The following students were named Students of the Month for their respective schools in September.
Meadowdale High School
Name: Sam Werner
Residence: Edmonds
Parents: Wendy and Glenn Werner
GPA: 3.95
Clubs &Activities: LINK Crew, Voices (Leadership), Christians with a Mission, Young Life, National Honor Society
Athletics: Varsity football, varsity basketball, varsity soccer. Plays for Snohomish United as a club team.
Awards: Honored by the Edmonds Rotary Club for academic achievement.
Community Service: LINK Crew, volunteer at basketball camp
Current Employment: Work for Run to Win, a Christian organization that does sports camps for kids
Future Educational Goals: Attend a university, study either engineering or computer science
Future Career Goals: Play a sport in college (most likely soccer), pursue soccer professionally. Or become an engineer and have a family.
Anything Else: I have a brother Paul at Gonzaga who has helped me to get to where I am. I have 4 cats (Moose, Felix, Nikki, Diego), and a Golden Retriever Barkley. Every weekend I play croquet with friends Dillon, Travis and Tony. I also play the violin.
Mountlake Terrace High School
Name: Pace Cordova-Smith
Residence: Lynnwood
Parents: Pam Cordova and Craig Smith
GPA: 2.7
Clubs &Activities: ASB
ASB: Sophomore Class Representative, Junior Class Representative, ASB Treasurer
Athletics: Tennis
Community Service: Rotary Hispanic Center volunteer
Employment: Spud Fish &Chip at Greenlake
Future Educational Goals: Community college, transfer to a 4-year school and earn a business degree, minoring in culinary arts
Future Career Goals: Opening and operating a café
Name: Corinne Pingul
Residence: Brier
Parents: Ed and Geri Pingul
GPA: 4.0
Clubs &Activities: Key Club, Honor Society, Club soccer
ASB: ASB President, ASB Secretary, Interhigh Representative
Athletics: Soccer, basketball, tennis
Honors: Soccer captain, basketball captain, National Honor Society
Awards: Outstanding Washington Leader, Soccer Honorable Mention (08 and 09), Basketball Honorable Mention (08 and 09), Alexander Hamilton National Merit Citizenship Award
Community Service: Brier Terrace Middle School Girls Basketball volunteer, girls basketball coach, Northwest Boychoir volunteer
Future Educational Goals: College and graduate school
Future Career Goals: Working for a nonprofit organization and traveling around the world
Scriber Lake High School
Name: Kevin Mayo
Residence: Lynnwood
Parents: Michael Mayo and Robin Walton
Goals: 1. To attend community college; 2. Join ROTC program; 3. Enter military
Activities: Men of Valor program (MOVE), SLHS (2008-09); Challenge Day participant, SLHS (2007-08); Leadership program, SLHS (2007-08); Member of school wrestling and cross country teams (2005-06).
Accomplishments: Student of Auto Basics I &II, MDH; Certificate of Academic Achievement, Auto I ⅈ Certificate of Academic Achievement in Math
Work Experience: Laborer – Ursulmas Fair, Snohomish, WA (2007); Crew – Rocket Music, Lynnwood, WA (2007); Self-employed – Landscaping, Lynnwood, WA (2005); Volunteer: After school projects at SLHS.
Name: LaTasha Tuffs
Residence: Lynnwood
Parent: Deanna Schuh
Graduate: Class of 2010
Goals: To attend Shoreline Community College
Career goal: Registered Nurse
Work: Employed at Cinnabon at Fred Meyer, Lynnwood (1 ½ years); Cashier and baker
Volunteer: Volunteer for Special Olympics (2009-10)
Activities: Women of Wisdom (WOW) leadership, SLHS (2007-Present); Student Store, SLHS (2008-09); Student of INSTEP, outdoor survival class, SLHS (2008-09)
Hobbies: Enjoys painting, baking and playing with her dog.
Henry M. Jackson High School
Name: Max Ozuna
GPA: 3.94
Activities: Student government all four years, represented Jackson at the Wesco Interhigh meetings and participated in varioius community service projects including the school’s food drive. He also played sports for three years, and helped with Octoberfest and Junior Olympics.
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