ATM raises most for Rice Bowl
Published 9:21 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The senior class at Archbishop Murphy High School in Mill Creek raised $25,010 in its annual Operation Rice Bowl fundraiser – exceeding the class of 2010’s goal of $20,010.
Fundraising activities included a French club effort for Haiti earthquake relief, a Powder Puff football game, barbecue, dance and more. Twenty young men also paid $20 each for the privilege of growing facial hair, normally prohibited. A faculty-organized Service Auction also raised $4,500.
Operation Rice Bowl is a Lenten program of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services.
Archbishop Murphy High is the top contributing school to the national effort. This year, it also raised the most money of any one agency. Money raised went to the Seattle Archdiocese’s missions office.
Students produce electrifying art
The PUD Board of Commissioners recognized 18 local students on May 4 who won awards in the utility’s 2010 art, photography and essay competitions. The contests engage students in electricity topics.
The art competition challenged students to use their artistic talents to create a poster that shows ways students and teachers can reduce their electricity use at school. Local winners are:
Prabhman S. Aujla, kindergarten, Silver Lake Elementary, Everett
Bhargavi Kantipudi, fourth grade, Shelton View Elementary, Bothell
Olive White, sixth grade, Terrace Park Elementary, Mountlake Terrace
Abby Bratt, sixth grade, Terrace Park Elementary, Mountlake Terrace
Espi Garcia, sixth grade, Terrace Park Elementary, Mountlake Terrace
The students’ art is on display at PUD headquarters in Everett through Friday, May 7, and online at www.snopud.com and www.enterprisenewspapers.com.
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ take the stage
Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center presents “Jekyll and Hyde, The Musical” May 7-16.
“Jekyll and Hyde” is the classic tale of a brilliant but tortured scientist whose experiment in extracting the evil from human nature goes horribly awry. With music by Frank Wildhorn, book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and based on the novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll &Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The play is directed by Shileah Corey and features a cast of 25 actors, ages 14-18.
Performances are 7 p.m. May 7, 8, 14 and 15 with 2 p.m. matinée performances May 9 and 16. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Not recommended for young children.
All performances are at Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center, 23200 100th Ave. W, Edmonds.
Job fair targets high-schoolers
Workforce Development Council Snohomish County and WorkSource Snohomish County will host SummerPalooza, a resource and job fair for high school youth, from 5 to 8 p.m., May 10, at Glacier Peak High School, 7401 144th Place SE in Snohomish.
The event is free and open to the public.
Employers and community organizations will offer summer employment, internships and volunteer opportunities. Students from every Snohomish County high school are invited, and should come prepared to interview, fill out job applications and hand over copies of their resumes.
In addition, workshops will be available on the subjects of job applications, resumes and interviews. Food Worker Card training will also be conducted at the event at 6 p.m. for a fee of $10 (cash only). Space is limited and late admittance will not be permitted to the training class.
MC student named National Merit Scholar
Maxwell C. Horton of Mill Creek, who attends Lakeside School in Seattle, received a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship, one of 2,500 Merit Scholar designees nationwide.
Horton and 54 other Washington state finalists received the scholarships for their accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies, based in part on Preliminary SAT scores. Students also write an essay. A committee of college and high school counselors selects the winners.
ATM senior awarded hefty scholarships
Kaitlyn C. Kelly, a senior at Archbishop Murphy High School, received a $24,000 Regents Scholarship from the Washington State University Regents Scholar Program for her outstanding academic record in high school.
To receive this award, students must demonstrate academic strength, leadership capability, community and cultural involvement and extracurricular involvement. Recipients are nominated by their high schools. It is awarded to a maximum of 25 students each year.
Kelly also received a $2,000 Science Opportunity Scholarship from the WSU College of Sciences.
Kelly plans to attend WSU in the fall to study business administration or medicine.
Kelly is a three-year member of the National Honor Society, a four-year letterman in cross country and track, a peer mentor, a founding member of Recycling Club and active with the Campus Ministry Team and various volunteer groups. She is the daughter of Joelle and Tom Kelly of Everett.
Art show draws more than 300
Archbishop Murphy High School hosted its fifth annual Juried Art Show April 23 and 24 at the Mill Creek school. Over 100 local Catholic, private and public grade schools were invited to participate in the show, as well as being open to all Archbishop Murphy students.
The objectives of the show are to help students value the creation of quality art and to give students a way to showcase and celebrate their artistic creations. This year, 18 grade schools participated and 309 students in kindergarten to 12th grade entered art pieces. In all, 439 total pieces were on display.
This year’s show was partnered by Seattle Art Museum.
WAVE scholars honored
Edmonds Community College students Walker Dodson, 39, of Bothell and Melinda Longsine, 44, of Lynnwood have received Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarships.
The WAVE scholarship honors students for outstanding achievement in vocational-technical education and awards them six quarters of tuition at a regional college or university of their choice.
Dodson is earning an energy management degree and certificates in construction management and project management. He plans to work in energy conservation for a local utility and would like to start a consulting firm advising developers on energy use for construction projects.
Longsine is earning her alcohol and chemical dependency counseling certificate with plans to pursue her bachelor’s degree in psychology or behavioral science and then earn a master’s in social work.
Due to state budget cuts, this year WAVE awards were given to only one top-scoring applicant in each legislative district.
Meadowdale student finishes 10th at SkillsUSA
Stuart Zickefoose, a junior in Meadowdale High School’s advanced auto class, took 10th place at the SkillsUSA competition held in Yakima April 15-17.
The theme for this year’s competition, geared at students in career and technical education programs, was “Champions at Work: Connecting the Opportunities.” Zickefoose competed in automotive service technology along with 19 other teens from across the state.
Zickefoose was the only local student to place at the state competition.
