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Volume 7:8

Published for Puyallup School District's C

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unity Partners for a Quality Future

June 2002

This is the second in a series of articles onthe student housing situation in thePuyallup School D

istrict.

If housing construction and birth projec-tions hold true, the Puyallup School D

istrictw

ill see between 300 and 400 new

studentsenroll each year over the next decade,adding m

ore occupants to structures that inm

ost cases are already exceeding thenum

bers they were built to serve.

�There is more new

housing here thananyw

here I�ve worked. It is astounding to

look at the number of developm

ents underconstruction and planned,� says LesK

endrick, demographics and com

munica-

tions consultant. Kendrick has w

orked as adem

ographer for 12 years in both urban andsuburban school districts throughout theState, including Seattle, Edm

onds,N

orthshore, Federal Way, and M

ukilteo. He

was hired in 1998 to calculate enrollm

ents forthis D

istrict, then asked this fall to developan updated set of projections.

Dem

ographer projects continued enrollment grow

thK

endrick recently shared his study ofenrollm

ent trends and projections with the

Student Housing Task Force, a 50-m

ember

comm

ittee made up of school officials,

parents, business, and comm

unity repre-sentatives. The group began m

eeting inM

arch to examine long-range plans to

house students from 2003-04 through 2006.

It plans to present recomm

endations to theSchool B

oard by the end of October.

In addition to calculating growth in this

District, K

endrick showed the Task Force

how the D

istrict�s enrollment over the past

decade and projections for coming years

follows population grow

th in Pierce County.

Task force mem

ber Tamm

y McLelland says

she wasn�t surprised to hear about the

projected enrollment grow

th. McLelland

works locally in real estate and lives in Silver

Creek on the south end of South Hill, w

hereconstruction has boom

ed in recent years.She has tw

o children at Brouillet Elementary,

which reports the third largest student

enrollment am

ong the District�s 21 elem

en-tary schools w

ith 709 students. It added anassistant principal this year to m

eet theneeds of the grow

ing student population.

McLelland listened along w

ith the rest of thecom

mittee as K

endrick presented datashow

ing the District�s grow

th over the pastdecade. Puyallup�s enrollm

ent, similar to the

population in Pierce County, grew steadily

throughout the 1990�s. Grow

th slowed

somew

hat in 1999 and 2000, mirroring a trend

that occurred throughout Pierce County andthe Puget Sound region in general.

Housing construction in this D

istrictcontinues unabated, K

endrick says, addinghis research show

s that an additional 1,077single fam

ily homes and 73 m

ulti-family units

will becom

e available over the next year.G

iven the developments that are already in

place and those that are planned, he says

there is the potential for the District to enroll

as many as 400 students annually from

newhousing over the next 10 years, w

ith about380 new

students estimated to arrive in

classrooms next year. The largest area of

growth is occurring on South H

ill.

An increase in Pierce C

ounty births inrecent years should also result in kindergar-ten and elem

entary growth in the next five

years, especially beginning in the 2003-04school year, he says. The last big surge inbirths w

as in 1990, which is reflected in an

unusually large class of sixth gradersD

istrictwide this year.

�A lot of fam

ilies with children are m

ovinginto the area, w

hich will have a huge im

pacton the schools,� says K

endrick. �ThePuyallup and Bethel (school district) areashave a lot of land and affordable housing.They are the areas sucking people in fromother states and regions.�

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Susan GourleySuperintendent

Celebrating C

hampions for C

hildrenSuperintendent's M

essage

Warm

er days and longer evenings aresigns that spring has arrived in Puyallup.M

usic contests, honors assemblies,

WA

SL exams, final exam

s, graduation,class picnics, and report cards are signsthat our school year is com

ing to a close.

This year has been marked by m

anynotable achievem

ents and successes:

�Thanks to the hard w

ork and supportof our com

munity, w

e celebrated thepassage of our first four-year m

ainte-nance and operations levy on A

pril 23.The passage of this levy provides fouryears of stable local funding for ourschools allow

ing us to develop long-range educational plans designed tom

eet the needs of all our students.

�W

e demonstrated significant progress

on our strategic directions in the threegoal areas of student achievem

ent,equity and equal opportunity, andaccountability. O

n June 24, we w

illpresent our third quarterly report onour progress to our B

oard of Directors.

�O

ur students are meeting the State

standards on the Washington

Assessm

ent of Student Learning(W

ASL) at a level equal to or higher

than the State as a whole.

�O

n the ITBS assessm

ent, our studentsdem

onstrated incremental grow

th inreading at both the third and sixthgrade levels, increm

ental growth in

mathem

atics at grade three, andsignificant grow

th in mathem

atics atgrade six.

�Eleven of our 21 elem

entary schoolsattained the three-year State estab-lished goal for reading im

provement,

and eight of them did so w

ithin the firstor second year of their three-year plan.

�O

ur three-year financial goal is toincrease the D

istrict�s fund balance to atleast five percent of expenditures,exclusive of carryover com

mitm

ents. At

the end of this first year of our financialplan,w

e are �ahead of schedule.�

�W

e increased our comm

unications toour com

munity through additional

publications, meetings, and inform

a-tional kiosks placed in businessesthroughout the com

munity.

�W

e invited the participation of over400 com

munity m

embers in the budget

planning process for the 2002-03 fiscalyear. Public response to this processhas been outstanding.

included Dr. V

itt Ferrucci, for whom

theschool w

as named, and form

er princi-pals Larry O

lson and Don M

alloy.

�C

omm

emorating ten years of partner-

ship, we signed an agreem

ent continu-ing our partnership w

ith the Shanghai#3 G

irls� High School. This teacher

exchange program has contributed

greatly to our students and to ourschools. Future plans call for theexpansion of the program

to a studentexchange com

ponent.

�W

ith the assistance of the Kids First

organization, we established a

Com

munities in Schools program

designed to connect our comm

unityw

ith our schools. The 11-mem

ber CIS

Board recently hired a C

IS Coordina-

tor�and secured funding for this

position through private sources. TheB

oard received its incorporationpapers and has been granted its non-profit status by the D

epartment of

Internal Revenue.

As w

e conclude another year, our con-gratulations and best w

ishes go to thegraduating class of 2002. O

n June 14 and15, w

e will be graduating over 1,200

students from our four high schools ... w

ecelebrate their accom

plishments w

ith themand w

ith their families. I know

that ourgraduates w

ill soon discover that theireducation and experiences w

ith thePuyallup School D

istrict have preparedthem

well for their future educational

programs, their careers, and their lives as

citizens and family m

embers in our

comm

unity or in comm

unities throughoutthe w

orld.

As w

e began the year, we invited you to

become C

hampions for C

hildren in thePuyallup School D

istrict. Over the past

year, hundreds of you accepted my

invitation and have worked tirelessly to

support the children of this comm

unity. Iw

ant to extend my personal thanks and

appreciation to you � our com

munity �

for your support and encouragement. I am

very proud to serve as your superinten-dent, and I look forw

ard to anothersuccessful year ahead.

�This year�s State A

ssistant Principalof the Year, A

ctivities Coordinator of

the Year, School Nurse A

dministrator

of the Year, and Swim

Coach of the

Year all came from

Puyallup.

�W

e received comm

endations from the

Washington State Patrol during our

recent school bus safety inspection.The safety of our students continuesto be a high priority for our D

istrict.

�W

e dedicated a new Edgem

ont JuniorH

igh on Puyallup�s North H

ill andcom

bined Edgemont Junior H

igh andH

illtop Elementary into a single cam

pus.

