Edmonds e Learning Academy
Student Name: Angel Garcia
Father’s Name: Hector Garcia
Mother’s Name: Lucy Estrada
Interests: I love playing basketball on my free time. I enjoy hanging out with friends and family.
I love working at my job.
Current Employment or Community Service: I work at Jack in the Box.
Education Goals: To get a high school diploma and pass my End of Course exams.
Future Career Goals: To become a K9 police officer
Anything else you want us to know? I'm a father to be in June.
Student name: Brooke Burson
Mother’s Name: Wendy Burson
Father’s Name: Ken Burson
Interests: I am interested in dystopian novels and binge-watching horror movies. I also enjoy the occasional hard-hitting documentary.
Current Employment or Community Service: I work as a server at Mountlake Terrace Plaza Senior Living and it’s very rewarding.
Future Educational Goals: I plan to go to community college, then transfer to a four-year college.
Future Career Goals: I plan to be either a software engineer or a forensic anthropologist - two totally different fields, yet both very interesting to me.
Edmonds Heights K-12
Student Name: Sophie Burnett
Mother's Name: Sarah Burnett
GPA: 3.5
Clubs & Activities: Musical Theatre.
Athletics: Dance.
Honors: Winter Quarter Honor Roll (Edmonds Community College).
Future Educational Goals: Attend Seattle Pacific University.
Future Career Goals: To work in technical theater.
Student Name: Fericita Varga
Mother's Name: Dorina Varga
Father's Name: Zsigmond Varga
GPA: 3.8
Clubs & Activities: Student position for the Leadership Council.
ASB: Past Secretary.
Future Educational Goals: Planning to attend Evergreen State College or Western.
Future Career Goals: To earn a four-year degree from either of the choosing Colleges.
Edmonds-Woodway High School
Student Name: Brandon Kim
Mother's Name: Esther Kim
Father's Name: Dong Joo Kim
GPA: 3.98:
Clubs & Activities: Technology Student Association Founder and President; DECA Competitive Events Director; Liberty in North Korea Vice President; Science Club Vice President.
Athletics: Edmonds-Woodway Baseball.
Varsity Basketball.
Honors: National Merit Finalist; November STEM Student of the Month; National Honor Society Member.
Awards: 2016-2017 DECA State Finalist and International Competitor; 2016 TSA Regional Finalist.
Community Service: Projects Abroad Builder in Mamfe, Ghana; Writing Center Tutor.
Significant School Project: Science Club volunteering at Terrace Park Elementary every month
Current Employment: Chipotle
Future Educational Goals: To pursue a Master's Degree at an accredited university
Anything else we should know? My friends call me Guzchacho :-)
Student Name: Tracy Bartolome
Mother's Name: Gisela Bartolome
Father's Name: Angelo Bartolome
GPA: 3.99
Clubs & Activities: Writing Center Co-president.
Honors: Member of National Honor Society (10th - 12th grade); Full IB Diploma Candidate.
Awards: Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for Honors English (2015).
Community Service: Student delegate for the Edmonds Sister City Commission (2016).
Current Employment: Assistant to manager at Kumon Math and Reading center (2015-2017).
Future Educational Goals: Attending Soka University of America in the fall of 2017 to pursue International Studies and Psychology.
Anything else we should know? I'd like to thank my amazing teachers and everyone who has helped me throughout high school.
Lynnwood High School
Student Name: Krista Brutman
Mother's Name: Lynne Brutman
Father's Name: Michael Brutman
GPA: 4.516
Clubs & Activities: Robotics and National Honor Society.
Athletics: Swim Team.
Honors: Lynnwood High School 2017 Valedictorian; WSU Distinguished Regent Scholar; FIRST FRC and FTC Dean's List Nominee; National Honor Society Membership.
Awards: National Merit Commendation; WSU Distinguished Regent Scholarship; National History Day Regional Winner.
Community Service: Providing STEM education experience and mentoring youth through FIRST Robotics.
Significant School Project: Bringing STEM education to girls through government lobbying.
Future Educational Goals: I am going to pursue a Doctorate in Mathematics.
Future Career Goals: I plan on becoming a Theoretical Mathematician and possibly teaching at the university level.
Anything else we should know? I will be attending the Washington State University Honors College on a full scholarship starting in Autumn 2017. Go Cougs!
Student Name: Takara Truong
Mother's Name: Hiromi Truong
Father's Name: Bao Truong
GPA: 3.88
Clubs & Activities: Band/Pep band; Tri M.
Athletics: Varsity Tennis and Swimming.
Honors: AP European history; AP US History; AP Calculus; AP Physics
Awards: Three-time letter in tennis; four-time letter in swimming; 2017 Swim captain; Most Inspirational.
Community Service: Tri-M Food drive.
Current Employment: I work as a lifeguard at the Lynnwood pool.
Future Educational Goals: To attend UW Seattle and earn a degree in the engineering field.
Future Career Goals: To someday have a career in engineering and possibly become a tennis coach.
Meadowdale High School
Student Name: Selina Tekle
Mother's Name: Almaz Gebremichael
Father's Name: Isaac Rufael
GPA: 3.4
Clubs & Activities: Co-President of Black Student Union
Athletics: Varsity Girls Basketball player for 3 years
Awards: Athlete of the Month for basketball
Community Service: Sunday School Teacher at Eritrean Orthodox Tewahado Church
Current Employment: Babysitter of two boys, one being autistic.
