 Hello, my name is Patrick Lowe. I'm the DCL STEM February student of the month. My CTE is computer science in STEM. I chose to do computer science because my father is a computer scientist too and I've always been exposed to computer science throughout my life and it's something that I hope to do in college. At PCTVS I've been part of the varsity swim team for four years. I'm also part of the DCL STEM chapters for National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society. I also participated in skills USA last year. My plans after high school are to go to college for computer science and in college focus on artificial intelligence and computer science and then go on to the workforce to do a job within computer science focused on artificial intelligence and digital accessibility. To be named student of the month I'm very honored and happy because it recognizes everything I've done in the past four years. Outside of school I participate in Scouts of America there. I earned my Eagle Scout and I also do a lot of different community service through Scouts of America and I also participate on a club swim team where I've been swimming for over a decade now. A fun fact about me is that despite my championship season for swimming happening during prime ski season I really do enjoy getting out on the weekends to try and ski. First I'd like to say thank you to all my friends and family. They've been here throughout my four years and been people that I can lean on consistently. I'd also like to say thank you to my varsity swim coach Coach Aronson. She's been a great help in my past four years and she was somebody that I could go to if I had questions during my first year during COVID as I was only in school two to three days a week.