Students win third place at district science fair
Students from Arlington Christian School recently captured third place in the Association of Christian Schools International District science fair.
The annual science fair was at Fairview Christian School in Seattle.
Five of eight entries brought home superior ribbons, the highest award possible.
The winners by grade are:
Grade five, Craylise Jacobsen.
Grade six, Crissie MacNeill.
Grade eight, Martin Boyl-Davis and Monica Sykes.
Grade nine, Josh Lorenzen and Erin Lorenzen.
Grade 11, Michael Sweeney.
Grade 12, Hannah Lobban.
Cascade senior wins art honor and scholarship
Ilona Palamarchuk, a senior at Cascade High School in Everett, recently was named winner of the Everett Public School’s Superintendent Purchase Award and also winner of the Everett Public Schools Foundation art scholarship.
Superintendent Carol Whitehead selected Palamarchuk’s watercolor “Sunshine” to buy for the district.
For the art scholarship, Palamarchuk received $1,000 to study art after graduation.
She also received $200 from the foundation for the Superintendent’s Purchase Award.
Palamarchuk’s watercolor was one of many entries on display at the 10th annual High School Art Show sponsored by the Everett Public Schools Foundation. The winning art pieces are permanently displayed in the school district’s offices.
Palamarchuk plans to attend Cornish College of the Arts and to become a graphic designer.
Stanwood history team goes to nationals
Four of the seven Stanwood teams that recently competed in State History Day at the University of Washington won the right to advance to the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland in June.
The students created projects in a variety of categories based on the theme “Conflict and Compromise in History.”
Stanwood earned three first-place medals and a second-place medal.
The following Stanwood history team state winners, listed by their schools and grade are:
Stanwood High School:
Grade 12, Boyon Francuz and Ryan Knott, first place for their Web site project, “The Dayton Accords: A Compromise That Brought Tentative Peace to the Balkans.”
Breanne Harris, Casey Bridenbaugh and Tamara Jansen, first place for their exhibit, “The Vietnam Wall: Conflict and Compromise Heals a Nation.”
Meghan Heigler, second place for a historical paper, “Imperial Compromise: The Conflict to Uphold Arab Nationalism in the Aftermath of the Great War.”
Stanwood and Port Susan middle schools:
Grade eight: Madalyn Schei, Standwood Middle School, and Emily Najar, Port Susan Middle School, won first place for their exhibit, “The Kindertransport: Compromise Between Nations to Save Children from the Holocaust.”
Granite Falls student named to honor society
Phi Sigma Theta recently named Susan Tallis, of Granite Falls, a member of the national honor society at the University of Washington. Phi Sigma Theta is dedicated to recognizing and rewarding academic achievement in undergraduates at colleges and universities.
Kamiak junior wins first place in poetry contest
Rachel Wiegand, 17, a junior at Kamiak High School and a lifetime Mukilteo resident, recently won first place in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s poetry contest for her poem entitled “Mukilteo Beach.”
Weigand’s poem was selected from among 231 entries from the Puget Sound area.
Weigand also writes and performs her own music and she has performed at the Kirkland Uncorked Arts Festival and at El Corazon in downtown Seattle.
Wiegand’s parents are Lori Wiegand of Mukilteo and Mike Wiegand and Debby Arkell of Newcastle.
Snohomish graduate wins award for her art
Madeline Courtney, a graduate of Snohomish High School and a senior majoring in studio art at Kenyon College in Ohio, recently was awarded the Peterson Prize and the Wycoff A. Memorial Prize in Art at the honors day convocation at the college.
Courtney is the daughter of Herb and Teresa Courtney of Snohomish.
Lake Stevens schools name students of month
The Lake Stevens School Board recently named its students of the month for March.
The students were named at a recent school board meeting.
Winners by school and grade are:
Lake Stevens High School:
Grade 10, Emily Brigolin and Kobi Hoover.
Grade 11, Erika Steffins and Brendan Cheap.
Grade 12, Brittany Millan and Taylor Stein.
PROVE High School:
Grade 10, Katelyn Ticer and Spencer Rowland.
Grade 12, Jessica Grow.
Cavelero Mid-High School:
Grade eight, Grayson Andrus and Shelby Walling.
