Monroe students run up Kids Marathon miles
Have you seen little runners wearing matching red uniforms in Monroe? These pint-size athletes are running a marathon — one mile at a time.
The Fryelands Elementary School running club — including more than 50 students, some as young as kindergarten — are participating in the Seattle Children’s Kids Marathon under the leadership of physical education specialist Maureen O’Brien. The marathon lets children complete a full 26.2-mile marathon at a rate that is fun and safer for their growing bodies. Kids run 25 miles on their own, then meet Nov. 29 in Seattle for the last 1.2 miles. The Fryelands team has a route they use to rack up their 25 miles that goes from the school up to the intersection of Fryelands Boulevard and Monroe-Snohomish Road.
Fourth-grader Brett de la Fuente likes the route. “It’s a hill. We get to run up and then we don’t have to run as fast on the way back,” he said, in a Monroe School District press release.
Box for a bed brings in over $1,100 for shelter
A group of Sky Valley-area teenagers slept outside in the rain Nov. 8 to raise awareness of homelessness and solicit donations for the Monroe Cold Weather Shelter. Their “lock-out” efforts brought in $1,120 (and counting) for the shelter.
The Monroe Cold Weather Shelter is an arm of the Monroe-based nonprofit Take the Next Step effort. Housed at New Hope Fellowship Church on West Main Street, the shelter opens to the homeless on nights when temperatures are forecasted to dip below freezing.
Monroe High School student Kianna Cooley, 17, spearheaded the effort, which also involved other teens from Monroe High School, Sky Valley Education Center, Sultan High School, and even Lakewood High School. Other students who took part: Tyler Courtney, Courtney Kingery, Brandi Dahlinger, Justus Dahlinger, Mckenna Dahlinger, Keaton Dahlinger, Lilly Wardell, Katie Wagner, Mikayla Nagy, Jacob Maxson and Megan Schroede.
“We are trying to get to $2,000 by the first of the year,” Cooley said. To donate, visit monroecoldweathershelter.org.
Lake Stevens grad awarded $1,000 scholarship
The Rotary Club of Lake Stevens has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Brooke DalGleish, a 2011 graduate of Lake Stevens High School who is now a senior at Western Washington University, where she is double-majoring in cultural anthropology and Spanish with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages. After graduating, DalGleish hopes to join the Peace Corps or another nonprofit to teach English. She also was awarded a Rotary scholarship when she graduated from high school.
Kudos for Stanwood-Camano students
The Stanwood-Camano Island Rotary Club on Nov. 12 recognized outstanding students from Saratoga School, Elger Bay Elementary School and Stanwood High School. These students were recognized for their scholastic ability, leadership, enthusiasm, hard work, extra effort, being responsible, politeness, being respectful, having a great attitude and more.
Saratoga School: Jack Henry, Elizabeth Stubblefield
Elger Bay Elementary School: Emmalee Murry, Antonio (Tony) Sanchez-Racine
Stanwood High School: Jackson Campbell, Robin Blackwood
Rotary honors for Snohomish students
The Snohomish Rotary Club on Nov. 13 recognized its secondary school students of the first quarter from Centennial and Valley View middle schools and from AIM, Glacier Peak and Snohomish high schools. Lynn Schilaty, Snohomish City Council member, shared that we can all make a big difference in small ways in our community.
Honored students: Christina Argue, Paige Coburn, Franklin Cruz, Allison Evans, Alyssa Hayes, Isaac Hernandez, Ksenya Knowlton, Emily Ovall, Jackson Peckenpaugh, Madeline Smith, Seiver Southard, Gracie VanAssche, Boomer Vuori and Laurelle Watkins.
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