School briefs
Published 2:45 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wildcats’ ASB wins award
The Washington Association of Student Councils awarded the
Mount Si High ASB with the 1999-2000 Student Council Award of Excellence.
This honor verifies that ASB officers and the leadership team
at Mount Si High have worked hard this year to improve school
climate through positive student activities.
Local students attend national conference
Nikki Belt and Lauren Berndt, juniors at Mount Si High School, are
two of 1,800 student council leaders and student activity advisers attending
the 64th annual National Association of Student Councils (NASC)
National Conference, June 24 _28 at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino,
Calif. NASC, administered by the National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), offers leadership training at its
conferences, focussing on turning student leaders into lifelong leaders.
“These young people are school leaders from across the country,
well-trained through their NASC experiences to lead outside of their
schools and communities _ even before they graduate,” said Dr. Gerald
Tirozzi, executive director, NASSP. “We have no doubt that they will be leaders
tomorrow.”
Belt and Berndt will be trained in communication skills, dealing
with diversity, and basic and advanced leadership training, as well as
participate in discussions on issues relevant to today’s youth.
While at Mount Si both have been involved in many school
activities. During the 99-00 school year Berndt served as ASB Business
Manager while Belt was one of three chairs leading the ASB Student and
Community Relations Committee which put on the diversity program, Days of
Respect. During the 00-01 school years both girls once again will hold
leadership positions. Belt will serve as ASB Interhigh Representative,
while Berndt will help chair the ASB Freshman Lock-In and Leadership
Camp Committee. Belt and Berndt will also be serving as co-presidents of
Mount Si’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) chapter, a club
which the two girls founded.
Duvall heads to Jamestown
Snoqualmie resident Therese Duvall has been accepted
into Jamestown College’s 2000-2001 freshman class. The school is
located in North Dakota.
Duvall is a 2000 graduate of Mount Si High and has been active
in soccer, softball and was the women’s basketball manager. Duvall is
the daughter of Ben and Kim Duvall.
Jamestown College is a coeducational liberal arts and science
college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Students can select from
30 areas of academic interest and 17 pre-professional and certification
programs including medicine, law, occupational therapy and veterinary
medicine.
Two top NNU’s Dean’s List
Two Valley residents have been named to Northwest
Nazarene University’s spring term Dean’s List.
David Thomas Lafrenz of North Bend and James Michael Skeen
of Snoqualmie were among those honored. A minimum 3.5 GPA is
required to be on the list.
UW announces spring graduates
Several Valley residents received bachelor’s degrees from the
University of Washington this month. The recipients include:
Nicholas Blue (psychology), Nancy Hahn (liberal studies),
Gregg Novotny (business administration) and Glendon Pflugrath (medical
technology) of Carnation; Tracie Bartlebaugh (psychology),
Tutti Blount (microbiology and biology), William Bobbitt (sociology),
Eugenia Colby (environmental health), Megan Humphrey (wildlife science),
Michael Kaplan (comparative history of ideas), Chase Reeves (international
studies) and Michael Wilkerson (conservation) of North
Bend; Jillian Cyrus (psychology) of
Preston; and Brandon Larson (sociology), Sara Osborne
(society and justice) and Nancy Wiederhold (nursing)
of Snoqualmie.
DuBose receives scholarship
Karen DuBose of North Bend was awarded the $1,000 Fern
Rains Stratton Memorial Scholarship. The Woodinville Garden Club awards
the scholarship annually to those who are pursuing educational goals in
botany, landscape design, floral design or environmental programs.
DuBose recently graduated from Bellevue Community College and
has been accepted into Huxley College of Environmental Studies at
Western Washington University.
She is the daughter of Stephen and Denise DuBose.
Mount Si teacher to travel to France
Sally Kelso, a French and language arts teacher at Mount Si
High, has been chosen to participate in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange
Program in France.
Kelso is one of 2,000 recipients who will travel abroad for the
2000-2001 school year through the Fulbright Program. Established
in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright
of Arkansas, the program’s purpose is to build mutual understanding
between the peoples of the United States and the rest of the world.
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since 1946,
Fulbright programs have exchanged nearly a quarter of a million people, which
includes 86,000 Americans who have studied, taught or researched
abroad and more than 144,000 students, scholars and professionals from
other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States.
