Sandison honor: Shayne Sandison, Everett, is the ITT Technical Institute Computer Networking Systems Graduate Student of the Quarter.
Citadel honor: Angela Ellenwood, Snohomish, a junior at The Citadel in South Carolina, was appointed the position of Battalion Religious Officer and has earned the rank of Captain with the corps. She made the dean’s list for the first semester of this school year.
Dean’s List: Students on university or college Dean’s Lists include:
Meagan Loesche, Everett, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Emily Lynn Stecher Bartelheimer, Snohomish, Gonzaga University, Spokane
Excellent project: J.K. Park, Mill Creek, helped write a project that won an award for excellence in research at an Eastern Psychological Association meeting in Boston. Park attends Grove City College in Grove City, Pa.
Scholarship honor: Christina Hilgendorf, Mill Creek, was awarded the Northeastern University Presidential Scholarship at the Boston university’s eighth annual awards presentation earlier this month. She is a member of the Class of 2007 and is majoring in philosophy and with minors in business administration and political science. Hilgendorf is a graduate of Archbishop Murphy High School.
Artists on display: Six students from Shoreline Christian High School had artwork chosen for the Puget Sound Educational Service District’s 2005 Regional High School Art Show, including: Rachel Werkhoven of Monroe, oil pastels; Kyle Paulsen of Marysville, mixed media; Laurel Hodges of Brier, charcoal; and Annamarie de Guzman of Shoreline, oil pastels. Senior David Fertello of Brier received an Outstanding Achievement Medium Award for his etching, “Jungle Nautilus.” There were 251 entries submitted from 28 school districts in King and Pierce counties plus Bainbridge Island. An online gallery is at www.psesd.org/artshow.
Write stuff: Deborah Womelsduff of Lynnwood, an English teacher and drama coach at Shoreline Christian School, recently published an article entitled “The Paradox of Structure and Freedom: An Experiment in Writing Poetry” in the March 2005 issue of the English Journal, a journal of ideas for language arts teachers. Shoreline Christian High School seniors Steve Vander Zee and Jonathon Monillas also had their poems published in the journal as examples of Dinka-style poems. Womelsduff is part of the Puget Sound Writing Project and a founding member of Broadswords, a writing group of language arts educators.
All good: Cascadia Community College student Whitney Mueller was recognized at the annual All-Washington Academic Team Award ceremony on March 24 at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. Gov. Christine Gregoire spoke and presented medallions to the students commemorating their selection. Mueller, 20, has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.92. She will graduate in June with an associate’s degree in integrated studies and plans to transfer to a university to earn a degree in communication and advertising. Each of the state’s community and technical colleges nominated one student for the honor, which came with $750 in scholarships.
Hats off: The Snohomish School Board recently awarded Excellence in Education Awards, including a certificate and monogrammed hat, to classified staff members nominated by their principals and supervisors: Debra Beuschlein, Valley View Middle School; Rhonda Bueler, Seattle Hill Elementary; Francie Chaffee, Cascade View Elementary; Laura DeMinter, Central Primary Center; Cory Elwell, Snohomish High School; Sherry Hill, Transportation; Patti Ingstad, Totem Falls Elementary; Tammy Johnson, Central Primary Center; Lisa Kalina, Freshman Campus; Butch Mesman, Snohomish High School; Linda Moldestad, Snohomish High School; Tiffany Ness, Centennial Middle School; Patty Owen, Snohomish High School; Terre Petersen, Transportation; Karen Ren, Riverview Elementary; Carol Sack, Seattle Hill Elementary; Stephanie Sakelaris, Emerson Elementary; Robin Sheeler, Machias Elementary; Gordon Taylor, Emerson Elementary; and Jill Troupe, AIM High School. Community member Bill Fulton donated the hats.
Academic distinction: Kristine Nowak and Lacey Wolfe, both of Snohomish, were awarded Academic Distinction for the fall 2004 semester at Whitman College. Nowak is a junior English major. Wolfe is a sophomore Spanish language and literature major.