Grade nine, Karolinn Armendariz and Zachary Wiser.
Lake Stevens Middle School:
Grade six, Hannah Skinner and Christian Bloomquist.
Grade seven, Kelsie Ratterree and Abraham Alexander.
North Lake Middle School:
Grade six, Maura Davis and Bryce Thomas.
Grade seven, Lejana Jimenez and Alex DeGabriele.
Central Washington announces honor roll
Central Washington University recently announced its winter 2008 honor roll.
Listed by their hometown, they are:
Arlington: Jason Flones, Katherine Johnson and Riley LaMie
Bothell: Cassandra Atkins, Teresa Boyes, Amanda Carpp, Linda Conaway, Sarah DeGrave, Jeff Ellis, Nicole Gessel, Kathleen Goring, Cynthia Hiatt, Amanda Kallinen, Christopher Kelley, Mikala Mason-Schaefer, Taylor McCormack, Tiffany Nicholas, Ashneel Reddy, Robert Schultz, Katelyn Sewell and Christopher Zachor
Brier: Katie Jacobson
Camano Island: Ashley Bailey, Sarah Fisher, Annette Hinthorne, Krista Johnson, Samantha McHugh, Amanda Rice and Molly Seyler
Edmonds: Jarrod Almarode, Kaj Benedict, Bernard Boakye-Ansah, Jared Dyson, Leah Fraine, Elisabeth Gribble, Denise Hie, Adam Hutchison, Valerie Kunda, Jeffrey Peterson, Kevin Proudfoot, Christopher Rohrbach, Mary Ruiz, Lauren Rutherford, Samantha Shields, Jessica Shin, Zackary Sivakua, Rachel Smith and Kimberly Wilkinson
Everett: Robert Bahus, Jayson Besancon, Brittany Boushey, Robin Dau, William Hunter, Brian Iiyama, Mabinty Kamara, Travis Kleckley, Staci Kuhnhenn, Gregory Lawson, Peter Lee, Dan Neighbors, Sean Nichols, Kaeli Pettersen, Stephen Pickard, Rachel Rice, Diana Shoemaker, Krista Toache, Benjamin Wasilowski and Conner Wells
Freeland: Jennifer Knutsen
Gold Bar: Nicholas Henrickson
Granite Falls: Molly Allison, Holly Bolyard and Danielle Wilson
Lake Stevens: Bethany Chapman
Langley: Joshua Parker
Lynnwood: Brandon Brower, Christian Cullison, Jeffrey Dermond, DeAnn Gough, Linh Ha, Lisa Huntsman, Ansar Khalil, Cory Kildare, Max Klim, Timothy Maland, Samuel Messer, Jana Minaker, Brett Morrison, Mayumi Ohmae, Ruth Ross and Cassandra Sorge
Marysville: Brittany Berg, Catherine D’Ambrosia, Heather Huswick, Marion Javier, Heather O’Brien, Kathleen O’Brien, Tami Pool, Kaitlyn Shannon, Michael Thurmond and Kiley Verbon
Mill Creek: Brooke Logan, Raman Mishra, Matthew Porter, Jennifer Singer, Lynda Zalupski and Robert Zimburean
Monroe: Amanda Hale, David Lambo, Bianca Magana-Sanches, Brittany Rose and Tia Simoni
Mountlake Terrace: Abebe Abebe, Paige Anderson, Sara Baumgart, David Choe, Marina Christopher, Kristin Cooper, Jamie Matthews and Erin Thorlakson
Mukilteo: Erik Carlson, Jennifer Cleveland, Casie Dunleavy, Ian Ellis, Kristina Irwin and Heather Tonnemaker
Oak Harbor: Jack Armstrong, Alex Fulwiler, Christine Henderson and Megan Klope
Snohomish: Jesse Allen, Brian Gese, Jennifer Groves, Jesse Hallenbeck, Kevin Haydon, Michael Huynh, Dana Marlow, Travis Massoth, Justin Milne, Thomas Morgan, Nicholas Prange and Tyler Senter
Stanwood: Amanda Norman, Lauren Pavish, Nicholas Schmitz, Stefanie Stanley and Krista Welk
Sultan: Sara Evans and Chelsea Pearsall
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