3 Everett seniors honored for hard work in classroom

Herald staff

Three Everett School District seniors have been honored with the prestigious Superintendent Scholar Award sponsored by the Everett Public Schools Foundation.

The students also paid tribute to their most inspirational teachers at the 19th annual event.

Winners, who receive a crystal flame with their name engraved, were:

  • Shannon Ulrich of Everett High School who maintained a 4.0 grade point average while taking a rigorous course load that included some college-level classes. Ulrich honored Evergreen Middle School English teacher Robbie Jensen whose class "was so fun that the students didn’t realize how much we were learning until after we had left each day."

  • Grant Sohn of Henry M. Jackson High School, who was student body president his senior year while attending classes part time at Edmonds Community College. Sohn’s choice was humanities teacher Nick Nicoletta who made him and his classmates "10 times the writers we once were" by the end of each semester.

  • Hong Nguyen for Cascade High School, another straight-A student who took all honors classes. She chose counselor Don Jensen because "his kindness brings out the best in people and it brings out the best in me."

    Other finalists and their inspirational teachers were:

    Cascade High School: Craig Bosman and Megan Jensen who honored English teacher Craig Verver, and Morgan Carter who picked fourth-grade teacher Yvonne Michael.

    Everett High School: Kjersti Hall who chose English teacher Shirley Ferguson; Corinne Harris-Jones who selected physics teacher Bill Morgan; and Walker Stanovsky who singled out adviser and coach Bruce Overstreet.

    Jackson High School: James Lang honored science Ryan Leonard; Jennifer Trieu chose assistant principal Judy Pearson; and Melissa Thompson paid tribute to music teacher James Rice.

    To be considered for the award, candidates must be in the top 5 percent of their graduating class or have scored in the top 5 percent of seniors who have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test. A selection committee designated by the foundation selected a student from each school to receive the award.

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