Arlington high school goes pink for cancer
More than 100 students and staff members at Arlington High School recently participated in the Pink Hair for Hope event organized by Studio5 owner Chris Elliott. The event was held at the Arlington High School library. Elliott placed pink hair extensions on volunteers in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Arlington cheerleaders, varsity soccer team members and more than 30 staff members participated, getting the extensions. More than 500 Arlington residents recently also had the pink extensions added to their hair during Pink Hair for Hope.
Lynnwood school rallies for teacher with cancer
Lynnwood High School staff recently collected more than $350 from T-shirt and armband sales at a rally held for Andrea Coglon, a longtime teacher at the school. The money will be donated through the staff’s Relay for Life team. Coglon recently underwent breast cancer surgery and quickly returned to her teaching duties at the school. Sara Board, a Lynnwood High School teacher, helped organize the event.
Kindergartners learn about trees
Kindergartners is Donna Connell’s class at St. Mary Magdalen School recently created a “forest of trees” with brown paper lunch bags and colored construction paper to learn science and art concepts while studying the season of fall.
First, the students explored the school grounds, observing, comparing and contrasting evergreen and deciduous trees. They specifically looked at different kinds of tree trunks, branches and leaves. When they returned to the classroom each student constructed a tree “from the ground up,” using the lunch bags and construction paper.
As students cut and twisted the bags, unique tree shapes emerged. Then students added torn paper leaves of red, yellow, and orange to create autumn leaves. Soon an entire forest of trees stood in the kindergarten class.
Everett student receives scholarship to EWU
Jeff Frankhauser of Everett recently was awarded a Roland and Marian Lewis Scholarship for $1,000 for the 2008-09 academic year. This scholarship is awarded to graduate students majoring in education with a preference to elementary education.
Jeff graduated from high school in 1991. He is the son of Judy and Dennis Frankhauser.
Snohomish seniors, Commended Students
Three Snohomish High School seniors recently were named Commended Students in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The students were: Stephanie Chu, Stephanie Hare and Anika Tobiason.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2009 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Arlington teacher wins Horace Mann prize
Post Middle School teacher Brian Beckley recently was named one of four weekly prize winners in the Horace Mann $25,000 Giveaway. Beckley won a $250 VISA gift card.
The sweepstakes, which runs through Dec. 31, features more than $100,000 in total prizes, including two $25,000 grand prizes, four first prizes of $5,000 and 20 second prizes of $1,000 gift cards.
Horace Mann is also giving away four $250 gift cards each week throughout the sweepstakes. Prizes are awarded to educators who can obtain a sweepstakes entry code, and complete a registration form online at www.horacemann.com.
Horace Mann is the nation’s largest insurer serving educators.
Students take honors in forensic contests
Three Snohomish County students who are members of the Western Kentucky University forensic team recently took home honors at various tournaments.
At the William Jewell Invitational, Brandon Merrell, a sophomore from Snohomish, recently won the following honors: quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Josh Ramsey and fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate speaker and fourth parliamentary debate speaker.
At the Purdue University “Boilermaker Invitational” the following students placed in the final rounds:
Merrell, semifinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate, third Lincoln-Douglas debate speaker and octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Josh Ramsey.
Sarah Spiker, a sophomore from Snohomish, fourth in extemporaneous speaking, quarterfinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate and octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Frank Murdock.
Frank Murdock, a freshman from Kingston, octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Spiker.
At the WKU Debate Fiesta the following students placed:
Merrell, tournament co-champion in parliamentary debate, with Josh Ramsey, and 17th parliamentary debate speaker.
Murdock, octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Spiker.
Spiker, octafinalist in parliamentary debate, with Murdock.
At the Volunteer State tournament Merrell, was an octafinalist in Lincoln-Douglas debate and seventh debate speaker.
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