Schools applause
Published 9:00 pm Monday, February 26, 2007
Hampton Jazz winners
High school and secondary school vocal groups, bands and combos took the stage Feb. 23 and 24 at the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Groups from the western U.S. and Canada performed for adjudicators to earn Outstanding Young Artist awards. Local winners:
Outstanding AAAA Choir: Mountlake Terrace High School, Thomas Sullivan, director
Outstanding Multi-Mic Choir: Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, Jeff Horenstein, director
Outstanding Rhythm Section Combo: Edmonds-Woodway High School, Jake Bergevin, director
Outstanding A Band, site 1: South Whidbey High School, Langley, Chris Harshman, director
Outstanding AAAA Band, site 2: Mountlake Terrace High School I, Darin Faul, director
Outstanding AAAA Combo: Edmonds-Woodway High School, Jake Bergevin, director
Outstanding Bass Solo: Russell Bialic, Edmonds-Woodway High School
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (AAA Choir category): Lynnwood High School, Rick Weatherby, director
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (Vocal Combo category): Henry M. Jackson High School, Mill Creek, Vanessa Gerads, director
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (AAAA Band, site 1 category): Edmonds-Woodway High School, Jake Bergevin, director
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (AAAA Band, site 2 category): Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, David Hautze, director
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (AAAA Combo category): Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, David Hautze, director
Adjudicator’s Special Commendation (Junior Division Band category): Langley Middle School, Matt Frost, director
SPU Dean’s List
Students on the Dean’s List at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle include:
Brier: Rachel Nina Woodbrook, Bethanie Chantel Westbrook, Marissa Elise Olswang, Brittany Dawn Krannitz, Heather Ann Juul, Michelle Lynn Berger, Andrew Oscar Johnson.
Everett: Laura Alice Zoeller, Albert Le Tran, Sarah Marie Scheppelman, Katie Ann Rogers, Sharon Elaine Birchfield, Monica Joy Ball, Alexis Nicole Banks, Brittany Victoria Bekins, Loa Taylor Griesbach, Gabriel Micah Bentley.
Lake Stevens: Christina Raye Schaeffer, Rachael Blanchard, Michele D. Hansen.
Lynnwood: Zachary Mark Wilson, Claire DeAnn Tadych, Blaze Danielle Robertson, Breyanne Noelle Nordtvedt, Alec Forest Nelson, Whitney Nicole Maass, Nathan Paul Kennel, Kelsey Nicole Finzer, Thomas Philip Carpenter, Jamarah Hanan Botley, April Rose Kotjan, Rose Elizabeth McIntosh, Amy Beth Israel, Alisa Nicole Brossoit, Erica Jean Marie Hanson.
Marysville: Brian Anthony Robertson, Erin Michelle King, Shane Dennis Patrick Lucey, Melissa Ann Kerlee, Joshua Gregory Kanehen.
Monroe: Amanda Joy Smeenk, Joshua Aaron Russell, Carolyn Jessica Burns, Kaylee Jo DiMaggio.
Mukilteo: Whitney Briana Yeadon, Sara J. Lee.
Snohomish: Nikole Ann Dufrene, Stephanie Lynn Dunlap, Daesha Nicole Henderson, Stephanie Jeanne Henry, Tiffany Hart Hernandez, Lindsay Marie Krell, Christopher Ryan McPeak, Elya Joelle Will, Kristopher Brooks Williams, Jennina Rose Wilson.
National Merit finalists
The following students are among those named local National Merit Finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Foundation. Finalists will be considered for one of more than 8,200 National Merit Scholarships to be awarded this spring. Finalists represent less than one-half of 1 percent of each state’s graduating class.
Bothell High School: Kailey Bolles, Katie Ewing
Inglemoor High School: Brendon Cloyd, David Feldman, William A. Johnson, Alice Meng, Abby Rhinehart, Jessica Tsay, Jeffrey Wang, Erik Wipf
Lake Stevens High School: Benjamin Everett
Snohomish High School: Mallory C. Huntington, Jordan H. Reichelt
Woodinville High School: Michael Conrad, Kaitlin Thompson
Foundation awards classroom grants
The Snohomish Education Foundation received 34 grant requests from teachers this school year and awarded 26 classroom grants totaling $15,994.41. This continues the foundation’s efforts to provide students with educational experiences that otherwise would not be funded. Grants helped pay for such things as reading and writing software, precision machining instruments, a “Day of the Arts” and exercise equipment adapted for children with special needs.
Americanism Essay winners announced
The following students were winners in the Everett Elks No. 479’s recent Americanism Essay Contest. Three students will have their essays sent to the state level for judging.
Division I (sixth grade):
First (advances to state): Tyler Hagglund, Master’s Touch Christian School, Arlington
Second: Hannah Baird, Post Middle School, Arlington
Third (advances to state): Kendyll Holguin, Lakewood Middle School
Division II (seventh grade):
First: Sara Rood, Granite Falls Middle School
Second (advances to state): Aseel Alsamarraie, Evergreen Middle School, Everett
Third: River Hale, Evergreen Middle School, Everett
Quinn is ‘Who’s Who’
Quinn Coate, son of Monique and Rusty Coate of Marysville, will appear in the 2006-07 national edition of “Who’s Who Among Outstanding Students in America.” Quinn is a sixth-grader at Cedarcrest School.
