The Boys & Girls Club at Elgin High School, which is an extension of the Boys and Girls Club of Austin, is an after-school program focused on inspiring students to realize their full potential to become responsible members of society who care about the world around them. Deyanira “Deya” Burns, a 17-year-old EHS senior, is a club kid who has always dreamed of attending Texas State University to become an English teacher. In November 2019, she was chosen as Elgin High School’s Youth of the Year by Sydney Mercer, director of the EHS Boys & Girls Club, to represent Elgin at ...