Kiana Foroughi

As a member of Mu Alpha Theta, I am responsible for attending meetings and competitions.

At the bi-weekly meetings, members are expected to tutor any student who arrives looking for math tutoring. This can range from levels such as algebra one to trigonometry.

The tutoring sessions last about one hour each and they also count towards community service hours.

Also as a member, I am expected to compete in two mathematical competitions.

This means solving problems and equations in a timed setting.

As a member of the National Honor Society, I am expected to participate in different community service opportunities and provide examples for the rest of the student body.

The community service events help give back to the community. For example, teacher appreciation fundraisers and elementary school tutoring are two events that I have been involved with.

Once a week, I go to Braden River Elementary school and help young scholars with their homework or read them stories.

As an intern at Centennial Hospital, I was instructed to shadow the neurology department.

I observed the residents as they attended to their patients and outside research.

During my internship, I attended lectures and experienced multiple teaching moments from head doctors in the hospital.

• Participated in workshops and presentations related to projects to gain knowledge.
• Shadowed emergency medical services team in emergency room setting and during field response.

Over the summer of my junior year in high school, I attended a two-week camp at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) where I spent my days in lectures, conducting labs, and talking with different types of healthcare professionals.

We were placed in groups and were assigned different cases. From here, we were instructed to use textbooks and come up with a diagnosis. This was my first exposure to problem based learning.

By the second week, we were doing heart dissections and were able to visit the hospital through LECOM.

I spent a day shadowing at Blake hospital and got Stop the Bleed certified.

Over a two-year span, I became president of the school's FBLA club.

As president, I am in charge of communication, creating PowerPoint slides for the meetings, and creating new ways to fundraise money.

I compete in the competitions and help aid other members to excel in their own competitions.

I work with the club's sponsor to create informative and efficient meeting plans that ensure success for the club when we go to compete.

As a member of my school's SWAT and YIA club, I was responsible for meeting attendance and attending certain events.

For example, the club participated in poster drawing competitions and chalk fundraisers.

The purpose of being a member was to encourage sobriety and promote a healthy style of living.

It informed students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol and educated my peers on better alternatives for stress relief.

In my sophomore year of high school, I decided to try out and join the varsity tennis team.

Over a two-year span, I became the team captain. As captain I was responsible for managing the team.

This included demonstrating tennis techniques to other members, promoting a positive environment, and maintaining equipment.

During competition season, I was ranked as one of the top two players and played at a high level of doubles- a form of tennis in which a team of two compete together.

As a captain, I was also in charge of communication and organization within the team.

As a volunteer, I was in charge of club maintenance, elderly guiding, and involvement with organization.

I was expected to organize sociable events and lead them to ensure they produced maximum success.

I was in charge of maintaining the tennis courts and the surrounding areas to ensure that they were fit for use. A smoother and well-maintained court was easier for the elderly to enjoy.

Maintenance also included filling up water tanks, lining the courts, and de-weeding the grounds.

Teamwork was important and was a necessary part of the job.

In this club, I was responsible for gardening and recycling twice a week.

After school, the club would meet and break off into recycling duties.

This included entering the school hallways and picking up recycling from different classrooms.

The gardening committee was in charge of maintaining the school's butterfly garden through de-weeding, planting, and watering.