Two of the seven CP Rotary Academic Scholarship award winners joined us for lunch on the 13th: Maia and Mikayla (last names withheld due to club policy). Dave Sargent introduced them and encouraged each to take the podium and tell us something about their high school interests and plans for the future.
- Maia had strong interests in Mathematics, Sciences, and Choir at Ponderosa High. She was a junior volunteer for 3 years at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, sparking a strong interest in medical research. She will attend U.C. San Diego and major in Molecular and Cell Biology for her bachelor's degree, with hopes of eventually earning a master's or Ph.D. degree and becoming a cancer researcher.
- Mikayla was a standout in water polo, swimming and diving at Ponderosa, was in Ponderosa Choir, and excelled in science courses like Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology and AP Biology. Mikayla has been passionate about becoming a physical therapist since a young age, and has been admitted into the Honors Program at Boise State in Idaho, where she hopes to earn a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and then continue on towards a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy.
Paul Harris Fellow Awards
- Shiva Frentzen was named a Paul Harris Fellow for the first time.
- Jana Ellerman was named a Paul Harris Fellow + 2
- Art Cort was named a Paul Harris Fellow + 4