This week's Outstanding Student is Joan Meija Alcantara, from LaFollette HS was introduced by Counselor Vanessa Hiavacka. He will attend UW Madison in the fall. studying Computer Engineering. He was born in the U.S., moved to Mexico, moved back to the U.S. in 8th grade. He learned English for the first time in 8th grade. He took several AP classes, including language and literature. He receive a $2500 scholarship from Women in Focus and an Art Scholarship, which will cover 5 years at UW. He has worked through high school - 50 hours/week at FedEx. His mom lives in Mexico with his siblings. His father lives here. He likes math, computer science, English, and soccer.