Nicholas Tiangco

Academic Schedule/Courses:
• Theology: I (Scripture), II (History), III (Morality), Peer ministry, Augustine and
Aquinas.
• English I, AC II, AC III, AP 4
• Biology I, Chemistry I, Chemistry II, Anatomy and Physiology, Physics
• AP US History, AP Government, World History
• Health, PE
• Speech
• Computer Science, Object Oriented programming
• Spanish I, II, III
• Art History
• Geometry, AC Algebra II, AC Intro to Analysis, AB Calculus, AP Statistics
• Summer ‘08 Houston Community College at Stafford Classes
o Intro into Psychology A
o Intro into Philosophy A

Academic Awards:

~Academic Achievments~
• Principle Honor Roll(4.0 and above) every semester at Strake Jesuit
• National Honor Society

~End Of The Year Awards~

• Biology I Award, English I Award, Anatomy and Physiology Award
o Awarded to 1-2 students out of whole ’09 class at end of year
• Highest Semester Average: 9th grade (both semesters)
• Highest Semester Average: 10th grade (both semesters)
• Second Highest Semester Average 11th grade (both semesters)

~Standardized Testing~
• 03/2008 SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading 680 Math 680 Writing 690
• 01/2008 SAT Reasoning Test
Critical Reading 650 Math 690 Writing 620
• 10/2008 ACT
Composite Score 32: English 29 Math 33 Reading 36 Science 28
• ‘5’ on AP Test for Government
• ‘4’ on AP Text for US History
Work Experience:
~Kenneth M. Sabath Law Offices~
• Worked Stockroom- organized files, looked for important papers
• Secretary duties- answering calls, leaving messages, directing calls
• Office work- making spreadsheets, inputting data in databases
• Interned Junior Year summer 15 hours a week
• Worked 25 hours a week June 30th to August 15th

~Rice Epicurean Markets~

• Maintained store front, stocked, sacked groceries, carried out groceries, cleanup
• Total: 50 hours worked from Thanksgiving-December

~Test Preparation for High School Placement Test (HSPT) Entrance Exams~
• Trained by my AC English II teacher, Dr. Grenier
• Teach how to take test: grammar, reading, writing, and math.

~Tutoring~
• Subjects included: Any level of math including AB Calculus, Physics, Spanish
• For pay or NHS hours

Extracurriculars/Activites/Volunteering:

~Freshman Retreat~
• Grounds Crew 10th grade
o 5, 3 hour meetings to prepare for Freshman retreat (15 hours of preparation)
o Worked as standby, taking attendance and tending to the group leaders needs
o In addition, we set up rooms for mass and talks, passed out dinner, cleaning up
o Overnight retreat over 3 days (60 hours)
o Total hours: 75 hours
• Group Leader 11th grade
o A series of Sunday preparation totaling (40 hours)
o Includes a 2 day training retreat at the beginning of school (38 hours of training)
o Led seven freshman during whole retreat movies, games, talks, discussion with
parents, adoration, mass, visitation to nursing homes
o Overnight retreat over 3 days (65 hours)
o Total hours: 143 hours
• Grounds Crew group leader 12th grade
o Preparation when scheduled, not always Sunday (20 hours)
 o Prepare music, talks (mine was “faith” talk), games, ice breakers, adoration to
lead half of the grounds crew at a time in retreat
o Overnight retreat over 3 days (60 hours)
o Total hours: 80 hours
~Key Club~
• Co-founded school chapter during 10th grade
• Secretary- take attendance, write notes
• T-shirt design
• Bi-monthly meetings- turn in hours, tell club new volunteer opportunities
• Monthly officers meetings- plan agenda for next meetings
• Co-chairman of the Key Club Spring Fling Booth
o Weekly meetings (usually Friday) with moderators, faculty and donators to plan
and design the booth
o Built booth with others
o Executed during day of Spring Fling
• Various volunteer projects:
o 10th-11th grade meetings-counts as an hour each meaning: 2 meetings a month+ 1
officers meeting a month- (48 hours)
o 10-11th SFDS dinners- set up for dinners and clean up (15 hours)
o 11th grade: Beach Cleanup (10 hours)
o 10-11th grade: Ronald McDonalds House- (10 hours)
o 11th grade: eagle scout project- cut down/dispose excess from trees (10 hours)
o 11th grade: Spring Fling set up for raffle booth ( 4 hours)
o 11th grade: Running club booth and other duties from previous spring fling (10
hours)
o 10th grade: Special Olympics- (8 hours)
o Total hours: 115

