Kihana Eccleston has been selected as the Mount Markham Optimist Club 8th Grade Youth of the Month for June. Kihana is the daughter of Rhonda Lynn Cote of West Winfield, NY.
During her time at Mount Markham Middle School, Kihana has been involved in Modified Softball, Modified Volleyball and chorus. She is also a member of the National Junior Honor Society and the FFA. Kihana is a student in the Accelerated English class and the AFNR class.
Kihana has received several MMTA awards, a MOMMS Scholarship award, the President’s Education Award and a First Place Award in Nursery Landscape CDE.
Outside of school, Kihana enjoys gardening, swimming, fishing, camping and cooking. Kihana’s future plans are to attend college and enter the field of law enforcement.