Ashley Pavlak

Hey all! I am Ashley Pavlak (as you can probably tell from the title) and I am very excited to be a part of the C-WAYS project! Stars, CalTech, NASA...it's my childhood dream come true.

About Me

I go to Lincoln-Way West high school in the middle of a cornfield. Actually, that's not entirely true--there is a church right next door. True story, you can see it from our Marching Band practice field!

I'm in the color guard of the Marching Warriors and am the dance captain this year. I'm also in Bella Capella (the girls after school choir), Junior Classical League (Latin club--I'm the Historian), National JCL (Honors Latin club), National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and Mathletes (ps we got 10th in state this past year, and my calculator team got third!). Wait, and the Winterguard. Did I mention everything? Yeah, I think so. So can you tell I'm involved in extracurriculars?

Right now I'm undecided about college, but I definitely want to go to a state school to be near my family. I hope to major in Mathematics (nerdy, I know. My friends tell me daily) and to become certified in teaching. I think it would be fantastic to be a high school/junior high math teacher. I especially like trigonometry.

As for this C-WAYS project, I'm extremely excited about it! I've always liked looking at the stars and looking for constellations. Mainly the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia, though. And with Latin class, I've learned the stories behind some of them as well--the constellations, I mean. P.S. I've recently gotten some data and just got done running some numbers. --~Ashley :) 17:11, 3 June 2012 (PDT)