~Track~
• 9th-12th grade
• Off season practices from 3:00pm-4:00pm
• Season practices from 3:00pm-5:30pm
• Thursday meets 4:00pm-8:00pm
• Freshman and Junior Varsity level
o 110m high hurdles, 300m hurdles, shuttle relay hurdles, 4x100m relay, 100m dash
o Medals ranged from 1st to 5th place
o Qualified for UIL districts all 3 years
• 3 Varsity meets- shuttle hurdle team

~Fort Bend Literacy Council~

• Senior Service Summer project: taught math to adults who want their GEDs in the
Literacy Council of Fort Bend
• Training to be tutor (9 hours of tutorials)
 • Create lessons, worksheets, homework, give and grade tests
• Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays: roughly 5pm-8pm
o Often times I had to come early to make copies and tutor individually or stay late
due to tests or questions.
• Total hours: 117 hours

~Music~
• Choir
o 10th – 12th
o Bass singer
o Daily morning practices (7:10AM- 7:50AM)
o Qualified for Tour (grade of A on juries)
o Annual Messiah Workshops
o Annual Messiah Christmas concert
o Annual choir competitions and sight reading competitions
o Annual Talent show
o Choir retreat group leader
 Led small group in skits/dances/shows
 Ice breakers/talks
• Piano
o 1st - 10th grade

~NHS~
• Prep bowl
o 9th grade- timer (8 hours)
o 10th grade- score keeper (8 hours).
o 11th grade- spotter (8 hours)
o 12th grade- judge in training
• Open house Tour guide
o 10th grade- (5 hours)
o 11th grade- (5 hours)
o 12th grade- didn’t happen yet
• Strake’s Spring Fling
o 9th-11th grade- set up booths, manned booths, clean up
o Day of setup and day of event (36 hours total)
• Tutoring
o Subjects included: Spanish I, Algebra I-II (16 hours).
• Total hours: 86 hours

~Martial Arts~
• Tae Kwon Do
o 6th - 10th grade
 o 3 classes a week
o Achieved black belt 1st dan
o Learned forms, grapples, counters, sparring techniques, and board breaking
o Competed in local sparring tournaments and exhibitions
• Shaolin Kung Fu
o 11th grade (February ’09 - July ‘09)
o 3 two hour classes a week
o Forms, techniques concentrating on jumps and aerial moves
o Demonstrations in Chinatown near Bellaire.

~Anime club~
• 9th-11th grade
• To facilitate anime appreciation and Japanese culture
• Club Liaison
o Ambassador between Strake Jesuit and Agnes Anime Clubs
o Coordinate DVDs for screening, discussion; get together, and Convention ideas.
• Coordinated convention visits as a club: Shiokazecon, Anime Matsuri I and II, Atsui-con,
Oni-con

~Plume~
• Literary Magazine for Strake Jesuit
• 9th grade: submitted essays to magazine
• 11th grade: co-planned the revival of magazine
• 12th grade: worked as submissions panelist
o Read/edit/grade poems, prose, photographs, drawings, paintings, to the literary
magazine

~Habitat for humanity~

• Paint walls, apply cock, hammer shingles, transport tools, unload refreshments
• Worked Saturdays January to June 11th grade 4 or so hours a day
• Total hours: 31 hours

~Cross Cultural Student Alliance~

• 11th-12th grade
• Member
• Creates a forum for talk about healing racism
• To better understand and appreciate the large diversity in our culture today

~Intramural Sports~
• 9h-12th grade- basketball, kickball, dodgeball play
• 9th grade: won basketball tournament

~Frassati Society~
 • 9th and 11th grade
• Pray the rosary the first Friday of every month

Prospects: Kairos Group Leader