Bethel Pride

Bethel

PRIDE MAY / JUNE / JULY 2017

2017 Graduation More than 1,000 graduates received their diplomas

DIGITAL LEARNING This fall, 17,000 iPads will be in students hands

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Curriculum

This fall, Social Studies will be using brand new curriculum.

Graduation 2017

Bethel High School Challenger High School Graham-Kapowsin High School Spanaway Lake High School BAA/ Transitions Program

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1:1 iPads

New tech allows teachers to only be limited by their imaginations.

Long Range Facility Planning

This summer our communityled task force is working hard.

On the cover: Esean Green celebrates with the Spanaway Lake class of 2017.

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2017 Bethel Retirees

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In the Spotlight

Thank you all for your years of service to our students.

Photos from around our community.

SCHOOL BOARD

From the desk of...

This time of year we like to reflect on and celebrate those students who are graduating after 13 years of education. Every year I have the privilege to stand on the graduation stage for all four of our high schools and look out over the thousands of young faces, who know that diploma is the first major step in their journey.

Today, a high school diploma ensures an increase in earnings of $10,000 a year over what a dropout makes. But it’s more than that. That diploma is a graduate’s gateway to other opportunities. It’s the first step to get where they have dreamed of going in their lives. And we celebrate that, alongside the families and community who have supported these kids throughout their lives so far.

We also celebrate those who take a little more time to get over that bar. For the second year, we will be holding our August Graduation Ceremony at the Pierce County Skills Center and celebrating with those students and their families.

As we hope for the future of these students, we are also hopeful that the Legislature will come up with adequate funding for public education for the first time in 40 years. But, until then, we are going to use all the resources we have available to make sure all of our students are successful, and prepare them for the future.

I look forward to seeing them all walk across the graduation stage in the coming years.

Tom Seigel

Superintendent

President

Amy Pivetta Hoffman 253.213.3767 apivettaho@bethelsd.org

Vice President

John Manning 253.655.5573 jmanning@bethelsd.org

Stanley Chapin 253.847.1614 schapin@bethelsd.org

Brenda Rogers 360.893.5425 brogers@bethelsd.org

Warren Smith, Sr. 253.531.2211 wsmith@bethelsd.org

BETHELPRIDE Bethel Pride is produced by the Bethel School District’s Communications Department.

Doug Boyles, Interim Communications Director 253.683.6049; dboyles@bethelsd.org Conor Christofferson, Communications Manager 253.683.6966; cchristoff@bethelsd.org Timra Knox, Secretary 253.683.6053; tknox@bethelsd.org Questions and feedback: 516 176th Street East Spanaway, WA 98387 Phone: 253.683.6000

Email: communications@bethelsd.org Website: www.bethelsd.org

Bethel School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all federal rules and regulations, including Title IX, RCW 28A.640, RCW 28A.642 and Section 504. Bethel does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any disability, or use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Please contact Title IX officer Bryan Streleski, Director of Athletics and Security at 253.683.6055, Section 504 coordinators Lori Haugen (students), Executive Director of Special Education at 253.683.6920 or Todd Mitchell (staff), Executive Director of Human Resources at 253.683.6020 or Civil Rights coordinator Debbie Carlman, Director of Equity and Achievement at 253.683.6035 with any questions or complaints.

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THIS IS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU’RE REALLY LIMITED ONLY BY YOUR CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.

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el’s 1:1 iPad program “You’re really limited only by your creativity and imagination.” That’s how one Bethel teacher describes the educational possibilities of pairing every student with their own iPad. And that’s exactly what the district is doing right now. By next year, Bethel will have completed its three-year rollout of approximately 17,000 tablets as part of its 1:1 iPad program.

The ambitious program was funded by a 2014 voter-approved Technology Levy meant to teach students the four C’s: collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking. The initiative has been a resounding success, and Bethel teachers are busy exploring new and exciting ways to use the tablets.

Technology continues to advance at light speed, and school districts that don’t keep up risk being left behind. After poring over research and expert testimony, Bethel policymakers agreed that equipping every student with an iPad would give them the best chance to compete in the global marketplace of ideas.

Mary Kolowinski and Allison Horak teach highly capable students as part of the Endeavour program at Naches Trail Elementary. Their classrooms will be part of the final iPad rollout next year, and both teachers say the tablets will be instrumental for their popular and successful Lego robotics program.

The teachers say having high-tech tools like iPads in the classroom will allow educators to open up their teaching playbook and really explore unique ways of learning.

The district’s overarching responsibility, according to director of digital learning Dawn Moye, is to prepare students for the future. That’s a big job, especially when you consider how quickly new professions are being created and old professions are being reimagined thanks to changing technology.

