and mentor a high school robotics team so he can continue to inspire others in STEM careers, but ultimately he wishes to have the opportunity to work at the FIRST robotics Headquarters, as a member for the Game Design Committee, so he can continue to change the lives of teenagers all around world. By making future robotics game that challenge teenage to take a different approach on STEM education. |
Marcos IBanez 2014Hardworking, Trustworthy, and reliable. Marcos is the robotic soccer player that goes above and beyond in everything he does. Whether on the court, the field, or in the shop, he does not allow a disability to stand in the way. Rather he uses it to boost himself ahead of others, by excelling in what he enjoys, creating an amazing aura of fun, and learning that you want to be in.
Marcos is our CIM motor to the entire team. He isn’t only not afraid to jump into the mechanical and programming side of robot build, but he also lunges at every opportunity to advance his knowledge whether in programming or building the robot. He is the first student at our work sessions and the last leave, he is normally forced out of the room as he begs to test “one last code.” Marcos is programmed into FIRST! His resume includes: being apart of FIRST for 5 years; while competing in a rookie FTC team that made it to regional qualifiers placing 15th, being on an FLL team that made it regional championship, and being apart of our new wave of roboteers for the Devastators. He has also apart of the planning committee for our FLL offseason tournament. He also doesn't allow his disabilities to get in the way of his passion for FIRST. With a “no-excuses” attitude, little to nothing can keep him for doing anything he sets his mind too. He is extremely committed to FIRST and applies that to everything he does, he is highly involved in our schools sports teams, Outside of FIRST, the large her largest endeavor is to our school. He is racked more than 100 hours of pure volunteer work, which he helped beautify our school by picking up trash |