Redmond Rotary Honors January Students of the Month

From the Rotary Club of Redmond:

Rotary Club of Redmond recently named two Redmond High School students as Student of the Month for January. Rachel Horne was honored as Senior Student of the Month, while Parker Danowski received the Junior Student of the Month award.

Club President Steve Bozick made the presentations to the two students. Student of the Month is one of several ways that Redmond Rotary supports vocational development of young people.

The rotary selection committee noted that Senior Rachel Horne is President of the Sharing Interests Forming Friendships (SIFF) Club at RHS, an outreach program for youth with disabilities in the Redmond learning community.  She is also Social Action Vice President for the North American Federation of Temple Youth—NW Region.

Rachel enjoys music, dance and drama and will be performing in the production Little Shop of Horrors at RHS this spring. She was acknowledged as a National Merit Commended Scholar based on her score in the fall 2011 PSAT. Rachel is considering a career in education, with an emphasis on working with autistic children.

The rotary selection committee noted that Junior Parker Danowski, a 4.0 student, is a two-year letterman on the RHS cross country team and is expecting to earn his second letter in Track and Field this spring. In September, he earned his first-degree black belt in the martial art of Kempo.

In addition to his athletic endeavors, Parker was cast as Seymour in the production of Little Shop of Horrors. Parker volunteers with his church and has helped support a charity 5K and the Kirkland Triathlon. His real passion, he noted, is film, and he hopes to pursue a degree in film with the goal of becoming a director.

Redmond Rotary is a nonprofit service organization and a member of Rotary International. Rotary International is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world.