Whiz Kids: Curtis Honors Graduates

Whiz Kid(s): Curtis HS Graduating Class 2011 Honors Graduates, and Scholarship Recipents

When/Where: Tuesday at Curtis Theater

Accomplishments: Each spring the Curtis HS graduating class celebrates and honors student achievements.  All seniors that have achieved a 3.5 or better GPA over four years of schooling are honored.  They are announced individually by name, college plans, future major, and highlighted with sharing their fond school memories.  The students receive a certificate, honor cords and a medallion symbloizing their hard work and effort in education.

Over 99-plus students in this years graduating class were awarded Honors last night.  There names are: Azelia Adams, Zachery Baker, Peter Baldridge, Ji Bang, Ronico Barin, Ricky James Basconcillo, Katelyn Berg, Molly Berger, Sarah Berger, Mary Blackner, Alexis Bonnell, Alana Britt, Priincess Brown, Margarita Buan, Bryan Cargill, Hannah Carle, Lauren Christianson, Karla Ciccia, Matthew Clare, Jordan Copeland, Bryce Crumbley, Chelsea Davis, Nia Dickens, Anna Dogero, Clayton Edrington, Claire Flemming, Mollie Fontana, Tianhong Fu, Tianyuan Fu, Caitlun Fukai, Katelyn Griffin, Ashley Grindley, Hayley Hampton, Joel Hansen, Timothy Hayes, Maya Henderson, Kamarie Howerton, Jackson Hubert, Daniel Huff, Garet Hupp, Mark Ibarra, Matthew Jackson, Chelsea Jenkins, Dong Jim Kim, Keza King, Katelyn Knutsen, David Kwon, J. Zachery Lavine, Lia Lee, Samantha Lethbridge, Nathaniel Levenseller, Kevin Long, Melanie Loud, Rebekah Lundquist, Greta Lybbert, Elizabeth Malloney, Kyle Marshall, Edel McCrea, Tawni McDonald, Donna Meador, Cory Monaghan, Hayley Nash, Ian Nelson, Isabel Neyman, Khoi Nguyen, Michael Nilsen, Anna Popkov, Alivia Poston, Cory Power, Preeti Prakash, James Dylan Rickmers, Chloe Roisum, Savanna Ryan, Seunghyun Ryoo, Tae-Hyun Sakong, Andew Schroder, Lindsay Scott, Issac Smith, Jennifer Song, Lindsay Swearingen, Derek Tank, Mackenzie Teigen, Katelyn Thompson, Austin Towler, Jordan Tran, Jollen Truong, Nicole Tudhope, Amanda Tuttle, Evan Wallensen, Cameron Waiters, Aaron Warshaw, Tasha Williams, Helena Williams, Jasmine Wilson, Karyn Winquist, Tabatha Worley, Blake Wunderle, Richard Yang and Darren Zemanek.

The students worked hard all four years of high school to achieve this level of honor and we take our hats off to them!  They turned in assignments, prepared for quizes, tests, took AP classes, listened, and learned.  Mostly they took advantage of the aducation offered them while in the University Place School District.  Education is something that can not be taking away from you no matter what.  It is a building block for all these students because a all are heading to college at the UW, WSU, Pierce, BYU, George Fox, PLU, Boise State, U of Portland, TCC, Baylor, Uof Oregon, and many others. Curtis will be represented at many colleges in Washington state and across the nation next September, way to go Seniors!

Key to Awesomeness:  Also along with the honors recognitions there were many scholarhship awards given to deserving students in areas of service, academics, athletic achievements in swimming, baseball and football, choir, drama, the United States Military Scholarships, Kiwanis, Lions, Optimist and Rotary Clubs, UP Education Association, UP Principals Association, Tacoma Junior Assemblies, Ben Cheney, Chamber's Bay Women's Club, Tacoma Community Foundation as well as many memorial scholarships were given to students at Curtis. Most Scholarships ranged from $200 to 500.  The military scholarships were ranging in the $50,000 to $180,000 for four years of schooling plus room and board.

Curtis also celebrated several Washington Scholar Awards and National Merit Scholars.  These students performed in the top 4 percent of the PSAT in 2009, which qualified them for the National Merit Scholars award.

Curtis Senior Class was awarded many scholarships that will be used at the college of their choice.  Many students were given recognition on outstanding achievements, it was a wonderful night to celebrate academic, service, athletics and leadership for the many deserving seniors.

We compliment you all and wish you much success on the road to higher learning.  Remember your days fondly at Curtis, because you will always be a Viking.  Take what you have learned and earned with honors to build your future upon. 

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