Nathan Hochstein has been recognized as the September Youth Rotarian
Seward High senior Nathan Hochstein was honored as the September Youth Rotarian of the Month at the September 22, 2021 meeting of Seward Rotary Club. He is the son of Glen and Pam Hochstein.
Hochstein is a dedicated scholar. He is a longtime, loyal member and leader of the Seward High National Honor Society, with his name on the Seward High Honor Roll every semester of his high school career. He has a GPA of 4.13 and is involved with the HAL (High Ability Learner) program at Seward High. His is involved with the Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Program and completed the Intro to Professional Education. He achieved a 33 on the ACT test and is a Certified Microsoft Word Specialist.
He is an athlete and very involved with the various athletic programs at Seward High. He participated in the Seward High Baseball program for three years and has made the move to Cross Country and Track and Field. He is a leader in the current Cross Country Team, as well as being part of the Seward High Track and Field team and competes in both the 800m and 1600m primarily.
Hochstein is an active member of the Seward High Marching Bluejay Band and has been a section leader for the last two years. He plays the alto saxophone and has lettered in Band. He was also a member of the Symphonic Band for several years.
He is an active member and leader in the local Seward High Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) for the last three years. His was selected by the Seward High Administration to be a Bluejay Ambassador, giving tours to new students and assisting with various events.
Hochstein is a member of the Seward High Speech Team and placed fourth at the District Speech Contest in the area of Entertaining Speech and fifth at Districts in the Drama Team (OID). He was named First Runner-up in the local VFW Voice of Democracy Speech Contest and participated in the Seward High “Poetry Outloud” Poetry Recitation program. He is an involved member of the Seward High Skills USA program and participated in the OCC (Opening and Closing Ceremony)-placing Second at State Skills and also competed at State Skills competition in the area of Related Technical Math.
A member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Seward, he is a voice of the youth for the congregation. He is a member of the Godparent program and attended many of the Godparent retreats, and is called upon to assist with the church services as a server.
His work experience includes working for the Sloup-Thorrel Detasseling in Seward. Hochstein’s hobbies and interests include jumping on his trampoline, playing spikeball and rock climbing.
His “Service Above Self” community service has involved a host of activities and totals almost 150 hours of volunteer hours. He has often volunteered to help sell honey for the local “Honey Sunday” and been involved as a ticket salesman for many tourneys at Seward High. He has been a volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul in various youth activities and activates for the children and helped out at the St. Gregory the Great Seminary as well. He also served as an Outdoor Education counselor for the Seward Middle School (SMS) and been involved as a Math Tutor.
He plans to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and double major in Secondary Math Education and Business Administration or Spanish.