Almost 500 students meet reading goals in library program
The Everett Public Library’s annual summer reading program concluded in August with more than 2,500 children and teens participating. Almost 500 of those readers met their reading goals, earned a free paperback book, and entered the grand prize drawings.
The elementary school grand prizes winners won bikes, donated by the Mason’s Peninsular Lodge 95 as part of the Bikes for Books program. From the Evergreen Branch the winners are Marlin Duarte, grade three, Horizon Elementary; and Janell Williams, grade four, Northshore Christian Academy.
From the Everett Main Library bike winners are: Haeli Canda, grade five, Jackson Elementary; and Artem Khomenko, grade five, Hawthorne Elementary.
The grand prize for middle and high school students was a Kindle eReader, made possible by contributions from a library patron and The Friends of the Everett Public Library.
From the Evergreen Branch Library, the grand prize winner is Megan Darby, grade seven, Evergreen Middle School. From the Main Library the win is Eleanor Bailey, grade six, Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School.
About 450 people, including summer readers and their families, attended two award receptions on Aug. 22 with Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson.
Readers who met their goals included:
Yaneli Abundio, Zulene Abundio, Julian Adams, Abe Affholter, Zahra Ahmed, Ethan Ahrendt, Ebrahim Al-Faham, Lina Al-Faham, Sara Al-Faham, Susan Al-Faham, Mohammed Alharab, Zahara Alharab, Fatema Al-Harab, Blake Allen, Jamal Alnuaman, Mohammed Al-Nuaman, Zahraa Al-Nuaman, Ali Al-Rubaie, Gerson Alvizures, Melissa Alvizures, Cierra Amond, Lacey Amond, Elizabeth Anderson, Alison Ansorg, Ella Anton, Maggie Arnett, Sophie Averill, Cheyenne Avery
Anika Bailey, Eleanor Bailey, Oscar Bailey, Cierra Baldwin, Victoria Bazaldua, Trista Beam, Grant Beckett, Daniel Bekele, Hanna Bekele, Angel Benites, Dominic Bertoldi, Olena Bigalska, Sofia Bigalska, Julia Blair, Frank Blanco, Lisette Blanco, Steven Boswell, Samantha Bratton, London Brazelton, Six Brazelton, Julia Brewster, Ashley Bugge, Peter Bui, Vianne Buinguyen
Kaitlyn Caldwell, Gresham Callender, Thomas Callender, Haeli Canda, Megan Carnahan, Jazzmin Carroll, Alina Chaban, Ben Chaban, Maryann Chadawick, Maggie Chadwick, Prerana Chand, Priyanka Chand, Sarah Chang, Annette Cho, Eric Cho, Rachel Christensen, Rebecca Christensen, Hillary Coats, Isabella Contreras, Kyle Cormick, Jacob Cottrell, Jerrilyne Cottrell, Robert Cottrell, Anthony Cottrell Jr., Glenn Crum, Marco Cruz, Meghan Cziske
Louis Dabir, Benji Danks, Marcus Danks, Hannah Darby, Klara Darby, Megan Darby, Paula Alron Dauz-Bersabe, Ali Davenport, Kendall Davenport, Makenzie Davenport, Schelayne Dawson, John DeBellis, Kalman DeBellis, Alora Deckers, Emma Deckers, Allison DeCracker, Anjelica DeLeon, Shaynah DeLeon, Brandon del-Rosario, Gabe del-Rosario, Grace del-Rosario, Emilio Demuria, Rajvir Dhillon, Ryan Dhillon, Irina Didok, Ayan Diraye, Deeqa Diraye, Abby Doleshel, Ella Donkoglo, Karina Donkoglo, Kristina Donkoglo, Rachael Dowdell, Marlin Duarte, Victoria Duarte, Sydney Dupler
