Jack Schulz, the son of Brian and Lyndsy Schulz of Seward is the final Seward Youth Rotarian for the 24-25 SHS School Year. He was recognized and honored at the recent, May 7th noon Seward Rotary Luncheon at the Jones Bank Auditorium and introduced by Rotarian Amber Fiala.
Jack is first and foremost a scholar! He consistently was a member of the SHS Honor Roll and a leader in the SHS National Honor Society. His weighted GPA is 4.11 and he was honored for his outstanding ACT Score of 33!
He was the Captain of the SHS Academic Decathlon Team and won ten medals in the District Contest and three medals in the State Contest. Their Academic Decathlon Team was First in State in their Division of Competition. He was named the top score on the SHS Academic Decathlon Team both at Districts and State Level.
Jack won the First Place AMC (American Math Competition) Award in 2022, was Second in the AMC Contest in 2023 and was again the Champion in the AMC Award in 2024.
Jack is also an outstanding athlete. He participated in the SHS Cross Country Team since 2021 and was awarded a Varsity Letter the last three years in Cross Country. He is a member of the SHS Track Team and won a Varsity letter in 2024.
He was a team leader on the successful Varsity SHS Bowling Team-winning State in 2024.
He is very involved in the various service clubs and organizations at SHS. He has been a leader his entire high school career in the local SHS FFA program and place Third in the State in in Farm Business Management this year at the State FFA Convention in Lincoln.
Jack is a longtime member of the SHS Skills USA Chapter and a leader at the State level as a member of their successful Skills USA Quiz Bowl Team-named State Champion in 2024.
He is also a loyal member of the SHS Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), where he competed for several years at the State Contests and was named First Place Winner in Business Calculations at the UNL Business Day in 2024. He is also skilled in Microsoft Office-Specialist in Word and Microsoft Office-Specialist in Excel.
He has been employed with the Sloup Thorell Destasseling of Seward since 2021 to the present. He also works at Natty B’s Bar and Grill in Goehner-assisting preparation of the bar-b-que and food prep.
His community service centers around his sports activities, his service clubs -helping with food drives, and other community service endeavors. He volunteered and served as the Video Coordinator for the local Striv Internet Broadcasting program at SHS. He worked at many youth sports camps-promoting Cross County, Track and even Bowling. He also mows area lawns and volunteers to grill for his church youth group.
Jack plans to attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln this Fall and major in Agriculture Engineering.
Jack was honored at the local meeting and presented with some Rotary and Seward mementos and will receive a Book Scholarship at the SHS Honors Night. He is also a finalist for the annual Seward Youth Rotarian Award and Scholarship-also announced that evening by Rotarian Brady Johnson.
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SHS Senior, Natalie Wintz, was selected as the April Youth Rotarian by the Seward Rotary Club and recognized and honored at the recent April 9th, 2025 Seward Rotary Club meeting held at the Auditorium of the Jones Bank in Seward. She is the daughter of Dr. Keith and Nicki Wintz of Seward.
Natalie is a scholar and a leader in the SHS National Honor Society of Seward High. She has a 4.0 grade point average and has enjoyed taking many Honor Classes and classes for Dual Credit at Seward High, in fact she has over 21 college credits because of her Duel Credit and Honors Classes. She is a Seward High Ambassador and hosted many new students and families, as well as other events when called upon for student leadership. She also enjoys being a Junior Jays Mentor at Seward Elementary School.
Natalie is an athlete as well and lettered in Cross Country at SHS and also participated as a member of the Girls Golf team for two years. She loves to swim and is currently a Lifeguard at the Seward Dowding Memorial Pool- and teaches swimming lessons at the pool. She is certified in CPR, OPR, CAN and First Aid!
She is very involved with school as well- and is an active member of the SHS Family, Community Career Leaders of America (FCCLA) all four years of high school -serving as a Chapter Officer. She was State FCCLA Champion for FCCLA in Interior Design in 2023 and State Runner-up in Interior Design in 2024.
She is also a loyal member of the SHS Skills USA Chapter and competed and was named the State Champion in Cosmetology at the Skills USA State Competition in 2023 and she has been a member of the Opening and Closing Ceremony Skills USA Competition for the last three years -placing third at State each year.
Natalie loves music and has enjoyed piano lessons for over a decade. She is a piano tutor for a local Fourth Grade student. She also plays the piano for the Seward High School Show Choir -as a member of the Show Choir band.
She is member of the St. Vinent de Paul Catholic Church in Seward and active with her local St. Vincent de Paul Godparent group and has volunteered for many church activities over the years. She is also a member of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in Seward.
Besides being a lifeguard in the summer, she has been employed as a detasseler for Sloup-Thorell Detasseling and also is a very busy babysitter when she has time.
Her “Service Above Self” volunteer activities center around her high school club’s service projects, as well as her volunteer efforts with her church and as a tutor. She also served as an Outdoor Education Counselor for the Seward Middle School.
She plans to attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and work towards a career in Dental Hygiene- and become a Dental Hygenist.
Natalie was introduced to the membership, and her resume was shared with the Rotarians. She was presented with some mementos of Rotary and Seward and the Seward Rotary Club banner for her graduation table. She will be recognized again with the other Rotary Youth of the Month and is now a finalist for the Seward Youth Rotarian of the Year Award which is announced at SHS Honors Night.
The Seward Rotary Club honors one youth a month with the Youth Rotarian of the Month award and one more will be selected to be honored on May 7th, at the Seward Rotary Club meeting. Applications can be obtained at the Seward Counselor’s office.
Six Seward High Sophomores were selected to represent Seward High, the community and local GFWC Women’s Clubs at the annual GFWC NFWC Sophomore Pilgrimage on Wednesday- April 2 at the Nebraska State Capitol.
Selected to attend were SHS Sophomores-Crew Potter, Jackson Einsphar, Austin Koch, Aubrey Hanes, Alexis Colling, and Alexis Solano. Their sponsor/ advisor for the day was Trevor Menke - SHS History Teacher.
The students met with the State elected officials- including the Governor and visited the Legislature- meeting with Senator Jana Hughes.
They toured the Capitol and enjoying their a pizza lunch with Senator Jana Hughes at the State Capitol. In the afternoon they visited the State Supreme Court and return back to school!
The day was coordinated by the GFWC Nebraska Federation of Women’s Club’s and the Seward High students were sponsored by the GFWC Seward Womans Club, the GFWC Seward Junior Women’s Club and the SHS HAL program.
SHS History teacher - Trevor Menke served as the sponsor. The students were selected last Fall through written application and interview!