Essentially, today’s kids need to be prepared for a world that doesn’t yet exist. One way to ensure they’re on an even playing field with fellow students around the world is to give them access to the technological tools that are helping shape tomorrow’s industries. If you’d like to learn more about our 1:1 iPad program, please visit http://bit.ly/2tb2kYU.

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Looking toward the future Our community-led Long Range Facilities Task Force will be working throughout the summer Our community-led Long Range Facilities Task Force has been hard at work discussing problems with building capacity and our current building conditions. They also began discussing potential strategies to solve them.

The Task Force includes parents, staff and community members who are investing their time in planning the future of our district’s facility needs.

“Bethel is part of a growing community,

and we have little room to house new students,” said superintendent Tom Seigel. “So we are very excited to see the recommendations the Task Force has for our school board.”

Those recommendations will come after a busy summer for the Task Force. Recently their discussions have revolved around “Capital Investment” strategies, such as adding capacity and upgrading aging facilities, as well as “Non-Capital Investment” strategies, like increased class sizes, year-round

schools, and boundary changes.

They also explored the benefits and challenges of building new schools, remodeling or replacing existing schools, and adding portables. And soon, they will begin to unravel the financial side of funding the changes they are considering.

You can follow the work of the Task Force on our website, www.bethelsd. org.

Pierce College comes to GK A new partnership between Pierce College and Graham-Kapowsin High School is giving east Pierce County residents access to higher education without the hassle of a long commute.

130 students – both teenagers and adult learners – have already taken advantage of the new program, and GKHS principal Matt Yarkosky says he hopes to build on that initial success.

In January, Pierce College began offering an assortment of core college courses at GKHS. More than

The end goal is for students to be able to earn a two-year Associate of Arts degree without leaving the GK

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campus.

“The folks we’ve worked with at Pierce College have been great,” Yarkosky said. “We’re both really excited about it and excited about the opportunities it affords, not only for our students, but our staff.”

Cu r r i c u l u m :

Social Studies

This fall, students will study the world in a whole new way Social Studies is a key part of a student’s graduation requirements, so the decision to change curriculum can’t be taken lightly.

In order to graduate, students are required to take Washington State history in 7th grade, and then three years of social studies in high school, according to director of curriculum Mary Sewright.

“At 10th grade they take world history, 11th grade U.S. history, and then 12th grade they do a semester of economics and a semester of civics,” Sewright said.

So the new curriculum will impact every student in the district before they graduate.

“The exciting thing about our new curriculum is it’s not the traditional curriculum people remember when they went to high school, where you’re getting a book and just answering questions and memorizing things,” Sewright said.

In fact, the textbooks won’t even be checked out to students. Rather than buying a book for every student, there will be classroom sets, plus some in the library that students can check out if need be. Instead, students and teachers will access the text online via their iPads.

Sewright said that change comes with a lot of extras to help students.

“There’s an interactive notebook, they can have it read to them in English or Spanish, and there are many other resources they can look at online, even interactive games to do review,” she said.

To choose the new curriculum, Sewright and her team of teachers, administrators and tech professionals had to look at three different sets of standards, because social studies plays an important role in getting students to meet literacy standards.

“Social studies and science offer a lot of non-fiction text for students to do close readings of, analyzing documents, looking at academic language,” said Sewright.

The district’s new social studies curriculum is from TCI (Teacher Curriculum Institute) which also makes our new K-5 science curriculum.

Bethel will also be using DBQ (Document Based Questions), a supplemental online resource, that provides research and writing prompts.

Carrie Willenbring has been teaching U.S. history to Bethel Middle School 8th graders for nearly a decade. She says DBQ’s focus on writing and analysis will help her students learn the material.

“I like the way DBQ integrates document analysis with the writing of the essay. Before, when we did a document analysis, it was typically a stand-alone activity. Now we integrate sets of documents that are pre-chosen for us that all support one another,” she said.

In another change, Bethel’s 7th grade Washington state history classes will be using an online educational resource built by the Central Valley School District that will be revised to reflect our local tribal history.

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Congratulations to our Retirees!

