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Maverick Connections
Celebrations February 2014
At Meadowdale, We Call it the 12th Mav!
A Big Win!
Jazz Band I competed in the longest running jazz
festival—The Clark College Jazz Festival—in Vancouver, WA. It is considered to be the premier regional jazz festival in its 48th year of providing
competitive jazz bands a venue in which to perform for judges. This year, Jazz I played their way
through the preliminaries and into the evening
finals where the three top bands of the day were
selected to compete further to determine first,
second, and third place. At the end of the evening
and in front of an enthusiastic crowd, Meadowdale’s Jazz I, under the direction of Mr. Hawke,
came in first place in division AAA ahead of Mead
High School and Mt. Spokane High School both
from Spokane. Ori Levari was also recognized as
one of the outstanding soloists for his piano feature on “Wee Small Hours.” Outstanding work
everyone! You make Meadowdale proud.
Way to Go Hawks!
A Heartfelt Success
On February 13, Nick of Time completed a full day of
heart screenings here at MHS. They screened a record breaking 555 young hearts finding eight students
who needed immediate follow-up and eleven who
will need future follow-ups.
Nick of Time and MHS would like to thank…
 The Truax family for organizing this day
 The MHS junior class for their spirit and support
 Larry French and Rina Maile Redrup for feeding
the over 100 volunteers here that day as well as
soliciting donations
 Dave Olsen and Anthony’s Café for the delicious
chowder and Joselyn and Eric for serving
 Sue Burns and Beth Marriott for organizing and
hosting the day
 And, all our volunteers who care
about our kids!
SkillsUSA Photo Contest and 2nd Place Winner
Photography by Shane Hayes
Scholarship Winner
Congratulations Kevin Ng who earned the Susan Russell Scholarship for best portfolio submission by a senior. Kevin won a Gold Key for
the portfolio and his work will be advancing to
the national contest in New York City. In addition to all the glory, Kevin will also receive
$1,000 towards his tuition in the fall of 2014.
You can check out Kevin’s work which will be
featured in his own section at the Schack Art
Center. Read more details by clicking on
Schack Art Center.
Congratulations to Mackenzie
Jones, Kendra Shaw, Victor Lee and
Shane Hayes for their participation
in the Puget Sound SkillsUSA Photo
Contest on Saturday, February 8th.
Five schools sent their top photography students to this yearly event.
This year Shane Hayes, MDHS senior, earned second place in the contest. The competition included three on-site tests: editing a
damaged photo, photographing a moving subject with manual focus and exposure, and using photos and text to create
a mock shoe advertisement. The students also brought two
of their photos to be judged based on image quality and
technical skill. Shane will continue by competing at the state
contest in April. Awesome work!
Diaper Drive Results
FCCLA Club (Family Career and Consumers of
America) and Child Development did a fourteen
day diaper drive to benefit PICC (Pediatric Interim Critical Care) in Kent. PICC is a nonprofit organization that helps babies suffering from inutero addictions, and withdrawals of prescription and non-prescription drugs. They also assist the mothers and monitor the babies twenty
-four hours a day for as long as the baby needs
it. Currently, there are ten babies receiving
care at the center in Kent. During the fourteen
days, Meadowdale High students and FCCLA
collected over 2,000 diapers. It is amazing
what Meadowdale High School students do for
others. Ms. Sukraw says, “I am so grateful to be
a part of it all.” Good work Mavs!
Kevin Ng
receives Susan Russell Scholarship
Thanks for donating your time Mavs!
Kudos to Ms. Kakar
S-T-A-T-E
For some time now, Shugla Kakar has been helping to
organize our Cultural Heritage Celebration on February 20th. Cultural Heritage Night brings together
members in our community with different backgrounds to celebrate music, art, food and customs
from around the world. But, different from past
years, Shugla went beyond helping with the event.
Recently, she devised a proposal to provide henna
tattoos at the event for a small donation. All of the
money raised will be donated to the ELL program to
offset costs for seniors graduating this Spring. When
ELL students present a need to their teachers, there
will be a pool of money to help pay for caps, gowns,
tassels, grad night tickets, and however else the money can be stretched. What a thoughtful idea and a
wonderful young woman!
