Knights of Columbus honors St. Mary Magdalen students
At St. Mary Magdalen School in south Everett the Knights of Columbus service student honorees were recently announced for each month of the second quarter.
Criteria for selection included demonstrating outstanding leadership and citizenship and being environmentally conscious.
For December, eighth-grader Melissa Hilgendorf was selected for teaching horseback riding skills to younger students, doing acts of kindness for those in need at Christmas and creating gifts for the troops in Iraq.
In January, seventh-grader Carissa Hopper was selected for singing at a nursing home, helping a young cancer patient during summer vacation Bible school and teaching Sunday school classes.
In February, sixth-grader Meredith Shaw was chosen for her hair donation to “Locks of Love” and her recycling and reusing of items through Goodwill.
Snohomish JROTC earns high marks at competition
The Snohomish High School JROTC fared well against nine other area high schools in Oak Harbor at a drill and rifle competition Feb. 16.
Results included:
Color Guard No. 1 placed second under the command of Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Deryk Machado.
Color Guard No. 2 placed fourth under the command of Cadet Sgt. Siera Countryman.
The unarmed drill team placed second under the command of Cadet Maj. Elizabeth Macpherson. She also placed first in the commander category.
The armed drill team placed second under the command of Cadet Capt. Sarah Winks. She also placed sixth in the armed commander category.
In the unarmed individual drill downs against roughly 30 other cadets, Cadet Sgt. Siera Countryman placed fifth.
Cadet Sgt. Taylor Hackel placed second in the armed individual drill downs.
The air rifle team placed fourth.
Cadet Gunnery Sgt. Caitlin Malarkey placed sixth in the expert category along with Cadet Sgt. Hackel placing fifth.
The physical fitness team under Cadet Sgt. Jolsen Martinez placed fourth. Cadet 1st Lt. Oliver Smith placed third for top individual score.
The next competition is March 15 at Burlington-Edison High School.
Snohomish foundation awards $27,000 to school projects
The Snohomish Education Foundation received 78 grant requests and awarded $27,082 in grants to 53 teachers in the Snohomish School District for the 2007-08 school year. That is $11,000 more than last year.
Grants awarded by the foundation this year include a portable classroom amplification system; a day of arts and other art programs; “Leapster” hand-held devices to practice letters, sounds and numbers; literature books for writing workshops; nonfiction books for reading tests; math journals; a Two Voices reading program and equipment that serve students with special needs; children’s dictionaries; stability balls to use in classrooms; and adapted tricycles for therapeutic activity in PE.
The foundation awarded Snohomish High School additional grants for a portable microphone system the school’s choir can use for community performances, a mini router to use in the technology courses, a Superscope CD recorder for the music department, a forensic sculpture kit for students to learn about the bone and muscle structure of the human skull and other equipment.
“We wish to thank community members who attended our annual auction last year and to our many supporters,” said Virginia Becker, the foundation’s executive director. “With their help, we were able to raise additional funds to support our teachers in offering a higher quality education to our students. We appreciate their assistance in making a difference in our students’ lives and the community as a whole.
Becker said it is exciting to have more teachers aware of the grants and how to apply this year. To learn more about our grant process, visit the foundation’s Web site at http://snohomisheducationfoundation.org.
Grant recipients by school are:
Cathcart — Kassie Kaptein and Elena Pasquan.
Centennial Middle School — Chris Harkness, Theresa Tremain, Linda Kautz, Suzanne Fitzgerald and Alison Cline.
Dutch Hill Elementary — Kimberlee Spaetig and Elena Pasquan.
ECEAP Preschool — Heidi VanDuine and Marian Sherwood.
Emerson Elementary — Jenny Granger, Craig Church and El Rue Stowell.
Little Cedars Elementary — Nancy Tobey, Janet Duvardo and Sue Koch.
Machias Elementary — Deanna Smith, Lynda Jackson, Krisy Hall, Sandra Skyta, Linda Kautz and Stefanie Roth.
Riverview Elementary — Mary Edwards, Shaelynn Bates, Anjeannette Hammer, Vicki Adams, Mary Nielsen, Erika Landis, Amy Reese and Catherine Curran.
Seattle Hill Elementary — Matt Lawson and Angie Huang-Bagaason.
Snohomish High School — Diana Plumis, Dave Martina, Tamara Caraballo, Lisa Zanol, John McPherson, Chris Utt, Karen Rosebaugh, Pete Wilson, Pat Bond, Jay Adams, Bryan Mossburg, Linda Kautz, Jackie Robinette and Julie Shore.
Totem Falls Elementary — Patty Stromerson, Emma Packard, Lori Cordova and Elena Pasquan.
Transition Center — Karen Ruff and Linda Kautz.
Valley View Middle School — Judy Dahlberg, Cameron Stewart, Malcolm Bates, Kean Pearson and Elizabeth Harms.
LSHS choir scores well in solo and ensemble competition
The Lake Stevens High School choral group A Touch of Class received high marks at a solo and ensemble competition at Cascade High School on Feb. 3.
The group placed second alternates to state for their performances of “Homeward Bound” and “This Little Babe.”
Four soloists also competed. They were Jamie Ebner, Lindsey Walters, Brianne Pratt and Brittany Strouf. Ebner scored high and will compete at the state level in the alto category. Pratt, who also scored high marks, is the second alternate to state in the soprano category.
Micayla Hinds graduates from George Washington University
Micayla Hinds of Edmonds earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University at the end of the fall 2007 semester. Hinds graduated magna cum laude with a degree in sociology.
LSHS wrestlers help youngsters learn to read
A Wrestling with Reading program in the Lake Stevens School District started this year in an effort to get high school wrestlers to help younger kids become champions in the classroom.
“We felt that our young men could have a positive impact on elementary readers, especially for those students who may like the arena of sports but have not had the fire lit academically,” said Brent Barnes, coach of the state champion Lake Stevens High School wrestling team.
The wrestling program has many college-bound students. The goal of the Wrestling with Reading program is to have high school students connect with younger students, showing by example that youth can excel in both the classroom and the athletic arena.
The wrestlers are focusing this first year on a few classrooms at Sunnycrest and Highland elementary schools. Ten varsity wrestlers have been meeting with students on Thursday afternoons to help with reading.
Principals and teachers report that the reading program has been rewarding for both the elementary students and the high school wrestlers. The goal in the future is to expand the program to other sport teams at the high school and spread the program at all elementaries.
Jaime Anderson, a parent of wrestlers Sean and Jacob Anderson, was instrumental in obtaining a $3,000 Intermec educational grant to start the reading program.
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