SCHOOL BRIEFS: Arts students receive $25K in awards
Published 8:12 pm Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation provided $25,000 in awards to 25 students planning visual arts careers. All students, from local high schools and Edmonds Community College, live within the boundaries of the Edmonds School District.
New award-winners this year from local high schools and their accepting colleges: Elise Butters, homeschool, Cornish College of the Arts; Mariya Dudyshyn, Edmonds-Woodway, Cornish College of the Arts; Bryn Fraker, Meadowdale, California College of the Arts; Erinn McGraw, Edmonds-Woodway, University of Washington; and Amanda Rengli, Edmonds-Woodway, Western Washington University.
New award-winners from Edmonds Community College’s art program: Jennifer Baillie, Llyra de la Mere, Ryan Christopher, DeAnna Connors and Rachel Meyers, who plans to continue studies at International Academy of Design and Technology.
Renewal scholarships: Ling Chun, Art Institute of Chicago; Guillermo Zapata, Edmonds Community College; Aehdan McLean, Digipen Institute of Technology; Sandra Kilian, University of Washington; David Drake,University of Washington; Jaclynne Forsyth, Evangel University; Douglas Bosley, Masters Program, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Lissa Witcher, Masters Program, Academy of Arts, San Francisco; Amanda Cook, Shoreline Community College; Anastasia Economou, Gonzaga University; Christopher Seto, Emerson College in Boston; Kathleen Childs, Shoreline Community College; Sara Portesan, Whitman College; Dylan O’Neil, Pacific Lutheran University; and Audi Asaf, Graduate Program, Goddard College.
Struggling school plans fun event to raise money
Lynndale Elementary School is holding an “All-Family, All-School, All-for-One and One-for All, No Depression Jungle Jog and Walkathon” fundraiser to help fill gaps in the Title I school’s budget.
The walk-a-thon will be held at 1 p.m. June 11 at the school, 7200 191st St. SW in Lynnwood.
Like other schools, Lynndale’s building budget has been hit hard by district budget cuts. Its funds were slashed 65 percent. In some cases, for example, children now share worksheets for classroom assignments. Lynndale is a federal Title I school, meaning many of its students come from low-income families.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will help to purchase art paper, paints, copy paper, copies, school supplies, staplers, pencil sharpeners, bandages, ice packs, printer cartridges, envelopes, tape, crayons, markers, highlighters and dry erase pens.
City Councilman Jim Smith, a parent of a former Lynndale student, will provide music.
A potluck dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at the upper picnic area of Lynndale Park, 18927 72nd Ave. W.
To help out – by pledging, walking or sharing in the post-walk potluck dinner – contact school office manager Chris Kratz at kratzc@edmonds.wednet.edu or 425-431-7365.
TUB now Woodway Hall
Edmonds Community College’s Triton Union Building has been renamed Woodway Hall. Signs will be replaced on campus this summer.
The college hosts many public arts and cultural events on the second floor of what is now Woodway Hall. The 25,000-square-foot building, constructed in 1991, is the largest events space on campus other than the gymnasium, Seaview Hall. The building also houses the lab for the college’s Allied Health and Nursing programs and its campus security office.
The name change comes to avoid confusion with the Triton Student Center, which opened in fall 2009.
Horticulture teacher retires after four decades
Edmonds Community College instructor Walt Bubelis will retire after 40 years of service. Bubelis, 68, of Seattle, began teaching at the college in 1967 as the college’s first horticulture instructor.
During his tenure, he taught courses, advised students, hired new faculty, led the department and created new programs and classes. A reception in Bubelis’ honor will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 4, in the lobby of Brier Hall. More than 100 horticulture alumni plan to attend.
EdCC graduates largest class in decade
Edmonds Community College will hold its 43rd annual commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. June 13 at Edmonds Stadium, 7600 212th St. SW, Edmonds.
This year, the college will award 1,942 degrees and certificates including 632 transfer degrees, 764 career degrees and certificates, 400 GEDs and 146 adult high school diplomas. It is the college’s largest graduating class in 10 years.
Shoppers ring up donations for schools
Fred Meyer customers donated $4,653.60 to the Edmonds School District by dropping their change in coin boxes located at the grocery chain’s checkstands.
Fred Meyer began collecting donations for school districts in June 2009 and continued through February 2010, with the exception of two weeks in January when the coin boxes were temporarily earmarked for the American Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Fund, raising more than $70,000 for that organization.
The school donations marked the first time The Fred Meyer Fund told customers where their coin-box donations would go.
MC student named Supe Scholar
Jackson High School senior Juliette Becker was a recipient of the Superintendent’s Scholar Award, an annual scholarship given to graduating seniors by the Everett Public Schools Foundation.
To be considered for the award, candidates must be in the top five percent of their graduating class or have scored in the top five percent of seniors who have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
As part of the award, students also select teachers to be honored. Becker honored Jackson teacher William Moore.
Other finalists for the award from Jackson were Kaleigh Boyd, who honored teacher Judy Baker; Cory Gabrielsen, who honored Judy Baker; and Mason Lorenz, who honored Kelly Dietsch.
King’s student receives church scholarship
Alex Peterson is among three students receiving $500 JoAnn Plihal Memorial Scholarships from Faith Community Church in Edmonds on the basis of character, faith and academic excellence.
Peterson will be graduating from King’s High School and plans to attend Western Washington University with a major in psychology.
EWHS student a photography finalist
Joseph Gill, a student at Edmonds-Woodway High School, was one of the top 10 finalists in a scholarship competition held by the Professional Photographers of Washington.
The contest named a Student Photographer of the Year, a Vancouver student who also received the award’s $2,000 scholarship.
Gill and other top finalists were singled out for their high achievement in the photographic field, scholastic studies and the student’s wish to further their studies in the photographic arts.
Edmonds principals among regional recognitions
At the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) Sno-Isle Region 109 Awards luncheon May 20, four individuals from Edmonds School District communities received recognitions.
College Place Elementary Principal Justin Irish and Lynnwood Elementary Principal Chris Lindblom received Student Achievement Leadership Awards.
Edmonds Public Schools Foundation President Debbie Bodal and Citizens for Schools President Andy Simonsen received Community Leadership Awards.
