EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Rotary Club has selected Edwardsville High School senior Jazmin Hayes as its Student of the Month for April, recognizing her involvement in school organizations and academic and extracurricular accomplishments in Edwardsville.
Hayes, 18, was nominated by Edwardsville High School art teacher Cassie Flynn. She is the daughter of Jaimee and Joshua Hayes.
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Hayes serves as president of the National Art Honor Society and Diversity Club, vice president of HOSA and the Medical Occupations club, and an officer in Art Club. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honors Society, the Medical Explorers program at Anderson Hospital, Castle Peer Mediated Instruction and Intervention, and American Heritage Girls, and she is the girls wrestling team manager.
In addition, Hayes completes an externship with school psychologists and shadows different health care fields at Anderson Hospital and Alton Memorial Hospital.
Her recognitions include being a HOSA state finalist; ranking in the top 10% within the school’s ASL foreign language department; having art displayed in the SIUE High School art exhibit, where it received fourth place; and showing work in the Edwardsville Public Library gallery. She was also the District holiday card contest winner and the people choice runner-up in the Chalk this Way: High School contest.
Outside of school, Hayes enjoys reading true crime books, watching horror, mystery and comedy movies, spending time with her three siblings and being outdoors hiking and camping.
Hayes plans to attend DePaul University, majoring in psychology with a double minor in art and American Sign Language. Her stated goal is to become a juvenile forensic psychologist.
The Edwardsville Rotary Club recognizes a student each month from September through April. Each May, Edwardsville High School staff selects one of the monthly winners to receive the $2,000 Edwardsville EHS Rotary Scholarship. The awards have been given since 1996, and the club has awarded more than $35,000 in scholarships to date.Jazmin Hayes Honored with Edwardsville Rotary Club’s Student of