Laura Eberle, Mahlah Eberle, Mark Ellis, Matthew Ellis, Mindy Ellis, Hannah Enger, Celina Escamilla, Xitlaly Escobar, Sandra Esquivel
Brooke Fabregas, Antonio Fajardo, Zain Flavin, Hope Fleischman, Khan Fleischman, Kayla Flores, Kiri Forrester, Moira Kate Forrester, Samantha Fozard, Davis Fraker, Hayley Fronterhouse, Lily Fronterhouse
Kaleni Gabino, Eusebia Gatica-Mendez, Hithem Ghadamsi, Tanya Gidenko, Valeria Gladkikh, Arnoldo Godinez, Nephrotity Godinez, Sofiya Gogun, Diana Gomez, Josephine Gomez-Anaya, Emily Gonzalez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Lura Good, Jewelyana Graham, Annelise Graves, Florence Greene, Matthew Greene, Ian Greer, Rowan Greer, Danielle Groomes, Rebecca Groomes, Giselle Guillen, Jenifer Guillen, Ysabel Guintu
Catherine Hagman, Elise Hall, Tanasia Hampton, Zara Hansen, Avery Harber, Ethan Harber, Caleb Harris, Emma Harris, Meadow Hart, Andrew Hayashi, Justin Hays, Micah Hays, Andrea Hedington, Josie Hermann-Ballein, Ary Hernandez, Jacqueline Hernandez, Marisol Hernandez-Galindo, Connor Holtzclaw, Christopher Hopfauf, Reilli Hopfauf, Thaniel Hovde-Girard, Ben Howard, Rebekah Howard, Sophie Howard, Anysia Howell, Carly Hurt, Juan Hurtado, Neyda Hurtado
Jacob Jackson, Joseph Jackson, Teddy Jackson, Ralph Jackson, IV, Paul Jaton, Shania John, Azia Johnson, Brooklyn Johnson, Chance Johnson, Hunter Johnson, Madison Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Casady Joiner
Shirley KaiKai, Cynthia Karumba, Emma Kaveckis, Shahub Khodabandehlou, Artem Khomenko, Marshall Kockritz, Maija Koivu, Lexeigh Kolakowski, Locksley Kolakowski, Lynzley Kolakowski, McKaulay Kolakowski, Jessica Konen, Emma Kroeker, Vitaliy Kruity, Illona Kruty
Zaine Lahmidi, Connor Lambert, Sarah Lambert, Katie Lane, Melanie Lane, Robert Lane, Mia Lapingcao, Ruby Lara, Annika Larsen, Crystal Larson, Peyton Lathrop, Linhchi Le, Jenna Leettola, Libby Leettola, Grace Lefcourt, Lauren Lemkau, Stephanie Leon, Kateryna Leonchy, Olga Leonchyk, Sabine Lesher ,Katie Lewis-Sullivan, Evelyn Lin, Jocelyn Lin, Nathaniel Lindell, Olivia Lindell, Harrison Lindgren, Jordan Lindgren, Liam Lindow, Ericka Fabiola Lucas-Tzun, Eleanor Lund, Mia Luscher
Jonathan MacDougall, Connor MacPherson, Luke Macwan, Camille Maggio, Rebecka Maland, Jason Marcial-Sanchez, Alondra Marroquin-Mercado, Breanna Marroquin-Mercado, Alyssa Marshall, Brianna Marshall, Moses Martin, Sean Martin, Alfredo Martinez, Esther Martinez, Isabel McCarthy, Samantha McCorkle, Lydia McDowell, Nathan McDowell, Maddie McGuire, Morgan McGuire, Alice McIntyre, Naila Mendez, Sahara Mendez, Audrey Messinger, Ava Messinger, Tru Meyer, Brianna Miller, Ciara Miller, Wilson Miller, Jaykob Minar, Amara Mohn, Karsten Mohn, Kyra Mohn, Asiayana Moore, Bryton Moore, Bianca Morales, Natasha Morales, Nicole Moreno, Hannah Morrell, Jaime Morrell, Alyssa Morris, Maya Morris, Treyton Morse, Sadie Most, Fadilah Muhammad, Isrrael Munoz, Juan Manuel Munoz, Kiylie Munson, Sarah Munson, Malia Murphy
