MTHS January Student of the Month

Student Name: Tyler Baker

Mother’s Name: Lindy Baker

Father’s Name: Ronald Baker

GPA: 3.908

Clubs & Activities: Robotics, 300+ hours in a six week build season during the school year, each year since Freshman year. Previous Design lead, Vice president and currently involved with Project Management. National Honor Society: previously member in good standings, currently president.

Athletics: Soccer team since freshman year, Cross Country junior and senior year.

Awards: Most improved player (J.V. Soccer), Coaches Award (Cross Country), Gracious Professionalism, FIRST Dean’s List Semi-Finalist

Community Service: FIRST Lego League helper, Various community service projects including: helping at a local women’s shelter, making sandwiches for the homeless, donating blood, and cleaning up our surroundings.

Culminating Project: Project Lead the Way Capstone Project, Engineering Design and Development class. I will be one of the first three students to graduate in the Edmonds School District with Project Lead the Way recognition. (PLTW is a pre-engineering program)

Current Employment: Technology intern with the Edmonds School District, Part time at Les Schwab Tires
Future Educational Goals: I’m going to college, I’m just not exactly sure where. I have applied to University of Washington, Oregon State University, Montana State and I plan to apply at Purdue. I also plan to major in a form of engineering, likely mechanical engineering.

Future Career Goals: I want to build things and get involved with operations and management. I’m still not sure if I want to work with bridges, cars, buildings, or planes, but taking the right classes in college can prepare me for many different options.

Anything else we should know?: I’ve been interested in science and engineering since first grade when I moved to Washington and was invited to make a science project. From second to sixth grade I performed various science experiments and got first place at the state science and engineering fair multiple times. The love for science and engineering stayed with me through middle school until I joined the FIRST robotics team in high school and that is where I was able to develop more and learn how real engineering projects work.