Patch Whiz Kid: Zoe Welsh

Name: Zoe Welsh

Grade: 5th

School:

Accomplishment: Zoe is a beautification volunteer, school safety patroller, musician, floor hockey player and a 'whiz' in school—a well-rounded Whiz Kid.

Key to awesomeness: As a member of the school safety patrol, Zoe entertains the kindergarten students in the hallway while they wait for their buses. When she grows up, Zoe wants to be a professional soccer player, guitarist or dancer. "She gives 100 percent to school and she has a heart of gold," according to the teacher who nominated her, Denise Uthe.

"I've known Zoe since kindergarten," Lowell Principal Denise DeSalvo said. "She is respectful, responsible and an excellent model student."