John Ainslie ~ Bethel High School Leo Bell ~ Camas Prairie Elementary Anne Bennett ~ Graham-Kapowsin High School Dianne Breen ~ Spanaway Elementary Robert Callison ~ Graham-Kapowsin High School Omma Christensen ~ Graham Elementary David Cook ~ Centennial Elementary Judith Cutler ~ Camas Prairie Elementary George Davis ~ Transportation Vicki Ellis ~ Educational Service Center Monica Forman-Mason ~ Special Services Denis Furtado ~ Cedarcrest Middle School Sharrie Gapinski ~ Liberty Middle School Lynn Gilbertson ~ Educational Service Center Elvis Gilbert ~ Transportation Charlene Hutchins ~ Educational Service Center

William Jacobs ~ Cedarcrest Middle School Tony Judah ~ Spanaway Middle School Andrea Klouse ~ Liberty Middle School William Klouse ~ Liberty Middle School Kathy Knelleken ~ Bethel High School Ruthellen Koivu ~ Cedarcrest Middle School Christopher Laurenzo ~ Rocky Ridge Elementary Darlene McMakin ~ Spanaway Lake High School Lorella Miller ~ Special Services Jeanne Morris ~ Thompson Elementary Douglas Nebel ~ Bethel High School Randall Owyang ~ Graham Elementary Katherine Parker ~ Camas Prairie Elementary Kathleen Quick-Gunther ~ Educational Service Center Penny Raether ~ Rocky Ridge Elementary

Peggy Schibig-Moultine ~ Shining Mountain Elementary Kelly Schwieger ~ Transportation Lynettie Seale ~ Evergreen Elementary Robert Seale ~ Evergreen Elementary Dean Sevigny ~ Spanaway Lake High School Ronda Southwell ~ North Star Elementary Thomas Steinbeck ~ Special Services Judy Steinmetz ~ Spanaway Lake High School Ann Waybright ~ Shining Mountain Elementary Judy Whitley ~ Liberty Middle School Mitchell Williams ~ Maintenance Diana Willie ~ Evergreen Elementary Randall Willis ~ Maintenance Lori Wittstruck ~ Athletics Vera Wright ~ Cougar Mountain Middle School

Thank you, volunteers! We couldn’t do it without you!

Bethel High School Melissa Beck Challenger High School Caleb Jermaine Graham-Kapowsin High School Pam Kelshaw Spanaway Lake High School Stephanie McCandless Bethel Middle School David Hollenbeck Cedarcrest Middle School Rachayne Borre Cougar Mountain Middle School LeAnn Wildfang Frontier Middle School Lynda Workman Liberty Middle School Angela Deamico

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Spanaway Middle School Sorina Hoegen Camas Prairie Elementary Shawn Cherry & Draven Taylor Centennial Elementary Tristina Fish & Bonnie Swasey Clover Creek Elementary Malisa Perry Elk Plain School of Choice Christina Gries & Gina Sawyer Evergreen Elementary Alicia Deery Frederickson Elementary Margit Davis Graham Elementary Mykal Zanotelli Kapowsin Elementary Kim Baker

Naches Trail Elementary Janelle Wall Nelson Elementary Aaron Houser North Star Elementary Dani Fleming Pioneer Valley Elementary Rachael Deaton & Randy McElliott Rocky Ridge Elementary Justin Johnson Roy Elementary Carol Dittbenner Shining Mountain Elementary Lynn Hashimoto Spanaway Elementary Colleen Hiebert & Pam Hale Thompson Elementary Tamisha Moroles

Congratulations, Congratulations Class of 2017!

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Franz Stephen Ade • Ryan Agfalvi • Irma Alcantara-Brito • Emmanuelle Allen • Seth Allen • Derrick Alves, Jr. • Adrian Anady • Ernesto Anaya • Trenton Anderson • Kaitlin Argabright • Xavier Ariola • Kaetaecia Armstrong • Daren Asher • Ella Austin

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Colin Backman • Jocelyn Bailey • Jasmine Baladad-Nalder • Tabitha Ball • Chase Balo • Nathan Bariel • Payton Barnes • Isaac Bayhon • Allister Beck • Savon Bell-Johnson • Breanna Benham • Robert Bennett • Brent Bensen • Blake Bensen • Austen Bertsch • Faron Bienville • Amber Bliss • Makayla Boat • Davante’ Bolden • Kevin Borja • Austin Boswell • Daniel Briggs • Annika Brinkley V • Kyle Briola • Connor Britt • Lane Brown • Jade Brown • Brianna Bryant • Marcus Bundy • Dakota Burke • Kylie Butler*

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Abbigail Calderon • Savannah Camacho V • Arielle Carlos • Lauren Carroll • Danielle Carstens • Courtney Cavallo • Teresita Ceballos • Evan Chhun • Brady Christensen • Michael Christman • Garrett Christofoletti • Courtney Claassen • Riley Clark • Javier Colunga • Rianna Comery S • Mercedes Contreras • Brandi Cox • Kimberly

