AHS Jazzmine places high at festival; sets performances
Arlington High School’s vocal jazz choir Jazzmine finished third in the Pacific Vocal Jazz Festival at Bellevue Community College earlier this month.
The choir was asked to perform again for the evening concert with the BCC vocal jazz group. Jacob Martin, a senior, was given an award for outstanding soloist at the evening concert.
Jazzmine took first place in the advanced vocal division at the Fullerton Jazz Festival last year in California. This year it will be traveling to the North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison, Texas, on April 2.
To raise money for its trips and music equipment, Jazzmine performs a show each year for the community. This year, for the first time, the show will be in the new Linda Byrnes Performing Arts Center at AHS, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. The theater was paid for largely by local fundraising and has professional-grade acoustics and lighting and seats for up to 700 guests.
Because of the new venue, there won’t be a dinner show as there has been in the past, but there will be desserts and refreshments available before the show and during intermission.
This year’s show, titled “Jazzmine, Cruisin’ the Strip,” has a Las Vegas theme.
There will be 7:30 p.m. shows on Feb. 29 and March 1, 7 and 8, and a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee on March 9.
Prices are $12 for adults, $8 for students and $8 for Golden Eagle club members. Tickets are available at www.byrnesperformingarts.org. A $2 service fee applies to each ticket.
Mukilteo instructional specialist named Lighthouse Award winner
Matt Palmer, an instructional technology specialist for the Mukilteo School District, has been selected as the winner of the district’s Lighthouse Award for the first semester.
The Lighthouse Award is considered the highest honor that can be given to a district employee.
Palmer has played a key role in helping hundreds of teachers through technology training as well as in developing student learning plans and improving technology used by teachers.
Others nominated for the award were Ken Caldwell, music teacher at Olympic View Middle School; Michael Clark, music director at Voyager Middle School; Neil Jaeger, world history teacher at Mariner High School; Peggy Mauge, educational assistant at Voyager; Hal Reeder, coordinator of publications for the district; and Audrey Sharp, visual communications teacher at Mariner High School.
St. Mary Magdalen classmates noted for award-winning essays
Eighth-graders Annie Dang and Anastasia Bernhard from St. Mary Magdalen School in south Everett were winner and runner-up respectively in a Peter Puget Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.
Honorable mention students from the school are Kieran Boyle, Catsille Miller, Kyle Mulvaney and Andrew Tat.
Seven Mukilteo students fare well in aerospace contest
Seven students from Mariner and Kamiak are among 225 juniors from across the state who have been accepted into the first phase of Washington Aerospace Scholars, a distance-learning program with a NASA-designed curriculum that covers the history of space exploration.
Accepted into the program are Kamiak students Jeffery Corbett, Brandon George and Nick Powell and Mariner students Ilse Corona, Lucia Osei-Shearman, Abel Palma and Marisol Sanchez.
The performance of the students in the first phase of the program will determine whether they are accepted into the second phase, which involves a six-day residency experience at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
Several Snohomish students place high in JROTC competition
The Snohomish Marine Corps JROTC had several outstanding performances at a recent JROTC competition at Tahoma High School in Covington.
The unarmed drill team placed third under the command of Cadet Major Elizabeth Macpherson. She also placed second in the unarmed drill team commander category.
The armed drill team under the command of Cadet Capt. Sarah Winks placed first. She also placed fifth in the armed drill team commander category.
Color Guard No. 1 under the command of Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Deryk Machado and Color Guard No. 2 under the command of Cadet Sgt. Siera Countryman both finished fourth.
Rifle teams 1 and 2 placed fifth under the command Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Caitlin Malarkey.
The physical training team under the command of Cadet Staff Sgt. Brett Karch placed fourth.
In the armed drill downs competition, Cadet Staff Sgt. Brett Karch placed first, Pfc. Elizabeth Wu placed fourth and Pfc. Vivien Rose was fifth.
Unarmed drill downs first place went to 1st Lt. Celeste Stroschein.
The physical training team’s top individual score went to Cadet Lt. Oliver Smith, who placed sixth.
Two receive superior ratings at Catholic speech tournament
The St. Mary Magdalen middle school speech team consisting of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders had some strong performances at the Eastside Catholic Speech Tournament recently.
Maddie Anderson placed superior in dramatic reading and Layla Lothian earned a superior in children’s storybook reading.
Other speech team participants are Anastasia Bernhard. Allison Corrigan, Amanda Cox, Megan Green, Anna Hagenson, Brent Haub, Zoe Jovanivich, Keegan McAdam, Luis Naranjo, Lexi Rowley, Andrea Sadowski, Daniel Schwab and Ty Utton.
Pair of Mukilteo principals earn regional recognitions
Brent Kline, principal at Mariner High School, and Nancy Coogan, principal at Olympic View Middle School, have been chosen for regional awards that recognize their contributions to their schools, students and the community.
Kline has been selected as the distinguished principal of the year for the Wesco Conference and Coogan has been named as the Sno-Isle Region principal of the year.
Both are now candidates for statewide recognitions: Kline as the 2008 Washington State High School Principal of the Year and Coogan as the 2008 Washington State Middle Level Principal of the Year.
Mukilteo Schools Foundation receives grant to buy books
The Mukilteo Schools Foundation has received a $2,500 grant from The Everett Clinic Foundation to help support its classroom library project.
The foundation has been raising money to purchase sets of books for Mukilteo classrooms.
