Zachary Shenkman, son of Jason and Lisa Shenkman of Sanford, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on April 6, 2014, at Congregation Beth Am in Longwood.

Zach is in the seventh grade at Lake Mary Preparatory School where he is a member of the National Honor Society, the swim team and the junior varsity baseball team.

His hobbies and interests include reading, playing video games, playing football and learning computer programming.

Sharing in the family's simcha are Zach's sister, Danielle; grandparents, Leonard and Debra Silver of Boynton Beach and Norman and Rita Shenkman of New York; as well as friends and relatives from all over the Northeast.