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Crawley • Kailey Croke* • Emily Cryer • Kendra Cunningham • Colby Currier *

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Randle Dador • Dominique Daniels • Julise Davis • Brandy Dean • Erika Demoss • Anthony Demoss-Hernandez • Kevin Diaz Salgado • Arabella Diehl V • Ryan Dillinger • Lindsey Dillon • Joshua Dryden • Payton Duffey • Christian Dugan • Saije Dusek

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Matthew Hawes • Maya Hawkins • Britney Henkel • Sarah Henry • Bianca Hernandez Chavez • Richard Herndon • David Hesner • Steven Higginbotham • Jacob Hightower • Kaitlyn HintzSpringer • Hope Hoeft • Alisa Hopf • Stephen Hornyak V • Kiara Horton • Vincent Hose, Jr. • Amanda Hrvatin • Kyle Hughes • Hailee Hutchinson • Keelie Hyppa*

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Jordan Jackson • Autumn Jasmer* • Mikala Johns • Carly Johnson • Shawna Johnson • Aceca Johnson-Scott • Emily Jones • Austin Jones • Kishon Jones • Shelby Jordan • Joehnis Joyce

Jonathan East • Dana Edgington • Leeann Edmond • Elizabeth Elton • Terrell Engmann • Alyssa Evangelista Erica Faust • McKenzie Ferguson • Ashley Fletcher • Briana Fontaine • Tiffany Fouste • Matthew Frazier • Hunter Fromm

G Jazmyne Galusha • Vaelua Galuvao

• Sarah Ganley • Alex Garcia • Nathan Garner • Hannah Gettys • Jacob Gjerstad • Anayeli Gonzalez • Alexia Gooch-Gray • Christopher Gould • Tyler Grannis • Matthew Grant • Dasha Green • Cortez Green • Jesse Greene • Colton Gronsdahl • Selena Guevarra • Adriana Gutierrez

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Timothy Haddon • Paris Hagen • Amber Hammond • Alia Haro V •

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Mercedes Kady • Joshua Kahn • Mackenzie Kaiser • Naomi Kaku* • Kassandra Kalina* • Hailey Kam • Mark Karyavyy • Austin Kelling • Nicolas Kennett • Mariah Kiphart • Annalisa Klein • Nathan Krissak • Kyle Kroenert

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• Wyatt Lagana • Elisa Lamers • Sadie Lapiers • Maria Lara • Danielle Larsen • Brandon Lee • Christian Lee • Ryan Lee • Alysen Lester • Kilie Lewis • Jacob Lindgren

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• Kyle Litts • Alexis Litts • Leetana Joy Lizama • Carley Long • Alisa-Marie Long • Parker Lydic

M Alexandra Mackey • Shane Malaspina

• Braxton Manwaring* • Kayla Martin • Brooke Martin • Adrian Martinez • Korinthian Matanane • Jeffrey Mazur• Aaron McAllister • Patrick McCabeGreene • Tatyana McCall • Michael McDonnell • Brandon McEntire • Naila McKeiver • Bahjah McLeod • Javier Mendoza • Shelbey Michel* • Peyton Michel • Evan Miller-Reid • Mikaya Miskar • James Molstad • Israel Montano • Jayden Montgomery Fisher • Chandler Moody • Matthew Moore • James Moore, III • Yvette Morales-Zamudio

N Tyra Nangauta

• Vincent Navarro • Ryan Naylor* • Diane Nguyen • Susannah Noble • Katelyn Nowakowski

O Masyn O’Hara • Leeann O’Leary

• Mya Okarski • Tzipporah OlivenciaChristensen • Karla Olsan • Kayli Olsan • Lucas Olson • Quincy Osterlund • Anthony Otlang

P Hunter Pace • Alexander Palmer •

Jose Palomera • Judah Parton* • Kim Pecheos • Christian Pena • Uriel Perfecto

Rodriguez • Jacob Perry • Emily Petry • Kimber Pettingill • Eric Pfingston • Thomas Phillips • Madison Pierce • Jayla Plummer V • Raelynn Plummer • Jordan Ponto • Ghionna Porreca* • Joshua Powell • Amelie Prignon • Sampson Puppe • Phoenix Purnhagen

Q Nataly Quinones Santiago R Alondra Ramos • Jayde Rankin

• Jacob Rathier • Brandon Raymond • Michael Redden • Garrett Reed • Tristan Reed • Shauna Reed • Alexis Reimers • Daniel Remillard • Steven Rennie, Jr. • Megan Rice • Maurice Richardson, Jr. • Makailyn Ricketts • Haley Riley • Geneva Rojas • Chase Rollins • Courtaney Roman • J Rose, III • Ashlyn Rouse • Riley Ruckman • Christopher Runn

