School winners
Published 2:27 pm Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Three Lake Stevens youth attend conference
Three youths from the Lake Stevens High School chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America recently participated in a weekend leadership conference in Dallas, Texas. They were: Marah Gobble, Jenae Bertilson and Derek Hahn. Derek Hahn is president of the Washington State FCCLA.
The three students with their adviser, Kathy Hahn, participated in a weekend of officer training and sessions on leadership. They were among more than 3,800 other members and chapter advisers who attended the meeting. Guest speaker Julie Carrier spoke about “Success is a Choice,” and encouraged attendees to make the most of their leadership potential.
Lake Stevens names Students of the Month
The Lake Stevens School Board recently named its November Students of the Month.
The students, listed by their schools and grades, were:
Lake Stevens High School: 10th grade, Launa Blaine and JT Cox; 11th grade, Hilary Crumley and Marshall Putnam; 12th grade, Melissa Gonzalez and Nicholas Johnson.
PROVE High School: 12th grade, Julianne Boland.
Cavelero Mid High School: eighth grade, Ashtyn Froland and James Zebroski; ninth grade, Moira Sherry and Kinsey Johnson.
Lake Stevens Middle School:sixth grade, Evan Rose and Brittany Percival; seventh grade, Thomas Anderson and Noel Knott.
North Lake Middle School: sixth grade, Kendal Garcia and Brett Winterton; seventh grade, Erik Lundquist and Brittney Swank.
Everett middle schoolers, Students of the Month
Everett’s Gateway Middle School recently named its Students of the Month for September, October and November. Students were nominated for demonstrating a variety of life skills including responsibility, cooperation, perseverance, initiative, caring, effort, patience, friendship, curiosity, organization, a sense of humor and integrity.
September Students of the Month were: sixth grade, Elisha Yates, Mitch Weholt, Pierce Milton and Andrew Perkins; seventh grade, Clara Kaputska and Chris Knapp; eighth grade, Courtney Roscoe, Megan McGrath and Destiny Vasquez.
October Students of the Month were: sixth grade, Sydney Seiber, Andrew Ang, Tanya Pichinevskiy and Rachel Ottinger; seventh grade, PJ Basto and Sydney Virgen; eighth grade, Kalena Laurent, Madeline Miller and Baily Brindle.
November Students of the Month were: sixth grade, Shannon Prendergast, Grayson Livingston, Natalie Johnson and Trevor Pence; seventh grade, Joey Koch, Tristan Taylor, Danny Franklin, and Pius “Tim” Gonzalvo; eighth grade, Rachael Loghry and Emily Abernethy.
Catholic students finish service projects
Students at Immaculate Conception-Our Lady of Perpetual Help School recently completed work on several yearlong service projects. Each class participates in a service project each year.
The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 19 and The Campfire Girls from the school recently hosted a food drive for Everett food banks.
First-graders worked on making the gardens and lawn around the school building look nice.
Second-graders collected empty juice pouches, then sent them to Terracycle, which recycles the pouches, making them into useful items. The students also sent the money earned from selling the pouches to World Concern, in order to buy chicks for a family in a developing country. When the chicks become laying hens, their eggs provide food for the family as well as a steady income from selling the extra eggs.
One third-grade class collected pennies and doubled the amount once a week to donate to a children’s charity. The students also made Halloween cards for the Marysville Senior Center.
Another third-grade class participated in Scholastic Book Club’s Classroom Care Project. For the 100 books the students read, Scholastic donated books to children in need at Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless. The third-graders also participated in Make-A-Difference Day, which is America’s largest day of doing good. They donated large-print crossword puzzles, word searches, Beanie Babies, houseplants and Halloween candy to Merry Haven Care Center in Snohomish. They also made cards for the Thanksgiving food baskets handed out by a food bank.
Fourth-graders collected donations, including toiletries for the Providence Hospitality House, a shelter for women and children in Seattle.
Fifth-graders collected day-old pastries from a local Starbucks, wrapped the pastries and donated them to the Salvation Army to be given to the those in need.
Sixth-graders created Christmas Giving Trees for Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Perpetual Help churches. The students helped parishioners Frank and Marsha Markey, cut out stars, write children’s Christmas wishes on the stars and hang them on the giving trees so parish families could buy gifts for children in need.
Seventh-graders held a coat drive and participated in Project Teen, a program for young adult patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Medical Center.
Eighth-graders participated in Operation Christmas Wish and led a schoolwide effort to donate to Operation Homefront, which helps support troops and their families. Money from Thursday Masses was donated to the charity.
