Everett student receives Lions award
Michelle Roe, a student at Everett High School, recently received the Everett Central Lions Club’s first Community Service Award worth $500. Roe’s name will appear on a plaque located at Everett High School.
Roe was selected for her community service efforts; she has volunteered at Imagine Children’s Museum, helped during the Everett Parks clean-up campaign and worked on fund0raisers for Multiple Sclerosis and Little Bits Therapeutic Riding Center. Roe has also been active in local political campaigns and in her church. She plans to attend Seattle Pacific University this fall.
The award was presented in the memory of Bob Covert, past president of Everett Central Lions Club and a community service activist. Covert served as Everett High School student body president in 1950 and graduated from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. He was an Everett pharmacist for more than 40 years.
Everett school earns $3,750 Safeway award
The Evergreen Middle School Parent Teachers’ Association recently was named one of the top-earning groups among 250 nationwide in the “Safeway 10% Back to Schools Program.”
Evergreen Middle School plans to purchase equipment and pay for student programs with the award money, which was earned when school supporters purchased products from participating manufacturers. The PTA earned 10 percent of the purchase price of the items. Safeway contributed an additional $1,000 to the PTA’s earnings, making the total award $3,750.
Through the six-week program, Safeway contributed more than $3 million to support youth education programs across the nation.
NAACP names students of month
The NAACP’s Snohomish County branch recently named two students of the month. Both winners received a $100 scholarship at a ceremony at the PUD building in Everett.
Athena Galdonez, who recently graduated from Arlington High School, was named April student of the month. She is the daughter of Prudencio Galdonez and Maria Victoria Barroga. Galdonez graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. She was a member of the Arlington High School Respect Team for four years, an Honor Society president and a Link Crew commissioner. She also participated on the track, volleyball and tennis teams and was an active community volunteer through her church and school.
Val Hennings, who recently graduated from Everett High School, was named May student of the month. Hennings is the son of Deborah Jordan. He was the captain of the Everett High School varsity basketball team.
Hennings has overcome many challenges in his life, and with his mentor, Don Shaw, has decided to attend Everett Community College.
Hennings has been an active participant in the YMCA’s Minority Achievers Program for the last nine years and recently received a scholarship from that program. Hennings volunteers at Minority Achievers Program sites and is active in his church.
Mukilteo student wins $52,000 scholarship
Jerod Fuchs, a recent Kamiak High School graduate, recently received a $52,000 Merit Scholarship for four years of studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, which he plans to attend this fall. Fuchs is the son of Randy and Lecia Fuchs of Everett.
Monroe schools honor partners, top teacher
Sky Valley Education Center teacher Sandi Conley and the Monroe Police Department recently were honored at the Washington Association of School Principals Sno-Isle Region No. 109 annual banquet for their contributions to public school education in Monroe.
The banquet, sponsored by D.A. Davidson and Company and the Beresford Company, was held at the Everett Golf and Country Club.
The Monroe Police Department received the Community Leadership Award for its work in Monroe schools, including a two-week personal safety program at middle schools to teach youth self-defense skills. Officers also worked with teens at schools.
Conley earned the Student Achievement Leadership Award for her work with home school students and parents, including teaching English classes using “pirate literature,” which culminated in a visit from the Seafair Pirates.
Conley has been on the staff of the Sky Valley Education Center since its inception in 1998.
The Index School District also honored Monroe educator Linda Boyle, principal at Monroe Middle School, with a Student Achievement Leadership Award. Boyle led curriculum workshops and training sessions for teachers, acted as an informal consultant and helped champion several successful grants, which allowed several classrooms from Monroe and Sultan to join Index students at Friday Harbor to study whales.
Granite Falls educators honored for service
Granite Falls School District teacher Doug McNeill and school board president Siobhan Sullivan recently were honored by the Washington Association of School Administrators Region No. 109 for their efforts in student achievement and community involvement.
McNeill, a third-grade teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School, was presented with the Leadership for Student Achievement award for his efforts to integrate technology with core instruction. McNeill’s third-grade students read a poem and recorded the reading at a student-managed recording station. The project helped students improve reading fluency and comprehension.
Sullivan was honored with the Community Leadership Award. In addition to her time serving on the school board the past seven years, Sullivan volunteered in the alternative high school where she taught art classes and was co-chairwoman of the citizens committee that was responsible for passing two recent levies and a bond issue that provided money to build a new high school.
Sixth-graders hold bake sale for shelter
Sixth-graders at St. Mary Magdalen School in Everett recently raised $500 for the Northwest Organization for Animal Help by holding a bake sale. Dawn Lesinak, a sixth grade teacher at the school, helped organize the event.
Students and parents baked many varieties of goodies, which they sold to fellow students to raise the funds.
Lee Lucky, donor manager for the shelter, said the money will be used to sponsor a cat suite at the north Snohomish County facility for a year. The center plans to place a plaque in the house recognizing the sixth-grade classes of St. Mary Magdalen School for their community service to N.O.A.H.
Granite Falls names education winners
The Granite Falls School District recently named its second semester Success in Education award winners. High school teacher Eric Dinwiddie and middle school health attendant Christina Hampton were presented with the awards at a recent school board meeting.
Student winners by grade were:
Brittany Pound and Katelyn Gresli, fifth grade; Riley Hansen, sixth grade; Rachel Mow, seventh grade; Lily Wilkins, eighth grade; and Tommy Givans and Chantille Hallenbeck, 12th grade.
Success in Education Awards are presented to staff members who provide a caring and understanding learning environment and to students who provide service to other students, staff or the community while excelling in their studies.
Everett students earn bachelor’s degrees
Laura Taylor of Everett was among 460 students who recently graduated from Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C. Taylor graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in theater.
Timothy Irwin of Everett recently graduated from Jamestown College in Jamestown, N.D. with a bachelor of arts degree in financial planning and wealth management at the school’s 102nd commencement ceremony.
Snohomish students go to international meet
Marcy Bartelheimer, Alex Fairhurst, Stefan Forsell and Hannah Pieper, four students from Dutch Hill Elementary School, recently beat 38 other teams in their age group to earn the honor to represent Washington State at the International Academic Competition for Future Problem Solving held at Michigan State University.
The team has participated in the problem-solving program for the last three years but this is its first trip to the international competition.
Jasmine Labitzke, a junior at Snohomish High School, and a five-year veteran of the program, was the Washington State scenario winner in the senior division. She wrote a 1,500-word story incorporating her problem-solving knowledge with futuristic trends to win that honor.
For the competition, students solved problems related to various topics of worldwide significance. This year’s topics included: body enhancement, digital simulation, neuro-technology and debt in developing countries.
Horse camp names essay winners
The Camp Horse Country at Horse Country Farm in Granite Falls recently named its 2008 Essay Contest winners
The Snohomish County winners by grade were:
First to third grade: Lauren Hill, a second-grader from Snohomish, first-place and a week of horse day camp. Jaiden Waud, a second-grader from Arlington, won second place.
Fourth to sixth grade: Allie Ann Bigger, a fourth-grader from Arlington, won first-place and a week of horse day camp. Hannah Vanhoff, a fourth-grader from Lynnwood, Cady Brown, a sixth-grader from Granite Falls and Jocelyn Gimpel, a fourth-grader from Granite Falls, won third-place.
Seventh to ninth grade: Laura Hendrickson, a seventh-grader from Everett won first-place and a week of horse camp.
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