Sultan band first at marching competition
The Sultan High School marching band placed first in the A/AA category at a marching band competition held recently at Tumwater High School, also winning Best Music, Best Marching and Best Color Guard. The marching band has 85 members, representing about 12 percent of the Sultan High student population. Drum majors are Amanda Young, Erika Levin and Nick Pardue. The marching band is directed by teacher Jill Sumpter and assistant band director Jon Pardue.
Evergreen students perform at state event
Six eighth-graders from Evergreen Middle School performed last weekend with 400 other middle school musicians as part of the 2006 Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) Junior All-State East Band, Orchestra and Choir held at Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane. The annual event showcases some of the state’s most promising young musicians and vocalists. To be part of the event, students had to audition.
Archbishop Murphy math team wins
The Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School math team took first place over five other teams in a recent competition of calculation. Team members are Emily McClure, Cassie George, Siobhan Boyle, Matt Peterson and Taurus Vilgalys. Peter McDonnell won the individual competition. Shannon Hoban tied for second; McClure and Boyle tied for fifth.
KCTS awards Golden Apple to local teachers
Local individual and program winners of KCTS Television’s Golden Apple Awards for 2006 are:
Rojean Garnica, literacy, kindergarten to sixth grade, Mountlake Terrace Elementary School, Edmonds School District.
Construction Academy, 11th to 12th grades, Bothell High School, Northshore School District, instructor Calvin Pygott
Two named as National Merit finalists
Snohomish High School students Mallory Huntington and Jordan Reichelt were named among the 16,000 semifinalists nationwide in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Cascade View PTA fundraiser a success
The Cascade View Elementary School PTA in Snohomish raised $17,800 at the school’s first Fund Run. The PTA will use the proceeds to buy technology or to fill other requests made by the teachers.
WWU summer graduation list
Students who received summer degrees at Western Washington University in Bellingham include:
Arlington: Nicole Maurine Yoney.
Bothell: Amy Mercedes Marie Caffiere, Antonia Nicole Calihan, Daniel Kenneth Chase, Erin Renee Gorsuch, Nicholas Martin Grether, Marci Marie Holm, Jessica Jaimie Johnson, Lindsay Michelle Larin, Colleen Celeste Loy, Caitlin Marie Maloney, Jeffrey Tanner Merrill, Erik Waldo Pygott, Eric M. Smith, Denise T. Tran.
Brier: Sharon Maria Ruiz-Schluger.
Camano Island: Chris H. Andersen, Carson Joelle Cunningham, Jeffrey Thor Jacobsen, Daniel Paul Stone.
Edmonds: Karyn Therese Andriesen, Robin Daniel Fiorito-Schmaus, Kendahl Denise Hoffmann, Sherri Anne Holzman, Elizabeth Lucinda James, Matt Edward Renouard, Erika Susan Thompson, Trevor R. Van Dyke, Laura Nicole Wilcox.
Everett: Wagahta Teklesenbet Andeberhan, Naziret Haile Asgedom, Michael R. Conery, Nathan Alexander Escalona, Leslie Anne Hagen, Mike J. King, Amanda Ann Kizer, Pamela Sue Lawrence, Audrey Michele Maage, Natasha Sekhon, Shannon Courtney Taylor.
Lake Stevens: Tyson Jon Adams, Jennifer Ann Nicholson, Amanda Jean Peterson.
Langley: Patrick Thomas Jones.
Lynnwood: Robert John Hinnenkamp, Daniel Neal Johnson, Wanida Klinthavorn, Eric Jordan Miller, Wai Man Wan.
Marysville: Jennifer Lynn Frey, Elizabeth Gudino, Amy Jean Sept.
Mill Creek: Steven Dennis Nygreen, Jason Patrick Todd, Chris Patrick Vail.
Monroe: Ariel A. Fredrickson, Claire Ann Phelps.
Mountlake Terrace: Anna Kathleen Muller.
Oak Harbor: Jeffrey Siebert Baker, Frank John Nelson III, Christine Lea Webster.
Snohomish: Tora Rock Davis, Emily Jean Marie Harrington, Sarah Michelle Ray, Joshua Jude Vargas.
WWU announces scholarships
Recent scholarship recipients at Western Washington University in Bellingham include:
Jennifer Lauren Mankin, Snohomish, Sky Valley Education Center, $2,000 Multicultural Achievement Program scholarship.
Shaun Nichols, Snohomish, Snohomish High School, a Multicultural Achievement Program $500 scholarship.
Samantha Cardona, Marysville-Pilchuck High School, a $2,000 Multicultural Achievement Program scholarship.
Keaton Taitingfong, Marysville-Pilchuck High School, a $500 Multicultural Achievement Program scholarship.
Principals honor Bothell lawmaker
A group representing Washington’s principals honored Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-Bothell, with its annual President’s Award for her leadership on education issues. McAuliffe recently accepted the award during the Association of Washington School Principals fall conference in Vancouver.
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