The Mercer Island Rotary Club announced MIHS seniors Rachel Jewett and Jake Rogers its “Islanders of the Month” for February.

Jewett plays flute in the MIHS band, participates in drama and cheerleading, and has been involved in video arts and volleyball. Outside of school, Jewett is involved with her church’s student leadership, is a confirmation leader, and has been involved with walk and run marathons on Mercer Island. She enjoys singing, acting, watching movies and collecting pins from places she’s traveled. The daughter of Kim and Dave Jewett, she plans to attend a four-year university in Southern California and pursue a communications degree with a film and television production focus.

Rogers has participated in MIHS varsity cross country, varsity lacrosse, cycling club and is a member of the MIHS honor society. He is a volunteer at the First Place School in Seattle, and has taught tennis and life skills to homeless youth in Seattle for the past nine years. Rogers is also a four-year Boys and Girls Club seventh grade basketball coach and a three-year lacrosse coach at West Mercer and Islander Middle School. He enjoys auto mechanics, skiing and playing lacrosse. The son of Jeff and Nancy Rogers, he plans to attend college and study mechanical engineering, and hopes to enter the automotive engineering field.