�W

e celebrated 20 years of excellenceat Ferrucci Junior H

igh by hosting acom

munity celebration. Special guests

Cham

pions for Children

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a.us June 2002 3

You always w

ant to say something three

times w

hen you really mean it. So to our

comm

unity I want to say, "Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you!" The success ofour recent levy election affirm

s, not onlyto our ow

n comm

unity but to the entireregion, that our Puyallup School D

istrictcom

munity supports public education.

In our personal lives, we know

so well how

important financial stability is in order to

plan for the future. Stability, continuity,and planning for our fam

ilies require that afull understanding of our personalresources is know

n. Stability, continuity,and planning in our school D

istrict alsorequire that w

e know the am

ount of ourresources. The passage of our m

ainte-nance and operations levy creates thatassurance for the next four years.

The election process is a very intense,tim

e-consuming process. W

e are veryfortunate to have a large group of dedi-cated volunteers participating in the

election process by giving of their freetim

e and financial support. Our efforts

were coordinated by the co-chairs of the

Citizens� C

omm

ittee for Education Ken

Charboneau and Lloyd Freudenstein.

provided facility usage and assistanceduring our election. O

ur high schoolstudent leaders show

ed a lot of drive andinnovation in sharing the need to vote andgetting our 18-year-old students regis-tered. Print N

W m

ade a sizable donationenabling us to send an additional m

ailingto 7,000 voters. PTA

president TippiM

ahan and the mem

bers of our localPTA�s held an election rally in support ofthe levy and contributed financiallythrough volunteers at m

any of ouractivities. U

nder the leadership ofM

argaret Langston, mem

bers of thePuyallup Education A

ssociation were very

actively involved in the campaign. M

anyother individuals provided assistance andin-kind support; and to them

, we also

express our deepest appreciation.

On behalf of your school board, I w

ant toexpress a heartfelt thank you to ourcom

munity for your support and m

andate.W

e are pleased and grateful for yourtrem

endous support.

Thanks to their work, w

e were able to be

successful in our election campaign.

A big thanks is also directed to a num

berof other individuals and groups of people.W

e received outstanding support from our

friends at Good Sam

aritan Hospital w

ho

Greg HeathSchool BoardM

ember

Ferrucci girls win Statew

ide contest with K

ing poster�W

e were so happy, all w

e could do was

scream!� That w

as the reaction of FerrucciJunior H

igh students Kellie N

elsen andStephanie R

eiman w

hen they learned theyhad w

on a State poster contest.

The 2002 Dr. M

artin Luther King Jr.

Reflection Project Essay and Poster

Contest w

as sponsored by The Office of

Superintendent of Public Instruction.U

sing the lessons of Dr. K

ing�s life,students w

ere asked to offer ideas onm

aking the dream of social change

through local action a reality.

The two spent hours gathering quotes,

markers, paint, and colored pencils to

prepare for the project. �Most of the other

kids did it the night before, but we spent

three weeks getting the m

aterials andputting it together,� says R

eiman.

Statements such as �It�s not how

long am

an lives, but how w

ell he uses the time

allotted him,� w

ere placed in the white

stripes of the Am

erican flag. Dr. K

ing�sface w

as strategically placed among the

stars, while the title floated in a back-

ground of clouds. The combined use of

the Am

erican flag, King�s face, and

quotes from his life conveyed the girls�

respect for the civil rights leader's work.

�We had studied him

earlier,� addedK

ellie, �and wanted to show

what w

ehad learned.�

Susan Henderson, the girls� English

teacher, loved what they had done w

iththe assignm

ent and encouraged them to

enter the State contest. �They absolutelycaptured the essence of his w

ork andlegacy,� says H

enderson. �They person-alized the project and applied it to theirlife.�

The girls' art was chosen from

among 62

entries. They received their award last

month during a luncheon at the C

apitol inO

lympia.

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munity deserves thanks for support

Science Fair draws

enthusiastic students,volunteer helpersScience Explorations 2002, the SchoolD

istrict's annual science fair held inA

pril at the Puyallup Spring Fair,featured m

ore than 200 creative projectsfrom

students throughout the area.

Student scientists submitted projects

from 19 schools, including 18

elementaries and one junior high. They

submitted 233 projects, w

ith severalentered by team

s, and 41 judges spenttw

o days conferring about the stu-dents' w

ork.

District em

ployees and comm

unityvolunteers filled roles such as judges,m

onitors, registrars, coordinators, andchair m

overs. Coordinators for the event

included Meeker Elem

entary teacherSue Field, Pope Elem

entary teacher JudyFaubion, and Science R

esource Center

specialists Karen Saxon and Jan W

ard.

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The following is a list of teacher Jason

Edwards' m

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hisascents of the tallest peaks on each ofthe seven continents.

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cKinley (N

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mit, it w

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idnight � a very desolate

place. I couldn�t believe I finally climbed a

mountain that I had been reading about

since childhood. I participated in my first

large high-mountain rescue and m

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concagua (South Am

erica):1/17/90 �

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hite Winds� of

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feet waiting for a break in the w

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bed for over 16 hours at altitudesover 20,000 feet.

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mits. It

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onderfully enjoyable trip, with

lots of terrific views and pleasurable

walking. A

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week on a �big gam

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lucky to see over 45 different kinds ofm

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ildlife.

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sia): 5/24/01� A

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fourth expedition, plus another year foreach trip for planning and 14 m

onths

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his climbs

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mountain,� it w

as a life fulfilling experienceto finally reach this sum

mit that had so

elusively slipped through my fingers on

several previous attempts. It still feels like

I was in a dream

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as a nice challenge. Since Ihad not clim

bed in Europe before, it was

exciting to finally make a trip there and see

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atched the sun rise over alpineslopes and w

alked with only the light of the

moon as his guide. H

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here few people

have stood before him, yet felt the pain of

watching people lose their lives trying in

vain to achieve that same happiness.

Jason Edwards has been to all corners of

the earth in his quest to climb the tallest

peaks on each of the seven continents �a dream

he realized this spring nearly two

decades after summ

iting the first, Mt.

McK

inley, in 1983.

The keyboarding teacher at Stahl JuniorH

igh is the 65th person in the world to have

climbed the Seven Sum

mits. H

e has traveledthe w

orld to reach the top of mountains in

North A

merica, South A

merica, A

sia, Europe,A

frica, Antarctica, and A

ustralia. He

summ

ited four of those peaks in the last yearalone, including his ascent A

pril 1 of Mt.

Koscuiszko in A

ustralia.

"Hopefully I w

ill be able to pass on some

of the motivation that�s driven m

e tosuccess to som

e of my students so they

may go on to achieve greatness and

meaning in their ow

n lives," says Edwards.

Using his m

ountain climbing as an

example, he often shares lessons w

ithstudents about the im

portance of team-

work, respect for others, focusing on the

task at hand, and understanding theim

portance of setting goals.

"Jason Edwards is not only a teacher, but

also a role model and inspiration to his

students," says Principal Mark Vetter. "H

eteaches students how

to reach their goals,be it in his classroom

, in school in general,or in life. H

e has demonstrated incredible

integrity and caring for students."

Leska Wetterauer, director of the D

istrict'scareer and technical education, says sheis particularly pleased w

ith how Edw

ardshas incorporated com

puters and web

pages into his teaching and comm

unica-tion from

the mountains.

Edwards w

as the first teacher to establish

his keyboarding curriculum on a w

eb page,w

hich students access daily. He also set up

an internet site for students and thecom

munity to track his progress on several

of his climbs, em

ail messages, and learn

about cultures in different parts of the world.

