KCSTI 2008 STUDENT PROFILES
About Me
Hello my name is Aaron. I’m sixteen years old and I currently attend Don Bosco charter high school. What I like to do? I really love playing sports. I’m very energetic , fun to be around, and I pretty much like to be laid back low key.
My KCSTI Experience
What I enjoyed and experienced in the Kansas city summer transportation institute was the guest speaker Sergeant Meyers, I really believe he touched a lot of us in the K.C.S.T.I. program with all of the realistic films he showed us where people didn’t think before they got behind the wheel of a motor vehicle and how important is to drive safely and not under intoxication not only for you but for the pedestrians also. Next I really enjoyed the trip to the H.N.T.B that talked and discussed with us the new light rail train that should be coming soon here in Kansas City which I really believe would be a great benefit to a lot of people in the Kansas City area especially while these gas prices done got outrageous.
I also enjoyed the trip to the down town airport where we actually got a chance to get on an actual airplane and see what it is really like to be on an airplane, for those of us that never actually got a chance to experience being on an actual airplane we also had the chance to see and talk to actual pilots and discuss what they go through every day driving an airplane for several hours.
I loved the trip to the tragedy prevention center where we got a chance to experience what actually could and is most likely to happen when a person is driving while under intoxication, which just really made me think more about making more and better constructive decisions in life.
Last but not least I really, really enjoyed the tour around the whole U.M.K.C campus which was very exciting and just enhance/increased my decision and thoughts about really going to college and actually living on campus. That’s what I really enjoyed and experience in the K.C.S.T.I program.
Career
Choice
What is my career choice? I would really love to be a lawyer. I would love to be a lawyer because I always thought as a teenager by me going through the family court system that a lawyer is a person that can give second chances and that’s something that I always believed in because I believe that everyone makes mistakes so, that’s why I would love to be a lawyer.
Contribution to the World
To be able to give people second chances.
About Me
Hi my name is Alfonzo I’m 15 years old and I attend Hickman Mills High
School. I like to play lots of sports and activities like basketball and
baseball, etc.
I’m
the type of person who hates to be around the house all day, I have to get
out and have fun just hanging out with my friends.
My KCSTI
Experience
I have really enjoyed myself at STI, it is a fun and very exciting
experience. At first I thought I would be some stupid boring camp my mom
signed me up for, but it turned out to be one of the best experiences I have
ever had. My favorite trip was when we went to ironwood challenge course, we
got to climb a 50 foot log tower, I was really scared when I was going up
but it was ok I had so much fun so I went up twice!
I really have come to enjoy
the friends I have come to know when this program is over I will miss them
but you will be surprised how close you can grow to people in one month! I
like the speakers but they were not my favorite.
Career
Choice
I plan on going to college to UMKC but at this time I’m not sure. I want to be a mechanical engineer when I get older.
Contribution to the World
I plan on giving little by
little to the poor, and the boys and girls club.
About Me
Hello, my name is Ben and I am 14 years old. I will be
going to Truman High School in the fall of 2008. I like to play baseball in
the summer and I like to play Xbox 360 with my best friend Matt. I also go
to
My KCSTI Experience
The staff is nice and makes this institute a fun place to come for 5 weeks. I liked the Ironwoods Challenge Course because I got to climb to the top of the 50 foot course 4 times. I also really enjoyed the Tragedy prevention field trip because I did really well at driving. I also liked wheelchair basketball because I have always wanted to try wheelchair basketball and it was really fun. We also went to MODOT and made our own street signs with our names on them, which were fun to make.
Career Choice
I would like to be a pilot someday. I plan to go to
college. We went on a tour of the UMKC campus and I really liked it. If I
can’t be a pilot I would like to be a missionary to tell people about Jesus.
Contribution to the
World
I would like to be a willing servant to God by telling
people about Jesus Christ. To me that is the most important thing that I can
ever do, for the world.
About Me
My name is Da’Vina and I am
a junior in Spirit of Truth Academy.
My favorite thing to do is create; create art, poems, songs, and etc.
I love to play sports even though I am more of the girly girl.
I love to hang out with my friends and family.
If you wanted to describe me in one word, trust me, you would not be
able to! I like to have fun but
I like to keep fun in perspective.
I would rather learn than to have fun; weird, I know.
On the outside, I look well-preserved and laid back; but once you get
to know me, you see that I am the most fun person you ever hope to meet, but
I will also help keep you on the straight and the narrow.
