Rotary gives nod to EvCC student
The Port Gardner Rotary Club awards and donates to an Everett Community College student each month.
On Oct. 18, the club plans to honor Emma Duchesne as its September Student of the Month. Duchesne was nominated by Athletic Director Larry Walk for being a good student and caring person.
Duchesne plays basketball and is active in Young Life, a Christian student group, including helping lead the group at Snohomish High School. She plans to study education.
Cool lesson on hot topic in Arlington
Snohomish County Fire District 21 brought a fire truck to Kent Prairie and Eagle Creek elementary schools during the lunch recesses at the end of September in anticipation of Fire Prevention Week, marked Oct. 5-11.
Assistant Chief Branden Bates and a fellow fire fighter came to introduce Fire District 21 to students and “wow” them with how far they can spray their hoses. The students gathered around them asking questions about what they do and what their job is like.
Jefferson principal appointed to board
Elizabeth Nunes, principal of Jefferson Elementary School in Everett has been appointed to the Scholastic Book Fairs National Principals Advisory Board. The 16-member board advises Scholastic, the educational publisher, in its work to improve student literacy and involve parents in schools. Nunes has been principal at Jefferson for three years and worked in education for 33 years.
Snohomish grad awarded scholarship
Western Washington University student Tiffany Jeanne Carey, a 2009 graduate of Snohomish High School, received a $3,000 CREATE scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.
The scholarship is given to junior- or senior-level students involved with Western’s CREATE program, which focuses on integrating the arts with research and education.
Carey is a junior in Western’s Woodring College of Education and has a 3.28 GPA. In the past, she was a volunteer at Mukilteo Elementary School and Lucielle Umbargar Elementary School in Burlington. She also toured elementary schools in Whatcom and Skagit counties with Western’s Multicultural Outreach Tour to promote that the world should be a “Non-Bullying Zone.”
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