Families sought to host Japanese students in MC
Fourteen Japanese students aged 13 and 14 are coming in July to study English at Advent Lutheran Church in Mill Creek.
Host families are needed for some of the students, who come from Kagoshima and will arrive July 22 and stay through Aug. 10.
The visitors will be taken on field trips and tours. Classes are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Families fill out an evaluation at the end of their stay.
To say thank you for hosting, three tickets (one for the student) will be provided to each host family for the Aug. 5 Seattle Mariners baseball game.
For information call Nicole Bingay at 425-337-7633.
Local student wins WWU scholarship
Brooke Clement, daughter of Roger and Nancy Clement of Mill Creek, received a $1,000 President’s scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year from Western Washington University.
President’s Scholarships are awarded to the top 8 to 10 percent of incoming freshmen and transfer students and are based on superior academic achievement.
Clement is an incoming freshman at Western and earned a 3.83 GPA from Jackson High School. She was a member of the National Honors Society and played three years of varsity tennis. Clement plans to pursue a degree in environmental science at WWU.
Jackson baseball video wins award
Matthew Robertson of Mill Creek and fan of Jackson High School Baseball produced and edited a two-minute highlight reel of the team’s best plays to win second in the inaugural “For the Love of the Game” scholarship competition held by A to Z Sports, Inc.
The video was “intense,” according to a press release.
The Seattle based startup company awarded Matthew with a check for $1,500 at Jackson High School in honor of his “creative display of dedication to sports and media.” The scholarship was open to teams throughout Washington State and received over seventy entries.
Operation Homefront gathers backpacks
Operation Homefront aims to help military families in need by collecting new school supplies for children of all ages.
All items collected for back-to-school will be used to stuff backpacks that will be distributed to military school children. Operation Homefront chapters will distribute over 10,000 stuffed backpacks this school year.
Items needed include: backpacks, spiral notebooks, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, notebook paper, rulers, colored pencils, calculators, erasers and more.
Military families will soon be able to register online to receive school supplies. For information or to participate, contact the Washington Chapter of Operation Homefront at 800-779-5898 or Washington@operationhomefront.net, or see www.operationhomefrontwashington.com.
Young artists can win money in state contest
The Washington Apple Education Foundation awards students through the Year of the Apple art contest through Aug. 1, the deadline for submissions.
Student artists in kindergarten through 12th grade and 2007 graduates can participate in the Washington- state-tree-fruit-themed art competition. Grand prize wins a $1,000 savings bond — artwork is reproduced into a calendar distributed to industry members.
For each of the 16 awards presented, $100 will be given to the winning student’s school or organization for the purchase of art supplies. In all, $4,750 in savings bonds will be awarded. Rules and registration forms are available at www.waef.org or by calling 509-663-7713.
Submit artwork to: Washington Apple Education Foundation, C/O Art Contest, P.O. Box 3720, Wenatchee, WA 98807.
The Washington Apple Education Foundation fosters educational opportunities, encourages academic excellence and promotes awareness of the values of Washington’s tree fruit industry.
For information on the foundation, call 509-663-7713 or see www.waef.org.
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