Let’s all give a big cheer to our Maverick Cheerleaders who successfully defended their state title! The
ladies competed shortly after twelve noon at the
University of Washington. During the performance, the team dropped a stunt creating some
doubts in the girls’ minds, but after watching the
performance on audience members’ cameras, everything else was perfect. They nervously waiting
until after 6:00 P.M. to hear themselves announced
as winners! The girls competed in the 3A NonTumbling group against five other teams. MHS
girls showed crisp, sharp movements which beat
the second place team by seven and a half points
which is a big margin at the state level. Congratulations to Valerie Brayman, Brianna Buduan,
Nikala Buslach, Quinn Cassidy, Angela Cho, Emily
Flick, Laura Gedeon, Jacqueline Hill, Cassie Hummel, Alexandra Jensen, Hailey Jensen, Shannon
Karnoski , Sara Kim, Emma Parker, Chelsea Van
Landeghen, McKenna Welch, and coaches Kimberly Berry and Alleshia Goulder.
The Herald Highlights MHS Senior
If you’ve already met Chikodi Ezeokeke, then you’ve
probably been rubbed by his positive attitude. But if
you haven’t been lucky enough to know Chikodi,
then read the linked article and prepare to be inspired by what this senior can teach us. It’s a great
reminder for “whenever your number’s called.”
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140217/
NEWS01/140219198
Sno-Isle Honor Roll
Congratulations to the following students who
earned honor roll for the second quarter at SnoIsle. Your hard work paid off!
Raymond Becraft
Solen Gemtessa
Danielle Mabie
Jenny Monico
Emeka Nwokobia
Oleksandr Shevchuk
Cheyenne Neff
Dallas Weddle
State Hopefuls
Congratulations to the MHS Hi-Q team and their
advisor Marcus Merrifield who gave a fabulous performance at yesterday’s home match-up. Meadowdale won with 34 points (against Jackson and
Lynnwood) and are now ranked seventh in our area
for the next round of competitions. MHS will compete with the top seven schools in our area in
hopes of qualifying for the state final.
Strike!
Last weekend the Meadowdale
Boys’ Bowling Team took third in
their division at the state competition. Congratulations guys on a
strikingly fabulous season.
Thank You Parents
MHS would like to thank all of the parents who took the
time to respond to the survey for our accreditation renewal this year. We appreciate your vested interest in
Meadowdale and your opinions help us grow and improve as a school to better serve your kids.
Congratulations MHS Honor Roll Students
Below are the list of students who earned a 3.5 grade point average for first semester this year. Thank
you for all your hard work Mavericks!
Class of 2014
Mackenzie A. Alvarez
Kendall F. Devries
Ashley T. Huynh
Ngoc H. Nguyen
Ruby G. Alvarez
Tiffany A. DeWayne
Makensie M. Jones
Tea Nikolic
