June 2013 - Auburn School District

[News & Features] [6 * Volume III, Issue 7]
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Kiwanis Students of the Month: (Clockwise) Sylvia Jones, Juliet Yu, Victoria Kendall, Casandra Gonzales, Landon Evans, Keegan Dolan, Ricardo Estrada, Adolfo Benitez
Bulldogs Recognized
for Achievements
Sumeet Waraich
This year we have had many students being recognized for their academic
excellence. Either they have been given the Pride Award, Kiwanis Award, Honor
Roll, Pride Couch, or get Way To-Go lunch.
Every quarter two students from each teacher get picked for the Pride Award
and get to go to the Pride Breakfast where they are recognized for their hard
work and attitude.
As well as getting a free, delicious breakfast from their teachers. There is also
the Pride Couch during our assemblies, for the honor every teacher chooses one
student, and one student from each grade level is picked to sit on the couch
during the whole assembly with snacks and a Mt. Baker t-shirt. As well as giving
a Starbuck’s card to the teacher who nominated them.
Seventh grader Jasmine Dang, a Pride and Honor Roll student, said that these
awards are a good way to recognize students because, “It shows that students
are working hard.”
Alicia Christensen, an eighth grader who has been awarded with the Pride
Award and Honor Roll, also said, “This is a great way for showing students’ hard
work.”
Another way students are appreciated is the Kiwanis award, where every
month a student is recommended by a teacher for over achieving by doing extracurricular
activities and doing a spectacular job in class.
But don’t forget Honor Roll, where any student with a 3.5 GPA and higher get a
certificate of recognition.
Eighth grader Keegan Dolan was awarded with Kiwanis and Honor Roll this year.
When asking him if he strived to get these awards, he said, “Yes, but I also strive
to do a good job in sports and a couple other things.”
Students are usually encouraged to work hard and reach the goal to get these
awards, but what are the benefits of these awards?
Dang stated, “You will have better opportunities.”
When asking Christensen if she felt pressure to get these awards she said no,
that she didn’t feel like people were pressuring her to get these awards.
While Dolan has said, “Self-esteem is a big part. Also that when kids get recognized
they feel important.”