Ember Light and Mason Butler bask in the spotlight. (Photo courtesy Robin Bernardy)
Two of Coupeville’s best have seized the spotlight.
Wolf seniors Ember Light and Mason Butler were tabbed as the Coupeville Lions Club Students of the Quarter for the third academic quarter.
The club honors two students each quarter, before picking the Students of the Year at graduation time.
The Coupeville Lions, who have been celebrating local students for almost nine decades, awarded over $50,000 in scholarship money last year.
The students of the quarter distinction, voted on by school staff, is open to all CHS seniors.
Criteria includes “community service, effort, character, social relationships, scholarship, and sportsmanship — when applicable.”
Ember Light, daughter of Cassandra and Elgin Light, is a four-year cheerleader and former tennis player who has also been a part of the high school yearbook staff, the Exec Council, the Captains Club, and the Leos Club.
Her favorite subject is English, and she excels in her honors classes, including AP History, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP Literature, and AP Language.
Ember is employed as a barista at Beavertails Coffee, enjoys crocheting, embroidery, painting and sewing, and is an active volunteer with Ragnar, Junior Cheer, Race for the Reserve, and the Captains Club.
After graduation, she plans to attend college and major in Psychology.
Mason Butler, son of Eileen Butler and James Exe, is a soccer and track athlete who is also President of the Leos Club.
A member of the National Honor Society, he enjoys his theater, AP Literature, and AP Government classes.
When not at school, he works for Front Street Grill, is big into magic and gaming, and is a frequent flier in the world of volunteering.
Mason, who plans to become an electrician at Bellingham Technical College before returning to Coupeville to start his own business, can be found in the thick of things for a number of events.
He’s volunteered his time with the Greening of Coupeville, the Coupeville Lions Club, Fort Ebey, the Whidbey-Camano Land Trust, the Coupeville Water Festival, the Central Whidbey Career Fair, Whidbey State Parks, Musselfest, and Sno-Isle libraries.