The District nom

inated Edwards this

spring for the Washington A

ssociation ofSchool A

dministrators com

munity

leadership award, presented to m

embers or

groups in recognition of their contribu-tions tow

ard education. He also w

asrecently honored as one of PierceC

ollege's Distinguished A

lumni and

invited to be a guest speaker at severallocal and national conferences.

As a certified senior alpine m

ountainguide, Edw

ards is an experienced expedi-tion leader and em

ergency medical

technician. This summ

er, he plans to make

his 300th ascent of Mt. R

ainier, becoming

the fourth person on record to do so."That m

eans I have spent nearly a year ofm

y life on the summ

it," he says.

Unlike som

e climbers w

ho reach their goal andstop, Edw

ards says he truly loves climbing and

will continue being in the m

ountains. He says

he has learned to look into the goodness ofpeople and w

ants to "help others realize what

makes them

feel special."

He also thanks school officials for

allowing him

to take leaves of absence,recognizing that "education extendsbeyond the w

alls of the classroom."

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ber one enemy. I w

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eet som

any helpful people. Elbrus was

certainly the �crown jew

el� of the areaw

e visited, and the mountains and trails

that surrounded were so beautiful. W

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uch on the summ

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reached the top in a blizzard with

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pt the mountain.

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ith caution and strength,and m

anaged to persevere through two

severe wind and snow

storms.

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e reached South Am

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ay back, we knew

we had actually

�made it,� and the thoughts of com

plet-ing the Seven Sum

mits crept into m

yconversations w

ith family, friends, and

colleagues.

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oscuiszko (Australia): 4/1/02 �

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I ended up saving the easiestof the sum

mits for last, and I w

asn�tsure �w

hen� I would be able to m

ake it�dow

n under� to knock off this peak inthe snow

y mountains.

Thanks to my w

ife, who encouraged m

eto just go dow

n and �climb that

mountain,� I flew

down on a brief five-

day trip and our group of three man-

aged to trek up the peak twice on

successive days.

We celebrated �proper like� on the

summ

it by flying summ

it flags, poppingoff bottles of cham

pagne, and takinglots of photos to com

mem

orate oursuccess.

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ogers student puts life on the right trackB

ryan Siess is the first to admit he�s had

some trouble in recent years, including

being involved in vandalism and som

eprobation violations. B

ut now the R

ogersH

igh sophomore literally has his life on

track. He com

peted this spring on theschool track team

, has finished among the

top in his age group in several nationalm

arathons this year, and has a clear idea ofcareer goals.

The 15-year-old fell in love with running

last year at Kalles Junior H

igh, thanks tohis physical education teacher, D

ebraPapacek. W

hile the teen was scheduled to

do aerobics with the rest of his classm

atesduring physical education class, he askedhis teacher if he couldrun the track instead.

�Running helps m

e tofocus,� says Siess. �Idaydream

about long-term

goals while I run.

It feels so good to beout there know

ing Iam

bettering myself. It

gives me a sense of

freedom.�

Siess also credits hism

other, Tina, with

encouraging him to

join the Kalles track

team last year. O

nce,after she asked him

torun inside the m

ovietheatre to buy som

epopcorn, he says hesprinted back to thecar and opened thedoor, only to have herenthusiasticallysuggest he consider joining track. �Shetold m

e I would be good at it.�

Since then, Siess trains an average of fivedays a w

eek, running 12 miles each day,

including the hills and trails at DeC

ourseyPark. H

e competed in his first m

arathon inSeattle last N

ovember, placing 10

th among

15- to 19-year-olds. He com

pleted the 26.2m

ile race in 4 hours, eight minutes.

His second m

arathon came just tw

o weeks

later in Honolulu, w

hich is the third largestm

arathon in the world. K

alles staff

collected $800 in two days to help m

akethe trip possible. �B

ryan has had some

struggles in life, but through them all w

esaw

he had hope,� says Assistant

Principal Kevin H

ampton, w

ho organizedthe quick fundraiser w

ith the help of nurseM

eg Penalver. �He has a big heart, and he

has done an excellent job to better hislife.�

Siess says he is thankful for the money

raised and, more im

portantly, the staff�sem

otional support. �Even though I gotinto som

e trouble, this made m

e feel reallygood to have them

chip in. It taught me

there is always som

eone out there willing

to help and care.�

In the Honolulu

marathon, Siess says

he started running at5 am

, climbed hills in

the wind and later in

the heat, thenfinished ninth out of208 runners in his agegroup. H

e was the

youngest of the 15-to 19-year-olds in therace w

ith a finishingtim

e of 3 hours, 39m

inutes. After

walking and running

the Seattle marathon,

his training paid offby not only cuttinghis tim

e, but alsobeing able to run theentire 26.2 m

iles. He

went to H

awaii w

ithhis grandfather and aneighbor, taking som

etim

e after the race tosee the sights.

His m

ost recent marathon w

as in Februaryin Las Vegas, w

here he placed first among

the 15- to 17-year-olds. He also shaved an

extra 10 minutes off his H

onolulu time,

running the race in 3 hours, 29 minutes.

�That was a nightm

are of a race,� herecalls. �It w

as 20-plus degrees when w

estarted the race, and 60-plus degrees w

henw

e finished.�

Siess says he has learned much from

fellow m

arathon runners around thecountry, including tips on how

to stretch,how

to move legs to stay strong, and how

to do arm strides. H

e also has learned tipsfrom

his school coaches, as well as from

reading books and researching on theInternet. H

is short-term goal is to qualify

in his junior year for the State cross-country tournam

ent. He also plans to

pursue a scholarship in track and cross-country. H

is long-term goal, he says, is to

qualify for the Olym

pic trials in the 5kilom

eter (3.1 mile) run.

Siess has his career sights set on being acivil engineer or an architect. H

e took adrafting class this year in addition to m

ath,science, Spanish, team

sports, andEnglish, w

ith an emphasis in journalism

. Inhis free tim

e he enjoys riding quads (dunebuggies) on fam

ily outings to the Oregon

sand dunes, freestyle bike riding, includ-ing �taking air� on jum

ps and spins, andplaying soccer.

But given a choice, running alw

ays takestop priority. �R

unning is pretty much m

ylife,� he says. �I like to better m

yself.�

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Walker H

igh School graduation

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June 15, 2002

Emerald R

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at the Western W

ashington Fairgrounds

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June 15, 2002

Puyallup High School graduation

at the Western W

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ogers High School graduation

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Students receivejournalism

honorsTeacher hopefuls get classroom

trainingM

ore than 30 District high school stu-

dents are experiencing the opportunity ofa lifetim

e � the chance to try out a future

career even before they set foot in acollege classroom

.

The District�s Teaching A

cademy, now

inits fourth year, provides high schoolseniors the chance to experience teachingin a regular classroom

while m

entored by acertificated teacher. Students spend thefirst sem

ester of the year-long electiveclass learning skills such as classroomm

anagement, student learning styles, and

how to create lesson plans.

During the second sem

ester, they areplaced in an elem

entary or junior highsetting w

here they spend about an hour aday teaching and w

orking with students.

�This kind of a hands-on learning style isto provide our high school students w

ith acareer avenue to explore and to possiblyopen them

up to the idea of teaching,"says C

atherine Warr, the A

cademy teacher

at Rogers H

igh and the District�s W

ork-B

ased Learning coordinator.

