Senior Spotlight: Elijah Melchor-Smith
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn August 18, 2007, in San Francisco, California, a beautiful baby boy, Elijah Micah Melchor-Smith made his debut into this world. Elijah is the nephew of John and Sara Kline. Elijah has 1 younger half-sister, Melodi 9. He also lives with his cousin, Sydney, who is 11.
His grandparents are Juan and Carmen Melchor of San Antonio, Texas. To round out Elijah’s family, he has a pet dog named Benny.
Elijah joined the senior class earlier this year after moving to Leigh in October from San Francisco.
Although Elijah hasn't participated in any extracurricular activities since moving to Leigh, he did participate in Drama Club in previous schools. Outside of school you can see Elijah working at MainStop, where he is a cook, stocker, and cashier.
Elijah said his proudest high school accomplishment is going through five high schools and still managing to graduate on time.
His favorite subject in school is JAG because he says it is his easiest class. His favorite show is “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure,” and his favorite song is “Turbo Killer” by Carpenter Brut. His favorite food is a malt honey ham bacon turkey club sandwich.
Three words to describe him are resilient, hungry, and unique.
Three goals on Elijah’s bucket list are to go skydiving, explore abandoned sites, and become fully independent.
Someone that he admires in life is his uncle. He admires him because he’s got a nice house and family. He also has helped him out a lot taking him in this year and helping him get a job.
Elijah’s future plans include getting a full-time job after he graduates and renovating a school bus into an RV. Then he plans on traveling the country and later settling in California.
Before he graduates in a few short months, Elijah has lots of advice to underclassmen: “I like to work by the rule of ‘if it’s good enough, move on.’ That will get you through at least. Also, never believe a door is locked until trying it - this goes for many things in life. Lastly, don’t compare yourself to others, just compare yourself to prior you. Your goal is to become better than you were, not better than someone else is. If you’re beating your past record, you’re doing great.”