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
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
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
Student Awards/Honors
Commended Student, National Merit Scholarship Program: Ben Crawford
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