Alivia Hartmann is October Youth Rotarian of the Month
Launch the media gallery 1 playerSHS Senior, Alivia Hartmann of Seward was introduced at the Seward Youth Rotarian by Rotarian Anita Foor at the recent Seward Rotary Club meeting on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 at their noon luncheon. Alivia is the daughter of Christina Minarik and Zachary Hartmann.
Alivia has been a member of the SHS Honor Roll many times and received numerous PRIDE awards from members of the SHS faculty.
Alivia loves music and has taken piano lessons for 13 years. She also is a member of the SHS Marching Band-enjoys playing the Bass Clarinet. She has participated also in the Symphonic Band, Pep Band and Wind ensemble at SHS. She was a section leader in the SHS Marching Band and lettered in band. She has been accepted many times for the Seward Concordia Honor Band, the UNK Honor Band, the Doane University Honor Band and Conference Honor Band. She has also competed at the District Music Contest successfully, and at the Crete Music Contest.
She is an athlete, and played softball for over ten years, and a past member of the SHS Softball team-playing center field. She has lettered in the softball. She also loves the sport of Soccer and played soccer at SHS for the last three years and served as Captain of the SHS Soccer Team, lettering in soccer the last two years-and playing as a soccer forward.
Alivia has been elected Senior Class President this year and a member of the SHS Leadership Team (Student Council) for four years.
She was selected to be the Seward High representative for the HOBY (Huge O’Brian Youth) Leadership Summit/Seminar. She is a leader in the SHS Key Club and involved in the Multicultural Fair for the last three years-promoting international understanding. She also has assisted in coordinating a statewide fundraiser program for children with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
Her interests and hobbies include all forms of music and especially playing the piano and being with her friends.
Her employment experiences include serving as a Nanny, working as a checker at Pac and Save, and is currently serving as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Ridgewood, as she has enjoyed working with older adults and preparing for her nursing career.
In the area of “Service Above Self” she has worked in countless hours of volunteer projects with her high school service clubs-such as Key Club and working with the Rheumatoid Arthritis program for children. She also worked as a counselor for the Outdoor Education program at the Seward Middle School. Her service hours are above 150 plus hours.
She plans to attend either Kansas University or Colorado Denver University in the field of Nursing with a goal of hoping to become a traveling nurse practioner.
Alivia was recognized and thanked for her outstanding efforts and work to help others. She was presented with a bag of mementos from the Rotary Club, a Rotary Banner and a Seward Rotary Book Scholarship. She will be honored again in May at the annual SHS Honors Night and is a finalist for the Rotary Club Youth Rotarian of the Year Scholarship. Applications for the Seward Youth Rotarian award are available in the SHS Counselor’s office.