�If at the end they decide that this isn�tthe career path for them

, that is perfectlyfine too,� she continued. �A

t least theyknow

now and not after three years of

college and a semester student teaching

just prior to their college graduation.M

any colleges are excited about thesekind of experiences and classroom

work

and are even waiving certain require-

ments for those w

ho are interested inbecom

ing a teacher.�

For Rogers H

igh senior ShastaC

hristensen, she knew she w

anted to work

with children, but w

asn�t sure in what

capacity. After being a m

ember of the

Teaching Academ

y, she now know

s shew

ants to be a teacher.

Christensen w

orked this spring with fifth

and sixth graders in Andrea H

eitz's class atFirgrove Elem

entary. She says classroomm

anagement is the biggest challenge,

simply because there are tw

o separate agegroups in one room

.

One of the first projects she did w

ith her

class was a creative w

riting assignment.

Students created an entire story about arock. �A

bout two or three days into that

project, I knew that this is the kind of w

orkI w

anted to be doing,� she says. �I felt likeI belonged in that position. I had their fullattention, there w

as no talking, they were

all focused on me, and as I left I knew

thatI had done m

y job right that day and Iw

anted more days like it.�

Puyallup High senior R

ob Row

land is alsoenjoying his classroom

teaching training.R

owland has been w

orking with M

arnieEllison�s second-grade class at Stew

artElem

entary and said he would love to

return to the classroom to teach art.

�I just love the atmosphere of an art

room,� he says. �So if I can com

bineteaching and m

y love of art, I will be

happy. I want a job I can enjoy and like

getting up every morning and going to.

The money doesn�t m

atter, but my

happiness does.�

He explained that there w

ere a fewchallenges w

hen he first started teaching,but the m

ain challenge was the tim

econstraints he w

as under. Some days he is

with students for an hour and other days

only 30 minutes. �You never know

how

long it might take for the kids to catch on

to what you are trying to teach them

. Some

days it may take less tim

e, other daysm

ore. You have to be adaptable.�

Emerald R

idge senior Stephanie Morris

also can�t wait to pursue a career as a

teacher. Morris teaches in the Life

Issues class with C

arrie Isernio atFerrucci Junior H

igh.

�I have learned more through the Teaching

Academ

y than I have probably in anyclass I have had ever,� she says. �I chosejunior high because I knew

that elementary

school was a bit overw

helming for m

e, andjunior high offered the kind of classes Im

ost want to teach w

hen I graduate �Fam

ily and Consum

er Sciences.�

Morris said she knew

from a very young

age she wanted to be a teacher, adding her

years of schooling have been "one big jobshadow

."

Warr says the A

cademy's teacher m

entorsprovide learning opportunities and aresounding boards for advice. Studentslearn organizational skills "and know

what

it means to w

ork within an organization

and be a good employee. They develop

accountability, responsiblity, and trust."

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Emerald R

idge, Puyallup, and Rogers

high school news m

agazines, web sites,

literary magazines, and individual

students have received State andnational recognition.

The Emerald R

idge High student publica-

tion JagWire w

as honored last month at

the Society of Professional Journalists'annual Excellence In Journalism

awards

banquet. The news m

agazine earned firstplace in the high school category forschools w

ith an enrollment over 1,000

students in Western W

ashington. ThePuyallup H

igh School Vanguard placedthird in the sam

e category.

All three high schools also received

honors in April at the N

ational ScholasticPress A

ssociation Journalism C

onferencein Phoenix, A

rizona:

Emerald R

idge High School

JagWired.com

, the JagWire w

ebsite, tookhom

e a national online Pacemaker aw

ard.It w

as one of three schools nationwide

that received this top award. In the B

estof Show

category, the JagWire earned

second place. It also won sixth place in

speciality news coverage for its issue

about separation of Church and State.

The Ascent literary arts m

agazine placedthird. Individual aw

ards were presented

to James Eberlein, superior in new

sm

agazine design, and Danielle H

armon,

honorable mention, yearbook sports/

caption writing.

Puyallup High School

In Best of Show, V

iking Vanguard won

seventh place in the newspaper special

issues category. Individual awards w

erepresented to Shaw

n Query, honorable

mention, review

writing; Jud K

etvirtis,honorable m

ention, copy/caption writing;

and Deborah C

ughan, honorablem

ention, news m

agazine layout.

Rogers H

igh School

Individual awards w

ere presented to Ben

Erickson, excellent rating, photo editingand caption w

riting, and Jonathan Paik,honorable m

ention, editorial cartooning.

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A visiting delegation of school officials from

Shanghai,C

hina recently toured District schools, attended a

recognition dinner, and signed a letter of intent tocontinue a 10-year-old teacher exchange partnership.

The week-long visit of adm

inistrators from the Shanghai

#3 Girls' H

igh School, one of the most respected schools

in Shanghai, also included discussion on both sides ofexpanding the partnership to include students.

"One of m

y goals is to have our students participate inthe exchange," says Superintendent Susan G

ourley. "I amvery, very excited and interested in pursuing that."

Gourley m

et with the delegation during a form

al signingcerem

ony in her office. Officials from

both countries ex-changed gifts, shared inform

ation about their school systems,

and discussed the history of the exchange program.

The partnership allows for a teacher exchange betw

eenShanghai and Puyallup schools on a yearly basis. W

hilethere isn�t currently a Puyallup School D

istrict teacher atthe #3 G

irls' High School, D

ejiang �Tyler� Chen has been

teaching Chinese this year at Puyallup H

igh School andsharing his culture at m

any elementary schools.

�So many of us teachers have benefited from

thispartnership,� says H

e YaNan, principal of the Shanghai

school. He served as a teacher in this D

istrict the secondyear of the exchange program

. �Through this exchangew

e were able to learn about your culture, and your

students and staff were able to learn about ours."

Since the partnership started in 1992, He explained they

have implem

ented certain elements of the A

merican

curriculum in Shanghai.

�Here I, as w

ell as all of the otherprevious exchange teachers,noticed the large am

ount offreedom

Am

erican students haveto choose their classes andelectives. So w

e started to give ourstudents m

ore choices on thetypes of classes they w

ant to takeregarding electives and such.�

He w

as joined on this visit byfellow

administrators Song Feng,

international exchange director;C

hen DeLiang, senior instructor;

and Wang YueC

heng, viceprincipal.

The Puyallup School District's

involvement w

ith several schoolsin C

hina exists because of theefforts of Frank "B

uster" Brouillet,

a Puyallup High alum

ni and former

State Superintendent of PublicInstruction. W

hen China relations

were opened during the late 1980's,

he led one of the first visitingdelegations from

the United States

to China. O

ver the years Puyallupteachers have traveled to C

hina toteach in cities including C

hongqing, Guangzhou, and

Shanghai. Teachers and administrators have served as

teachers, directors, consultants, and principals in interna-tional schools inside C

hina.

Emm

a Low, a retired English teacher from

Puyallup High,

was this D

istrict's first exchange teacher to China in

1989-90. Low taught conversational English at N

an Kai

Middle School (equivalent to high school age here) in

Chongqing, a large city in the Sichvan Province w

ith aclim

ate similar to W

ashington State.

It was Low

's first trip to China, and she rem

embers flying

into an old airport used during World W

ar II. She andthe other teachers and students lived on cam

pus, much

like a college setting in this country. While she had a

kitchen in her duplex, she ate meals in the school

cafeteria. "Cooking is a really big deal there. You don't

go to the store and buy a package of chicken. You bringhom

e a live chicken and slaughter it."

