January 2011 - Evergreen Public Schools

Vol. 15, Issue 5 | January 25, 2011
GOOD NEWS
REPORT
Out and About
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA., received a tour of
the Heritage High School biodiesel lab last week
while attending a roundtable meeting at the school
to discuss the expansion of the STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
program.
Awards & Accomplishment
Evergreen High School
class of 2007 graduate
Jacquie Brown won
third-runner up in the
Miss America pageant
last weekend. Brown,
who won the Miss
Washington competition
last year, was awarded a
$15,000 scholarship by the
Miss America organization.
Students from Union High School participated in
this year’s Westside Regional Thespian Competition
in Bellevue sponsored by the International Thespian
Society and the Washington State Thespians.
Andrew Forrest qualified for the state competition
in ‘Monologues’ and Erika LaCarney and
Kenya Skelton’s ‘Duo Scenes’ performance earned
them an automatic bid to the national competition.
Mountain View High School class
of 2010 graduate Kyra Smith
performed the “Star Spangled
Banner” before Governor Chris
Gregoire’s State of the State
address in Olympia recently.
Serving the Community
Congratulations to Evergreen High School’s ‘We
the People” team for winning second place at
the state competition held in Olympia earlier this
month. The students also attended the swearing in
of the new justices on the court and went on a tour
of the court and capitol. Heritage High School’s
team received an honorable mention for their
efforts.
Thanks to the efforts of Evergreen Public Schools’
elementary school counselors and volunteers who
helped coordinate this year’s giving programs
within the elementary schools, more than 280
families were served during Thanksgiving and 770
families during the Christmas season with food
box donations and gifts of toys and clothes. Special
thanks to the following sponsors of the drive:
Vancouver Church of Christ, the Church of the Good
Shepherd, Clark Public Utilities, Share House, Bible
Fellowship Church, Summit View Church, Kaiser
Permanente, Exterro Inc, Vista Del Rio Community,

Good news report
Dune it Again, Fairway Village Community Men’s
Golf Club, Renovatus Church, The Salvation Army
Giving Tree, New Heights Church, Boy Scout pack
489 and many other staff and community members
who reached out to those in our community in need.
Evergreen High School students and staff held
their yearly holiday gift drive for the D.S.H.S
(Department of Social and Health Services) Foster
Kids program providing gifts for 96 children.
this month. Twenty-four teams from Southwest
Washington and Portland attended the competition.
Organizers from FIRST were so impressed with the
event that they have asked EHS to host again in 2012.
Grants & Scholarships
The Mountain View High School band received a
$2,500 donation from Safeway to be used for the
school’s band program.
Students, staff and parent volunteers at Harmony
Elementary School coordinated a holiday giving tree
and were able to provide much needed items for 20
families over the holiday season. Special thanks
to parents Claudine McKague, Keri Sork and
Elizabeth Watson.
Wy’east Middle School EXCEL students made
holiday cards for 50 patients at Legacy Emanuel
Hospital. Students hand crafted and decorated their
cards and included a riddle or a joke to brighten the
patients’ day.
Covington Middle School students donated 2,630
pounds of food during the annual Holiday Food
Drive. Donations from the drive went to the FISH
of Orchards and to Covington families in need.
School News
Rotary of East Vancouver representatives Eve
Barnett and Sarah Del Moral presented students at
Mill Plain Elementary School with a box of brand
new books. The rotary brings in speakers several
times a month and each speaker is presented with a
children’s book which is then donated to the school’s
library.
Staff
Congratulations to Heritage High School teacher
Kimberleigh Anderson who has been named Regional
Dance Teacher of the Year by the Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and is one
of five finalists for National Dance Teacher of the Year.
Heritage High School photography teacher Lee
Emmert has been selected among four in the nation to
receive an award of excellence and innovation in the
arts. Emmert will receive $3,000 to help support his
work at Heritage.
Riverview Elementary School’s PE teacher Alice Atha
is currently in Lagos, Nigeria at the American
International School of Lagos, working with teachers
and students on a comprehensive physical education
program for the schools there. The trip came about
through the work Atha does with OSPI’s Health and
Fitness Cadre.
Evergreen High School (EHS) hosted the FIRST
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology) Robotics Competition event earlier