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Lake Stevens High School literary magazine honored

Lake Stevens High School’s literary magazine, The Valkyrie, was one of five in the state of Washington to receive recognition.

The 2010 Valkyrie is a 40-page literary magazine, which includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays

and graphic arts written and produced by Lake Stevens High School students.

The Valkyrie received an above-average ranking in the 2010 National Council of Teachers of English program, which recognizes excellence in student literary magazines. More than 400 schools entered the competition.

Rotary club names student of the month

Molly Polk was named January student of the month by the South Everett Mukilteo Rotary Club.

Polk attends ACES High School where she was nominated for her outstanding academics and perfect attendance.

Local students on college dean’s lists

Abbey Nastan of Everett was named to the dean’s list at the University of Montana for fall semester.

Emma Wegermann of Mukilteo was named to the dean’s list at Carroll College in Montana for fall semester.

Robert Weinzierl of Everett was named to the dean’s list and the honor roll and earned a certificate of merit in Constitutional Law I, during fall term at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich.

Jake Parduhn of Arlington was named to the dean’s list in the Foster School of Business Administration at the University of Washington.

Local students named to Whitworth society

More than 20 area students were named to the Whitworth University Laureate Society for fall semester.

Adriane Lunday of Arlington; Amy Wyatt and Rose Halcomb of Bothell; Kallen Shaughnessy of Camano Island; Julia Podmayer of Edmonds; Benjamin Everett, Laura Everett and Kayla Anderson of Everett; Rachel Means of Greenbank; Anna Peterson of Lake Stevens; Monika Cetnarowski and Katherine Chamblin of Mukilteo; Hannah Crawford, Meghann Dailey, Jordan Kingma and Kristen Ross of Oak Harbor; Alanna Feltner of Snohomish, Katherine Palmer, Kellie Roberts and Lauren Sandelius of Snohomish; and Carol Bales of Stanwood.

Local students named to SPU dean’s list

The following students were named to Seattle Pacific University’s dean’s list for fall quarter:

Everett: Amber Jean Ackerson, Marco Houston Price, Marianna LaRue Wilson, Deborah Anne Young, Carissa Noel-Yoshiko Simek, Jessica Lynn Sitzman, James Earl Quillin Jr., Kathryn Louise Gross, Breanna Lynn Peter, Michele Roberta Roe, Allysa Lagrimas Ruizo, Kaitlin Marie Kloes, Roman V. Kukhotskiy, Andre James LaMarre, Ed Anthony Labid Bayya, Jennifer Louise Beck, Natalya Vladimirovna Bogun, Katie Lauren Ewton, Rachelle Joanne Cameron and Karen Rene Reynolds.

Lake Stevens: Ashley Paige Maddox, John Gregory Metcalf, Colin Scott Lewis, Nicole Marie Spitzer, Marah Rose Gobble and Jeffrey Andrew Jorgenson.

Marysville: Hannah L. Johnson, Kaleb Gregory Kuehn, Bethany Nicole Kanehen, Kaitlyn Nicole Schuler, Annie E. Thomas, Kevin J. Shay and Blake Daniel Goforth.

Mukilteo: Kelly Jacob Haugen, Sara Jeanne Kenning, Zachary Matthew McDonald and Shaun Ephraim Mejia.

Snohomish: Jessica Raelynn Alleman, Kaylee Maxine Anderson, Megan Kathleen Barrett, Anthony-Joseph Robert Baxter, Katherine Frances Benson, Krysta R. Carrick, Krista Marie Eknes, Heather Sue Marie Garcia, Emily Mae Langkow, Sara Ann Dettmer Lloyd, Cameron James Lowell, Tessa Noelle Rath, Hannah Rose Sharpe and Jonathan David Sullivan.

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