AMBOY – Brooklyn Strub, daughter of Scott and Tammy Strub, is The First National Bank in Amboy’s May Student of the Month from Amboy High School.

GPA: 3.88

Memberships and Involvement: National Honor Society, Student Council, basketball cheerleading, color guard, spring musicals, fall plays, choir, Junior Master Gardeners, and Kids in the Kitchen.

Awards and Honors: 2025 Golden Apple Scholar, Pathway to Education endorsement, AHS Honor Roll all four years, 2025 National School Choral Award, 2025- Director’s Choice Into the Woods Junior, spring musical, 2025- IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest, second-place solo, 2025- IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest, first-place small ensemble, 2024- state fair alternate, Lee County 4-H, 2024- Miss Amboy Contest, first-runner up, 2023/2024- Best Flag, color guard, 2023- state fair alternate, Lee County 4-H, 2023- Miss Amboy Contest, Miss Congeniality, 2023- IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest, first-place small ensemble, 2023- Best Supporting Actress, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, spring musical, 2023- Best Actress, I Only Have Fangs For You, fall play, 2023- first-place for color guard in the Harvest Time Parade, 2022/2023- Outstanding Underclassmen, Chorus, 2022- state fair delegate, Lee County 4-H, 2022- National FFA Greenhand Degree, 2022- grand champion, Illinois State 4-H Fair, 2022- Best New Face, Moana Jr., spring musical, 2021/2022- Best Underclassman Choir, 2021- Best In Show, Lee County 4-H.

Best Memories of AHS: I will always love the memories I’ve gotten through the plays, musicals, and being a part of the choir. 

Future Plans: I am currently enrolled at Northern Illinois University to get my degree in early childhood education so I can one day be a first-grade teacher.