Congratulations to Maywood Middle School’s Jane Watkins on being honored as a King County Earth Hero earlier this month! Year after year, Jane has advised the student Green Team with the goal of sustaining a culture of sustainability at school. She attends District-wide staff Green Team meetings and shares successes for duplication by the other schools. Projects this year included the annual One Paper Towel Challenge to reduce paper towel waste at school, an analysis of parking lot idling, a staff training on reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting, and an award to recognize acts of greenness at school.

About the King County Earth Heroes Program:

The Earth Heroes at School program celebrates King County students, teachers, staff, and volunteers who implement projects at their school or beyond to protect the environment. The recognition program occurs every other year. Winners are honored at a reception featuring entertainment, refreshments, and presentation of awards. 

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Congratulations to Ben Eskenazi, sophomore at Issaquah High School, on being named a 2017-18 National Reflections Winner in the category of Photography! Eskenazi was awarded an Award of Excellence for his work “Above the Below.” The photograph, along with all other national winners, will be shown at the National PTSA Reflections Show on June 23rd in New Orleans. 

The 2017-18 Reflections theme was “Within Reach.” For more information on the 2018 Reflections Winners, please visit the National PTA’s website by clicking here.view more

Congratulations to Issaquah High School senior Jared Putney on being honored as the IHS Rotary Student of Year earlier this month! Jared has been involved with the cross country and track teams for all four years of high school, and has also served on ASB for two years – this year as Vice President. Through his role in ASB he has dedicated over 200 hours of service to the school. In addition, Jared is a member of the Inter-district Student Council, has served as a student representative on the ISD School Board, and serves as a judge in traffic court. Thank you Jared for everything you do for Issaquah High!view more

This year, Skyline High DECA had spectacular success at the DECA World Championships, with 3 students winning the World Championships, 9 students placing in the top ten, and 6 students placing in the top twenty. World champions were Amid Kazemini, Josh Wolters, and Nishi Kaza.

Notably, Nishi Kaza was a repeat champion - an accomplishment never before achieved in the 19 year storied history of Skyline DECA. Nishi will be attending the University of California at Berkeley’s Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program to study both Business and Computer Science. 

Overall, there were 18,000 DECA students competing in Atlanta (out of 215,000 students worldwide, including the US, Canada, Mexico, China, and many other countries).

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Congratulations to Will Wick, senior at Liberty High School! Will was recognized as the Liberty High School Rotary Student of the Year at the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce Awards on May 8, 2018.

Principal Sean Martin writes, “Will is an incredible student, who has benefited our school in countless ways. He serves as editor of the Patriot Press, was captain on the Boys Swim Team, has taken every AP class he could get his hands on, and is somehow still always looking for ways to help others!”

Congratulations Will on this awesome achievement!

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