Rotary Club of the Lowcountry is proud to announce Rachel Taylor as the winner of the 2012 Interact Scholarship. Rachel, in addition to her academic achievements (Number 8 in a class of

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327 graduates, selected for the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honors Society and the National Honors Society for Dance Arts) the 2012 Scholarship Recipient is engaged in a wide range of activities that shows a real commitment to being part of her community.  She has been part of Beaufort High’s School Improvement Council, Captain of Beaufort High’s Mock Trial Team, a member of the Student Government and the President of the Beaufort High Interact Club for the past two years. As for outside of school activities, she has volunteered with a Far Corners Community Musical Theater in Costa Rica as well as found time to go on a mission trip to Tampa, Fla., to work with a group of her peers to sort through clothes at a homeless shelter. It is Rachel’s commitment to our community and Service Above Self that helped earn her this Rotary scholarship.