The Rotary Club of Everett on March 19, 2024 honored three local high school students as Rotary Students of the Month.

Each month during the school year the club recognizes and celebrates outstanding high school students in the city of Everett for their accomplishments and their promise.

 

Cascade High Student of the Month is Zachary Lopez. Zachary is a multi-sport varsity athlete and ASB president, with a gift for being a supportive peer and outstanding student leader. He always provides positive and effective ways to guide his peers in making decisions for the student body. In Zach’s history class, a peer has a paraeducator who scribes notes and assignments for him. After the paraeducator was out for several days, she returned to find that all of her student’s work and notes had been scribed by Zachary  – without being asked. He just saw a need and stepped in.

 

 

Student of the Month from Sequoia High is Brooklyn Young. A teacher said “whether it was excelling in her academic coursework or honing her skills in the cosmetology program at Sno-Isle, Brooklyn consistently showed a level of dedication and commitment that is truly commendable. She works effectively in team settings, valuing the input of others and contributing her own ideas with thoughtfulness and respect.” Brooklyn plans to earn a cosmetology license and pursue a business degree, and provide free services for the homeless and for less privileged children.

 

 

Everett High Student of the Month is Lanie Thompson. As a varsity athlete and captain in soccer and basketball, Lanie’s role mirrors her role in the classroom. Asked what she loved about sports, she said it is “a community of strong women unapologetic about that strength”. Lanie has a 4.0 GPA, taking numerous AP courses. She has served in the student senate, as ASB Club Commissioner and as student body vice president, and served on the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board. Lanie wants everyone around her to feel important and will leave Everett High better than she found it.