Student nominates teacher for award
Stacy Clark, a special education teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Everett, was surprised in class Dec. 5 with STAR 101.5 radio’s Teacher of the Week award.
Clark was nominated for the local contest by student Madi Simpson.
Each student received a goody bag full of prizes from Sound Credit Union, Dairy Farmers of Washington, KOMO 4, and STAR 101.5. Clark received a personalized plaque from Issaquah Trophy &Awards, a $100 check and $100 Visa gift card from Sound Credit Union. She also received a makeover gift card courtesy of Blanc N’ Schwartz Salon in Kent.
One day, thousands of donations
The day before Thanksgiving was a teacher training day for Edmonds School District, and students had a day off from classes. A group of Lynnwood High School students turned that single day into a massive food drive, collecting over 10,000 items and $3,300 to benefit the Lynnwood Food Bank.
This was the second annual effort by the TriM Club (TriM stands for Modern Music Masters and is a music honor society). In all, 112 volunteers gave over 450 hours of their time soliciting donations from the community in front of eight local grocery and drug stores.
“The students involved were amazing in their generous, exceptional attitudes, the insane amount of work they accomplished … and professional and positive demeanor,” said Amy Stevenson, the high school’s orchestra director.
Selena Eng, Kaleb Decker, Zach Logsdon, Andra Buzatu and Kevin McClenahan were this year’s food drive committee leaders, who worked for over eight weeks to make the event a success.
Stores that allowed the volunteers access were the Mill Creek and James Village Albertsons stores, Mill Creek QFC, Mill Creek and 33rd Avenue-Lynnwood Rite Aid stores, and the Lynnwood Grocery Outlet, Trader Joe’s and Fred Meyer (164th Street).
Navy Junior ROTC cadet honored
Hunter Leiren, a cadet and petty officer third class with the Marysville School District’s Navy Junior ROTC program, was recently honored with the program’s Meritorious Achievement Ribbon for a lifesaving act.
On Nov. 23, Leiren noticed a boat on the water where it usually wasn’t and a Coast Guard helicopter hovering above the area. He and his younger sister went to the water, where he coaxed and carried an uncooperative and combative neighbor from the water and back to their house, keeping him calm until an ambulance arrived, according to the commendation from retired Navy Capt. Dan Wenceslao, area manager for the Navy JROTC.
“He was praised by his dad and first responders for his calm and confident (manner) and credited with saving his (neighbor’s) life,” Wenceslao wrote.
Hunter’s Leiren’s father, Haakon Leiren, is a petty officer first class with the U.S. Navy.
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