Monroe Junior High School Honor Roll:
Grade 9: Annadea Accetturo, Manuel Aguirre, David Allsop, Breanne Anderson, Larissa Armstrong, Leigh Anne Barr, Amanda Barron, Alex Baugh, Kim Berg, Andrew Berry, Kelsey Brennan, Hayden Brooks, Samantha Brosius, Mikayle Brown, Tannis Brown, Christopher Bunge, Sylvia Burkhardt, Leah Butterfield, Joey Carel, Andrew Chong, Justin Clark, Keith Clark, Rachel Coonan, Samantha Crowell, Mara Curley, Lyndy Davis, Tessa Degel, Roman Dufrene, Kelsi Durant, Julia Elliott, Ashley Esparza, Dimitry Fishchuk, Kelsey Fouse, Shannon Fretz, Christopher Furrer, Kali Garland, Sonam Ghag, Kelsey Gillies, Landon Gorman, Jerrika Groeneweg, Morgan Hamm, Elizabeth Hampton, Katrina Hatcher, Katharine Heckel, Carson Heffner, Heather Held, Jessica Hendrickson, Jenna Herman, Tanya Hopkins, Nichole Hunt, Kyle Ingersoll, David Irwin, Brittany Jarnot, Alyssa Julian, Stephanie Kiilsgaard, Kelsey King, Kristy Klett, Ryan Knott, Jenise Kohler, Brenna Landon, Monica Lever, Katherine Lotzgesell, Stephanie Love, Cami Lundeen, Heather Lyons, James MacIntyre, Heather Malmberg, Ashley Mathis, Jordan Maupin, Courtney McCabe, Claire McQuin, Brett Melnrick, Casey Melnrick, Kathrina Mencias, Kevin Merriman, Samantha Miller, Zach Miller, Clinton Miracle, Meghan Munter, Alycia Newell, April Nilsen, Anthony Noble, Roxanne Nyberg, Karly Olson, Maria Ordaz, Kayla Oswald, Ian Parmley, James Parsons, Jennifer Parsons, Candace Peterson, Peter Pieroni, Megan Poole, Josephine Putnam, Christopher Reed, Jessica Roderick, Bonnie Rodgers, Lauren Rosenthal, Matthew Rouse, Lucas Sall, Jamie Saturno, Lori Simonson, Paige Smith, Elizabeth Steere, Jordan Stewart-Rozema, Ivan Stocker, Ashley Sumner, Heather Taylor, Morgan Thomas, Austin Thompson, Jessica Turek, Courtney Volk, Kimberly Waller, Alexa Walter, Aaron Ward, Celina Weaver, Michelle Wells, Janae Wheatley, Timothy Whitehall, Hailee Wood, Jason Wright, Chinda Xinavong
Grade 8: Amanda Abernethy, Danielle Alden, Emily Auvil, Makayla Baker, Joshua Beamer, Taryn Black, Kyla Blackburn, Hilary Bland, Miranda Blum, Sarah Bodrak, Spencer Bolton, Sean Bowers, Alexandra Brader, Austin Bray, Casey Brown, Kevin Call, Tyler Campbell, Spencer Chisholm, Kyle Clifford, Wesley Coan, Jama’e Coonts, Linzie Cooper, Rebecca Cragerud, Jacob Creager, Matthew Crisman, Delaney Davis, Nila Davis, Sindi Diko, Connor DiMaggio, Morgan Donaldson, Jordan Donohue, Kaitlyn Drew, Kelsey Dye, Caitlyn Echterling, Mitchell Faidley, Anna Flom, Kristin Galloway, Daniel Griesmer, James Hajek, Michael Harlich, Brittany Harrison, Sean Higgins, Andrew Hopkins, Jonathon Howard, Victoria Isham, Emelia Jarnot, Maeryn Johnston, Trevor Judson, Madeline Keenan, Veronica Keenan, Brielle Kemis, Samuel Kenagy, Tyler Kidd, Shelby Knutzen, Jillian Krisinger, Michelle Latham, Lauriel Leachman, Christine Leid, Marie Lenac, Olga Lis, Peter Loesslin, Travis Loukusa, Ashley MacRae, Molly Manthe, Caitlyn Mantie, Kevin McClure II, Casey McNally, Justin Meader, Ryan Mifflin, Melinda Miracle, Alisha Mitchum, Jennifer Morea, Joseph Mullen, Kylin Munoz, Caitlin Murphy, Kimberly Nelson, Ashlynn Notoa, Timothy Ohlsen, Emilie Ojalehto, Jared Oswald, Paul Oswald, Pawares Pathompornvivat, Kristy Paul, Noel Pecoraro, Janelle Prince, Elisabeth Pulido, Jamisyn Ramsey, Korina Randall, Julianne Reno, Samantha Reyling, Kathryn Robertson, Christopher Robinson, Emily Roska, Stephanie Ryder, Shauntelle-M Sanchez, Presley Sandoval, Kelsey Schlegel, Alyssa Schmeck, Chrystal Schmidt, Samantha Schmidt, Kaitlin Schwartz, Connor Shelford, Michael Shoemake, Makayla Simon, Alexandra Smargiassi, Alyssa Smith, Dara Smith, Rachel Smith, Bryan Sonneveldt, Kayla Stafford, Briar Stanley, Brian Sutter, Shelby Sweet, Jessica Thomason, Julian Trujillo, Jesse VanHorn, Moises Velasco, Katharyne White, Joshua Williams, Stephanie Winter, Ashlyn Yuh.
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