Rotary honors students of the month

The Maricopa Rotary Club recognized its students of the month at the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board meeting Wednesday night. From left: Maricopa High School senior Ellen Nguyen, gold medal recipient in the American Chef Federation Culinary Competition, junior Anastasia Stamatis, who is enrolled in Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology’s dental assistant program, Maricopa Wells Middle School eighth grader Katelyn Dayley, president of the MWMS National Junior Honor Society, and MWMS eighth grader Alayja Reynolds, who was a November Rotary Student of the Month with a 4.0 grade point average and a member of the National Junior Honors Society. Not pictured is Justin Russell, a Desert Wind Middle School eighth grader with a 4.0 GPA.