School Winners
Published 4:15 pm Sunday, August 16, 2015
Letters awarded for Community Service
As the 2014-15 school year wrapped up, 66 students from the Darrington, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Lakewood, Marysville, Monroe and Snohomish school districts earned varsity letters in Community Service through a partnership between the districts and United Way of Snohomish County.
The 66 students spent a total of 12,964 hours volunteering with over 190 agencies and schools. The varsity letters awarded this year represent a 38 percent increase in awards from 2014, and a 94 percent increase from 2013, the first year the awards were offered in Snohomish County.
“We’re proud of these students and their commitment to volunteerism,” said Dennis Smith, president and CEO of United Way of Snohomish County.
To earn a Varsity Letter in Community Service, a student from a participating high school has to complete 145 hours of community service in 12 months, with at least 50 hours being in a non-school-related community volunteer activity.
Darrington High School: Oliver Rankin and Taryn Tamez
Edmonds Woodway High School: Kayla Gouy, Libby Knell, Mikala Monroe, Olivia Egejuru, Sebin Lee
Mountlake Terrace High School: Hailee Malins
Cascade High School: Alex Cizck, Edna Vetter, Ivleen Kaur
Everett High School: Ben Seaberg, Claire Stephens, Cooper James, Danielle Scanes, Dylan Scanes, Sophia Maggio
Jackson High School: Alex Gim, Aman Kaur, Claire Kelly, Diana Reiman, Elizabeth Cho, Ella Strange, Emily Heng, Kaitlyn Cobb, Madison Ransom, Mattie Torve, Molly Olson, Reina Miyamoto, Sabrina Sandhu, Sailu Kodavati, Syndey Gasparich
Granite Falls High School: Ari Wyatt
Lake Stevens High School: Taryn Chitwood, Kennan Sykes, Karen Hoffman, Grace Fortney
Lakewood High School: Maddy Cox
Marysville Getchell Academy of Construction and Engineering: Micah Hoot
Marysville Getchell BioMed Academy: Taylor Cerra, Ruth Bas
Marysville Getchell High School: Angelica Mendoza, Lyda Ebadani, Mallory Ford, Nicole Buell, Rilee Louangphakdy
Marysville Pilchuck High School: Eryn Hall, Kennedy Doty, Tiffany Johnstone
Monroe High School: Isaac Cirillo
Sky Valley Education Center: Corrine Booth, Emily Martin, Emily Parry, Frances Scott-Weis, Bella Cripe, Keilah Sommer, Natalie Day, Natalie Parry, Sarah Camerer
Glacier Peak High School: Audrey Metcalf, Coco Lovera, Michael Froton
Snohomish High School: Jessamine Anderson, Christina Deierling Kennedy O’Shea, Holly Methven Noyes
Monroe teen is vet assistant Student of the Year for Sno-Isle
Monroe High School incoming senior Savannah Clendenen was selected by Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center as the 2014-15 veterinary assistant program Student of the Year.
“She really has a passion for large animals,” said Nichole Couffer, who runs the program.
Clendenen is one of the few students to be invited back to the veterinary assistant program for a second year. The second-year curriculum prepares students to become a licensed technician or in preparation for future study to be a veterinarian.
Couffer noted that it takes a special kind of person to go into the veterinary field. “Someone who simply loves animals is no good to me,” she said. “I need students who can put their feelings aside when they see broken and hurt animals and ask, ‘What can I do to help this animal?’”
Clendenen expects to graduate from Monroe High in spring 2016 and apply to Washington State University’s veterinary technician program.
Clendenen said she has learned more than she ever expected from the Sno-Isle program. “Not only vet assisting, but discipline, leadership and making new friends,” she said.
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