Low taught conversational English to 16- and 17-year-

olds. "The kids wanted to hear a good A

merican accent.

They needed the practice of hearing the language."

She was one of the first foreigners to the city that year,

as she arrived the fall after the TianAnM

en massacre.

Photos from her year show

her flashing big smiles at

English department dinners and gatherings w

ith Chinese

friends. "I almost spoke no C

hinese, but somehow

we

did fine," she says, adding she developed several closefriendships.

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Russian exchange student enjoys A

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In his short time in A

merica, R

ussianexchange student Zhenya Sytnikov sayshe has zeroed in on his future collegeplans and learned first-hand how

he canm

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erald Ridge

High School w

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government and the role of people in the

governmental process.

�I saw the influence one person can

have in a democratic society,� he says.

�And I w

ant to do that. Before I cam

e toA

merica, I w

asn�t completely sure about

my future. B

ut now I know

I want to go

to college and study politics. Russia is

slowly changing from

a comm

unistsociety to a dem

ocratic society. I want

to be able to initiate changes faster form

y home country. I don�t w

ant to work

to make R

ussia a clone of Am

erica � Idon�t w

ant us to lose our identity orhistorical background, but I do w

ant tom

ake a difference.�

The 15-year-old is one of 1,100 studentsfrom

Russia selected to becom

e anexchange student through the FLEXprogram

. More than 20,000 applied to go

through the three-step applicationprocess, w

hich included, among other

things, an English test and psychologicaladaptation test.

�I really wanted to com

e to Am

ericabecause of m

y desire to experience newthings,� he says. �I w

anted to see thew

orld.� He arrived last A

ugust and will

return home this m

onth.

Sytnikov comes from

the town of O

rel,m

ade up of more than 500,000 people. H

esays the adjustm

ent to living in thePuyallup area w

asn�t a huge challenge,but his role in his host fam

ily was a new

experience for him.

In Russia, he lives w

ith his father and hisolder sister, but here w

ith his host family,

he gets to play big brother to a 10-year-old boy and one-year-old girl. �They treat

me like part of the fam

ily, and it is great,�he says.

His adjustm

ent to school has also been anenjoyable one.

�I have been able to have so many

wonderful opportunities,� he explained. �It

is cool so far, and I am glad I w

as selected.Personally I have changed a lot and havespent a lot of tim

e thinking about my life

and my future. I have been thinking about

what m

akes cultures different, and I try tostuff as m

any life experiences as I can intom

y time that I am

still here.�

Sytnikov has been to dances, Mariner

games, m

ovies, and restaurants and sayshe is usually open to w

hatever comes his

way. H

e says he loves Am

erican pizza,although can�t understand w

hy some

people use pineapple as a topping.

Jim Paterno, Sytnikov�s A

merican studies

teacher says Sytnikov is a brilliant studentw

ho is able to understand concepts, make

connections, and analyze the most

complex ideas and conditions through

many different lenses.

�He listens w

ithout passing judgment,

asks very appropriate questions to clarifyhis ow

n understanding, and articulateshis ow

n ideas with a calm

conviction of atrue diplom

at,� Paterno says. �Aside from

class work, Zhenya has been able to

share insights into the life of Russian

teens when asked w

hat life is like inR

ussia - something our students are very

curious about."

Paterno says Sytnikov has also been ableto shed light on the changes happeningin the Soviet U

nion since the split. "In all,Zhenya has been a noble am

bassador, asolid student, and a m

ost kind friend. He

is a young man w

ith a good heart who

will do such good things for A

mericans

and Russians.�

Until Sytnikov returns hom

e, he is making

the most of his tim

e here in Puyallup. He

participated this spring on the school'strack team

and, for a short while, on the

debate team.

He explained that m

ost of the classes hehas in R

ussia are curriculum-based, and

there isn�t a huge freedom to choose

electives. But w

hile he is at Emerald

Ridge as a full-tim

e student, Sytnikovm

ust still be able to pass certain tests onindividual subjects he w

ould be taking inR

ussia if he were there. So he juggles a

full class and homew

ork load and stillstays current on R

ussian Literature andother required subjects.

But for him

, the chance to attend anA

merican high school m

akes the extraw

ork worthw

hile. He figures he can take

his Russian curriculum

tests this summ

erafter he returns, but in the m

eantime he is

focused on his classes here: marketing,

advanced placement calculus, understand-

ing world cultures, digital photography,

and Am

erican studies.

He is becom

ing a little homesick but is

determined to experience everything.

�I can always em

ail and call them until I go

home,� he says laughing. �B

ut for now I

want to do everything and rem

ember

everything. Even though it does rain a lothere, I am

glad they placed me at Em

eraldR

idge in Puyallup.�

Ru

ss

ian

e

xc

ha

ng

e

stu

de

nt

Zh

en

ya S

ytniko

v.

There were 500 entries and 20 w

innersthis spring in the D

istrict's NO

Smokes

on Me! student poster contest. The

contest was intended to show

studentsand the com

munity that the "norm

" inPuyallup is to be tobacco free.

Every poster entered in the contest was

displayed in the Creative K

ids exhibit atPuyallup's Spring Fair. The 20 w

inningposters w

ill be mass produced to create

advertising for local posters, billboards,brochures, etc. They w

ill also line thehalls of D

istrict schools.

Another 25 posters w

ill be framed and

displayed in doctors' and dentists'offices and other businesses that caterto fam

ilies and young people, saysPhyllis Ellerm

eier, District Safe and

Drug Free Schools coordinator. "I

want it pointed out to younger

students and older students that the"norm

" in Puyallup is to be tobaccofree," says Ellerm

eier.

Students were free to create posters

using a variety of media, including felt

pens, crayons, tempera, acrylic, ink,

graphite, and colored pencils. Messages

had to clearly state that most older teens

do not smoke/use tobacco, m

ost peopledo not sm

oke/use tobacco, or we/I don't

want you to sm

oke/use tobacco.

The event was supported by the

District's Tobacco A

dvisory Com

mittee,

comm

unity organizations, and thePuget Sound Educational ServiceD

istrict. District A

rt Specialist Debbie

Munson helped coordinate the judging

and Fair display.

Puyallup receives more than $26,000

annually in grant money for anti-

tobacco related activities, staff develop-m

ent, and youth empow

erment w

ork forstudents in grades five to nine. Studentsw

ill be surveyed in Decem

ber andM

arch concerning student perceptionsregarding tobacco use by their peers.

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.puyallup.k12.wa.us

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pions for Children

A brief glance in a new

spaper changed the career path ofC

hristine Bloom

field and took her down a road she says

she always hoped to w

alk.

After years of w

orking within the N

ative Am

erican Comm

u-nity at the Puyallup Tribal H

ealth Authority M

edical Clinic,

Bloom

field answered the classified advertisem

ent she sawfrom

the Puyallup School District and becam

e the District�s

Indian Education Coordinator in September.

Bloom

field is a mem

ber of the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe of

Nevada and grew

up in the Northw

est, specifically in theTacom

a and San Juan Island areas.

Her form

er job, she says, let her get to know the adults of

the Native com

munity, and now

, in her job with the

District, she is loving the opportunity to m

eet theyounger generations.

There are more than 175 N

ative students in the District. It

is Bloom

field�s job to comm

unicate with the fam

ilies andschools as to the academ

ic, social, and emotional needs

of those students.

