Bellevue residents Deja M. Thomas, a senior at Sammamish High School, and Zhaoning Xu, a senior at Newport High School, are among the 90 recipients of the Comcast Foundation’s annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program awards in Washington state.

Thomas has volunteered at Kidsquest Childrens Museum and Camp Orkila and served in student government and the Link Crew. She helped organize workshops for the school’s freshman class about respect for community. Thomas also received the American Association of University Women Certificate of Excellence in Science. At the time the school nominated Thomas for the scholarship, she was planning to study environmental sciences at Santa Clara University in California.

Xu is past president of the Chinese Club, holds a student government office and serves as captain of the speech and debate team. Xu also volunteers for the Newport Chinese Cultural and Language Club and Dalian Environmental Protection Volunteers Association. In addition, Xu serves as a King County Library System Lake Hills Branch Study Zone Tutor and on US Rep. Dave Reichert’s Youth Advisory Board. He received the Evergreen Boys State Speaker of the House Leonard Beil Scholarship. At the time the school nominated him for the award, Xu was planning to study international relations at Yale.

The Comcast program provides $1,000 scholarships to students.