Last year, the organization purchased book sets for each fifth-grade classroom and this year has raised money for library sets for middle schools.
The grant from The Everett Clinic Foundation will be added to money raised at a foundation breakfast in October and a Book Fair in November that will purchase seven sets of fiction and nonfiction books related to social studies that will be provided to each middle school.
Harbour Pointe Middle School names students of the month
January’s theme for student of the month at Harbour Pointe Middle School was “Principled,” an attribute from the school’s International Baccalaureate program.
The students are:
Sixth grade: Jaimee Alonso, Adam Ayers, Jinny Hyung and Zach Yu.
Seventh grade: Elizabeth Caughell, Mason Chalfant, Jadon Pena and Courtney Strehlow.
Eighth grade: Jean-Luc Baker, Sharmeelee Bijlani, Molly Doner and Ben Holman.
UW names deans list for fall
Students from in and around Snohomish County have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for fall quarter.
Last week, The Herald ran the first half of the list by local school district. The following is the second half.
To qualify, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a GPA of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Marysville: Francis Achacoso, Merve Aktas, Angela Clements, Seth Coleman, Brent Conley, Kelley Frodel, Maria Golescu, Farha Habib, Eric Hagarty, Ryan Henderson, Jill Houghton, Erin Jurkovich, Caitlin Kelley, Sara King, Josh Matlock, Jean McKeever, Jennifer Neighbors, Benjamin Noblitt, Martha Ollmann, Zachary Reed, Abigail Scott, Jennifer Smith, Stephannie Stokes, Stacey Taplin, Jordan Thill and Amanda Wolf.
Mill Creek: Janelle Arenz, Stephanie Atkins, Robert Deweese, Carolyn Eagle, Anthony Escobar, Anton Hagen, Adrianne Himel, Jennifer Johnson, Noah Karz-Wagman, Iris Kim, Regina Kim, Yoonji Kwon, Patrick Landin, Rachel Lee, Audra Linsenmayer, Christine Luu, Tamra Miyamoto, Ernest Morozov, Jonathon Nelson, Jae Oh, David Ojala, Edward Park, Taryn Pearce, Teresa Peterson, Aimee Sharp, Mary Sparks, Daira Speer, William Stone, Kelsey Whitcomb and Ashley Yun.
Monroe: James Bundy, Anastassia Chudnofsky, Kristin Hollywood, Marcus Kendrick, Abigail McClintic, Whitney Rogers, Oleg Somphane, Jon Stutz and Gail Wyndham.
Mukilteo: Nasim Babazadeh, Samuel Beckelhymer, James Bowen, Adrienne Branca, Sean Bucy, Catherine Bugayong, Jennifer Burns, Kari Butterton, James Chin, Krista Moniek Den Hollander, Lorin Dole, Timothy Eberth, Melissa Eckstrom, Taylor Fjeran, Jennette Folta, Matthew Gacek, Sayeh Ghassemieh, Mary Grady, Kevin Grimes, Elizabeth Halsne, Rosalie Hancock, Alexa Harrison, Van Helker, Maria Kim, Patricia Kim, Alice Ko, Robert Kopp, Juri Lee, Vicki Liu, Michelle Mark, Rebecca Mark, Lucas Matson, Lara McCallum, Sophie Milton, Christina Morse, Nahal Nabavinejad, Jakob Nantz, Eiichi Negishi, Kelly Nieto, Stephanie Nordlie, Aaron Pickus, Jung Won Ra, Cody Ramirez, Jonathan Robinson, Matthew Ruppel, Matthew Rutherford, Janet Sohn, Elliott Straube, John Van Tuyl, Roberta Willgress, Nicole Wilson and Anna Han Xue.
Oak Harbor: Nicole Amezquita, Christina Carter, Louis Draghi, Samantha Gonzalez, William John Harrison III, Janiece Jenkins, Stacy Kallander, Barry Madsen, Christopher Potter, Patrick Riley, Shelly Scarboro, Andrew Smith, Krystal St Julien, Jennifer Tillotson, Cassiopeia Trost and Zachary Webb.
Snohomish: Melissa Aar, Katrina Alonso, Taisha Atkin, Mathew Bernardy, Courtney Carlson, Alisse Cassell, Jack Chan, Kaitlin Cherf, Jordan Chester, Jeffrey Daviscourt, Amanda Engstfeld, Jeanne Fulcher, Thomas Garrett, Janet Geer, Joshua Goodwin, Kate Haagen, Katey Hagen, Caitlin Haney, Jason Harrigan, Celena Hill, Rachel Iverson, Emily Jarchow, Lacey Jeroue, Wade Johnson, Annesha Kneip, Jill Lane, Dong Hwi Lee, Christopher Lennard, Ian Loveless, Michael McCrea, Chelsey McGee, Jameson Mendoza, Kane Merrill, Caitlyn Newhard, Jennifer Perry, Stephanie Persson, Brian Pinkerton, David Pinkerton, Minde Carol Politte, Jordan Reichelt, Scott Richards, Michael Rommen, Aimee Sage, Duncan Smith, Elizabeth Somes, Nathan Sooter, Mackenna Stewart, Nicolle Thompson, Joseph Tonge, Braden Unger, Darrell Westerinen and Risheng Zheng.
Stanwood: Kyle Butler, Kyle Davis, Catherine Downing, Rikki Johnson, Grace Kidd, Jacob Lenz and Amara Monilla.
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