S Carla Aeson Samson • Kaylee Sanabria • Christopher Sargent • Eric Schachtel • Jacob Schleining • Madison Schnabel • Jacob Scott • Allegra Sellers • Chadrick Sene • Faith Sessions • Christopher Shaffer • Savanah Shaw • Jerry Shipley, Jr. • Mackenzie Smith* • Cassie Smith • Seth Smith • Jakob Smitherman • Sophia Smolko • Mason Sopi • Javier Soto • Aaron Spearman • Connor Spencer • Dante Springsteen • Justin Staggs • * Indicates “Top 10”

Savannah Stanley • Abigail Steiner • Eldon Stewart, IV • Christian Stotts • Justin Stout • Marissa Stout • Madison Stutheit • Cyanne Styf • Zoe Sundberg* • Katherine Sweborg

T Kenisha Tabb • Cliff Taimanglo • Isaiah Tamau • Peter Tan • Gabriella Tanner* • Abrianna Tanner • Max Taulelei • Sonja Taylor • Kaila Taylor • Rayvon Taylor • Austin Tedtaotao • Jamie Terry* • Brandt Thomson • Seriena Tyler-Burns

V Janelle Vadnais • Victor ValenzuelaAcosta • Coury Vance Hanthorn • Shawn Vanderlinda • Donald Varney • Logan Vosburg*

W Diamontae Walker • Sierra Wall •

Austin Walsh • Kelsey Waring • Monte Washam • Larry Watson, II • Brooke Weeks • Alexander Welcher, Jr. • Jacob West • Tiffany Wheeler • Collin White • Robert White • Kristen Whitmore • Byron Willis • Cameron Witt • Daniel Wolfenbarger • Keenan Wonacott • Nicole Wood

Y Joshua Yazzie • Trevor Yeaw • Cassie Yerton

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Quinton Zacapu • Osiel Zaldivar

V Indicates Valedictorian

S Indicates Salutatorian

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Graham-Kapow A Tiana Abarra • Oliviamae Abplanalp

• Justin Affonso • Gail Ahlquist • Erin Alamo • Ricardo Alejandre-Urbano • Fran Alfaro • Kelsey Anderson • Nathan Anderson • Jessica Anderson-Crist • Michael Andrew • Brianna Atkison • Felicity Aviles-Hall • Jorge Ayala Hernandez

B Ashley Bailey • Jacob Baker • Danik

Balan • Jazmine Ball • Hannah Barbour • Abigail Bargman • Tamir Barnes • Bailey Barrett • Andrew Bayes • Keave Beck • Bubba Becker • Dyllan Bell • Samantha Bennett • Tanner Bennett • Tucker Bennett • Jonathan Bergman • Morgan Bertenshaw • Lauren Betzina • Samantha Birch-Weede • Sonya Black • Beau Blowers • Megan Bockman • Serena Bolden • Veronica Borean • Crystal Boyd • Michaela Braswell • Shayla Brawner • Alexandria Brown • Charice Brown • Cody Brown • Owen Brown • Randy Brown • Logan Bunch • Whitney Burrell • Madison Busey*S • Nikole Bussom*

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Udora Caldwell • Kate Calvillo Velazquez • Chloe Camacho • Tessa Cameron • Courtney Campbell • Meghan Campbell • Nijah Campbell • James Carlson • Connery Carroll • Lane Cavar • McKenzie Champ • Nathan Chandler • Jacky Chien • Edward Choi • Amber Christian • DaShawn Clark • Alexander Clawson • JoJo Clawson •

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Samantha Collins • Chloé Conatser • Hunter Cooper • Bayley Cope • Javier Costa • Savanna Cousineau-Coombs • Baylee Cox • Teaira Craddick • Kylee Crane • KayLani Cruz • Steven Curtin

DArianna Dalrymple • Camilla Daniels

• Marilyn DeLeón • Belle deWilde • Grace Dearth • Tanner Depee • Nicholas Derieg • Regan Derry • Cristián Diaz • Sasha Dickson • Jake Ditterick • Bryson Doo • Malayna Downing • Madison Duclos • Kimberly Dunlap • Emma Durst • Marissa Dwyer • Violina Dyadchenko

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Elena-Muñoz • Jordan Eschete-Karry • Alma Espindola • Nazaret Espino • Julie Essex • Robert Estes • Malyka Evans • Micaela Evelyn-Wahl