She said a typical day for her includes working to find

tutors to work one-on-one w

ith students with academ

icneeds. The tutors are m

ostly District teachers, and it is

Bloom

field�s duty to arrange meetings w

ith parents andtutors. She has also served as a neutral party to listen toparents' concerns about their children. For exam

ple, if achild has recently been diagnosed w

ith a learningdisability, B

loomfield says she is m

ore then happy to

listen. If there are resources she isaw

are of that may help the parent or

student, she doesn�t hesitate torecom

mend them

.

While B

loomfield�s prim

ary responsi-bility is to the students of thePuyallup School D

istrict, she saysshe also has a friendly w

orkingrelationship w

ith Chief Leschi School

and students who transfer betw

eenthe tw

o Districts. �W

hat I reallyenvision this job to be is a supportsystem

for the students,� saysB

loomfield. �I�d like people to know

that I am here and m

ore than willing

to help.�

Her office décor reflects her heritage

and is adorned with item

s of specialsignificance to her such as her bookson various topics, a drum

, and theone item

she says almost everyone

talks about upon entering her room�

her goose-wing fans. She explained that they w

ereused in conjunction w

ith wom

en�s dancing ceremonies

and are one of her most cherished item

s.

Bloom

field is also eager to help students who w

ant to findout m

ore information about their tribes. She says it is very

easy to find information and believes that it is im

portant foreveryone to becom

e knowledgeable of their cultural

background. �It gives a person personal strength andhonors w

here and who you cam

e from,� she says.

Her elders taught her that w

hen you work, w

ork to strengthenand support your fam

ily, culture, and the comm

unity.

�I love being with the kids,� she says. �It is refreshing and

their energy is contagious. They are the focus of my

energy now that I am

at this stage in my life.�

As she fluffed her gray hair, she added, �I do not like to

admit it, but I am

an elder now. It is my job to teach and

support the students like my elders did for m

e.�

She welcom

es anyone to stop and talk with her and has

found that her guide dog, a yellow labrador nam

ed Haiku, is

a perfect icebreaker. Haiku travels everyw

here with

Bloomfield, including into the schools. Bloom

field hascentral vision blindness and is unable to clearly see directlyin front of her. She can m

ake out shapes and colors andrelies on her hearing to go about her day. Special speakingsoftw

are and a large screen computer m

onitor assist herw

ith office work.

�I have found that the students really relate to Haiku, and it

provides me an opportunity to talk w

ith them about school

and learning,� she continued. �Often they begin to ask m

equestions about guide dogs and they becom

e guide dogsavvy very quickly. B

ut as long as they know that I am

hereand that I can help them

is what I w

ould really like."

District's Indian Education C

oordinator helpsm

eet needs of Native A

merican students

Staff participate inTake Your C

hild toW

ork Day

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lles

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nio

r Hig

h S

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pril.

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a.usJune 2002 13

Emerald R

idge junior Kyile Schreiner loves

to defeat the odds � literally.

Schreiner, 18, has Cerebral Palsy, but

hasn�t let that stop him from

becoming a

junior class officer and giving numerous

speeches over the past few years.

When her son w

as young, Ardis Schreiner

says doctors had painted a grim picture of

Kyile�s future and told her there w

ould bem

any limitations. B

ut for her, that was

unacceptable.

�There may be things that K

yile physicallycan�t do � but not m

uch,� she says,laughing. �A

nd there isn�t much he w

on�ttry.�

Kyile�s com

munication verbally is lim

ited,but w

ith the help of technology Kyile is

able to express himself through the aid of a

voice programm

ing system called a

Dynavox. H

e is able to program speeches

and school work into it by selecting letters

and words w

ith a mouse-like tool he can

control with his head. The com

puterscreen, w

hich resembles a laptop, is

positioned in front of him in order for him

to see what he is creating. A

speakerm

ounted on the chair can then relate what

Kyile has created.

Kyile has a m

otorized wheelchair, and his

mother says a recent discovery revealed

that the chair isn�t off-road proof.

�We w

ere out the other day and hedecided that he w

anted to basically go offthe path,� she says. �W

e turned aroundand there he w

as - stuck and laughingabout it.�

Family photo album

s reflect a life ofadventure, from

snorkeling and parasailingto dancing and cam

ping.

�I would like to snorkel, but w

ith my

disability it is almost im

possible,� he says.�C

amping is the greatest as it usually

involves my fam

ily.�

His m

ost recent outing was in m

id-March

where, for one w

eek, he went to the

Mariners training cam

p for a week and got

to hang out and watch practice. U

nfortu-

nately some of his favorite M

ariners, Ken

Griffey Jr., and A

lex Rodriguez, are no

longer on the team, but he didn�t care. For

him it w

as a preview of w

hat he can expectthis season as he is a proud M

arinersseason ticket holder.

�I absolutely love baseball,� he says.�Ichiro is m

y favorite.�

He also recently attended the Junior Prom

at Emerald R

idge with his long-tim

egirlfriend N

icole Morrow

, who also has

Cerebral Palsy. K

yile explained that theprom

was great and that he and N

icole hada great tim

e. He sm

iles proudly as hism

other tells people how every year on

Morrow

�s birthday Kyile sends her a

dozen red, long-stemm

ed roses.

�He has done that for the past few

yearsnow

,� she says, laughing. �Nothing stops

him.�

A very goal orientated student, K

yile one-day dream

s of becoming a tax accountant

and possibly going to Washington State

University. B

ut those plans may have to

be put on hold as other opportunities have

presented themselves in the past m

onth.

Representatives of the D

ynavox Corpora-

tion have spoken with A

rdis regarding thepossibility of K

yile coming to a cam

p forother disabled students this sum

mer to

show how

the Dynavox w

orks. They havealso inquired, she says, into the possibilityof K

yile making a trip back east to the

Dynavox headquarters to dem

onstratehow

the equipment w

orks for him as w

ellas to pitch other program

ming ideas K

yilethinks w

ould be successful, such asprogram

s dealing with fractions and other

subjects. It is an opportunity that makes

Kyile�s eyes open w

ide at the thought ofbringing aw

areness to others.

�I am very excited to go to the cam

p,�K

yile explains. �It will give m

e a chance tom

eet others with disabilities and help them

to understand a comm

unication devicesuch as I use.�

Locally, however, one of K

yile�s main

goals as a junior class officer this year hasbeen to develop a plan to highlightstudents in the ExCEL program

. ExCEL(exceeding challenges through education

students who are w

heelchair bound.

The goal was to introduce those individu-

als with physical disabilities into the

student body so that the majority of the

student body can have a better under-standing of their fellow

classmates in the

special education program.

The goal, which w

as still in process thisspring, is to introduce the 10 students inhis class to the student body throughoutthe school year by w

ay of video tapesbroadcast over the school�s in-housenetw

ork. He says he loves the responsibil-

ity of being an officer, but also says it isstressful at tim

es.

His fam

ily says Kyile is a very strong-

willed young m

an who is very fam

ilyorientated and if anything knocks himdow

n, he is very quick to get back up.

�He is very independent and has a

wonderful sense of hum

or,� says Ardis.

�He also has ears like a bat and hears

everything. But his m

ind is sharp and healso doesn�t forget anything. In fact, heoften rem

inds us of things we have

forgotten. He is am

azing.�

She describes her son as a curiouspersonality and says his love of travelingand having life experiences feed thatinquisitive passion.

�I love to see new sights and m

eet newpeople and learn about their cultures andbeliefs,� he explained.

The family frequents H

awaii every chance

they get, but he says a few m

ore of theplaces on his w

ish-to-travel-to list includeA

ustralia, New

Zealand, Tahiti, London,and a cruise through the Panam

a Canal.