Christopher W. Arthur
Jessica L. Dyck
Eunice J. Jung
Kyle P. O'Brien
Ciaran K. Ball
Sabrina K. England
Won Il Kang
Cole N. Olson
Hee Jenny Y. Bang
Chikodinaka K. Ezeokeke
Shannon E. Karnoski
Bennett J. Park
Isaiah S. Barhoum
Max J. Fell
Walker J. Kasinadhuni
Jin Hee Park
Harrison W. Baxter
Tara E. Fishback
Imaan A. Kedir
Reece C. Pearson
Alycia R. Beardslee
Allison R. Fishman
Grace H. Kim
Olivia M. Peterson
Kurt D. Blancaflor
Christopher M. Flynn
HyunWoo Kim
Kaylee A. Piper
Annelise X. Blanchard
Brynn K. Fraser
Hyangsook Kwak
Makaela Quisenberry
Valerie F. Brayman
Megan C. Fridge
Malena C. Langlie
Kendall M. Raecker
Mackenzie O. Bretz
Sierra C. Fuller
Sydney K. Langlie
Thomas M. Redd
Brianna M. Buduan
Luis M. Gonzales
Ara A. Lee
Brandt R. Reutimann
Inda J. Burke
Brandon J. Gregory
Hyangsahm S. Lee
Amy J. Rickel
Nicholas A. Caputo
Aaron J. Gurley
Sung-Sil Lee
Justin C. Ridley
Jacey S. Carrier
Lauren J. Hagen
Ori Levari
Brianna M. Sackett
Jonathan R. Carroll
Ryan A. Hanchett
Taylor W. Linton
Nicholas P. Sanchez
Novin Changizi
Shane Hayes
Christopher M. Lock
Misumi Sano
Valerie E. Chen
Levon J. Hebert
Tze Yin Mak
Shakeer Sarwar
Tracy T. Chou
Kristina M. Heiss
Hailey R. Maltbie
Michael C. Savell
Lily E. Conahan
Athena N. Herman
Andrew J. McCoy
Marisa M. Schreckengost
Haley S. Conner
Matthew J. Hill
Atty M. McLellan
Savannah L. Schultz
Nicholas G. Cooper
Theresa Ho
Alex J. Men
Aaron J. Scofield
Melissa Ann A. Cordero
Bennett G. Holton
Michaela J. Meyer
Sogol Sedghi
Francis J. Corner
Bryn L. Honnold
Kristina Y. Miladinova
Courtney R. Shaw
Philip R. Crain
Megan T. Hoppe
Polly S. Miller
Brooke W. Skowyra
Emily S. Crichlow
Daniel G. Hovander
Estera E. Moise
Kuimiko L. Smith
Justin W. Crichlow
Melody W. Hsu
Sloane A. Morrison
Mason R. Smith
Carolyn B. Crosby
Rebecca S. Huang
Annalise J. Muscari
Tristan S. Springer
Benjamin D. Cruz
Marlee A. Hudson
Amelia L. Myers
Mark H. Steinke
Kaylan J. Cummins
Lucas R. Hugdahl
Angela N. Nguyen
Michael L. Stephenson
Julia M. Takatsuka
Moises L. Valadez
Chloe A. Wright
Steven A. Zhao
Jeannie M. Taylor
Alyssa C. Valdez
Jason S. Yim
Mikhail Zogorski
Fnan I. Tekle
Trevor J. White
Ha Y. Yoo
Claire L. Zollars
Henry E. Turner
Kathryn R. Wingenbach
Aidan M. Young
Katie J. Tussing
Cassandra A. Wright
Gregory D. Zacharia
Class of 2015
Madison R. Allen
Daniel J. Harrington
Conor A. Lorenz
Sarah L. Sherman
Chloe L. Bacik
Ciarra M. Hart
Connor A. Lunsford
Donia N. Shokri
Amelia A. Ball
Karsten K. Hayes
Ryan H. Mansour
William F. Skelton
Jensie-Apryle L. Ballesteros
Eryn M. Heller
Koji Mito
McKenna M. Smith
Lauren A. Barnes
Glen S. Hodges
Taylor K. Monroe-Jones
Stuart W. Smith
Kyle L. Barnett
Rachel K. Hopke
Natalie R. Mooney
Vickanda D. Soeung
Bilegt Bayaraa
Jacob E. Hunnewell
Cheyenne J. Neff
Joy Song
Ana Maria F. Beall
Christopher K. Jeng
Sarah X. Ng
