Super Kid

Hard work in math is adding up for Sky Valley senior

Hard work in math is adding up for Sky Valley senior

Frances Scott-Weis is a Running Start student at EvCC who loves solving problems and traveling.

Hard work in math is adding up for Sky Valley senior
Super Kid is Catrien deBoer, a student leader and senior at Edmonds-Woodway High School who also is involved in the academically challenging International Baccalaureate program, swim team and Link Crew. At school on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 in Edmonds, Wa. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

No borders for this Edmonds-Woodway senior

Catrien de Boer is deep into the International Baccalaureate diploma program.

Super Kid is Catrien deBoer, a student leader and senior at Edmonds-Woodway High School who also is involved in the academically challenging International Baccalaureate program, swim team and Link Crew. At school on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 in Edmonds, Wa. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Sequoia High senior overcomes challenges, turmoil

Sequoia High senior overcomes challenges, turmoil

Caireanna Mills credits the Everett high school for helping her chart her own path.

Sequoia High senior overcomes challenges, turmoil
Meadowdale High School senior Samantha “Sam” Phara is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Meadowdale senior has designs on a career in architecture

Samantha “Sam” Phara intends to build on her interest in drawing and art.

Meadowdale High School senior Samantha “Sam” Phara is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Jamie Copeland is a senior at Cedar Park Christian Schools’ Mountlake Terrace campus. She is a basketball player, ASB president, cheerleader and, of course, a Lion. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Cedar Park Christian senior stepping up to new challenges

Jamie Copeland’s academics include STEM studies, leadership, ASB activities, honor society.

Jamie Copeland is a senior at Cedar Park Christian Schools’ Mountlake Terrace campus. She is a basketball player, ASB president, cheerleader and, of course, a Lion. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Marysville Getchell High School junior David Samaniego is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

He’s into Latin, so naturally he’s also into sword-fighting

It’s a Roman thing, explains David Samaniego, a junior at Marysville Getchell High School.

Marysville Getchell High School junior David Samaniego is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Everett High senior spreads his interests around

Everett High senior spreads his interests around

From drama and books to Scouting and chemistry, Nate Ness gets into a lot of everything.

Everett High senior spreads his interests around
Hard work is paying off for Mariner High senior

Hard work is paying off for Mariner High senior

Mey Ly has excelled in school since moving here from Cambodia; she also serves as an intrepreter.

Hard work is paying off for Mariner High senior
Lynnwood High’s Venecia Lucio in tune with helping out

Lynnwood High’s Venecia Lucio in tune with helping out

Senior is involved in ASB and Colores Unidos, a group that celebrates Spanish-speaking cultures.

Lynnwood High’s Venecia Lucio in tune with helping out
Sultan High School senior Tyler Aamold is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Making Sultan High, Sky Valley better places

Senior Tyler Aamold plays a leadership role at school and in service to his community.

Sultan High School senior Tyler Aamold is this week’s Herald Super Kid. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Glacier Peak senior prepares to leave the high school stage

Glacier Peak senior prepares to leave the high school stage

Shelby Northen is also a musician and a Seattle Aquarium volunteer.

Glacier Peak senior prepares to leave the high school stage
‘Family is made of love, and it doesn’t have to be by blood’

‘Family is made of love, and it doesn’t have to be by blood’

“Servant leader” Maddie Hill, an Archbishop Murphy senior, is inspired by her parents to help others.

‘Family is made of love, and it doesn’t have to be by blood’
Inclusion super important to Monroe High senior

Inclusion super important to Monroe High senior

Sarah Reeves worked to make homecoming more representative of the student population.

Inclusion super important to Monroe High senior
This week’s Herald Super Kid is Dhruvik Parikh, a senior at Jackson High School. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Jackson High TEDx speaker is plugged into renewable energy

Dhruvik Parikh, who is juiced about chemistry, spent a summer at MIT and will speak at TEDx Nov. 4.

This week’s Herald Super Kid is Dhruvik Parikh, a senior at Jackson High School. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
This week’s Herald Super Kid, Kamiak senior Greg Marshall, is a kind and committed student leader. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Kamiak High senior accentuates the positive

Guiding principle for senior Greg Marshall: Kindness counts

This week’s Herald Super Kid, Kamiak senior Greg Marshall, is a kind and committed student leader. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
This week’s Herald Super Kid is Nathan Nicholson of Snohomish High School. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

‘The future is biotech,’ but for now he’s busy with everything

Snohomish senior Nathan Nicholson is a student leader and media master.

This week’s Herald Super Kid is Nathan Nicholson of Snohomish High School. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Herald Super Kid this week is John Cramer, who started his own handmade pen business at age 17, to put himself through college. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Lake Stevens High senior has an entrepreneurial mind

John Cramer crafts and sells designer pens to help pay for college

Herald Super Kid this week is John Cramer, who started his own handmade pen business at age 17, to put himself through college. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Andy Bronson / The Herald                                Wade Grant, an Explorer with North County Fire and EMS, stands in front of a practice burn Aug. 29 in Stanwood. Grant is going into the fire academy in the fall, and hopes to pursue a degree in fire science at Everett Community College.

Stanwood home schooler follows passion for fire science

Wade Grant, 18, recently earned his high school diploma through a home-schooling program. He also completed a few classes at Stanwood High School… Continue reading

Andy Bronson / The Herald                                Wade Grant, an Explorer with North County Fire and EMS, stands in front of a practice burn Aug. 29 in Stanwood. Grant is going into the fire academy in the fall, and hopes to pursue a degree in fire science at Everett Community College.
Herald Super Kid this week is Isrrael “Izzy” Munoz, a Cascade High School junior, Y volunteer and designer. Yep, he designed the shirt. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Cascade High junior keeps busy setting a good example

Isrrael “Izzy” Munoz, 16, is starting his junior year at Cascade High School. He volunteered as a leader at Code Teen at the… Continue reading

Herald Super Kid this week is Isrrael “Izzy” Munoz, a Cascade High School junior, Y volunteer and designer. Yep, he designed the shirt. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Everett teen wants to help people be politically informed

Everett teen wants to help people be politically informed

Zack Demars, 18, grew up in Everett and graduated from Cascade High School in June. He plans to attend the University of Oregon… Continue reading

Everett teen wants to help people be politically informed