January 9, 2020- Elizabethtown Area High School seniors Catherine Duncan and Steven Dixon were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club’s students of the month for January. Duncan and Dixon were honored for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities.

Duncan is the daughter of Charlynn Duncan of Elizabethtown. She is a member of the prestigious National Honor Society. Duncan holds leadership positions in numerous school programs including being a Mini-THON captain for three years and field hockey team captain for two years, as well as vice president of Key Club. She is also a member of the marching band and Aevidum Club. Duncan had the honor of representing EAHS at the Mini-THON Leadership summit her freshman, sophomore, and junior years. As a member of Key Club, she has attended the Kiwanis Club’s District Convention and Key-Leader program.

Duncan is active in the community. She has participated in Northwest EMS’s Junior EMS academy. She also attended the Rotary Club of Elizabethtown’s Youth Leadership program. Duncan is an active member of LCBC Manheim campus.

Duncan plans to attend Penn State University with a major in nursing. She hopes to specialize in trauma nursing.

Dixon is the son of Tom and Natalie Dixon of Elizabethtown. He holds several leadership positions at the high school.  He is a Mini-THON captain and captain of both the indoor and outdoor track and field teams. He is also active with the social studies department’s mock election debate program, and he represented the high school at the National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington DC.

In the community, Dixon is an active member of the Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church. He is employed by Jay Vending in Hershey.

Dixon plans to attend East Stroudsburg University to obtain a degree in exercise science with a career goal of becoming a personal trainer.
 

November 7, 2019- Elizabethtown Area High School seniors Claire Fritz and Jacob Sevcik were named the Elizabethtown Rotary Club’s students of month for November. Fritz and Sevcik were honored for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities.

Fritz is the daughter of Matthew and Carrie Fritz of Elizabethtown. She is a member of the prestigious National Honor Society. Fritz is an accomplished musician. She is a member of the concert, marching, and jazz bands; concert and show choirs; and the orchestra. Her senior year, she served as drum major for the marching band. Fritz has been named to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 7, Region 5, and All-State chorus ensembles, as well as the District 7 orchestra ensemble. She is also a member of the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association county band, chorus, and orchestra ensembles.

Fritz has been active with the high school’s fall play and spring musical programs where she has held featured roles in both seasonal productions. Fritz earned a Hershey Theater Apollo Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her role as Maggie Cutler in The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Fritz is active in the community where she performs for the E-Dance Center. She is employed by the Hershey Trolley Works as a performer. Fritz is an active member at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren.

Fritz plans to attend college to study music education and voice performance.

Sevcik is the son of Matt and Mindy Sevcik of Elizabethtown. He is member of the prestigious National Honor Society. Sevcik holds several leadership positions at the high school including captain of the boys’ soccer and volleyball teams, section leader for both the band and chorus, and security captain for min-THON. He is also active with the high school’s spring musical, bible club, and orchestra.

Sevcik is both an accomplished athlete and musician. He is a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section One all star in volleyball; a member of the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association’s county chorus and band ensembles; and a member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s District 7 and Region 5 chorus ensembles.

In the community, Sevcik is a staff member at the Gretna Glen Camp and Retreat Center. He has also been a youth leader at the SEARCH for Christian Maturity retreat program. Sevcik is an active member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown

Sevcik plans to attend college and pursue a degree in chemical engineering.