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Oxford Rotary Club March Seniors of the Month
Oxford Area High School students Kate Lilly and Elizabeth Smoker were recently honored as Oxford Rotary Club Seniors of the Month for March.
Kate, daughter of Deirdre and Dewey Lilly, is a member of the high school’s chapters of National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She serves as president of the National English Honor Society and public relations chair of the Science National Honor Society.
Kate is currently enrolled in AP English 12, AP Statistics and AP Environmental Science. She was previously an instructor in the high school’s Child Care Preschool Lab and works as an aide at The Growing Place daycare center in Kennett Square.
Kate is a four-year member of the field hockey team, playing on the varsity for the past two years and serving as captain her senior year, when she was named to the All Ches-Mont League First Team. She is currently in her fourth season on the varsity lacrosse team.
After graduation Kate plans to attend college to study education with a possible minor in psychology. Her choices include Penn State, Clemson and Elon universities and the University of Delaware.
Elizabeth, daughter of Kendra and David Smoker, is a member of National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society. She was previously a member of Future Business Leaders of America and the LEOs community service club.
Elizabeth is very active in the youth group of Waterway Church, and has participated in several service projects and mission trips. She told the Rotary members that during winter recess of her freshman year, she joined an outreach group organized by her uncle which traveled to Thailand, where the members helped teach in an English-language school for the children of missionaries and worked on projects with members of the Akha tribe, who live in small mountain villages.
Last summer Elizabeth participated in a mission trip to assist low-income families in West Virginia, and this summer will travel to the Bahamas to help rebuild villages destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. “I love children,” Elizabeth told the Rotary members. “And in Thailand and on my other mission trips we got be with kids all the time, working on lessons and playing games. Every trip is fun and rewarding, and very eye-opening.”
In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys hiking, swimming, reading and baking. She currently works at the Herr’s warehouse and also babysits.
After graduation Elizabeth plans to take a gap year to continue to her service activities. She then plans to attend college, possibly to study for a career in nursing.
