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 2010

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

James Chamness

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