Baird enjoys making school cool

COEUR d'ALENE - Janelle Baird loves her school.

The Lake City High School senior is the secretary of the Associated Student Body, and has been involved in student government since she was a freshman.

"That's my way of being involved," Baird said. "It's my thing. I love to know what's going on and plan events, working with the administration, side-by-side, to make the school better."

Lake City's January win of the annual cross-town rivalry spirit games, better known as "Fight for the Fish," is something Baird knows she'll never forget.

Student council members work diligently, with minimal resources, to promote school pride, she said.

"Then you're screaming for two full basketball games, and when you win the fish, you know it all paid off," Baird said. "I think when a school wins the fish, it's when they show the most unity, the most spirit. I'm really proud that we did this in my year as a senior."

Baird is also proud of the ASB's community service efforts. They held a breast cancer awareness night and fundraiser at a football game last fall and donated several hundred dollars to Kootenai Medical Center.

She is dual-enrolled at North Idaho College, and by the time she graduates will have 21 college credits. Baird will have taken four semesters of college English, nixing the need for her to take any of those classes in the future.

Baird hopes to attend Utah Valley University after graduation, and earn a business degree. She would like a career as an event-planner or piano teacher.

In addition to her student government activities and studies, Baird teaches piano.

She started playing when she was 4 years old. Her first teacher was her mother, also a piano teacher.

Baird has 19 students that keep her busy.

"I'm sharing a talent that I love, and I love to see all of my little kids get up and perform," Baird said. "I don't have a boring dull moment."

SNAPSHOT

Movie: "The Step-Up" series

Television: "The Bachelor"

Hobbies: Piano