Monroe 6th-graders share love of lit
Four middle school students from Monroe were recently named semifinalists in the state’s Letters About Literature project.
Bekah Guy and Emma Love from Hidden River Middle School, and Laura Aikins and Molly Thompson from Park Place Middle Sch
ool were selected as semifinalists out of 3,376 state entries.
National scholarship winners announced
Several Snohomish County students were awarded $2,500 National Merit Scholarships.
The winners were chosen from more than 15,000 finalists in the program.
The foll
owing students received scholarships: Dana Floberg of Bothell, Daniel Yoo of Bothell, Denise Schmitz of Lynnwood, and Elaine Nguyen of Mukilteo.
Local grad makes Eastern dean’s list
Marysville Pilchuck High School graduate Haley Rae Summers made the dean’s list at Eastern Washin
gton University each quarter of her freshman year.
She is majoring in nursing and is on the executive board of the Alpha Phi Sorority as the director of administration.
She is the daughter of Bob and Paula Summers.
Rotary Club honors Mariner student
Victoria Dan was named South Everett-Mukilteo Rotary Club’s student of the month for April.
The Mariner High School senior was nominated for her outstanding academics, school involvement and work ethic.
Victoria is this year’s valedictorian with a 3.99 GPA. Her impressive course load includes advanced placement European history, English, physics and biology classes.
She also tutors middle school students and volunteers for the Key Club.
After graduating high school, Victoria plans to pursuing a career in science.
Three local students earn tech honors
Caleb Franett of Arlington High School, Dylan Dunham of Lake Stevens High School and Ben Clair of Sultan High School have won medals in the Secondary SkillsUSA State Conference in Yakima last month.
Caleb won gold and Dylan won silver in precision machining. Ben won a silver medal in diesel mechanics.
Caleb will be going to the national SkillsUSA precision machining contest in Kansas City in June.
Caleb has designed and built a steam engine that runs on compressed air, said Tom Clemans, his instructor. He didn’t use a kit or published plans but designed the whole engine himself after studying how a steam engine works.
Granite Falls grad added to dean’s list
Shawn Rood has made the winter term dean’s list at Kettering University.
The 2009 Granite Falls High School graduate earned a 4.0 GPA.
Kettering is a co-op engineering school in Michigan.
Lake Stevens junior to represent Seafair
Tyler Storz, a Lake Stevens High School Junior, received one of the Seafair Ambassador Awards for this year. He was one of six ambassadors selected to represent Seafair.
As a Seafair ambassador, he will get a $1,000 college scholarship and a mentor from Seattle’s professional community.
Tyler will serve as a representative of Seafair in November on a trip to Seattle’s sister city of Kobe, Japan.
He will participate in a number of Seafair events this summer, including carrying the lead banner in the Alaska Airlines Torchlight Parade, competing in the Milk Carton Derby Team Challenge, volunteering at Seafair events and hosting the delegates from Kobe in September.
Everett student selected ambassador
Abby Schuman of Everett was selected to serve as a university ambassador at William Woods University next year.
She is one of 21 students from across the country who will help the office of admissions recruit students.
Local students win Comcast scholarships
The following Snohomish County students have been awarded $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers scholarships:
Arlington: Benjamin Joseph Mow, Granite Falls High School.
Edmonds: Jenny J. Lee, Edmonds-Woodway High School; Hannah Merisko, Kamiak High School
Everett: Betzabeth Giuliana Gamero, Lynnwood High School; Vivien Lewis-McKenney, Everett High School; Minh Phuc H. Nguyen, Mariner High School; Vietkhanh T. Vu, Cascade High School.
Marysville: Ternessa T. Cao, Lakewood High School.
Mountlake Terrace: Jessica Kabriel Lim, Mountlake Terrace High School.
Mukilteo: Hunter H. Coulombe, Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center.
Snohomish: Brady A. Coad, Snohomish High School; Zachary P. Waller, Monroe High School.
Sultan: Fabiola Arroyo, Sultan High School.
Local students make dean’s list at UW
The following students from Snohomish and Island counties were named to the winter quarter dean’s list at the University of Washington. This is a partial list. The first part of this list ran in the May 9 Herald and is available online at www.heraldnet.com.
