Jackson High School tech teens headed to state competition
Jackson High School hosted the Western Washington Regional Technology Student Association Competition on Feb. 7.
Teams came together to compete in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) related events.
First-place finishers from Snohomish County:
Jackson High School: Ali Alameedi, Hannah Cho, Ryan Chu, Ben Drajeske, Chana Kim, Jean Kim, Lydia Kim, Julie Lee, Jinzheng Li, Sriharshita Musunuri, Daniel Nguyen, Jason Nguyen, Colin Nordquist, Indira Rayala, Collin Tasaka, Emily Tasaka, Justine Teoh, Serena Tran, Natalie Weed, Brandon Yee, John Youn
Mountlake Terrace High School: Haeley Johnston; Paxtyn Merten
Students are now busy preparing for the state conference, to be held March 26-28 in Bellevue.
Teaching the Navy’s next generation
U.S. Navy Lt. Brian Thorpe gave a daylong tour Feb. 18 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island to students in the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Navy Junior ROTC program. Students learned about the mission of Electronic Attack Squadron 134 and the EA-6B Prowler. They also visited Search and Rescue where they saw the MH-60S Knighthawk and the Center of Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, where Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B, EA-18G, EP-3E, P-3 aircraft maintenance training is taught.
Williams is School Counselor of the Year
Sarah Williams has been selected as the 2014 Washington School Counselor of the Year through the Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA).
Williams, who works at Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, will be honored during the annual WSCA conference to be held Feb. 26-27 in Seattle.
As winner, Williams will be nominated by WSCA for consideration for the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National School Counselor of the Year Award.
Cascade class gets museum grant
College-level English students in Scott Loucks’ classroom at Cascade High School will be going to the Wing-Luke Museum, Japanese Cultural Center and the International District in Seattle in April thanks to a $750 travel grant from the Wing-Luke Museum. The grant covers transportation costs for 135 students and adults.
The field trip relates, in part, to the course reading of Jamie Ford’s novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” set against Japanese internment in America during World War II.
Haiku poems from Eagle Festival
The Eagle Festival was held Feb. 6-7 in Arlington and surrounding communities. The festival included a haiku poetry contest. Printed below are the winning poems from the elementary and secondary level winners.
Carl Richardson (K-5): the woods grow mushrooms / on logs or hidden by trees / some are homes for gnomes
Jacob Dietz (6-12): above the tall trees / and the birds among the skies / rain stirs in the wind
Alonso, of Everett, earns WWU Teaching Ecellence Scholarship
Western Washington University student Jaimee-Lynn Evangelista Alonso, of Everett, received a $5,910 Inspired for Teaching Excellence Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.
The scholarship is awarded to a freshman from Washington who possesses a passion for making a difference through teaching in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Alonso plans to be an early childhood education major.
Snohomish VFW honors essay winners with cash awards
Snohomish students who won or placed in three patriotic essay contests sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 921 were honored at a Feb. 14 ceremony.
There were 110 entries, double what the post has seen in recent years.
Top winners in each grade-level division received cash awards:
Ava Gale, third grade, Emerson Elementary
Avrey Brumley, fourth grade, Cathcart Elementary
Athena Murguia, fifth grade, Emerson Elementary
Patriot’s Pen: first place to Isaac Read, sixth grade, Emerson Elementary; second place to Holli Welcker, eighth grade, Centennial Middle School; third place to Raine Kemperman, sixth grade, Emerson Elementary
Voice of Democracy: first place to Shadrach Strehle, senior, Snohomish High School; second place to Joseph Addington, sophomore, Snohomish High School
Robotics teams take awards home
The following Snohomish County teams won awards at the FIRST Lego League Western Washington State Championship, held Jan. 31 in Kent:
LepBRICKcons, homeschool of Camano Island, Project: Presentation Award
Sensi Survivors, Edmonds Heights K-12, Core Values: Inspiration Award
Robogators Team 2, Northshore Christian Academy in Everett, Robot: Strategy and Innovation Award
Also competing at that event in FIRST Tech Challenge competition, Atomic Robotics of Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center finished as part of the second-place finalist alliance.
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