Junior Rotarians

Junior Rotarians are special!

They are high school students who attend our weekly meetings, and who share their lives, hopes, and dreams with Rotary members. In return, Rotary members share their career experience and their encourgement.

Winter -Spring 2010

Pioneer High School

Mary Fitzgerald

Honors: National Honor Society

College: Hillsdale College

Salman Rajput

Honors: National Honor Society

College: Columbia or Dartmouth

Daniel Kriz

Daniel has always been driven to excel in a wide range of areas. In 2009, he was captain of the Michigan All-Star Math Team. This year, he took Honors Analysis at the University of Michigan and was at the top of the class. Daniel also writes short stories, and has studied piano and violin for 12 years. He composes both classical and modern music and recently won a rock music competition with a band of his friends. He has practiced Taekwondo since childhood. In 2010, with his sister and under the direction of Professor Dmitriy Boyarchenko at the University of Michigan, he wrote a research paper on applied stochastic analysis. Daniel avidly believes in giving back to the community, volunteering at the UM hospital and a local physical therapy clinic. He plans to major in mathematics, and one day actively apply his knowledge and skills toward making a better world.

Elizabeth Qian

Activities: Science Olympiad captain, JV Tennis captain, Symphony Orchestra Vice President, NHS Webmaster, Pioneer Debate Team
Service: Tutoring, National Honor Society volunteer work
Honors: Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association Division I Policy Debate State Finalist, Outstanding Ensemble at State Solo and Ensemble Festival, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society
College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Career Plans: Aerospace Engineering

Kelsey Thompson

Pioneer High School

Dominique Corley

Activities: Varsity track and field; Ann Arbor Church of Christ’s Bible Bowl Team; Pioneer High School Gospel Choir; Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice; UM Dept. of Materials lab assistant

Service: City Mission; Ann Arbor Church of Christ English classes; Rebuilding Together “Christmas in April”; SOA Vigil Nonviolence Protest

Honors: NAACP Freedom Fund Scholar; Track and Field Second Team All Area; National; National Honor Society; Rookie of the Year; Bible Bowl State Finals; Track and Field All State Indoors

College: considering Cornell, Colgate, SUNY Buffalo

Career Plan: combination of criminal justice and sign language interpretation

Leah Latterner

Activities: Co-founder of MUSIC; math classes at the UM for 2 years; flute in Pioneer Symphony Band; piano soloist and with the award-winning Cobahshi Trio

Service: church nursery volunteer; orientation guide steering committee; private tutor

Honors: Presidential Scholar candidate; National Merit Finalist; National Council of Teachers of English Writing Achievement Award; National Honor Society; DownBeat magazine “Best Classical Ensemble” (trio)

College: early acceptance at Yale and UM; waiting to hear from Harvard

Career Plan: Math professor

Xiao Wang

Activities: Trailblazers (working with struggling 1^st grader for an hour daily); flute and other instruments; member of Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Youth Symphony Orchestra; co-founder of Musicians United to Serve in the Community (MUSIC--organizes and performs concerts at nursing homes and hospitals

Service: Global Improvement Society officer; Peer mediator, orientation guide, private tutor

Honors: National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, Concerto Competition winner

College: waiting to hear from a list that includes Yale

Career Plan: Medicine

Greenhills School

Andrea McIntosh

Activities: Club soccer, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Improv Club, Babysitting.

Service: The Olevolos Project, Michigan High School Athletic Association Student Advisory Council.

Awards: Greenhills Award, Greenhills Scholar, AP Scholar, National French and Spanish Exams, Coca-Cola Scholarship Semi-Finalist

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Career Plan: Undecided, but extremely interested in the medical field, pursuing surgery or physical therapy and athletic training.

James Chamness

Activities: Varsity Cross Country and Track, Greenhills Theater and VooDoo Student Theater Company, UM Physics Research Intern

Service: Volunteer for Campaign for Change, Huron River Watershed Council, Greenhills Gay Straight Alliance, MultiCulturalFocus member

Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, Greenhills Scholar, Greenhills Award winner, All-Region in Cross Country

College: Attending Cornell University next fall to study Engineering

Career Plan: Undecided but interested in engineering and entrepreneurship

Nora Kassner

Activities: Forensics, Greenhills Gay-Straight Alliance, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology intern, Varsity swim team, school and community theater, Ann Arbor Rowing Club

Service: YMCA Youth Advisory Council, YMCA Board of Directors and Strong Kids Campaign, Youth Volunteer Corps, Greenhills Service Learning Task Force

Awards: Cum Laude Society, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Greenhills Scholar and Greenhills Award, National Greek and Latin Exams

College: Macalester College in St. Paul, MN

Career Plan: Undecided, but considering archaeology; teaching classics, linguistics, or others; or political speechwriting

Father Gabriel Richard High School

Caitlin Anderson