Future Educational Goals: I am going to the University of Washington to study business and law.
Future Career Goals: Hope to work for one of the big business firms, and hopefully, will one day have a business of my own that will better the community around me.
Student Name: Ian McGaughey
Mother's Name: Gail McGaughey
Father's Name: Bob McGaughey
GPA: 3.94
Clubs & Activities: I am in Jazz band and band. I am also the senior drum major for the pep band. I also play snare in the MHS drumline. I have also done cross country for three years and track for four years. I have also been in Boy Scouts for over six years and have earned the Eagle Scout award.
Athletics: I’ve run cross country for three years with three varsity letters and four years of track with two varsity letters so far.
Awards: Eagle Scout, Athlete of the Week in the Beacon
Future Educational Goals: Undecided for college
Mountlake Terrace High School
Student Name: Sean Kirk
Mother's Name: Kim Kirk
Father's Name: Richard Kirk
GPA: 3.0
Clubs & Activities: Black Student Union (BSU).
Athletics: Basketball.
Honors: First team 2A All-State ; second team All-League.
Awards: Scott Copan Inspirational Award.
Community Service: Regular volunteer at elementary school.
Current Employment: Referee trainer and mentor at I9 sports.
Future Educational Goals: I’m planning to attend a four-year university in Washington State.
Future Career Goals: I’m planning on majoring in the business and sports management fields.
Anything else we should know? Love my family and enjoy my friends and basketball.
Student Name: Vesta Baumgartner
Mother's Name: Shu-Hua Huang
Father's Name: Robert Baumgartner
GPA: 3.97
Clubs & Activities: National Honor Society, Key Club, Hiking Club
Athletics: Cross Country, Track & Field
Honors: March Athlete Highlights
Awards: First Place in Environmental Engineering at the 2017 Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair ;Walton Sustainability Solutions Award
Community Service: Washington State University Volunteer, Key Club Community Service, Honor Society Community Service, Terrace Park Elementary Volunteer, MTHS Peer Tutor
Significant School Project: For my Stem Capstone project, I studied the effectiveness of two species of fungi in bioretention soil columns at removing oil from stormwater.
Future Educational Goals: My future educational goals are to get a bachelors with a major in pre-veterinary medicine and then work get a doctor of veterinary medicine degree.
Future Career Goals: My future career goal is to be a wildlife veterinarian.
Scriber Lake High School
Student Name: Emily Murr
Mother's Name: Jessica Burnett
Father's Name: Larry Murr
GPA: 2.5
Clubs & Activities: Singing, reading, writing, digital art, making videos,
video games
Future Educational Goals: To graduate from high school!!
Future Career Goals: My future career goal is to become somebody famous in the music industry. Whether it be by singing, producing, being a DJ on the radio... My passion to become a musically famous icon is what keeps me thriving. Additionally, I highly look up to my idols- who are well known musicians- and thus makes me determined to be like them. I believe I can inspire the people of this generation. I wanne be somebody. More importantly; I wanna be successful.
" I'm not your typical, stoned 18 year old " - Matty Healy [ Lyrics from The 1975's song; ' Girls ' ]
Student Name: Keelan Turner
Mother's Name: Melissa Daoust
Father's Name: Jason turner
Clubs & Activities: I work at West Coast Construction on the weekends and play pickup games at sports court or the YMCA.
Athletics: I play basketball and football outside of school.
Awards: I got awards for entry class. I don't remember what exactly they were for.
Community Service: I just do my part in doing the right thing.
Significant School Project: My only school project is trying to graduate.
Current Employment: I am currently working construction part time during school but full time on breaks and summer.
Future Educational Goals: My goal is to go to Edmonds Community College and study business, i don't know what else to study but I’m hoping people at Edmonds Community College can help me decide what I can be the most successful and something that I enjoy learning about that will give me the skills to be successful in a future career.
Future Career Goals: My goal for the future is the work somewhere that I enjoy working and that I can provide for myself and my family.
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Student Name: Amberly Parker
Mother's Name: Lisa Parker
Father's Name: Ted Parker
Clubs & Activities: Amberly is an accomplished artist and she enjoys creating her own paper dolls as well as several other types of characters. She is learning to knit and to hand sew. Her favorite place to visit is Disneyland.
Athletics: She enjoys walking with her mom and older sister and exercising on a mini trampoline. She also loves to ride horses, but has not had much opportunity to do so in the last few years.
Honors: Several years ago, Amberly’s artwork was displayed at the Edmonds Art Festival. Recently, one of her drawings of Alice in Wonderland was used for an invitation for a young women’s group.
Awards: Student of the month at Meadowdale Middle School and Meadowdale Elementary School.
Community Service: Amberly occasionally participates in service projects with her family and her church group. I am currently a student intern at Harbor Square.
Current Employment: Amberly currently has a paid internship with the Lynnwood Rotary Club.
Future Educational Goals: Amberly wants to continue to perfect her art skills by taking some art classes after graduation.
Future Career Goals: Amberly is working on obtaining paid employment after graduation, but she has not settled on any specific career goals as of yet. She would, however, most like to find employment where she could use her art skills. She and her sister are considering opening an Etsy shop with their mom in the future.
Anything else we should know? Amberly genuinely enjoys helping others and is a wonderful friend.