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Cam Fagering • Michael Faiivae • Gavin Fairman • Nicole Fawcett • Allen Ferard • Victoria Filyaw • Ashley Fleitman • Nicholas Folk • Alexus Foster • Kooper Friel • Sidney Frey • Luke Friesen

G Alexis Galloway

• Dakota Garcia • Tahlea Garcia • Zachary Gartin • Tela’Sharra Gaston • Jarin Gates • Lea Giesemann • Carter Gill • Jaren Gillingham • Grace Goeken • Chassidy Goff • Richard Gomez • Ana Gonzalez • Janet Gonzalez • Katrina Gonzalez •

Class of

Isabella Greenwood • Bruna Gregorio • Brendan Griffin • Armando Guajardo • Chance Guiberson • Coy Gunstone

H Steven Hall

• Justin Hamilton • Riley Hamilton • Mikaela Hannigan • Taylor Hansen • Allen Harris • Brandon Hartman • Garrett Hayes • Sabrina Heath • Hayley Heishman • Noelle Helland • Kasaundra Hemminger • Kobee Henson • Cooper Hodge • Kyleen Holderith-Gum • Hunter Holland • Torrance Holmes • Alexis Holzinger • Annyssa Hora • Matthew Horton*V • Micaela Hrobar • Rodney Hubbard, Jr. • Samuel Hughes • Janessa Hulitt • Tracy Huynh

I Amber Ihrig J Ashly Jackson

• Trenton James • Austin Jarman • Cody Johnson • Stephanie Johnson • Berkley Jones • Christopher Jones • Connor Jones • Devontae Jones • Josiah Jones • Destiny Joseph

K Paursa Kamalian*V • Kaylin Kapelos •

Mckenzie Keane • Alex Kearney • Noah Kehm • Sean Keir • Logan Kelshaw • Brian Kinyua • Sergey Kiritchenko • Adam Knight • Benjamin Knoll-Deming • Tyree Kobuke • Elizabeth Kocks • Kyle Kocks • Alicia Kuhlman • Ian Kurle*

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Hayley Lautt • Kylee Lavelle • Rachelle Leamy • Anne Lelégard • Mollyanna Lemalu • Nathan Lininger • Kyle List • Marisa Lloyd • Tyler Lloyd • Tessa Locke • James Lopez • Ray Lopez • Esmé Lutz • Aaliyah Lytle

M Savannah Maae • Markus Madrona

• Destiny Magee • Mariel Malone • Takoda Mangus • Katerina Manke • Elyssa Mansfield • Emma Manuel • Anthony Martinez • Dino Mattoni • Kealey Matyasovszky • Veronica Mauri • Brogen May • Selena Mayse • Kiersten McClusky • Eric McCormick • Samantha McCoy • Ian McKinley* • Savenna Medlock • Ashli Mendez Rios • Draven Messenger • Marjorie Milbradt • Ashley Miller • Mackenzie Miller • Antonio Montgomery • Colton Moore • Elijah Moore • Vicky Morales • Gonzalo Moran • Michaela Moreno • Trent Mork • Steven Mossmayer • Justin Mulcahy • Jordan Murray • Tanner Murray

N Conner Nakada

• Alex Nelson • Michael Newkirk • Tiera Nhem • Vallerie Noa

O Andrew O’Shea

• Chaiya Odle • Lindsey Ogilvie • Mao Oizumi • Eian Olmos • Casey Olmstead • Jeneveve Orozco • Daniela Orozco Cisneros • Francisco Ortega Gil • Bacilia OsorioCline

P Robert Packer • Jesus Pamatz • Taylor

Patten • Nathan Patterson • Siobhan Paull • Tarren Pearson • Alyssa Pepper • Marilyn Perez • Michael Perez • Emma Perry • Tristan Perry • Ryan PetersonCopeland • Maya Picinich • Bailey Piper • Christopher Pitts • Lauren Poland • Mason Potter • Cordell Prince • Genesis Puckett* • Kenneth Purbeck

Q Paris Queen • Diana Quintero R Scotland Ramsay • Jonathon Rapp

• Malerie Rasmussen • AmyJune Reardon • Kyler Reeves • Tyler Reeves • DezriAnnah Reich • Tymur Remenyuk • Darius Revis • Andrew Riedl* • Sienna Riveira • Kishayla Robinson • Maria Rodrigues • Kristina Rogers • Blake Roland • Madalynn Rounds

