School Winners
Published 4:35 pm Sunday, November 29, 2009
Third-graders win poster contest
Third-graders who entered the Best Book I Ever Read poster contest were invited to a reception Nov. 16 at the Frances Anderson Center in Edmonds.
Doug Keith, illustrator of more than 40 books and numerous alphabet and sports posters, was the featured speaker. All winners received a certificate and bookmark, and the Outstanding Award winners also received a $10 gift certificate to the Edmonds Bookshop provided by the Friends of the Edmonds Library.
This year’s winners were:
Chase Lake Elementary: Madeline Bierwagen, Hanna Caldwell, Jaice Jones and Adiam Woldu.
Holy Rosary School: Helen Hoxie, Emma Jacobson, Holly Sudol and Stephanie Wroblewski.
Maplewood K-8: Theo Armentrout, Finn Wendt and Zoe Zoloth.
Seaview Elementary: Nick Buckley, Rosemary Chang, Julia Rankin and Louise Tobin.
Sherwood Elementary: Bailey Gootee, Savanna Hobrecht, Madeline Oliver and Brian Park.
Honorable mention:
Chase Lake Elementary: Sam Egenamba, Isa Girardi, Monica Pineda, Stephanie Rasar and Synnove Solberg.
Holy Rosary School: Anna Graves, Agata Pyszkiewicz and Winter Warchol.
Maplewood K-8: Darian Conn.
Seaview Elementary: Olivia Fisher, Evan Nichols and Kobe Swenson.
Sherwood Elementary: Brooke Billing, Kyra Collingridge, Miranda Durham, Daniel Song and Natalie Whitlock.
The winning posters were on display throughout November in the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St. in Edmonds.
The Best Book I Ever Read poster contest is an annual event that gives Edmonds students an opportunity to make posters featuring a favorite book. The program is jointly sponsored by the Edmonds Arts Commission and the Friends of the Edmonds Library in cooperation with the Edmonds School District Library media specialists.
dedicated the plaque on Nov. 17 in the Parks Student Union.
District names Apple Award recipients
Lake Stevens School District employees will be recognized on Dec. 9 during the Lake Stevens School Board meeting for creating a positive, caring and productive school environment.
The November recipients of the Apple Award are: Mona Freeman, office professional at Lake Stevens School District; Debby Ames, office professional at North Lake Middle School; Nikki Schiebel, culinary teacher at Lake Stevens High School; and Diane Sanders, food server at Mount Pilchuck Elementary.
Awards will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in the Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE, Lake Stevens.
EvCC veterans are honored with plaque
Everett Community College recently dedicated a plaque honoring past, present and future veterans from each branch of the armed forces.
Everett Community College students and employees, who are also veterans, gathered at the college.
Arlington seniors take vocalist awards
Arlington High School seniors Kati Couch, Karissa Gray and Kena McClure each recently won an outstanding vocalist award. The three are part of Arlington High School’s jazz choir, Jazzmine, that performed at the Olympic College Jazz Classic Festival on Nov. 14.
Jazzmine’s next performances will be Wednesday at Providence General Foundation Festival of Trees and Dec. 10 at the Warm Beach Lights of Christmas.
Ohio college honors Mill Creek student
Simone Sterling of Mill Creek recently accepted an honor award from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She is the daughter of Midge and Kirk Sterling.
She will graduate from Henry M. Jackson High School, where she is active in athletics and Young Life, and is vice president of her class.
Simone plans to major in sports marketing at Xavier.
Sammamish senior honored as athlete of the week
Senior Kyra Lindstrom of Sammamish High School was recently selected as the Davis Law Group Scholar athlete of the week.
Lindstrom maintains a 4.0 GPA and has been part of the girls soccer program at Sammamish for the past four years playing goalkeeper.
The Davis Law Group Scholar Athlete Program recognized Lindstrom with a $100 scholarship for her commitment, paid to the collegiate institution of her choice in the fall of 2010 as a tuition account credit. She is now also eligible to receive one of two $1,000 scholarships awarded to one male and one female Davis Law Group Scholar Athlete of the Year, who will be selected at an end-of-the-year banquet from all 36 weekly Scholar Athlete winners.
Students join Sultan City Council as representatives
Sultan High School seniors Nic Gregg and Stephanie Morrill were recently named student representatives on the Sultan City Council. Morrill is the primary representative and Gregg is the alternate representative.
During regular and special council meetings, student representatives provide input on the needs, interests, problems and views of Sultan’s young people. The appointment as student representative expires on June 30.
“We are very fortunate to have two well qualified young people appointed to fill the position of student representative,” said Mayor Caroline Eslick.
In her application, Morrill wrote she is interested in serving as a student representative because she cares about the school and its relationship with the Sultan community. Gregg wrote he is interested in serving because there is a need to have a strong connection between the city council and the youth of the valley.
The next student representatives will be selected in May to serve for the 2010-11 school year. For more information on the student representatives, contact Donna Murphy at 360-793-2231.
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