Super Students
Saturday, December 19, 1998
Name: Lisa Carter
Age: 16
School: Nanakuli High and Intermediate School
Favorite subject: History
Pastimes: Band
Future: Lobbyist
Nanakuli High junior Lisa Carter is not involved in a long list of school clubs and organizations to make her resume look good. Shy only on the surface
Carter is committed to community service, said student activities coordinator Lapreal Burgess. "She's a mature student who cares for people."
She is an active member of Serteens, a service club for high academic achievers; Pacific Basin representative for the National Safety Council's Safety Congress; Leeward District representative for the Hawaii State Student Council; student member of the superintendent's design/review team overseeing comprehensive needs assessment; section band leader; and a member of the National Honor Society since seventh grade.
Carter, who has a 3.4 grade-point average, is also highly involved with "Youth in Action," founded by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
"When you really look at her, she looks like a quiet, shy person," said registrar and honor society adviser Noreen Hayamizu. "However, she has enough confidence to meet with people" and comfortably engage in one-on-one conversations with people like schools Superintendent Paul LeMahieu.
Carter, whose interests include public speaking and government issues, said she wants to attend Yale University or a college on the East Coast after graduating from Nanakuli and major in political science. "She would make a good working executive," Hayamizu said. "She's going to be out there."
Shirley Iida, Star-Bulletin
