Hardman is Rotary Club’s Student of the Month

Kimberly Hardman, an Everett Community College student, was recently honored by the Everett-Port Gardner Rotary Club as its Student of the Month. The Everett native holds a 3.8 grade-point average and is graduating Friday with honors from EvCC.

Hardman has served as the health and wellness coordinator for EvCC Student Activities and volunteers for multiple organizations in Western Washington. Hardman, who graduated from Everett High School in 2001, returned to Everett after four years pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles.

Hardman will attend Bastyr University this fall to complete that degree.

Gene Fosheim earns award

Gene Fosheim of Everett received the Construction Specifications Institute’s Andrew J. Drozda Memorial Academic Affairs Commendation. Fosheim is an engineering graphics instructor at Lake Washington Technical College. He will receive the award at the CSI national conference in June in Baltimore.

Student gets national honor

The National Society of High School Scholars has announced that Arlington Christian School student Jacob Olin from Marysville has been selected for membership. The society recognizes top scholars who have achieved superior academic excellence.

2 inducted into honor society

The University of Washington Bothell Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an MBA honor society, recently inducted Erin Milandin of Bothell and Bernard Schultz of Edmonds. Both are members of the UW Bothell MBA graduating class of 2007. Induction into Beta Gamma Sigma is by invitation only and recognizes outstanding scholastic achievement.

Mukilteo group earns award

The Mukilteo Schools Foundation received a Community Leadership Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators for its work to provide library collections for Mukilteo classrooms.

The foundation raised $20,000 this year in an effort to provide a collection of about 80 age-appropriate books, both fiction and nonfiction, for each fifth-grade classroom in the school district and plans to continue that project by providing books to middle schools next year.

WASA also honored Judith Murdock, the school district’s executive director of secondary education, with its Student Achievement Leadership Award.

Walk-A-Thon banks $20,000

The Snohomish Education Foundation’s annual Walk-A-Thon on April 28 raised nearly $10,000, which will be matched for a total of about $20,000. The money will help upgrade technology in Snohomish schools. Cathcart Elementary School raised the most pledge money and was awarded a traveling trophy and $500 for its parent group. The event was sponsored by Top Food &Drug and McDaniel’s Do-It Center.

Everett schools net $8,500 in technology grants

Fourteen schools in the Everett School District will each receive $8,500 grants to improve how technology is used in teaching and learning.

The district received the most school grants of any district that applied.

The Enhanced Peer Coaching Program is funded through the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology initiative and distributed by the state superintendent’s office. Statewide, the money will help train 187 teachers in 140 schools to be “peer coaches,” who will then share their knowledge with their colleagues.

Everett schools receiving the grants are: Cascade High School; Cedar Wood Elementary; Eisenhower Middle School; Emerson Elementary; Everett High School; Forest View Elementary; Garfield Elementary; Mill Creek Elementary; North Middle School; Penny Creek Elementary; Silver Firs Elementary; Silver Lake Elementary; Whittier Elementary; and Woodside Elementary.

Graduates

Students who recently graduated from colleges and universities include:

Renee V. Olsen, Edmonds, University of San Francisco cum laude, 2003 graduate of Edmonds-Woodway High School.

Kristine Nowak, Snohomish High School Valedictorian in 2003, Whitman College, Walla Walla, summa cum laude.

Erin Clarkson, Mukilteo, Cottey College, Nevada, Mo.

Tim Farmer, Lake Stevens, cum laude, University of Washington, Seattle.

Annie K. Castle, Lynnwood, Central Washington University, Ellensburg.

Tammy Boggs-Crawford, a Marysville-Pilchuck High School graduate in 1980, earned her PhD in Education from Washington State University, Pullman.

Columbia College Dean’s List

Students on the Dean’s List at Columbia College in Marysville include:

Arlington: Melanie Deuprey, Julie Good, Robert Leonard, Michal Miles, Chellcie Wilson.

Marysville: Vicki Emery, Charlene Harding, Michael Hathaway, Trevor Tregellas, Karen Whitworth, Kyung Yun.

Everett: Barbara Bess, Johnathan Jarboe.

Stanwood: Kerri Cantor, Lisa Reimers, Victoria Hidde.

Dean’s List

Students on college and university Dean’s Lists include:

Matthew W. Markovich, Bothell, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Penn.

Jessica Marie Joyce, Everett, James Eric Bronder, Marysville, Lauren Elaine Bardin, Mill Creek, Emily Stecher Bartelheimer, Snohomish, Gonzaga University, Spokane.

Charlotte Austin, Mill Creek, University of Washington, Seattle.

President’s List

Students on President’s Lists at colleges or universities include:

Elliot Wargo, Arlington, Western Washington University, Bellingham.

Erin Clarkson, Mukilteo, Cottey College, Nevada, MO.

Gonzaga President’s List

Students on the President’s List at Gonzaga University in Spokane include:

Bothell: Andrea Rose Woods.

Edmonds: Meghan Cathleen Bookey.

Everett: Stephanie M. Danson, Garrett Maxwell Grieb, Amanda Marie Tallman, Jessalyn Noelle Uchacz, Alexandra Rose Wagner.

Marysville: Andrea Michelle Crow, Brent Joseph McCann.

Monroe: Katherine Ann Love.

Snohomish: Brett Thomas MacIntyre.

Stanwood: Bradley James Baumgartner.