LYNNWOOD: Valeria Aceves, Frankel Gyamfi Agyei, David Allan Albers, Miski Farah Ali, Erin Margaret Anderson, Dimitar Velkov Anguelov, Rory Joseph Backman, Sara Michelle Barker, Jose Bejar, Yesake S Berehnie, Claire Elaine Blubaugh, Sujita Bogati, Dessie M Bybee, Jennifer H Chang, Hammad Ahsan Chaudhary, Alexander Zy Chen, Jonathan J Choi, Justine Haeline Chun, Brittany Jordan Craig and Drake William Cramer.
Kellen Michael Davis, Felisa Mariel Tagle Deang, John-Paul Denham, Brandon Delane Dilbeck, Anthony James Dreessen, Raven Leslie Farr, Kaela Leigh Farthing, Brandon Marcus Fidler, Erik Matthew Figueroa, Luis Cecilio Flores, Christopher Adam Fong, Ruby Kwan Fung, Cassie Mae Gamm, Sophie Kathryn Gardner, Chris Wendy Garrido-Philp, Gina Marie Giuliano, Liuying Gong, Ievgenii V Gordin, Kevin David Govan, Vincent James Granados and Elliot Thomas Gray.
Laura Hee Young Han, Tina Han, Justin Garrett Hansen, Geoffrey Eric Harris-Barnett, Stacie Lm Haworth, Kevin James Hodder, Mohammad Hojjati, Jessica Kimberley Holttum, Godwin Y Hong, Juliana Houghton, Michelle Hu, Julie Yeji Hwang, Presley Blayne Jenkins, Ian Daniel Johnson, Bryce Alexander Kellogg, Navarre Jared Kerr, Robert Dean III Kerruish, Kelvin Kesse, Sandra Jean Kilian, Jae Min Kim, Anatoliy Klots, Emily Katherine Knopp, Knut-Sigurd Krogvik Knuteson, Andrew Te Krause, Brandt Maxwell Kraushaar and Philip Peter Kulishov.
Michael Quang Thai Lam, Satwinder S Lamba, Bao An Le, Inwoo Lee, Jennifer Jean Lee, Yurah Lim, Alex Wen-Yang Liu, Jenna Marie Mangulabnan, Andrej Isaac Markovcic, Hernan Alonso Marquez, Erinn Colleen McGraw, Karyn Kimie Medina, Stephanie Martha Mohoric, Jezza Marie Cabling Molato, Theresa Louise Moynihan and Kyle Robert Musch.
Chloe Rachelle Naranjo, Chi-Kin Ngai, Charlene Nguyen, Julian Lam Duy Nguyen, Linh Thai My Nguyen, Minh Quan Truong Nguyen, Fatou Njie, Nandie Oosthuizen, Haidee So-Hyun Park, Deidra Anne Parsinen, Sergey A Pashchenko, John Kenneth Pelerine, Andrew Robert Perez, Matthew Antonio Perez, Laura Elizabeth Pfeifer, Benjamin Pham, Thanh-Hien Thi Phan, Brian Joseph Portacio, Emi Celest Preston, Melissa Jane Primitivo, Janet Dominguez Ramos and Kyle Spencer Rapinan.
Fikirte Abdissa Saketa, Arman Jason Salimi, Denise Marie Schmitz, Yodit Hailu Semu, Hunter James Sismaet, Timothy John Sjoquist, Rebecca Camille Staffin, Matthew Jay Steward, Matthew Keller Strand, Borian Iordanov Tchernev, Indeah Sunn Thomaier, Alexander Nicholas Thomas, Jennifer Anne Truelove and Brandy Trujillo.
Adina Ioana Ulmanu, Alvaro Velez De Villa Rios, Quynhnguyen Thi Vo, Rostislav Ivanovich Voloshin, Wei-Chen Wang, Andrea Elizabeth Watson, Tess Ann Whitelaw, Allen J Wong, Molly Kathleen Wright, Whitney Patrice Wright, Raymond Yong-Cheng Yap and John Min Zhang.
