Glacier Peak artist on display in D.C.
Kaylie Nawaa, of Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, won the 2015 Congressional Art Competition for Washington’s First District, the office of U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene recently announced.
Nawaa won with her acrylic piece, “Little Sister,” which will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. as part of a year-long national exhibition.
Three local artists judged the competition.
Local honorable mentions went to Glacier Peak classmates Marissa Erme, Erin Mee and Carolyn Yip.
Darrington grad earns WSU scholarship
Sarah Peterson received a $2,000 Tom and Tarry Eastep Scholarship from the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University. The award is given to a student majoring in mathematics with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Peterson graduated from Darrington High School in 2012. She plans to graduate WSU with a degree in mathematics in May 2016.
Peterson is a member of the WSU Math Club, Preservice Teachers of Mathematics, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Campus Crusade for Christ.
Environmentalists win awards for volunteering
Three Mukilteo School District students recently won awards for young environmentalists at the Better Ground Awards Showcase, which celebrates volunteerism and environmental work being done in Snohomish County.
Jack McManis, a sophomore at Kamiak High School, was honored for volunteering hundreds of hours to help create an outdoor learning classroom at Mukilteo Elementary. Diana Cantini, a seventh-grader at Explorer Middle School, was honored for volunteering with Farmer Frog and for working at the Olivia Park Elementary school gardens. Carlos Aranda, a fifth-grader at Discovery Elementary, was honored for serving as the president of the school’s Verde Garden Club.
Mariner grad off to Animal Kingdom
Amanda Stephens-Roberts, a 2011 graduate of Mariner High School, has accepted an internship with the Walt Disney Company. She will be working as a conservation education presenter and will be working with the Wilderness Explorer program at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Florida.
Stephens-Roberts graduates in May from Kansas State University with a degree in animal science.
Archbishop grad recognized for work
Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School alumna Meghan Nelson was a finalist for Outstanding Student for the class of 2015 at Dominican University of California, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude on May 16 with a business and political science double major.
Nelson studied abroad for a semester in Austria and spent two years on a thesis, “Understanding the Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Political Risk,” which she presented in Washington, D.C.
Nelson was a first-generation college student.
Wai performs anthem
Samantha Wai, of Everett, performed the national anthem May 16 at Kansas State University’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design commencement ceremony. Wai graduated with a master’s degree in architecture.
Mariner band kudos
The Mariner High School marching band won first place in the 4A division at the May 2 Wenatchee Apple Blossom Parade.
Earlier, the school’s concert and jazz bands each received gold medals at the April 19 Heritage Festival in Anaheim and were selected to perform in the Festival of Gold in San Francisco in 2016.
Jankovic serves as page
Luke Jankovic, a freshman at Arlington High School, recently served as a page at the state House of Representatives in Olympia. He was sponsored by Rep. Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish.
Luke grew up in Everett and moved to Arlington four years ago. He learned about the page program from his two older brothers and a sister who had paged before him. He plays the saxophone in his high school band, enjoys basketball and his favorite class is social studies.
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