Santa Ynez High senior excels in the classroom, as well as the cross country course
The Santa Ynez Valley Elks Lodge #2640, in collaboration with Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, has a tradition of honoring a senior at the high school who exhibits the values of hard work, community, and school service and academic excellence.
For the month of September, the staff at the high school has selected Josue Salinas. He is described as a student with true integrity, is an excellent role model, and someone everyone on campus likes to be around!
As a freshman, Josue played soccer and currently represents SYHS on the cross-country team, serving as team captain. He is also on the track team. He excels in both. Last year he was the treasurer of the Organization of Latinos and Americans.
Josue has a weighted GPA of 3.9 and is currently enrolled in three AP courses and one concurrent Allan Hancock College course. Over the summer, he took an accelerated college-level precalculus course.
Josue plays instruments at his church. He also helps young students by training them in running.
Josue will be a first-generation college student, hoping to attend Cal Poly SLO or Cal State Long Beach, majoring in mechanical engineering. He dreams of working for NASA one day and plans to continue running and training.
Santa Ynez Valley Elks is pleased to honor Josue Salinas as our September Student of the Month. Congratulations to Josue and his family!
Feature image provided by the Santa Ynez Valley Elks Lodge #2640.