My KCSTI
Experience
What I liked about the
program are the great people that I met.
Before the second week had even begun I was communicating with
everyone in the program like I had known them forever.
The trips were always very informative and enjoyable.
All of the speakers gave us time to ask questions and answered them
to the best of their ability.
The activities encouraged group work and helped us to get to know each other
better. All of the staff was
very helpful and let us know that we could talk to them if we needed to.
I really enjoyed myself and felt very comfortable and at home
immediately. All of the field
trips were highly educational and enjoyable.
I especially liked the trip to the airports; before then I had never
been in an airplane before! As
the program began to come to a close, I began to feel very sad; I did not
want to leave all of the new friends that I had acquired.
But I feel very confident that most of the friends I have met will
continue to stay in contact because of the way that we connected on the
first day that we met. I envy
the new people that will be here next year; if I could come here next year I
would. If you would like to
learn more about the field of transportation, meet some of the coolest
teenagers in the world, and brighten your outlook on the real life of living
on a college campus; this is by far the best summer program that I have
attended in all of the years of my appreciated life.
Career
Choice
Before I came to this program, I had high hopes of being a successful fashion designer and opening my own fashion business. Now I am leaning more towards civil engineering in the field of transportation. I also would like to be a gospel singer and donate money to children in foreign places that do not have all of the little things that we people in America have and take for granted. So for the most part, when I “grow up” I just want to be a person that everyone remembers as someone who offered everything she had to offer to the well- being of those around her. One day, I want to change the world.
Contribution to the World
I want to leave a legacy.
About Me
My name is Elvyn.
My KCSTI Experience
My favorite things about the Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute have been…
Career
Choice
What I want to do is be an actor and live in Ireland.
Contribution to the World
About Me
My name is Jesus I am a 2008 participant in the program. I like cars and spending time with my friends. I also enjoy things that are funny, making jokes, going to the movies and fishing. I smile most of the time.
My KCSTI Experience
I have really enjoyed coming to KCSTI this summer. I am glad to say that I made several friends this summer through my participation in the summer institute. I learned a great deal about careers in transportation and planning for the future. I enjoyed all of the field trips, but I think most of all I enjoyed the Ironwoods ropes course. I also enjoyed the conservation center and walking the trails with my friends. I like spending time with new people and making new friends.
Career
Choice
After participating in the summer institute I realized how important it is to attend college and pursue a career. I don’t know exactly what I want to do yet? I might possibly try to work in the transportation industry.
Contribution to the World
It is my goal to bring humor into the world, because I
like to cheer people up. I like to let
people know what anyone can be happy no matter what their circumstances are.
I would also like to do something to contribute in any one I can to any
place I go.
About Me
My name is Josh. I am 6’3” and 145 lb. I am 18 and the oldest student in this year’s transportation institute. This is my senior year in high school. And I plan on attending Longview for two years and then going on to a college to train to be a pilot.
My KCSTI Experience
I have really enjoyed being in this program. I have made a lot of new friends. My favorite part about this program is the having the chance of going to all the different types of transportation and getting to meet the people who have made it possible for us to attend this school.
The guest speakers and the activities are what make this so interesting and fun to attend. Every time there was a speaker I learned more and more. My favorites were making the maglev cars and making the rockets. I am looking forward to attending the reunion. Because I will be able to show how much this has helped me.
Career
Choice
My career choice is to be an aeronautical test pilot. I have always had an interest in flying. I plan on attending a flight school college but if that fails I plan on attending KU or UMKC working on my art degree.
Contribution to the World
My contribution to the is to pass on what I have learned and hopefully succeed in my goal in being a pilot so I can help other people no matter what their problem is.
About Me
My name is Kenneth aka Keyvon. I go to Grandview high school, I’m a sophomore. I’m a real Hooper /football player. I like the females a lot. I like making money. I like music. My favorite rapper is no other than Lil Wayne.
My KCSTI Experience
It’s cool; I mean there is a lot I like about this camp. I like some of the people in this camp. I like the teacher’s. I like the field trips:
Iron woods, Bruce R. Watkins, Lakeside nature center, GM, Campus Tour, HNTB, Tragedy prevention
I also like the trips to the cafeteria [not because of the food].
Career
Choice
My career choice is sports, If something happens to me I m going to be in the music industry and or the sports industry. I’m going to be in either NFL or NBA, if I don’t make it I’m going to be on the studio making CD’s.
