For the Reporter
Auburn Mountainview senior Starr Hernandez is a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Washington state champion in Word 2013.
By completing the Word 2013 industry exam with 100 percent accuracy in a very fast time, she is qualified for the Certiport 2016 MOS U.S. National Championship in June in Orlando, Fla.
Only 12 students from each state are invited to the competition in Orlando.
Elsewhere
The Auburn School District Board of Directors recently recognized Morgan Collings, an eighth-grader at Olympic Middle School, for being an outstanding student. While in middle school, she has taken algebra, geometry, trigonometry and biology as high school courses, earning A grades in all of them. She has won the Olympic spelling bee three years in a row, advancing to the state-level contests. In addition to her academic efforts, Collings plays the bassoon in the school band, is on the track team and performs in plays. Outside of school, Collings competes in Taekwan-do and enjoys reading. She will attend Auburn High next year. …
The school board of Directors also recognized Patty Ankerfelt, office manager at Pioneer Elementary, for her outstanding service. Ankerfelt began her career in the school district as a para educator in 2002. She became the office manager at Pioneer in 2010. “This is my home away from home,” Ankerfelt said. “Every morning I am grateful for the opportunity to help staff and students with whatever the day may bring.” Ankerfelt, an Auburn native, attended Lea Hill Elementary, Cascade Middle School and Auburn High School. …
The following Washington State University students from Auburn earned undergraduate degrees for fall semester: Raiven Bell (bachelor of arts, social sciences); Brendan Byrne (bachelor of science, natural resource sciences); Amelia Galeno (B.S., kinesiology); Miguel Garcia (B.A., business administration); Madison Goodwin (B.A., fine arts); Zhanna Marchuk (B.S., civil engineering); Mayra Mendoza Flores (B.S.. mechanical engineering); Avis Questel (B.A., social sciences); Alexandra Rodriguez (B.S., kinesiology); Justin Stanton (B.S., mechanical engineering, cum laude); Forrest Weston (B.S., computer science); and Zackery Zobrist (B.S., integrated plant sciences). … Auburn’s Vladimir Stovbyr recently graduated from Pacific University (Ore.) with a degree in doctoral optometry and a master’s in vision science. …
Auburn’s Adrianna Parent (straight-A average, freshman, biochemistry and biophysics) and Robert Burdick (senior, natural resources) made the winter term honor roll at Oregon State University. …
The following students from Auburn made the winter quarter honor roll at Central Washington: Bridget Anderson, MacKenzie Angeledes, Hunter Arnold, Marcy Bayne, Inessa Bazelyuk, Katherine Boyer, Allison Burnham, Megan Celis, Amanda Coder, Jaelyn Colley, Colby Costa, Emily Dale, Anna DeCarteret, Michael Demchuck, Logan DeVries, Brianna Ditch, Blake Ellison, Pavel Filon, Kyle Fingarson, Deicoh Florentine, Scott Fluharty, Levi Golan, Brooke Good, Rachel Greve, Yaret Guerrero, Ethel Gumin, Tarik Hagen, Ashley Harris, Abi Hernandez, Brooklyn Hollar, Alyssa Ingham, Kristjan Kay, Riley King, Jessica Lewis, Marisa Lukehart, David Luquin, Kylie Maples, Patricia Marshall, Eliane Medina, Jason Momi, Liliana Mosyur, Linh Nguyen, Jawaahir Omar, Theodore Philpot, Jessica Pittington, Alesya Potafiy, Eric Rodriguez, Andrew Sansom, Patricia Seas, Logan Swift, Lina Vasylchuk, Andrew Wallen, Andrew Waltner, Aaron Wiseman and Kelsey Zager.
