The Rotary Club of Renton has recognized three high school October Students of the Month.
• Melissa Hughes is a senior at Hazen High School. She holds a 3.7 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society, District Instructional Materials Committee (DIMC), National Achievers Society, drill and pom team, track and field, marching band and Student Council. She is also FCCLA president and received letters in marching band, drill and pom team and National Honor Roll Certificate.
Hughes volunteers with United Way and Maplewood Heights Elementary and works part-time as a hostess at Stanford’s.
She plans to earn a degree in international business and marketing from a four-year university. She wants to own a successful marketing firm.
• Faith Sairez is a senior at Lindbergh High School. She holds a 3.7 GPA.
She enjoys dancing, singing and photography.
Sairez is a member of Ambassadors Jazz Choir, Medical Explorers, International Club and dance team.
She is on the Honor Roll and has received recognition in dance team championships.
She volunteers at the Regency at Renton and Kline Galland Home and works as a sales associate at Gilly Hicks. Sairez plans to earn degrees in science and nursing from the University of Washington. She wants a career in the medical field.
• Quincy Robinson is a senior at Renton High School. He holds a 3.0 GPA.
Robinson has been a member of the debate team, chess club and acappella choir. He has also been president and vice president of Science Club and student government.
He has received the Acappella Leadership Award, Award of Gratitude and first place in the school talent show.
Robinson volunteers at Harambee Church, where he teaches music and Bible study and writes sermons.
Robinson plans to major in theology and Spanish at a four-year university. He wants to be a theology professor at a university in Barcelona, Spain.
Rotary members recognize three Renton School District high school students each month as Youth of the Month.
After being selected by counselors at each of the district’s three comprehensive high schools, a selection committee of Rotary members reviews applications and interviews students to identify those who will be selected as Youth of the Month. The award is given to students who possess leadership abilities, maintain a good grade point average, participate in school activities and volunteer in their community.
The students and their parents are honored guests at a regular Rotary luncheon.
