Edmonds eLearning Academy
AAndrew Gifford
Interests: I like to write and I play the guitar.
Community service: I help in the children’s wing at the church.
Educational objectives: Learn to write screenplays for television and cinema.
Career Goals: It would be fun to write a screenplay for a movie one day, but I’m not sure of my career goals yet.
Edmonds Heights K-12
isaac wright
Parents names: Danica Wright and Rick Wright
Anwen Fillmore
Edmonds Woodway High
Mihin Wijayasundara
Parents names: Wasanthi and Mahima Wijayasundara
GPA: 3.99
Clubs and activities: soccer, athletics, piano and viola
Athletics: Club Soccer for Seattle United B03/04 ECRL, EWHS College Sprinter (Athletics)
Honors: National Honor Society at EWHS; current conductor of the viola section of the EWHS Philharmonic Orchestra; college sprinter for EWHS; Grade 6 & 8 Edmonds Honor Orchestra
Awards: Royal Conservatory Piano Theorist Level 5, American Guild of Music Exams – Piano Level IB, Washington State Cup Soccer Finalist – Washington Rush (2017), Farwest Regionals Soccer Quarter Finalist – Washington Rush (2018), Washington State Soccer Cup Finalist – Seattle United Copa (2020), State Medalist in 4×100 Meter Relay – Edmonds Woodway High School Varsity Track, 2019 Freshman Championships 100 Meter Winner – Edmonds-Woodway High School , runner-up at the 2019 200-meter freshman championships; Edmonds-Woodway High School, second fastest freshman ever in the 200 meters, Edmonds-Woodway High School.
Community Service: EWHS Link Crew leader since junior year, environmentalist club treasurer at EWHS
Important school project: in-depth essay on divorce and its effects on children and adolescents; TOK essay on whether knowledge can be culture-independent.
Educational Goals: Go to a four-year college for pre-med before going to medical school.
Career goals: Something in medicine. I am currently interested in psychiatry.
Anything else we should know? : I firmly believe that to get better at anything, you have to fail over and over again. Albert Einstein encompasses this idea with the quote “Failure is ongoing success.” I also strongly believe in a quote from Tim Notke that says “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”. These are the two principles that I carry with me wherever I go and I think they are what allow me to push myself to be the best.
Lok Ting Wu
Parents’ names: Chui Wa Yeung and Man Kwok Wu
Lynnwood High School
Jenna Miller
Parents names: Annette Miller and Craig Miller
GPA: 3.99
Clubs & Activities: Tri-M
Athletics: cross-country and track
Educational Goals: My future educational goals are to go to a four-year college and enroll in a law program.
Career goals: I want to study environmental justice and fight to keep our earth clean.
Aaron McIntosh
Parents names: Lisa and Lance McIntosh
GPA: 3.8
Clubs and Activities: LHS Drumline Section Chief
Athletics: baseball
Honors: Advanced Placement Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculation
Awards: Musician of the Year
Community service: I help a classmate with AP Calculus
Career goals: Architect
Anything else we should know? Graduation is on my birthday, June 17
Meadowdale Top
Ella Ray
Parents names: Juliann and Kyle Ray
GPA: 3.99
Clubs and Activities: I am a member of the Gen Z Activism Club, Hi-Q Team, and Book Club. I’m also vice president of the National Honors Society and leader of LINK.
ASB: Three years – Senator ASB, one year – Treasurer ASB
Athletics: College volleyball captain and college tennis player
Honours: I took all the courses with honors and 9 AP courses of which AP Bio and AP Lang were my favorites
Awards: EPIC Magazine – Honorable Mention and Publication, Western Conference – All Wesco 2A/3A Conference Volleyball Honorable Mention, Boys and Girls Clubs of America – Youth of the Year Nomination, Meadowdale High School Superlatives – More likely to be president
Community Service: I am a volunteer English tutor for the Refugee Resettlement Team through my church.
Important school project: I helped plan last year’s prom and this year’s homecoming, as well as filming a video about social norms surrounding drug addiction on the campus to show in class.
Current job: Boys and Girls Club employee
Educational goals: I hope to attend the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill or Boston College to study nursing.
Career Goals: Neonatal or palliative care nurse, or nurse practitioner.
Anything else we should know? I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, painting, writing and playing the piano.
Aidan Reeve Parker
Parents’ names: Jennifer McLaughlin and Simon Reeve-Parker
GPA: 3.67
Clubs & Activities: Tennis captain
Athletics: Meadowdale High School junior varsity and varsity tennis
Awards: Multiple Neighborhood Student and Presidential Education Award.
Community Service: Sierra Food Bank and Service Project
Educational objectives: to specialize in psychology
Career goals: to become a therapist
Mountlake Terrace High
Ainsley district
Parents names: Rachel and Charlton Ward
GPA: 3.75
Clubs and activities: Creative Writing Club, D&D Club, National Honor Society ASB; Vice-president of the class of 2022
Athletics: college football, college basketball, tennis
Significant school project: Creation of a machine to recover used paper and recycle it into new paper.
Educational goals: to attend medical school
Career goals: to become a doctor
Shalom Abi
Parents names: Yeshi Degif and Agidew Zenebe
GPA: 3.9
Clubs and Activities: CONNECT Crew Co-Chair and National Honor Society Member of Parliament
Athletics: Women’s varsity tennis and manager of the men’s tennis team
Occupation: Intern at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and coach at Forest Crest Tennis Club
Project SEARCH
Schyler Bennett
Parents names: Kara Blanchard and Kory Harp
Awards: Student of the Month – VOICE
Community Service: I volunteer at Swedish-Edmonds Hospital; I did an internship in safety and I am currently an intern in materials management.
Important school project: I am part of the Swedish project Edmonds Project SEARCH.
Educational objectives: I would like to learn to animate.
Career goals: Work for Google or Amazon.
Anything else we should know? I love playing video games, making art and hanging out with friends
Elevated from Scriber Lake
Shams Alsalihi
Mother’s name: Huda Aliedani
Damarion Turner
Parents Names: Shalonda Nesbitt, Derrick Turner
GPA: 3.0
Athletics: Football, basketball
Awards: Principal Award, Good Attendance Award
Community service: equipment supplier for the half-marathon
Current job: I work at McDonald’s
Educational Goals: To graduate from a historically black four-year college or university.
Career Goals: Maintain a job that gives me financial freedom and wealth while doing something I love.
VOICE Transition Program
Marika Stazel
Parents Names: Emiko Stazel and Andrew Stazel
Current job: VOICE Intern at Joann Fabric and Crafts
Educational goals: To continue my good work in VOICE. To apply for the SEARCH project for the next school year.
Career Goals: Obtain paid employment
Anything else we should know? I was an intern at Joann Fabric for a few months of my second year in VOICE. I love being on the VOICE program so far. Not only is it useful but it gets me out of the house
