Rotary Club of Issaquah honors students of the month
November 8, 2011
By Staff
The Rotary Club of Issaquah recently honored the following seniors as its students of the month for October.
David Adams
David Adams
School: Liberty High School
Category of recognition: math
Parents: Laura and Greg Adams
Sponsoring teacher: Angie Kruzich
Academic achievements: commended National Merit Scholar; straight As in math; taking Advanced Placement Stats online “because I have already taken all other math classes offered at Liberty”
Athletics: varsity letter swimming, two years; scholar athlete, three years
Scholastic interests: math, engineering, Honor Society, Key Club
Hobbies: speed cubing (solving a Rubik’s Cube as fast as possible); swimming
Outside school affiliations: Issaquah Swim Team, lifeguard at YMCA
Future goals: college in California, looking at University of California at Berkeley, Caltech and Cal Polytech, among others; job in computer science/engineering field
Kaylene Benak
Kaylene Benak
School: Tiger Mountain High School
Category of recognition: math/science
Guardians: Ambe and John Benak (grandparents), Mike Benak (dad)
Academic achievements: leadership, culinary arts, currently getting all As, on track to graduate on time
Activities: knitting club
Scholastic interests: English, writing, reading, math
Hobbies: reading, music, animals (reptiles), psychology
Future goals: Bellevue College, undecided in career
Nicole Migotsky
Nicole Migotsky
School: Issaquah High School
Category of recognition: math
Parents: Nivart and Mark Migotsky
Sponsoring teacher: Ben Reed
Academic achievements: National Merit commended scholar, student of the month
Athletics: varsity letters and Scholar Athlete for track and cross country; competed in KingCo and district meets; 2009 cross country most improved
Activities: Distinguished Service Award from Kiwanis; Key Clubber of the Month
Scholastic interests: math (calculus and a little bit of statistics); science (chemistry and physics)
Hobbies: soccer, running, community service, music, friends and family
Outside school affiliations: National Honor Society; president of IHS Key Club (2011-12) and vice president of Key Club (2010-11)
Future goals: attend college, dabble in multiple subjects, but mainly focus on math/science; possible major in biomedical engineering; career as biomedical engineer or doctor/sports medicine
Max Tickman
Max Tickman
School: Issaquah High School
Category of recognition: science
Parents: Liz and Ron Tickman
Sponsoring teacher: Jared Fernandez
Academic achievements: Spanish student award; science student award
Athletics: 12 years recreational soccer; state third-place freestyle wrestling freshman year, state participation junior year, captain wrestling team
Activities: robotics, math club, electricity and magnetism group, physics group
Scholastic interests: chemistry, physics and math
Hobbies: electricity and magnetism, robotics, science
Future goals: hoping to be accepted to Stanford; career as physicist
Tyler Westenbroek
Tyler Westenbroek
School: Liberty High School
Category of recognition: science
Parent: Ruth Westenbroek
Sponsoring teacher: Mark Buchli
Academic achievements: National Merit Scholar honorable mention; straight As in science classes
Athletics: cross country team captain, four-year letter winner, two-time state competitor; track, three-year letter winner
Scholastic interests: science (physics and biology) and business (economics)
Hobbies: long-distance running, outdoor activities
Outside school affiliations: independent research with teacher Mark Buchli on cosmic rays
Future goals: dual bachelor’s degree in physics/business, master’s in physics; run a research lab or company
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