Schools Applause

Columbia College: Students on the Dean’s List include:

Arlington: Kelly Duncan, Kathy Fett, Michal Miles, Marsha Nehring, Kenneth Thomas, Rebecca White.

Everett: Julian Gerads, Steve Marrero, Kim Shultz

Granite Falls: Jonathan Wells

Mountlake Terrace: Kristen Kelly

Marysville: Brian Brown, Lonnie Enyeart, Janet Holt, Dean Leach, Shane McDaniel, Jama Palomo, Genevieve Stasiak

College grads: Students who recently graduated from colleges and universities include:

Johnathan Makus and Amy Williams, Lynnwood, Johnson &Wales University, Colorado.

Adam Toeset, Marysville, Trinity Christian College, Illinois.

Erika Rice, Marysville, Harvey Mudd College, California.

Whitworth Laureates: Students on the Whitworth College Laureate Society include:

Bothell: Katelyn Hackett.

Camano Island: Joshua Breda.

Everett: Julie Kurtz, Annemarie Huber, Genesis Kuhlman.

Marysville: Matthew Moore.

Snohomish: Amy Bement, Jacob Holderman, Heidi Brown, Joshua Rodland.

Whitman College: Students who received academic distinction include:

Arlington: Sarah Baczewski and Jay Heath

Bothell: Mark Prentice, Meagan Reed, Matthew Jenkins, Ella Braden, Crystal Lindaberry, Jordan Kline

Brier: Walker Malling

Camano Island: Kyle Born

Clinton: Kira Hubbard.

Coupeville: Matthew Magnuson

Edmonds: Melissa Cline, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Sarah Trusz, Amanda McLean, Jennifer Hyman.

Everett: Hans Otterson, Anna Greer, Trevor Lewis

Freeland: Emiko Hastings

Index: Linnea Zimmerman

Langley: Sara Pierce-Magdalik

Lynnwood: Alicia Aho, Joshua Stillman.

Mill Creek: Mary Mayes

Monroe: Patrick Flanagan.

Oak Harbor: Amahra Leaman.

Snohomish: Kristine Nowak, James Garrison IV, Lacey Wolfe, Catherine Liggett, Nathan Thomsen.

Stanwood: John Hubenthal, Michael Pinkham, Jessalin Beutler

Woodway: Mark Nichols

Skiftenes joins Peace Corps: Stacy Skiftenes, a 2000 graduate of Lakewood High School and 2004 graduate of Lewis and Clark College in Oregon, accepted a two-year assignment with the Peace Corps to serve as a public health volunteer in Ecuador.

Eastern grads: Students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University include:

Bothell: Kristofor Boustedt and Steven Mulkey

Coupeville: Amy Biller

Everett: Matthew Williams, Andrew Norman, Jennifer Hussey

Lynnwood: Shavonne Lanier

Marysville: Shawna Goodman

Mountlake Terrace: Renee Selhaver, Seth Swift, Victoria Carroll

Mukilteo: Kyla Smith

Sultan: Elizabeth Green and Brien Rosenquist

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