Schools Winners
Published 11:03 pm Monday, November 12, 2007
Students of the month at St. Mary Magdalen
For September and October, junior high school students of the month at St. Mary Magdalen are sixth-graders Christian Thode and Taylor Guy, seventh-graders Carissa Hopper and Jorgan Casavola and eighth-graders Anastasia Bernhard and Conor Freeman. Outstanding leadership, good citizenship and being environmentally conscious are the criteria for selection.
Harbour Pointe celebrates knowledge
October’s theme for student of the month at Harbour Pointe Middle School was “knowledgeable.”
Harbour Pointe Middle School selected for that quality are sixth-graders Riley Briggs-Thomas, Kevin Kim, Neeloo Soleimanpour and Joylyn Yang, seventh-graders Sarah Byquist, Juliana Jorgensen, Ted Kramer and Sung Yu and eighth-graders Kyle Barnett, Homma Khosroyani, Kevin McGowan and McKenzie Strickland.
Two Arlington seniors state Heisman finalists
Arlington High School has two state finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.
They are Bridgette Burkholder and Marcus Dolan. To be eligible, students must display academic aptitude, athletic talent and exceptional commitment to their communities. The award celebrates the achievements of the nation’s top high school seniors both in and out of the classroom.
Dolan maintains a 3.89 GPA and is ranked 17th out of 387 seniors at Arlington High School. He just completed his third year of varsity football and has also served as the captain of the track team. He serves as the ASB activities coordinator and has a role in the fall play “South Pacific.”
Burkholder has participated in many music performance groups at the high school including marching band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, pit orchestra, and pep band. She maintains a 3.97 GPA and is ranked eighth out of 387 seniors at Arlington High School.
Burkholder has been a member of the varsity tennis team for two years and is co-captain this year. She played junior varsity soccer for three years, competed in Knowledge Bowl and is a member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America and the French Club.
Port Susan honors students of the month
Students of the month at Port Susan Middle School in Stanwood are sixth-graders Dunte McNeal and Kolby Cameron, seventh-graders Dakota Robertson and Amy Anderson and eighth-graders Connor Martin and April Thayer.
School staffers noted for their contributions
“Marvelous Maverick” awards recognize staff members at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood who make a difference.
October recipients were librarian Rita Ireland, activities coordinator Beth Marriott and security monitor Gene Johnson.
Kamiak High picks students of month
Students of the month at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo are seniors Blake Strickland and Lindsay Fjeran, juniors Anna Halleen and Austin Olin, sophomores Matthew Moore and Katelyn Lawrenz and freshmen Ramy Carter and Mackenzie Meier.
Jennifer Xia was chosen Rotary Club student of the month and Rachel Bervell was chosen Kiwanis Club student of the month.
Machias Elementary finds reading treasure
“Ahoy, me hearties!”
That’s the greeting students and staff of Machias Elementary School heard over the intercom every morning in October during the school’s “Reading Month,” which focused on the theme “Treasure Your Time with Books” and featured a treasure hunt with a treasure map of the school.
Students read at home to earn pieces to their class treasure map. At school, they participated in “Famous First Lines,” a piratey family reading night, and a character dress-up day that featured storybook pirates.
Visitors shared their reading expertise, including author and illustrator Rebecca Dickinson from Snohomish and other local residents who contributed their talents and interests as guest readers.
“Treasure Your Time with Books” reading month culminated on Nov. 2 with students using their maps to find their treasure, said Lynne Charlot, Machias Elementary School librarian. The loot was distributed by the Seafair Pirates. Classes gathered in the school library to meet the pirates, hear a story read aloud by the pirates, and receive their share of the goods.
Monroe High names scholars
Monroe High School department scholar selections are determined by the teachers of each department and based on the students’ interests in their courses, desire to excel and willingness to pursue further knowledge in their areas.
In addition, the characteristics of commitment to excellence, good citizenship, class participation, and leadership in class activities are essential to the final selections.
Recent department scholars are Jaclyn Gifford for choral music, Sohaib Hussain and Brenna Parker for ninth-grade block, Brittany Jarnot and Kyle Thannisch for instrumental music, Chloe Wandler for drama, Jordan Ayers for art, Christina Leid for agriculture science, Oneyda Chavez for marketing, John Kershner for technology education, RaeAnna Levine and Chris Reed for physical education, Cooper Amsberry for world languages, Monica Lever for social studies, Kayla Stafford for math and Emilio Diaz for family and consumer science.
