Vashon Island School District in a “CLASS” of its own
Awards, Honors, Grants

June 2004 through August 2005

 

Chautauqua Elementary

Building Awards/Honors

State recognition for fourth grade reading

 

Program Awards/Honors

First Place, Math is Cool, 5th grade math team

First Place, Math is Cool, 4th grade math team

 

Staff Awards/Honors

Doors of Opportunity 2005, Cherry Champagne

 

McMurray Middle School

Building Awards/Honors

State recognition for seventh grade mathematics

 

Program Awards/Honors

Fifth Place, Math Counts

Fifth Place, Math Olympiad

Third Place in League: Knowledge Bowl

First Place, Rainier Valley League: Boys Basketball

Superior Rating at Band Festival

“Energy Beneath the Surface” Artists in Schools Gallery display, Seattle: 8th Grade Humanities

 

Student Awards/Honors

First Place 6th grade, VFW essay contest, Autumn Norton

Third Place 7th grade, VFW essay contest, Joe Gilmour

Third Place 8th grade, VFW essay contest, Max Merchant

First Place in Regionals, History Day, Emily Horwitz

 

Staff Awards/Honors

NASA Network of Educator Astronaut Teachers: Evan Justin

National Science Foundation Project AstroBio Teacher: Evan Justin

Doors of Opportunity 2004, Cornelius Lopez

Washington State Mathematics Council Conference for Leaders 2004: Cornelius Lopez

 

Vashon Island High School

Building Awards/Honors

State recognition for tenth-grade reading and mathematics

Top Ten School (#2 among public schools), University of Washington High School-to-University Grade Point Average Transition Study

 

Program Awards/Honors

American Mathematics Contest School Certificate of Merit

State Academic Champions: Debate

State Academic Champions: Boys Basketball

Second Place, Team Problem Division II, Region 6, Washington State Mathematics Competition

First Place, American Scholastic Press Association Adjudication: The Riptide  

Seattle Journalists’ Award: The Riptide

Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Theme Development from Sound Yearbook

Whistler Music Festival Superior Rating, the band

State Team Qualifiers: Girls Cross-country, Boys Basketball, Mathematics

 

Student Awards/Honors

Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program: Ian Crozier, Saskia Devries, Rebecca Ewing, Brigid Fitzgerald, Clay Gleb, Casey Ligrano, Shawnti Rockwell, and Elizabeth Winter

National Merit Scholarship Finalist: Helen Huizenga

Fourth in State Debate: Debate Partners Kaelon Burton and Forrest Smith

Second in State Debate Speaker Points: Forrest Smith

Academic All State Wrestler: Duncan Mayshark

National Honor Roll, American Mathematics Contest: Derek Reinelt, Saskia Devries, and Helen Huizenga

Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE): Josh Nebe

Washington State Scholar: Saskia Devries

Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Award: Allison Fox

Outstanding Achievement; Ink Drawing, Puget Sound E.S.D Regional High School Art Show: Jessica Katz

Second Place National Council of Japanese Language New Years Card Competition: Ashley Stoddard

Third Place National Council of Japanese Language New Years Card Competition: Clayton Stork

Four junior students honored through the National College Plans Reporting: Tage Rauen, Shaylon Stolk, Robin Kallsen, and Jennifer Osgood

State Individual Qualifiers: Boys Tennis (4), Wrestling (6), Girls Tennis (4), Girls Golf (1), Girls Track and Field (3), Boys Track and Field (3)

Sixth Place State Boys Tennis Doubles: Michael Serko and Quintin Barnes

Fourth Place State Boys Tennis Doubles: Cam Bard and Chad Tillman

Sixth Place (tie) State Girls Golf: Bailey Lyons

Sixth Place State Girls Tennis Doubles: Kaela Forsman and Jill Middling

Second Place (Greco Roman) and Fourth Place (Freestyle) Western Regional Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada: Tyler Gateman

Second Place (Greco Roman) and Second Place (Freestyle) Western Regional Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada: Micah Sohl

Greco Roman Wrestling All Americans National Tournament in Fargo, North Dakota: Tyler Gateman and Micah Sohl 

Fifth Place National Wrestling Tournament, Greco Roman, Tyler Gateman

Sixth Place National Wrestling Tournament, Greco Roman, Micah Sohl

 

Staff Awards/Honors

Harris Levinson, Fulbright Teacher Exchange, Turkey

Nisqually League Distinguished Principal for 2003-04: Susan Hanson

Runner Up School Library Journal Thomson Gale Giant Step Award: Peggy Kallsen

Profile in Teacher Librarian: Peggy Kallsen

Nisqually League Wrestling Coach of the Year: Anders Blomgren

Nisqually League Boys Basketball Coach of the Year: Andrew Sears

Jim Dorsey was one of 14 selected out of 200 to attend a seminar in Pennsylvania on the life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach

Per Lars Blomgren and Anders Blomgren selected as coaches for the Washington State Wrestling Team that took 2nd place in Nationals

 

FamilyLink

Student Awards/Honors

Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program: Ben Crawford

 

Vashon Island School District

Program Awards/Honors

Washington State Academic Improvement Award (outstanding, continuous improvement)

4th Grade Reading

7th Grade Mathematics

10th Grade Mathematics

 

Staff Awards/Honors

Certificate of Appreciation, WA State Department of Health, School Rule Development: Mimi Walker

 

Grants

Washington State Arts Commission, $10,000: Artists in the Schools Program

Seattle Foundation Haygood Humanities Grant, $6582: VHS Humanities Department

Carl Perkins, $8529: VHS Vocational Program

Title I, $101,483: CES Title I Reading Program

Title II: Part A, $42,551: Quality Staff

Title II: Part D, $2,689: Technology

Title V, $15,025: Innovative Projects

Safe and Drug Free Schools, $5397: District Programs

Learning Assistance Program, $26,045: Chautauqua Elementary

Readiness to Learn, $55,000: Chautauqua Elementary

Teacher Assistance Program, $3520

Bilingual, $10,376

Highly Capable, $9,998

Tobacco Prevention, $5,312

King County Student Support, $6,600

Foreign Language Assistance, $27,518: VHS Japanese Program

Boeing, $13,000: District science program

WA Moola, $368: Professional Development

Nurse Corp Grant, $950

Prevention/Intervention, $10,099