Kyile rolls w

ith the waves that daily test

his persistence, but his attitude is hism

ost observable life preserver. He

strives to lead as normal of a life as

possible and many of his speeches that

he is asked to give around the comm

u-nity all seem

to reflect his main life goal -

�Get to know

the individual and pleasedon�t judge them

.�

Emerald R

idge junior class officer sets high goalsand life skills) is a program

for orthopedic

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era

ld R

idg

e H

igh

Prin

cip

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ind

a Q

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n sh

are

s a fu

n m

om

en

tw

ith Ju

nio

r Kyile

Sch

rein

er d

urin

g a

scho

ol p

ep a

ssem

bly.

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pions for Children

Three Emerald R

idge High School

Am

erican Sign Language studentsparticipated earlier this m

onth in thefirst-ever Statew

ide signing competition.

Diana D

illard, Cody A

ustin, and Mark

Ernst all won first place aw

ards.

Three high school students have won

the Washington Aw

ard for VocationalExcellence. C

ourtney Dorn, of R

ogersH

igh School, was honored for her w

orkin graphic design. Julia K

olano, ofPuyallup H

igh School, was recognized

for her involvement in A

merican Sign

Language. Scott Baxter, of Em

erald Ridge

High School, w

on for his work in graphic

arts. The WAV

E award includes a full

two-year tuition scholarship to any

college in Washington State.

District doings

Em

era

ld R

idg

e H

igh

jun

iors (fro

m le

ft) Je

nn

a H

yma

n a

nd

Nic

ole

Mo

rrow

pa

rticip

ate in

the

Co

mp

an

ion

ship

pro

gra

m.

Ferrucci Junior High School hosted a

comm

unity celebration May 7 to

celebrate "20 Years of Excellence."Special guests included D

r. Vitt Ferrucci,

for whom

the school was nam

ed, andform

er principals Larry Olson and D

onM

alloy. The evening included band,orchestra, and choir perform

ances ledby the three original m

usic instructors:Tom

Anderson, band; N

ancy Watson,

orchestra; and Barb R

uble, choir.Students also perform

ed drama, read

poetry, and modeled C

ougar wear from

over the years.

Rogers High School JRO

TC cadets tookseveral honors at a regional com

petition,w

here the top five programs in A

rmy,

Navy, M

arines, and Air Force in three

divisions from four states com

peted. Team#1, Rebekah Carlile, Lindsay Brailo, LeeFoldesi, and C.J M

ayo took first in theState of W

ashington and fourth overall inthe region. Team

#2, Robert Elliott, RobertEllis, D

onovan Powell, and Craig G

ochatook first in the State of W

ashington andthird overall in the region.

WAV

E recipients named

Ferrucci celebrates 20 years

JRO

TC cadets w

in honors

Students win first place in

State sign competition

From dances and m

akeovers to bowling

and dinners out, there is something for

everyone in the Com

panionship program.

Com

panionship is a county program open

to children and adults and provides family

safe outings almost on a w

eekly basis. Inparticular, it aim

s to let all students,including those w

ithdisabilities, interact anddo activities together. A

llactivities are planned andheld in atm

ospheres thatare w

heelchair accessible.It is a Pierce C

ountyprogram

which is sup-

ported by the District and

is open to all districtstudents kindergartenthrough grade 12.

�We are sensitive to all

issues,� says Cheryl

Hym

an, parent representa-tive for the PuyallupSchool D

istrict. �We w

antto let all children in theD

istrict interact and hangout together in naturalsettings aw

ay from school

where som

etimes they are

on separate educationalplans.�

There are student repre-sentatives from

each high school who by

word-of-m

outh try to invite everyone on aw

eekly basis to join the fun. Jenna Hym

anis the representative from

Emerald R

idgeand says there is nothing m

ore she would

rather do on her weekends that hang out

with her C

ompanionship friends.

�I simply love m

aking a younger kid smile,�

Jenna says.

Cheryl added that m

any times parents

don�t know w

hat to expect when they com

eto an event, but soon they discover anentire support system

for their child andthem

selves.

�I have seen children with special needs

come to an event, shy and w

ithdrawn,�

Cheryl explained. �A

nd sometim

es thechange is im

mediate and w

ith others itm

ay take a few tim

es, but they always

come out of their shell. It is a real self-

esteem builder for them

, and they knowthat the adults there, as w

ell as thestudents, genuinely care about them

.

Cheryl says students are "free to be

themselves. They aren�t looked upon as

children with disabilities � just children.�

The difficulty, according to Cheryl, is

letting more people know

about the

more one-to-one student ratio C

ompanion-

ship can provide.

Robyn N

ichols is a fifth grader at SunriseElem

entary who has com

e to severalC

ompanionship events and says she loves

them. N

ichols, who is now

10-years-old,w

as just 20-months-old w

hen she was

injured in a car accidentthat left her paralyzedfrom

the neck down.

�There are so many

special educationparents out there thatneed to know

that aprogram

like thisexists,� says A

my

Thompson, N

ichols�m

other. �A program

likethis can really bring thecom

munity together.�

One thing Thom

psonsays she really enjoysis the openness of theevents. She says beingable to bring as m

anyfriends and fam

ilym

embers as you w

ouldlike to the outingsm

akes the events afam

ily affair.

�They are such ahealthy place to have a good tim

e,� shesays. �It give students w

ith disabilitiesm

any positive experiences and it helpsthem

to step out in their daily lives with

more confidence.�

For Nichols, she says she alw

ays looksforw

ard to a Com

panionship event.

�For me, I like it because it brings all

students together and I can hang out with

other kids that have disabilities and we get

a chance to talk and play,� Nichols says.

�Plus, I sometim

es get to stay up past my

bedtime � that part is really fun.�

For more inform

ation on the Com

panion-ship program

, call Cheryl H

yman at (253)

848-8384.

Com

panionship program bonds students

program. She says m

any parents are justfinding out about the program

that hasbeen in existence for several years, andthey are alw

ays welcom

ing older studentsas w

ell to join the group. The greaternum

ber of older students there are, the

"I simply love m

aking a youngerkid sm

ile."Jenna H

yman

Emerald Ridge H

igh

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DEC

A students receive aw

ards

Students share talents, win recognition in R

eflections contestThe Puyallup School D

istrict had onew

inner and two honorable m

entions at theState com

petition for Reflections, a national

PTA contest dedicated to allow

ingstudents to use their full creative potential.

Students are provided a theme and asked

to use it in categories such as literature,photography, m

usical composition, and

video production. This year�s theme w

as �Ihold in m

y hand��

Winning first place for the interm

ediate agegroup in m

usical composition w

as Emm

yR

ose, a fifth grader at Ridgecrest Elem

en-tary. A

first place music w

inner last year asw

ell, Rose com

posed a song that shared itstitle w

ith the theme.

�It took me about a w

eek to write it,� she

says. �Last year I wrote a song that I only

sang. This year I wanted to take it to the

next level, so I wrote the song m

yself andthen I played the piano and sang. M

y songw

as about world peace and the grace of the

land.�

Receiving honorable m

ention were Jody

Lent, a ninth grader at Edgemont Junior

High, and Sukhie Patel, a fifth grader at

Mountain V

iew Elem

entary. Both entered

the literature category.

