Awesome to see students succeed

Looking back, I don’t know what’s been more impressive: growing up and seeing the creative talents of Tom McGrath and Don Brady in my father’s middle school drama classes, or having the privilege of being a classmate of Terrace High alums Martin Hester and Jonathan Soriano and marveling while I observed their jaw-dropping artistic craftsmanship.

It’s been fun to follow the career progress of these Edmonds School District products, whether it be Tom’s work with “Madagascar,” Don’s acting with Taproot Theater, the feature the Seattle P-I did on Martin’s chalkboard drawings, or Jonathan’s graphic designing with the University of Washington Athletic Department. Whether it’s viewing some of Tom’s murals that we’ve got on some old videos or the panoramic painting Martin did of gorgeous Holden Lake, I just shake my head in quasi-disbelief at the exactness and precision that those guys demonstrated at such a young age.

Congratulations to these young men for harnessing their brilliant God-given talents, as well as the faithful teachers who taught and encouraged them early on.

STEVE GOODMAN

Mountlake Terrace