Contribution to the World
I will give the world the best player to ever step on the field, court, and on the track.
About Me
Hello my name is Krystal. I will be starting my freshman year at Lee’s
Summit North. I enjoy sports a lot; my favorites are softball, basketball,
and tennis. I play Sudoku and I play the violin. I’ve been playing the
violin for 6 years now. I have a dog named snow that I love so much. I am a
BIG Kansas Jayhawk fan!!
My KCSTI
Experience
I really like the KCSTI experience because I had a chance to see other people’s jobs to help me decide on what I might want to be when I get older. I loved the trips we went on because I got to see people do their jobs in action. I liked Ironwood the best because I got to rock climb. We had a lot of speakers come in and tell us things about what they do. I liked the patrol officer the best because he told us about the safety of driving. I made a lot of friends in this program and became friends with the staff.
Career
Choice
I am thinking about
going to Kansas University or UMKC. They are both good schools but I still
have for years to think. I plan on being an architect, a person who works
with kids, or tennis pro.
I contribute a hard working, caring, friendly person to the world.
About Me
My name is Mary. I am 16. I am going to
My KCSTI Experience
I liked the tours a lot. I also liked the speakers, especially the Environment Justice Program speakers. They were very interesting. I also liked the staff and think they were nice. In this program, I looked up to the staff. I liked the way people treated me and having Down Syndrome was not a problem. The people that are interested in transportation will like this program.
Career
Choice
I want to go to college and my parents want to help me to do that. I want to be a special education teacher to kids who are between preschool and 5th grade.
Contribution to the World
I want to provide the world with a good education.
About Me
Hello my name is Matt and I’m 15 years old. I am going to be a freshman at Truman High School. I love to watch movies, go to concerts and play Xbox 360. My favorite band is Mercy Me. I love to go church and read my bible. I attend Summit Woods Baptist Church in Lees Summit with my family and friends. My best friend is Ben and we try to hang out together as often as possible.
My KCSTI Experience
Thanks so much to the staff at KCSTI for having a great camp with cool speakers and stuff to do. I met some new friends and my best friend Ben was there, too. I really enjoyed the air traffic control center, driving simulation and Iron Woods Challenge. The air traffic control center was in Olathe, Kansas, and is where they help with all the planes in their air space. The driving simulation was a private place in Grandview, Missouri, where it assists individuals to learn to drive. It is also a place they send people following a DUI/DWI to understand what drunk driving is really like. I, especially, liked this place, because they are aiming for such a good cause. Finally, there was the Iron Woods Challenge where we were outside all day doing a multitude of activities. I really enjoyed this, because of the rope climb and all the challenges our group had to work through. Plus, the staff there really cared about me, my safety and experience. But, overall, all of the field trips were a total blast! Even our bus driver was awesome to get to know!
I also enjoyed the lessons for life that each of us learned from one another and ourselves. I am proud of the progress we made as a group and the impact it will continue to have on all of us. I believe the experience allowed for me to make many important connections for the future. It also made me think much deeper about college and what I would like to spend my life doing.
Career
Choice
I would like to go to UMKC and someday be a Chemical Engineer. With my degree I would like to help children with diseases. I would not only like to get my bachelors degree, but my Ph.D. as well! I hope to help many children within my life.
Contribution to the World
I would like to share with people that it is important to not only have faith in yourself, but your country! But, the most important thing I would like to share with the world is my relationship with Jesus! It is very important to me to spread the love and word of Jesus. In my spare time I would like to experience missionaries and reach out to those who have, yet to meet Jesus.
About Me
Hey my name is Michael I go to Central High. I am in the 10th grade and a well behaved student and I’m from the Kansas City transportation summer program some times I make good grades the food at the summer program is great I made a lot of friends this year. We might have our ups and downs but every thing seems to work out just fine.
My KCSTI
Experience
My KCSTI Experience is great. We went to Iron woods and
took a tour around the campus the nature center.
HNTB field trips, tragedy prevention, Bruce R. Watkins and GM.
Garmin, KC Icon, Johnson county airport Brush (railway, bus, airport and
transportation systems, Eitas, KCATA
Career
Choice
Be an Artist send my drawings all over the world. Be a
Song Writer and write songs for other people and a Dance teacher.
About Me
Hello my name is Orlando aka Mr. Exquisite aka Bjay aka Jizzle aka O-tight
aka Yung Ivy and aka The Black Cloud.