MARYSVILLE: Francis Rainier Villanueva Achacoso, Christopher Michael Andersson, Kaha Mohamed Arte, Beau Everette Baker, Haylie Kay Boatman, Xiaoyang Chen, Zachary Alan Christopher, Kristopher Allen Craft, Kelly Anne Dao, Daniel Thomas Ekdahl, Lois Ann Haight, Brittany Jo Hanson, Cheyenne Nicole Headrick, Eleanora K Howard.
Kathryn Elizabeth Jewell, Shelby Leanne Kavaney, David Andrew Krueger, Kelsey Breanne Larsen, Ginny Lee, Gagan Preet Manhas, Christopher Kwon Mintken, Nina Dragomirova Nikolova, Benjamin Reuben Noblitt, Cerise Renee Robinson, Arnold Steven Rosario, Marissa Inez Schafer, Riley Ilyse Taitingfong, Amy Christina Torkelson, Victoria Yvonne White and Taylor Lawrence Wirtz.
MILL CREEK: Jo-Anne Antoun, Brian Richard Bechtel, Brian Edwin Bergsagel, Zhanna Bogomaz, Kaleigh Nicole Boyd, Lauren Michelle Brown, Taylor Grant Buser, Colin Chang, Dylan Christopher Chapman, Dagney Anna Crivell, Ramiro Robles Garcia, Elizabeth Marie Gilmore, Melissa Lynn Goodhue, Carly Jean Grant and Madeleine Claire Greenheck.
Natalie Christine Hanson, Sandra Chong Eun Hong, Jemely Rose Galang Jayme, Jeremy Anne Galang Jayme, Dustyn Jennifer Jossy, Nicole Georgia Kefalas, Dong Kim, Jhenilyn Buison Lavadia, Jessica Thi Le, Julie Yang Liu, Judy Marie Lundgren, Christine Thuan-Nhi Luu, Nykole Lee Mitchell, Jonathon Bodnar Nelson and Drue Willem Nyenhuis.
Esther Sung Eun Oh, David Stephen Ojala, Jonathon Preston Ricaurte, Samantha Marie Rowley, Edward William Samson, Daniel Arthur Schafer, Whitney Madeline Margar Schmella, Stephanie Carol Sieck, Soo Kyong Song, Jenna Marie Terhar, Michael James Tomber, Samuel Richard Totorica, Tracy Denise Tsujii, Christopher Minwoo Uyeda, Kristina Elisabeth Winch, Michael Joseph Wishko, Cameron K Wu, Daniel Seok Yoon and Bo-Young Yum.
MONROE: Danielle Marie Alden, Daniel Mcgugan Ashley, Stephanie Lynne Bickler, Taryn Elizabeth Black, Jesse Ray Dalton, Ethan Christopher Dill, Tyler Whitney Firchau, Breeanna Freiger, Veronica Keenan, Josie Louise Kies, Andrew T Leclair, Patricia L Lippert, Christina Leanne Lyon, Courtney K McCabe, Rachel Catherine Phillips, Stephanie Ann Ryder and Abigail Julia Severson.
MUKILTEO: Hana Kenzie Aardal, Nina Julie Alden, Kasey Thamir Alusi, Sean Thomas Anderson, Yagmur Ataman, Robin Kimberly Azus, Brian Woo Bae, Zeke Katsh Barger, Casey Riane Bresin, Shannon Marie Burns, Alicia Marie Carruth, Rebecca Chao, Huiyin Chen, Edward Scott Cheung, Sharon Sawhee Cho, Young U. Cho and Trenton R. Creamer.
Mahogany Danielle Dodd, Spencer Sloan Face, Tyler Wayne Field, Matthew Phillip Fitzgerald, Michael Lawrence Fitzgerald, Lindsay Nakata Fjeran, Taylor Kimiko Fjeran, Grantham Dylan Foster, Jordan Tarun Hazari, Krista Lyn Holden, Stefan Hristov Hristov, Lauren Marie Hudson and Ryan James Hyde.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Iyerusalimets, David Yukio Kagawa, Alex Taejune Kim, Hoyeon Kim, Ju Yeon Kim, Kay Heekyung Kim, Kristine Dahyun Kim, Rachael Nayeon Kim, Brian Ko, Lauren Rae Kopp, Matthew Michael Lee, Michael Patrick Lunceford, Jennifer Elizabeth Lyle, Karen Maniraho, Michelle Elaine Mark, Lance Christopher Martinez, Lucas Paul Matson, Brandon Michael McCoy, Sophie Elizabeth Milton, Byungdon Min, Ryan Montazeri and Martha Renata Muldowney.
