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SHS Principal Newsletter - November/December 2025

At its November 5, 2025 club meeting, the Seward Rotary Club recognized Seward High School senior Molly Marroquin, as the Youth Rotarian of the Month. Molly is the daughter of Jon and Tina Marroquin and is the third of 10 seniors to be recognized this academic year. Youth Rotarians of the Month are selected based on their service, scholarship, leadership, and citizenship efforts during high school. They receive a book scholarship for college and a bag of information about Seward. Monthly Youth Rotarians are also finalists for the Seward Youth Rotarian of the Year award which will be presented at the annual SHS Honors Night.

Molly boasts an outstanding 4.04/4.19 GPA and is commended by her teachers as a student who demonstrates curiosity and critical thinking in her consistently high academic performance while also serving as a leader in her class, organizations, and the school. Her accolades are many through the high school, including: President’s Education Award in 2022, Nebraska State Fair Short Essay Honorable Mention and Doane College Honor Choir in 2023, and Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) in 2024. She has been in the Concordia University Honor Choir and on the Academic Honor Roll since 2022, and a member of the National Honor Society since 2023. 

Molly has participated in a variety of activities including track, volleyball, the musical, mixed choir, and band. She has been selected multiple years for show choir and select choir. Her academic activities include Quiz Bowl, FFA, FCCLA, SkillsUSA, Speech Team, Key Club, and serving as a Bluejays Ambassador. 

In addition to her service, academic, and leadership excellence, Molly has also built her skills as an employee. She worked as a lifeguard in the summer of 2023, and has worked at La Carreta Mexican Restaurant since 2024 as a hostess. 

Molly plans to earn a degree in Biology and Chemistry from St. Olaf College in Minnesota following graduation in May 2026.

The Seward Rotary Club wishes the best to Molly and all area seniors; and the club encourages each of them to embrace opportunities to serve others locally and around the world with their specific gifts and interests. 

There were about 45 local high school students that volunteered and assisted in the annual “Bluejay Way” Community Service Day on Sunday, October 12, 2024. The day promoted community service at Seward High School and coordinated opportunities for the students to add to their community service hours.  The school and community introduced a wide variety of venues to serve as opportunities for the students to add to their list of community service hours or begin their community service program.  Each graduate at Seward High is required to complete 30 hours of community service as a qualification for graduation.

There were two teachers from SHS assisting with this event, Ross Briggs and Ashlee Rickert, sponsored by SHS Key Club. Other community members volunteered and assisted guiding the students throughout the event in supervisory positions during the day.  

This event has been coined, "The Bluejay Way" and it was labeled a success for our students and community. All in all, there were 45 students, two teachers, and an extra adult or two at each location, which amounts to around 50+ people helping at 6 locations!  

Locations for this year’s event included the Civic Center, Foster Friends, Seward County Historical Society Museum in Goehner, Seward Memorial Library, Christ’s Cupboard, and Kiwanis Haunted House at Zimmer Mansion.  Students assisted with a variety of projects at each location, including grounds clean-up, organization, facility maintenance and cleaning.

Each of the locations continues to offer community service opportunities for volunteers.  Please contact them to assist with their programs.  The event was coordinated by SHS Key Club and local educators Ross Briggs and Ashlee Rickert – sponsors of the Seward High Key Club in Seward.  For more information on the program contact either teacher at SHS 402-643-2988 or email Ross Briggs at ross.briggs@sewardschools.org. 

The committee hopes to schedule another event for the Blue Jay Way in the spring of 2026!  For more information on the Blue Jay Way Day contact either Briggs or Rickert at Seward High.