b'2020 Scholarship FoundationHawaii, Idaho,TMSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONia i ow ha aH dIHI IDRecipientKrysta Reese RecipientSamantha RainsWith Krysta, it all starts with her positive attitudeI have had the dream of becoming a nurse since I and compassionate heart,wrote the local WMCA Programtook my first anatomy class in my sophomore year,Director about Krysta Reese of Mililani, Hawaii. These attributes,wrote Samantha Rains of Lewiston, Idaho. Samantha, or Sammie, combined with a determination to excel academically, earnedas she likes to be called, is the 2020 Scholarship recipient for the Krysta the 2020 WPMA Scholarship for Hawaii. The youngest ofstate of Idaho. The older of two children of Scotty Lee and Nellie three children of James and Roberta Reese, Krysta applied for theRains, Sammie applied for the WPMA Scholarship throughWPMA Scholarship through Par Pacific, where her father JamesColeman Oil in Lewiston, Idaho, where her mother Nellieworks as an Operations Superintendent. works as the Branded Retail Sales Manager.Krysta graduated in May from Mililani High School with a GPAHer strong academics helped Sammie graduate from Lewiston of 4.056, ranked first in her graduating class of 632 students.High School in May with a 3.78 GPA, ranked in the top 15%She challenged herself academically by taking a wide variety ofof her class. She took a variety of AP and honors classes during classes, including AP English classes and advanced math classesher years at Lewiston High School and excelled at all of them. such as trigonometry and analytic geometry, and she was namedShe wrote that her strengths were learning from her mistakes, Language Arts Student of the Year for Mililani High School. time management, being creative, listening, creating presenta-One of Krystas teachers wrote: I dont see that Krysta has anytions, working in groups, and constantly expanding herlimitations. Shes one of those kids that you dont often get the knowledge on subjects.opportunity to teach and wish you could take credit for herSammie participated in varsity cheerleading during herachievements as her teacher, but in reality, its really all herfreshman and sophomore years and competed with the team.doing. Krysta has goals in mind and wont let anything keepShe was a member of the National Honor Society and partici-her from those goals. For example, early in the school year shepated in many volunteer events such as food drives, blood drives, came up to me and said I want to do a science fair project afterand fundraisers for the library. She also participated in DECA for visiting a field trip site. She had just a couple of months to figureone year. She served as a senior representative for Kali Photogra-everything out for the fair, but I didnt remind her to do anything.phy, and volunteered at numerous local events, such as a diabetes She got the forms she needed, brought friends to help her collectfundraiser, the Winter Spirit gymnastics meet, and Toys for Tots, data on Saturdays, and made it to the district level science fair.and she helped with animal photography to raise money for the She is amazing! continued on page 10 animal shelter. continued on page 108 www.wpma.com / Summer 2020'