Cascade teen is Seafair Ambassador
Cascade High School junior Alexandra Cizek has been selected as a 2015 Seafair Ambassador by the Seafair Foundation. She was selected based on an application and interview. She is the only student from a Snohomish County school on the 10-person roster of 2015 Seafair Ambassadors.
Chosen students each receive $1,000 college scholarships, a Seafair mentor and an exchange trip to Kobe, Japan, among other opportunities as they represent the Seattle-based festival over the next year.
“I’m really looking forward to experiencing a different culture with the exchange students from our sister city,” Cizek said.
National Merit Scholarship winner
The last batch of National Merit Scholar designees was recently announced. Local winners of National Merit Scholarships included Kyra Mohn of Everett High School. The award was sponsored by Wheaton College.
Lake Stevens teen chosen for science Congress
Corbin Schueller, a senior at Lake Stevens High School, was a Delegate to the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders, held June 28-30 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who are passionate about science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The event aims to honor, inspire, motivate and direct these top students. Schueller was nominated by astronaut Buzz Aldrin to represent Lake Stevens High School.
Sultan Elementary’s ‘lunch lady’ honored
Sultan Elementary School food services worker Lisa Parker was chosen as the June Sodexo Experience Award Winner.
Parker loves being a “lunch lady,” as she calls herself. She knows the names of all 550 students at Sultan Elementary and thanks each of the students every day as they come through the line. At every holiday she will dye food that holiday’s colors. And she is quietly courteous about letting students know when their meal funds are running low, putting a personal note on their ID.
Phi Kappa Phi members
The following local residents recently were initiated through Central Washington University into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Anna Eide of Camano Island, Michael DeFuria of Everett, Clara Kurtenbach of Lake Stevens, Jessica Woo of Lake Stevens and Daniel Krantz of Stanwood.
Monroe student again at FCCLA nationals
Monroe High School senior Morgan Skoog was “golden” again with her Recycle and Redesign fashion project at state, qualifying her for the second year in a row to compete at the national competition for the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Club, held July 6-9 in Washington, D.C.
Skoog created a petal skirt out of burlap coffee bean bags, stuffed it with recycled newspaper and made a corset of recycled curtains. Skoog will attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles in the fall.
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