Jordan Nading, Andy Nguyen, Ashley Nguyen, Crystal Nguyen, Khue-Tu Nguyen, Marc Nguyen, Salina Nguyen, Sarah Nguyen, Sophia Nguyen, Sydney Nguyen, Vincent Nguyen, Daniel Novikov, Vladimir Novikov, Layshia Nunez, Marque Nunez, Zakiya Nunez
Charlotte Ogorsolka, Ale Olivan, Alfredo Olivan, Ethan Ollis, Andrew Olson, Santana Ortiz, Amanda Osburn, Cecilia Osburn, Evelyn Osburn, Olivia Osburn
Grace Pearson, Rachel Pearson, Collesa Pearston, Robert Pendli, Noemy Peralta, Nicole Perry, Meranda Pham, Jade Phillips, Melissa Pickens, Mark Pock, Zander Polich, Zach Polzin, Andrew Post, Hannah Post, Stephen Post, Brittany Potter, Haley Potter, Rebekah Preston, Khadijak Pritchett, Kyla Pritzl, Julian Pulido
Emily Quarrella
Allison Reed, McKenna Reed, Abigail Renteria-Vazquez, Miranda Renteria-Vazquez, Raynell Revilla, George Rippee, Owen Rivera, Wyatt Rivera, Carter Robb, Alessandra Robinson, Aubrey Rogers, Reannon Rogers-Workman, Caley Rojas, Kairi Rojas, Briana Rubatino, Maya Russell, Sam Russell, Madison Ruter, Elizabeth Ryan
Verania Salazar, Bryan Sanchez, Celine Sanchez, Giovanni Sanchez, Ryan Sanchez, Kate Sankavitch, Margaret Sankovitch, Joey Saparto, Megan Saparto, Nisha Sapkota, Mark Savchuk, Olga Savchuk, Holly Schoales, Maya Seckinger, Thea Seckinger, Conner Seresun, Aaron Serl, Peniel Shelton, Connor Shields, Katri Shields, John Shier, Camila Sidoine, Eduardo Sidoine, Xochilt Silva, Makayla Simmons, Isabella Simpson, Hannah Sitko, Rodger Sitko, Annalease Slater, Alexander Smith, Alexis Smith, Kody Smith, Megan Smith, Tami Smith, Nicholas Spencer, Ruth Spitsen, Anne-Cecilia Stamm, Paul Michael Stamm, Leah Steege, Hailey Stein, Emily Stephenson, Maddie Stewart, Brayden Strand, Kelton Strand, Trevor Strand, Joseph Strzelec, Margot Strzelec, Kiirsten Sturges, Richard Sulistiono, Stephanie Svob
Beckett Tallmadge, Finley Tallmadge, Amari Taylor, Kathrene Tejeda, Endless Thao, Wish Thao, A’litha Thibodeaux, Victory Thomas, Lillian Thompson, Natalie Toledo, Calvin Tomsic, Jazmyne Towns, Jesse Towns, Vivian Trenh, Sarah Truong, Stephanie Truong, Ellen Turner, Harry Turner, Jensen Turner, Lydia Turner, Jacob Tuttle, Briana Tuy, Jennifer Tuy
Vannita Van, Valarie VanCleve, Bryson VanKeuren, Brandon Vargas, Brian Vargas, Zahava Villatoro, Iris Vold
Alison Walters, Kira Walters, Riley Weimer, Ryan Weimer, Emma Welch, Leah Wellenbrock, Sam Whitney, Moira Wieber, Roisin Wieber, Christian Wilkins, Corbin J. Williams, Hannah Williams, Janell Williams, Amelia Wilson, Holly Wisniew, Victoria Woeppel, Dascha Wright, Patrick Wright, Sean Wright
Daniela Yanez-Herrera, Corin Yates, Isaiah Young, Ruby Younglove, Daniil Yurash
Elaine Zenie, Sabrina Zibrova, Sarah Zulinke
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