Each month the Ballard Rotary chooses two students as their “students of the month.” This month Ballard High School seniors Danny Thomson and Sydney Jarol have been selected.
Danny Thomson:
Excelling both on and off the field, Danny has been a 3 year letter winner in Baseball, serving 2 years as captain. Thomson has been a member of the National Honor Society for 2 years, is a student leader in Astrobiology, and was selected by Advanced Placement teachers to be a mentor to young AP writers. Thomson has been BHS Student of the Quarter more than once while he’s been a Beaver. Danny spends his summers playing select baseball and coaching younger kids the game of baseball. Thomson plans on continuing his baseball career at Princeton and majoring in Science.Sydney Jarol:
President of SLAM Club (Student Lives Always Matter), co leader of Earth Service Corps, member of Women’s Chamber Choir, Vocal Jazz, Concert Choir, and avid community server; Sydney is an exceptional leader in her school and community. She is a volunteer at Ten Thousand Villages, and spent the summer in the North Cascades studying Climate change and returned to educate elementary students on what she learned. Sydney was selected as a teen in public service and was given an internship at a non-profit organization. Jarol received an honorable mention for a documentary she produced. She plans on attending an East Coast film school and her ultimate career goal is to become an editor or director in the film industry.