Students who recently received scholarships include:

Erik Wipf, Inglemoor High School, Bothell, National Scholarship, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in the Institute of Technology, Minneapolis, Minn.

Jennifer Pegrum, Lake Stevens High School, $1,000 Washington State Council of Firefighter’s Benevolent Fund Scholarship. Jennifer is the daughter of Everett Fire’s Jeff Pegrum and will be attending the University of Washington.

Danielle Catudio and Whitney Walker, Snohomish High School, $1,250 Snohomish Chapter FQ of P.E.O. scholarships.

Trever Koenig, Everett, a $1,500 President’s Scholarship from Western Washington University, Bellingham.

Anne Beach, Everett, a student at Western Washington University, $1,500 Scottish Rite Scholarship Foundation award

Eagle Scout named a Future Problem Solver at conference

Justin Miller, a Snohomish Freshman Campus honors student, took first place in his division at the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference in Fort Collins, Colo.

For the Individual Community Problem Solving division, Justin had to identify a local issue, create an action plan to solve the issue then implement the plan.

Justin’s project – which he performed to become an Eagle Scout – involved planting over 640 native trees and shrubs in a local park, saving Snohomish County over $4,000.

Several local businesses donated trees, supplies and made parking accommodations, and over 50 volunteers assisted in planting the trees. Justin then submitted a 16-page report to the competition and presented his work at the convention.

Lake Stevens foundation awards scholarships

The Lake Stevens Education Foundation recently awarded eight Lake Stevens High School students with scholarships:

Amber Pratt, Harv Jubie Scholarship, $1,000

Megan M. Taylor, Merridy Stilwell Memorial Scholarship, $1,500

Tam T. To, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $1,000

Kelson J. Majerle, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $1,000

Jordan D. Gessaman, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $1,000

Kristoffer D. Typolt, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $1,000

Brett R. Hogberg, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $500

Tajana D. Cahoon, Lake Stevens Education Foundation Scholarship, $500

Nguyen wins cash for perfect attendance

The Mariner High School Alumni Association offered a laptop computer or $500 to the graduating Mariner High senior with perfect attendance from January to June 2007. There were six seniors with perfect attendance. Their names were placed in a basket, and the winner drawn by Principal Brent Kline was Khue Nguyen. Khue chose the cash and will be attending the University of Washington. Other students with perfect attendance were Aaron Britton, Charles Chu, Jaswinder Gaut, Lance Nelson and Mario Todorov.

Seattle group awards college-readiness grants

College Spark Washington recently awarded $794,770 in grants aimed at boosting college-readiness and graduation rates among low-income students in Northwest Washington.

Among the grants with local ties:

The YMCA of Snohomish County received $20,000 to put its Minority Achievers Program at North Middle School in Everett. The college-readiness program includes everything from homework assistance to a summer camp that exposes minority and immigrant youth to science careers.

Everett Community College will share $190,860 over two years with six other community colleges and Antioch College to form the Center for Native Education at Antioch University. The coalition will provide support to schools participating in the Early College for Native Youth program.

Northwest Educational Service District 189 in Anacortes, which serves public schools in Snohomish and Island counties, received $54,542 for a program that assists low-income migrant students and their families develop goals and plans for higher education.

Two from Bothell in auto skills championship

Two Bothell High School seniors are among 100 students competing in the national finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition June 26 in Dearborn, Mich.

The hands-on competition determines the nation’s most auto savvy teens.

Jeff Hanna and Jesse White will represent Washington in their quest for the national title. Their two-man team and 49 others will face off in a timed challenge to diagnose, repair and drive across the finish line identically and deliberately bugged 2007 Ford Fusions in front of Ford World Headquarters.

School gets playground grant

Grace Academy in Marysville recently received a $5,000 grant from Lowe’s Toolbox for Education program. The money will help the school replace older playground equipment with new and safer toys.

Students knit blankets for kittens

Students in the knitting club at Picnic Point Elementary School in Edmonds recently donated blankets they made for foster kittens to the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. The 42 students in first through fifth grades have been knitting since March, when Julie Stonefelt from PAWS came to visit and tell them about the organization and the need for blankets for foster kittens. Much of the yarn for the blankets was donated by Let It Rain Yarn in Mukilteo.

34 students earn Rotary scholarships

Thirty-four students in Marysville and the surrounding area have received scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 from the Marysville Rotary Club Education Foundation.

The club awarded $60,000 – $54,500 for general scholarships and $4,500 for vocational students. The awards were announced during the club meeting May 30.

Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School: Nick Muller.

Grace Academy: Andrea Cline and Natalie Spencer.

Lakewood High School: Steven Edmonds, Kyle Hayton, Kelvin Mansfield and Jason Webb.

Marysville Arts &Technology High School: Casandra Bachofer and Brian Cian.

Marysville-Pilchuck High School: Natalie Bailey, Nicole Banal, Nicholas Blum, Kyle Bottin, Rebecca Corle, Laura Degerness, Joseph Fridich, Francis Martin Bondoc Gudez, Dane Hansen, Daniel Ingram, Ashley Kehler, Nicholas Larson, Julianne Mack, Kristin Matheus, Cynthia Meadows-Read, Andrew Moore, Nicole Peterson, Victoria Raymond, Mike Thurmond, Sarah Waite, Ashley Wake, John Whitfield and Annastasia Wogsland.

Marysville Mountain View High School: Shiann Sanchez and Samantha Trua.