The Menomonie Optimist Club honored Katelian Bossany, a senior at Menomonie High School, as the April Youth of the Month. The Optimist Club has been recognizing outstanding students from Dunn County’s four high schools for over 30 years.

Katelian Bossany has led an active life at Menomonie High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the GEAC/Global Scholars program, and has been involved in the Chess Club, the Multicultural Club, has been a Link Crew leader, and has been active in Girl Scouts. Katelian has taken numerous AP coursework, and this year finished in fourth place in the National Ocean Science Bowl. Katelian has also been a member of the varsity soccer and winter soccer teams. She has served as a youth leader in her church youth group and works a part time job at Walmart.

Katelian plans to attend UW-Madison next fall, where she will major in engineering. She is the daughter of Bob and Det Bossany.

In addition to the Youth of the Month program, Menomonie Optimists have involved youth in work projects at Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area for 40 years, conduct the Menomin Meander family bike ride around Menomonie’s Lake Menomin each August, and have provided dictionaries to every third grader in Dunn County for many years.

David Williams is a Menomonie resident and retired UW-Stout administrator.