Janna W. Southworth
Camille N. Bever
Hailey M. Jensen
Nicholas E. Ngadiran
Jaclyn N. Spani
Angela M. Birchman
Zachary K. Johnson
Kevin N. Nguyen
Alexandria M. Steen
Audrey E. Bond
Shugla Kakar
Hailey A. Norton
Reagan M. Stenberg
James R. Bruders
Katie L. Kastner
Matias I. Olave
Punyanith Tangsiriruangrit
Angela A. Cho
Micah D. Ketola
Susannah E. Oram
Haili K. Taylor
Seung Gwon Cho
Danette N. Kha
Griffin D. Over
Alexander W. Thompson
Brian C. Chung
Sara Kim
Rebecca M. Oylear
Megan A. Thorsrud
Sheriff Conta
Bethany R. Kimball
James T. Parks
Caleb J. Tingstad
Eric A. Coppa
Thomas J. Kirk
Lindsey A. Peterson
Amanda E. Tomchick
Sara N. Coppa
Lauren S. Knibbe
Ryan A. Petriello
Catherine N. Van Farowe
Rachel M. Delgadillo
Francis A. Kogge
Manh M. Pham
Chelsea L. Van Landeghen
Kyle S. Delisle
Chad A. Krusenstjerna
Thomas D. Pham
Xuan-Nhi Vo
Zachary J. Denham
Kory J. Krusenstjerna
Kayla J. Pruitt
Garrett J. Walsh
Anna J. Denson
Rebecca Z. Kuhn
Emily R. Reed-Keefe
Edward Wei
Aileen C. Duong
Daniel M. Kurek
Nathan P. Roberts
McKenna L. Williams
Logan M. Forbis
Brandon La JR
Tristan E. Sateren
Alicia N. Wright
Laura Leigh Gedeon
Jenne L. Lawrence
Brett T. Schafer
Melanie M. Yano
Takae Goto
Taylor R. Likes
Rachael G. Scoggins
Megan A. Zollars
Rayline R. Hampton
Hannah D. Long
Brandon A. Serrano
Class of 2016
John Paul V. Albano
Lelo N. Gemtessa
Polina R. Kulikova
Madison S. Reed
Adam A. Ali
Ezra D. Glickman
Alyssa R. Larimer
Nathan B. Ringness
Tabitha J. Anderson
Anna R. Gompert
Brett M. Larson
Severin H. Robins
Gaege W. Baxter
Ariel V. Grier
David J. Laush
Lauren K. Sagvold
Alec B. Bergstrom
Clayton J. Grisham
Sidney R. Linson
Elizabeth Savchuk
Madison T. Buchea
Megan V. Hall
Rahel S. Mamo
Colby G. Saysanith
Kassidy J. Buslach
Alexander M. Heck
Kevin B. Mendez
Seung Won Shin
Ji Hyun A. Byun
Bracken M. Hibbard
Leila M. Mengesha
Bailey R. Shrum
Ellyn M. Cashdollar
Jacqueline L. Hill
Kamelia Miladinova
Deanna G. Siaterlis
Alexandria P. Chang
Rekik B. Hirabo
Beck M. Millet
Alec P. Sjoholm
Madeline D. Cook
Joseph Ho
Patrick K. Mucsi
Emily J. Starr
Andrew P. Cummins
Tammy Ho
Nathan S. Navlet
Austin M. Steen
Kayleann M. Dahlman
Kevin A. Hunt
Caitlynn M. Neal
Craig D. Strenkert
Tiffany J. Daniggelis
Mahvish S. Jabeen
Cindy P. Nguyen
Stephen K. Tameishi
Adrianna A. Davies
Brennan I. Jackson
Victoria T. Nguyenle
Brendan S. Taylor
Evelyn R. Del Villar
Alexa R. Johnson
Christian D. Nino deGuzman Molly C. Todd
Julianne Delos Reyes
Maxwell M. Johnson
Julia E. Norton
Jacob L. Volz
Kassidi M. Dotter
Karin L. Kandoll
William R. Osborn
Kaitlyn R. Webster
Victoria L. Eborall
Hwa Sun Kang
Jacob E. Ostlund
Hidy Yi
Benjamin M. Ekern
Hwa Youn Kang
Abel O. Paulos
Kristin Y. Yim
Niat Emnetu
Claire P. Kasinadhuni
Catherine B. Pham
Adam C. Zacharia
Emma J. Enga
Hyoju Kim
Ally K. Poirier
Zachary P. Zarkowskyj
