 Hi I'm Abigail. I'm a student here at the DCL STEM Academy and my pathway is computer science. My favorite thing about computer science is how much it can relate to the problem-solving skills you get in math as well and I love being able to see concepts within code but also apply them to classes like math or science and it's really just the whole STEM idea for me that I like about computer science. So right now in high school I've noticed that I do like the software side of computer science but I'd rather have that mix of hardware involved so I want to major in computer engineering so it's like half computer science and half electrical engineering. Here at school I joined a lot more clubs sophomore year since they were virtual and it was easier to start joining so something I've been involved in since sophomore year is history club and I really enjoyed getting that humanity side of school outside of school since I can't have it as much at STEM and it's been really fun to be there for three years now. My favorite part about history is how like just also knowing the background of how things came to be and like why a certain language has certain influences on it or why a certain culture has certain influences on it and just understanding how the past led to what we have now. I would definitely like to thank my guidance counselor Miss Grieger because she's always super supportive and always wants us to do our best and also last year my AP classes that were STEM related were AP Calc and AP Computer Science which were Miss Tate and Mr. Lomba and I think they really helped me understand those concepts and that I'll be able to use it in college as well. This year I won secretary for history club and Rokappa which is the honor society for history like it's a history club so I'm really excited to start that soon and the meetings should be starting in the next couple of weeks. I was definitely really excited when Mr. Gucci emailed me about student of the month because it's something that I've seen a lot of my senior friends last year get and I always thought that they were like amazing students of course and always held that in very like high regards because I knew what kind of students they were so for the school to also think that of me means a lot. My favorite TV show is definitely Gilmore Girls which I talk about like all my friends and also some of my teachers but I think it's definitely like a relatable show because she's a teenager going through the same college process we are. I'm Avagant I'm Blaker and I am the DCL STEM Academy student of the month for October.