Michael Dru Nelson, Minh-Thy Nguyen, Nadia Nur, Sophia Claire O’Donnell, Tyler Yukichi Oshiro, Jun Tae Park, Kseniya Nikolaevna Pechenkina, Anna Pennington, Melanie Natasha Robayo, Anna Gloria Sanchez, Sarah Anne Schwisow, Margaret Meg Simonian, Samantha Cheyanne Sovich, Jordan Taylor Standlee, David Alan Swanson, Tyler Thomas, Nicholas David Unan, Brandon Upton, Cullen Kamakoa Walsh, Curtis Liam Whittle, Anne Kennebeck Wolken and Anna Han Xue.
OAK HARBOR: Brian James Culbertson, Angelena Marie Dunn, Simone Olivia Hamilton, Kira Louise Homola, Robert Michael Hubner, Tanya Zapanta Husler, Garrett Max Knoll, Mariah Alyssa Koontz, Roxanne Marie Lamm, Allison Marie McElhiney, Brandon Lee Oppenheim, Katelyn Anisa Schneider, Robert Morgan Thomson and Zachary William Webb.
SNOHOMISH: Eric Thomas Albright, Nicholas Alan Andring, Alexander Ian Bachleda, Amy L. Bartnikowski, Melinda Lee Bell, Lindsey Marie Bos, Devin Hubbard Breese, Kevin Bruce Call, Alisa Carlson, Stefan Alexander Carlson, Jack Chan, Stephanie S. Chu, Elliott Daniel Church, Brianna L. Clark and Christianna Brooke Clark.
Kaila Marie Fox, David J Frye, Daniel Douglas Greenup, Krystal Andrea Haley, Eric Riemer Hare, Stephanie Riemer Hare, Evan Tyler Harris, Alicia M Hayes, George Truong Hoang, Kelsey Anne Hollingworth, Chanel Marie Holman, Mina Caitlin Hooshangi, Elizabeth Anne Janzen, Karl Christian Kaminske, Elizabeth Barbara Karvonen and Kelsey Rene King.
Keven J. Lai, Steven J. Lai, Richard Anthony Lake, Linda Ann Lewis, Benjamin Timothy Lutz, Heather Victoria Lyons, Alyssa Robin Martin, Ashley Renee Mathis, Brenden Wynn McLane, Claire Lee McQuin, Laura Jo Monson, Corey Stephan Mueller, Leanna Christine Myhre, Madalyn Deann Nelson, Rainie Dean Nelson and Caitlyn Ruth Newhard.
William Sigvald Pederson, Lucas Arthur Perry, Julia Christine Pettigrew, Brady M Pierce, David Kenison Pinkerton, Kristina Rachelle Radek, Jordan Heys Reichelt, Nicole Alexandra Rover, Jordan Matthew Sieh, Nicholas Lidington Snyder, Jillian Lea Stampher, Richard Ernest Stobb and Tamer Ahmed Essa Swellum.
Tarra Young Theisen, Chad Jameson Thomas, Nicolle Erin Thompson, Patricia Marie Thorson, James Michael Stewart Tipton, Kelli Nicole Wachter, Tricia Mayling Webb, Mark Timothy Zachacz and Lingyun Zhou.
STANWOOD: Kyle A. Blackburn, Grant Marcus Boursaw, Dexter Lane Callahan, Jacob Aaron Crofoot, Jason William Ervin, Kelcy Ann Harris, Jean-Claude Hauchecorne, Ryan Christopher Knott, Brody Gordon Lund, Ian Michael Mai, Kelsey Aleen Musgrove, Justin Thomas Nygard, Grace Helen Sheridan and Jessica Lee Warner.
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