Ryan M. Everett
Anabella G. King
Tara L. Pope
Raymond L. Zhao
Ngozi U. Ezeokeke
Daniel J. Kirschner
Lauren P. Prasanna
Emily E. Zwink
Hannah E. Gates
Alicia L. Kristjanson
Elissa J. Rankin
Class of 2017
Joel T. Agee
Wendy Awuah
Chloe Brush
Unha J. Choi
Laika Janine V. Albano
Liam C. Ball
Sierra R. Buckley
Rachel N. Christiansen
Jordan Albrecht
Casey T. Barnett
Matthew H. Bui
Kaija N. Cirkovic
Phillip C. Alexander
Marcee L. Barnett
Jack D. Busby
Jessica H. Compton
Joy S. Alvord
Suzanne M. Baroff
Brandi I. Byrd
Frances Connor
Jessica P. Arcaina
Audrey A. Bass
Emily E. Carroll
Margaret Y. Connor
Lauren M. Arney
Abigail K. Beagan
Rylie Carter
Matthew J. Cordova
Yasmine Askar
Niklas A. Berg
Bryce N. Chapman
Jesica Cruz-Martinez
Taylor R. Atkisson
Besrat A. Berhane
Jung Eun Choi
Josie K. Cuprynski
Carson J. Dallas
Ryan D. Houghton
Braden D. Miller
Jacquelyn Y. Shaw
Hannah R. Darrow
Lauren R. Hunnewell
Samantha C. Miller
Elizabeth M. Slone
Fatou Darry
Anthony A. Ivanov
Rilee J. Monroe-Jones
Erin Y. So
Yesenia Del Villar
Sarah H. Jahed
Cate L. Montgomery
Savanna M. Spratt
Lauren P. Dent
Su Jeong
Ellyssa F. Morgan
Jayden J. Stipek
Camille K. Devries
Charlotte E. Johns
Simon G. Myers
Hannah M. Taylor
Matthew A. DeWayne
Brent A. Johnson
Emi J. Nakashima
Selina I. Tekle
Karen J. Diaz
Madelyn J. Johnson
Kamiliam Nasirova
Andrew J. Tingstad
Miranda C. Dith
Yeonhee Jung
Kristi C. Nguyen
Tan-Dat T. Ton
Thinh T. Do
Minerva Y. Kim
Uladzislau I. Niakhai
Milos Trbic
Christopher Duong
Se Yeon L. Kim
Hannah J. Noh
Kristoph I. Ty
Jaycie A. Ersfeld
William Kim
Megan L. O'Brien
Tien T. Van
Riley D. Finley
Trevor M. Kinman
Lamor J. Odingo
Carson J. Van Farowe
Dana K. Flynn
Jordan C. Kirk
Lena M. Osterberg
Maiya Veighey
Jazmen M. Garner
Emelie Klott
Akilah C. Pamintuan
Kathleen L. Vuu
Kristel Gonzalez
Natalie G. Krusenstjerna
Joshua C. Panasyuk
Aya Wallaia
Mariel G. Gonzalez
Piljin Kwak
SeoYoung Park
Zachary G. Walsh
Tyra L. Grant
Lyudmyla F. Kylyukh
Joseph F. Passey
Andrew Wei
Mysah M. Hasan
Brynne M. L'Hirondelle
Nika Ella D. Perez
Kaylee J. Williams
Sarah M. Haugh
Devlyn E. Larsen
Luke A. Perry
Grace K. Wilson
Sarah G. Haughney
Alexander M. Lee
Yuliya P. Pilat
Zoe A. Wisser
Celeste L. Havens
Hyun Kyoung J. Lee
Zachary J. Plummer
Chris J. Won
Kaia M. Heffernan
Nathan S. Light
Donovan J. Plunk
Nicholas W. Woods
Emma R. Helm
Emma N. Lunsford
Carson J. Preston
Alivia A. Wynar
Margaret R. Higgins
Nicole A. Maag
Fiona A. Rand
Bryant Yadi
Tammy N. Hoang
Raphael Kyle C. Manansala
Nathan F. Redd
Nicolette G. Yarina
Taylor A. Hollcraft
Emilie M. Mathiason
Sophia L. Rivero
Maya D. Young
Zachary D. Hollcraft
Ian G. McGaughey
Haelin M. Roberts
Nabil M. Yousfi
Rebekah K. Holter
Mari K. McLaughlin
Madison M. Schatz
Hailey M. Zimmerman
Brooke K. Hoppe
Destinee M. Micallef
Alexis M. Scollard-McElroy