I’m a student at the Kansas City Transportation Institute this year
and I am a junior at Barstow School, I like to play basketball, go to
parties, talk on the phone, go to the movies, listen to music, and just
chill.
My KCSTI
Experience
The things that I liked and experienced during my time at the KCSTI was how
most of the students in the institution got along. The trips that I enjoyed
were the Tragedy prevention, Iron Woods, going to the gym, going to the
lunch room, and the Lakeside Nature Center. The speakers that were really
interesting to me were Nicole, and the police officer. The activities that I
like the most was when we were making the magnetic cars, playing basketball,
and making and crushing cement.
Career
Choice
What I really want to be is a professional basketball player, but if that
doesn’t work out I would go to college to be a mechanical or civil engineer.
The college that I'm planning on going to is MU.
But before I go to college during high school I need to work on my math and
science so if my dreams do not workout I have a back up plan in becoming a
mechanical or civil engineer.
Contribution to the World
Taking care of my family and doing things for others to make their lives
better and making sure the people in my family like my cousins and
especially my little brother have a very successful future.
Stay Exquisite….keep your pinkies up ya digg
About Me
My name is Rachel; I am 14 years old and am in the 9th grade. I am homeschooled, but we call our school Lifelong Learning.( If you are homeschooled you know what I mean) I am looking forward to going to high school and college and keeping in touch with the friends I made here.
My KCSTI Experience
The Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute isn’t
like summer school at all. You get to interact with a lot of great people,
there’s tons more field trips, and it’s not boring. The Institute’s purpose
is to help, encourage, and educate high school students about their choice
of career. The food at the cafeteria was actually really good. There’s no
discrimination here; this is a place where people of all differences are
included.
The field trips and speakers were great too.
I enjoyed the
Career
Choice
I am looking into a career as a Chef or a Flight Attendant. For college, I plan to attend a community college in my area for the first two years, then a University for my Junior and Senior years.
Contribution to the World
To make a difference I will do what’s right so that when people see me then they will think, “I want to be like that.” And I will care about people’s opinions and what they say, think, do, and feel.
About Me
Hi my name is Sam and I'm 15 and in the 9th grade. I enjoy working on computers, playing video games, physics, making robots, building with Legos, and having a good time. In school I enjoy Science and Math and I hate History and English.
My KCSTI
Experience
Career
Choice
Contribution to the World
About Me
What's up my name is Steven and I participated in the 2008 KCSTI (Kansas City Summer Transportation Institute). I am 15 years old and I like sports such as: basketball, football, and at times soccer.
My KCSTI Experience
I enjoyed the summer program very much because it informed me about the different career opportunities in transportation. My favorite trip was the Ironwoods challenge course. There we got to climb a 50 foot structure which got real scary half-way up.
Many of the
speakers were really fun and they kept us from getting bored by making us
get involved in the discussions. Of all so far I must say that my favorite
speaker was Mrs. Nichole, don’t ask me why!!!!!!!!
All of the staff were pretty cool
Contribution to the World
I would like to make many contributions to the world, for one I would like the products that I make as an engineer to be very safe. I want to be remembered as someone who took pride in making all the products with my name on it.
About Me
Hello my name is Tresawn I go to Westport High school. I like to play football, talk on the phone, go to parties, and sleep. I’m in this program called STI and it’s a lot of fun we go on field trips kick it with my friends and we learn a lot of stuff. I grew up in the hood 43 and spruce all my life up until the 7th grade now I live out south.
My KCSTI
Experience
My Experience in KCSTI has been fun we go on a lot of trips and meet and see a lot of new things I like the program so much. So far we been on about three trips we have been to The Ironwoods Challenge, HNTB, Tragedy Preventions, Bruce R. Watkins….Lakeside nature center, GM, and a tour on UMKC campus. We have had a lot of speakers come in and talk to us about our careers and what would we like to be in life. On the GM field trip we went but we did not get to go in because GM was not accessible to people with disabilities I just thought it was cool to go.
Career
Choice
What I like to be in life is very simple I would like to own my own business. I would like to go to college for the fun of it really at first in my life I was like I already hate school and I do not want to go to college but then I took a tour on college and they told me how much fun and freedom they have. And then from there on I wanted to go to college I’m going to get my business license and be my own boss so I want have to work for anybody else.
Contribution to the World
My contribution to the world is being something in life. Go to college and be all you can be don’t be scared to go for your goals everybody has a chance so take it and run with it.
