For the Reporter
Four Auburn School District schools have been selected to receive a 2015 Washington Achievement Award sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education.
The award winners are:
• Evergreen Heights Elementary for high progress
• Gildo Rey Elementary for math growth
• Hazelwood Elementary for high progress and English language acquisition
• Mt. Baker Middle School for high progress
Award winners are selected using the State Board of Education Revised Achievement Index and are based on statewide assessment data for the three previous years. The award is given in seven categories: overall excellence, high progress, English language arts growth, math growth, extended graduation rate, English language acquisition and achievement gap.
Schools will be honored at an awards ceremony May 10 at Union Gap School.
Evergreen Heights takes another award
Evergreen Heights Elementary is the 2015 State Title I Part A Academic Achievement Award winner for significantly raising student achievement in reading through specific strategies.
The school won $10,000 to be used for professional development, team building, additional research and developing new strategies. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction chooses the recipients.
Evergreen Heights won a National Title I Distinguished School award in 2015 for closing the achievement gap in math.
Auburn Mountainview student is a Microsoft state champion
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. Only 12 students from each state are invited to the competition in Orlando.
Elsewhere
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 the Auburn area made the winter quarter honor roll at Central Washington University: Marcy Bayne, MacKenzie Angeledes, Scott Fluharty, Abi Hernandez, Brianna Ditch, Lina Vasylchuk, Michael Demchuck, Jessica Pittington, Pavel Filon, Emily Dale, Alesya Potafiy, Liliana Mosyur, Loga DeVries, Allison Burnham, Theodore Philpot, Marisa Lukehart, Andrew Waltner, Aaron Wiseman, Eric Rodriguez, Eliane Medina, Ethel Gumin, Andrew Sansom, Jason Momi, Brooke Good, Yaret Guerrero, Samuel Ankerfelt, Tatyana Levchuk, and Marie Murphy.
