May 2013 - Evergreen Public Schools

Good news report
Oregon Game Project
Challenge in Portland.
The theme was to create
a game for social good.
‘Trash Monsters’ game
was about picking up trash
at school.
School and Riverview Elementary School; Extended
Graduation Rate - Union High School; Closing
Achievement Gaps - Columbia Valley Elementary
School, Riverview Elementary School, Cascade Middle
School, Covington Middle School, Pacific Middle School
and Shahala Middle School.
‘Trash Monsters’ (l-r)Ian Hanley,
Chace Jones, Ryan Perkins
(holding sign) Ally Errico, Lukas
Suzuki and Max Myers.
Congratulations to Mountain View High School DECA
International winners Liz Reynolds and Natalie Lucey.
Both students earned the organizations highest honors
rating in the Top 10 in the nation. Union High School
– Ashley Kuhn and Adam Kinkley placed first in
their respective categories. Heritage High School team
members Sammy Ballard, Mark Kravets and Enrique
Juarez placed fourth overall, and Bron Wickum and
Jacqui Wambir placed in the Top 17. Emily McCoy was
named State Winner for her essay on the Stock Market.
The following Evergreen High School vocalists received
the top three spots in the State Solo/Ensemble Music
Competition at Central Washington University last month:
Mixed Quartet, third place - Victoria Hardy, Kaitlin
Lockhart, DJ Morales and Spencer Kelly; Alto Solo,
second place - Myracle Talimao.
Twelve Riverview Elementary School Safety Patrol
Captains were honored for their leadership and service to
the community at the Clark County Youth Achievement
Awards held at Skyview High School earlier this month.
Students receiving recognition were: Jane Beacock,
Kody Brown, Jack Campbell, Kai Christensen, Lily
Gable, Kaden Gardner, Jayda Gilmore, Sophia Harris,
Nathan Lien, Wiley Middlemas, Cassandra Mikah and
Sara Raff.
Congratulations to Shahala Middle School eighth grade
Wind Symphony for their award winning performance at
the OSU Middle School Band Festival in Corvallis, OR.
The band placed second among 26 competing bands.
School News
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(OSPI) and State Board of Education (SBE) informed
11 schools in Evergreen Public Schools (EPS) that they
have been given Washington Achievement Awards in
the following categories: Overall Excellence- Fisher’s
Landing Elementary School, Riverview Elementary School
and Shahala Middle School; Language Arts - Heritage
High School; Math - Fisher’s Landing Elementary
School; Science - Fisher’s Landing Elementary School,
Hearthwood Elementary School, Mill Plain Elementary
Pacific Middle School staff pose for a photo celebrating
the school being recognized by OSPI with a 2012
Washington Achievement Award.
Shahala Middle School eighth grade student Merrideth
McDowell wrote a winning entry in a Kleenex
Experiment contest. One hundred schools were selected
to enter the contest, based on science test scores,
and McDowell’s entry was one of five selected from
across the country to appear in an upcoming commercial
launch. A production team from Georgia filmed onlocation
at the school. Shahala was also awarded with a
check for $5000 in box top funds.
Service to others
Students, staff, parents and
community members of
York Elementary School
partnered with students from
Mountain View High School
(MVHS ) for a ‘Stuff the
Principal’s (York principal
Dawn Harris) Office’ food
fundraiser. The food drive
garnered three truckloads of much needed food items for
Mandy’s Pantry located at MVHS.
Wy’east Middle School recently opened the ‘Warrior
Food Pantry’ providing snacks for hungry students. Elli
Wiita, a sophomore in high school at Caitlin Gables in
Portland, lives in the Wy’east neighborhood and wanted
to help her community. With the help of a grant from
the Bud Anderson Family Foundation, Share House and
Clark County Food Bank, Wiita created the food pantry.
Teachers and councilors refer students to the pantry
for snacks like granola bars, apple sauce, and goldfish
crackers.