Lent wrote a poem

eluding to one subjectand then surprised the reader w

ith adifferent topic. It w

as about his cat, Uku II

� which is H

awaiian for flea. H

e says when

you pick up the cat you feel all fur andvery little cat. B

ut it was the cat�s unusual

color of fur and appearance that allowed

him creative freedom

. �I liked this year�sthem

e because there were so m

any thingsyou could do w

ith it,� he explained. �I liketo m

ake people think.�

For Patel, she says her poem about

seashells was one that evolved over tim

e.�I som

etimes w

rite poems in m

y head, but Ilove shells. There is a beach in Englandw

here my m

om used to live. She takes m

ethere w

hen we visit and the shells there

are great. I collect them and rocks.�

Patel says she chose to write about her

shells rather than paint or take a picture ofthem

because she wanted to let people

imagine their ow

n perfect shell using theirow

n imagination.

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flec

tion

s win

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rs ga

the

r with

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ol B

oa

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t Ka

thy

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tary; Jo

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nd

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se

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st

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ry.

Marketing students from

Emerald R

idgeand R

ogers high schools competed in

business and marketing events at the

international level in April in Salt Lake

City, U

tah.

Ken N

ickel, a junior at Emerald R

idge,placed in the top ten in Full-ServiceR

estaurant Managem

ent at DEC

A�sInternational C

ompetition. K

en took aw

ritten test and completed tw

o role-playsto qualify for the final round of com

peti-tion that included one additional role-play. H

e was aw

arded his medal for

making the finals and later w

as awarded

another medal for placing in the top ten in

the nation. Ken is a first-year m

arketingstudent in R

andy Walden�s class.

Lindsay Hagen, a senior at Em

erald Ridge,w

as awarded a $1,000 scholarship from

Otis

Spunkmeyer. A

lso competing in interna-

tional team events from

Emerald Ridge w

ereJerylle A

rendain and Jolene Gleason in

Financial Services Managem

ent andD

ecision Making, and Jerem

iah Webster

and Tina McCool in H

ospitality ServicesM

anagement Team

Decision M

aking.D

aniel Joyce and Lindsay Hagen attended

and graduated from the Leadership

Developm

ent Academ

y at the conference.

Am

y Topping, Holly M

ilender, andB

rooke Rom

ines from R

ogers High

competed in an 80-page C

hapter Manual

that placed 22nd out of 160 teams and

earned International recognition at theconference. Joyce M

aingi, also fromR

ogers, competed in Full-Serve R

estau-rant M

anagement.

The eleven students were accom

paniedby advisors C

hristi Horton and Therese

Tipton.

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16 June 2002http://w

ww

.puyallup.k12.wa.us

Cham

pions for Children

Students to perform in

"Big Brass" Bash in JulyPuyallup School D

istrict musicians

ranging from elem

entary to high schoolw

ill participate next month in the 16th

Annual H

arvey Phillips Northw

est �Big

Brass� B

ash. The event will feature recitals

open to the public and a Sunday concertin Pioneer Park.

The two-day festival, scheduled July 13

and 14 at Puyallup High School, celebrates

the beauty of the tuba and euphonium and

involves players of all ages and skill levelsfrom

throughout the United States. G

enePokorny, Principal Tubist of the C

hicagoSym

phony, and Loren Marsteller, a leading

euphoniumist from

Los Angeles, w

ill bethe featured guests. H

arvey Phillips, forw

hom this event is nam

ed, will present a

clinic entitled, "A Life in M

usic."

Ron M

unson, president of the Board of

Directors, says the philosophy behind the

international event is sharing knowledge

with the greatest artists w

orldwide w

hileenjoying a non-com

petitive, relaxedatm

osphere. Players as young as 10- andas old as 85-years-old play together in alarge tuba ensem

ble that presents aSunday park concert featuring classical,

jazz, and pop arrangements.

Student participants will rehearse w

ith thelarge ensem

ble, made up of 140 players

last year, and attend clinics presented bythe guest artists.

This year�s Sunday concert will be at 2 pm

July 14, in Pioneer Park in downtow

nPuyallup. Saturday features tw

o recitals atthe Puyallup H

igh auditorium, one for

young players in solo and small ensem

blegroups, and the evening John B

akerFounder�s R

ecital, which features guest

artists and the top tuba and euphoniumplayers from

the northwest.

The young players will perform

at 4 pm, and

the evening recital begins at 7:30 pm. A

llrecitals and concerts are free to the public.

A w

orld-renowned artist, H

arvey Phillips�perform

ances include two dozen C

arnegieH

all (NY

C) solo recitals, the first solo tuba

recital at the Library of Congress, m

orethan 200 clinic/recitals at colleges anduniversities throughout the w

orld, with

international tours of Japan, Australia,

Scandinavia, and Europe.

Pu

yallu

p S

cho

ol D

istrict D

affo

dil p

rinc

esse

s with

Pu

yallu

p M

ayor

Kath

y Tu

rne

r at the

So

uth

Hill M

all (fro

m le

ft to rig

ht) T

hy P

ha

m-

Cie

lies

z, Ro

ge

rs H

igh

; Je

ni R

ain

ey, E

me

rald

Rid

ge

Hig

h, a

nd

Ma

de

line

Ch

ipp

s, Pu

yallu

p H

igh

.

Sta

hl J

un

ior H

igh

stud

en

t Ma

rcu

s Jo

rge

nso

n h

as b

ee

n n

am

ed

Wa

shin

gto

n S

tate's "S

afe

ty All S

tar." T

he

13

-yea

r-old

wa

s struck

by a

veh

icle in

No

vem

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ile rid

ing

his b

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ffere

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o life

-thre

aten

ing

inju

ries. M

arc

us a

nd

his fa

mily attrib

ute

the

surviva

l of th

is inc

ide

nt p

rima

rily to h

is he

lme

t, wh

ich

he

we

ars

on

his d

aily trip

s to a

nd

from

scho

ol. C

en

tral P

ierc

e a

nd

Gra

ha

mF

ire &

Re

scu

e, in c

on

jun

ctio

n w

ith o

the

r me

mb

ers o

f the

Pie

rce

Co

un

ty S

afe

Kid

s C

oa

lition

, rec

og

nize

"Sa

fety

Sta

rs," you

ng

ind

ividu

als w

ho

ha

ve p

reve

nte

d in

jury to

self o

r oth

ers d

ue

to th

eir

safe

ac

tion

s.

Matthew

Hilton, of Edgem

ont JuniorH

igh School, placed third in the StateH

istory Day com

petition with an indi-

vidual exhibit on Irrigation in the Colum

-bia R

iver Basin.

Hilton w

as one of seven students who

joined teacher Brooks H

azen at theH

istory Day contest in Ellensburg. This

year's theme w

as "Revolution, R

eaction,R

eform in H

istory."

Other students participating included:

Alindrina M

angubat, with an individual

exhibit on Pike Place Market; John

Mahler, w

ith an individual exhibit on theTranscontinental R

ailroad; and LindsaySm

ith, with her exhibit on the A

nti-C

hinese Movem

ents of the Northw

est.

Students Josh Cham

pneys and JodyLent entered a group exhibit on D

ennyR

egrade, and David M

cDow

ell submit-

ted an individual media exhibit on the

Seattle Fire.

Several of the students' exhibits were

selected to be on display at "History

House," a sm

all museum

in Freemont in

the greater Seattle area. History H

ouse'sm

ission is to preserve, exhibit, andinterpret the history and heritage ofSeattle�s diverse neighborhoods.

Joining this year's exhibits at History

House are tw

o of last year's entries:K

ate Kirkpatrick (Seattle Park M

ove-m

ent), and Katie Fellow

s (Inter-urbanrailw

ay).

History D

ay exhibits win honors

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