S Tyler Sagon • Caitlyn Salazar • Mikayla

Salvador • Sophia Sam • Alexia Sanchez-Montalvo • Kiara Sanders • Sebastian Sanders • Cameo Sapilak • Foster Sarell • Frank Saxton • Ryan Schindler • Branden Schmidt • Nolan Schwab • Logan Scoville • Mariah Senato • Olivia Severino • Alexus Shamlee • R.J. Sheck • Matt Shook • Morghan Sienkiewicz • Gabriel Silva • Destiny Silver • Elias Simon • Desiree Smith • Justin Smith • Zach Smith • Allyson Smithson • Abigail Socall • Corey Solomon • Christian Songco • Isaak Soriano • Dashawn Sou-Mickey • * Indicates “Top 10”

Tobi Speaker • Brevin Spear • Xerxes Spencer* • Tyler Sprietsma • Jamiera Stamper • Sierra Starke • Brooke Steiner • Eduard Steiner • Madison Steinke • Brandon Stevens • Serena Stieglitz • Etolia Stinson • Taylor Stonestreet • Bailey Strain • Krista Sutton • Noa Suzuki • Nathan Sweider

T Blanca Tapia

• Jonas Tarver • Ridgeway Taylor • Jeramey Thesenvitz • Maranda Thibault • Elainah Thuline • Autumn Tommasi • Enrique Tovar • Jocelyn Travis • Kierston Treto • Leleleseaelamaleti’otala Tui

U Brian Usher V Dimara Valencia • Ryan Vance • Anna

Vest • Damian Viruete • Dennis Vollmer • Victoria Vollmer

W Ashlee Wahinekapu

• Hayley Walkinshaw • Austin Wallace • Ricki Webb • Alissa Wegleitner • Riley Weimer • Angus Welsch • Madison Welsh • Em Wheatman • Duncan Whitmore • Isaac Wilkerson • Aleksiya Williams • Justin Williams • Jossilyn Wilmoth • Jayden Winkler* • Pawida Wongkanghae • Hannah Wright

Y Alex Young • Stephen Yurko Z Inna Zagorulko • Benjamin Zenor • Diana Zuniga-Alvarado

V Indicates Valedictorian

S Indicates Salutatorian

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A Rondal Adams • Michaela Aguigui •

Cody Vincent Aguon • Jaymison Alicaba • Pedro Alonzo • Sotheara An • Issabella Anderson • Syraiyah Armendariz • Sierra Arnold • Jazlyn Aubert

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George Baccus • Morgan Bales • Joseph Baleto • Aliza Banks • Eric Baranda • Javier Barragan-Nehonsky • Jordan Bauman-Putnam • Elaine Joyce Baza • Megan Beauchamp-Taylor • Demarquis Bell • Vincent Benavente • Naomi Benson • Demarco Best • Kathryn Best • Braxton Blue • Dakota Blyton-Chandler • Isaac Boland • Mattie Bolden • Keiana Braun • Madison Brester • Paul Brewer • Melvin Brim • Marquise Brown • Andre Bryant • Javon Bush

C Samuel Camacho • Hailey Cardenas

• Lesley Carranza • Devon Castro • Jerdale Castro • Josaiah Celis • Carmen Cernacovschi • Deonna Chapple • Dominic Chavis • Sofiya Chekh • Andrew Choo • Vladislav Chubarov • Jaden Clark • Hailee Clifford • Daniel Contreras Rendon • Alejandro Contrerasbaez • Tayvon Cook • Cory Coonc • Mayra Cortez • Joshua Coverdell • Kenneth

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Crain • Ce’nedra Crockett • Daryl Lynn Cruz • Katherine Cutlip

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Jovanni Daep • Marcos Davis • Marcella Davis • Morgan Day • Quinton Deleon Guerrero • Allen Do • Autumn Doidge • Katie Dotson • Nathan Drummer • Hunter Drury • Dustin Duff

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Kathy Ellis • Natalie Elston • Olivia England • Karla Escorcia • Nichol Espanio • Maria Estrada

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Brian Felagai • James Ferber • Hyejin Ferguson • Avery Fernandez • Asia Fincham • Trenity Fisk • Genesis Fitzmaurice • Keymontei Flannigan • Jonnae Flores • Audrena Frank • Leeann Frank • Jaqueline Freeman • Andrea Fresch • Ker-Juin Fu

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Stephan Gadsden • Matthew Garbelman • Isaiah Garbitt • Marian Garcia • Priscilla Garcia-Casillas • Thomas Gloyn • Cristal Gomez • Andres Gonzales • Rachel Gonzalez • Jasper Gould • Esean Green • Freddie Green • Mary Green • David Guillen • Nicco Gulie • Chrystol Guzman-Salazar

H Jared Haggett • Ryan Hall • Jason

Hansen • Kalli Harpe Provorse • Trenton Harper • Kayla Hasbrook • De’chanel Hawkins • Draeven Hayes • Alexis Heath • Sabrynna Hermosillo • Kimberly Hernandez Ramirez • Enrique Hernandez-Castro • Kushaiah Herrero • Anthony Hess • Mikayla Hess • Alana Hewitt • Austin Higgins • Jade Hill • Joseph Holt • Sydney Horen • Paige Hoskins • Zyair Howard • Devin Hughes • Leitumalo Hunkin • Darrel Huson

I Maryam Ibrahim • Matthew Irish J Daishond Jackson • Preshis Jackson •

Tanyeka Jackson • Matthias Johansson • Caje Johnson • Demetrius Johnson • Devon Johnson • Auzhinae JohnsonBennett • Harmony Jones • Joseph Juban • Jasmine Julian

K Travaris Kendrick • Logan Kerschner

• Daniel Kim • Allison Knight • Nikolas Kovack • Catherine Kundert

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Quintarious Landry • Jose Lara • Heidi Larson • Elijah-Joseph Lazaro S • Cassidy Lebeau • Terrell Leevey • Angel Leon Arciga • Mariel Liebentritt

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• Jeremy Litorja • Ashley Lloyd-Taylor • Aleksandr Lobets • Casey Lopez • Christian Lopez-Pemberton • Angel Lugo • Jordan Lundquist-Kohlman • Jordan Lyons

M Marcus Madden

• Daija Mance • Jordan Mann • Timothy Marshall • Faykindra Martin • Uladzimir Martynau • Tyler Mathews • Doneisha Matthews • Donielle Matthews • Alejandra Maureira • Katelyn McAdam • Bryan McCants • Angelina McClelland • Kayla Meier • Fredy Mendiola • Jules Mendiola • Katelyn Mercier • Alexis Miller • Katey Miller • Nigel Miller • Tyler Mills • Nicholas Misley • Tonishia MitchellWashington • Mikayla Montgomery • Andrew Montoya • Malika Moore • Issac Morales • Samara Morey • KyleAvory Muna V

N Sierrarose Nason • Azucena NavarroEsquivel • Emily Nelson • Noah Newland • Ryan Nollan

O Allyssa O’Neal

• Paul Onishchenko • Esbeydi Ornelas • Anthony OrtegaHernandez • Mar’cae Outlaw

P Marissa Palacios • Nickolas Panton •

Kalieha Parker • Donald Payne • Sierrah Peek-Bell • Alla Petrenko • Emily Ila Pettey • Sengravi Phakoxay • Malary Pitchford • Scott Poloai • Shelby Porter • Brendon Price • Mauro Punzalan

Q Paul Quaye • Mark Quintanilla R Jesse Ramsey • Sharae Ratliff • Hailee

Ray • Casey Rebelez • Jason Rehms • Alex Rennie • Kaitlyn Rickey • Aurianna Rivera • Alexander Roach • Samantha Robertson • Elizabeth Robinson • Kadrian Robinson • Giovanni Rodriguez • Lance Rojas • Valerie Rojas • Karlee Ruffin • Riley Ryncarz

S Lynnette Salas • Nehemiah Salausa

• Shane San Nicolas • Michael Sanders • Branden Sands • Evangely SantiagoPrado • Nathan Scanlan • Taelor Schanz • Lacee Screws • Alexis Sharp • Wyome Sherwood • Alec Shipley • Viktoriya Shkolnik • Max Shpak • Winston Simon • Mary Sinclair • Letutusaalofa Siolo • Vaipou Siolo • Lauren Skaggs • Carissa Slater • Alexia Smirnov • Alexis SmithCaswell • Benjamin Smith • Colton Smith • Kaith-Joy Smith • Carolina

Snowden • Tyler Sommer • Tyler Steele • McCade Stone • Lauryn Stovall • Kelonne Sutton

T Jayvon Taitano • Solomona Talaga •

Kyara Tate • Britney Taylor • Gregory Taylor • Mikayla Taylor • Matthew Temple • Mabel Thompson • Terence Toepfer-Schwarz • Michael Tolbert • Kaylee Tolentino • Kyle Tolentino • Raelynne Tomaszewski • Joshua Train

U Jeremy Richard Ulloa • Elijah Umipeg V Alexandra Valverde • Corbin Vander

Velden • Sage Vanderford • Irada Vilaysane

W Cohen Warnke • Earnest Washington

• Paul Wasson • Kayla Waycaster • Cordell West • Leeanna Wetzel • Rachel White • Alexander Wilde • Aviona Williams • Kailee Williams • Jeremy Wilson • Jason Winchester • Felicia Windsor • William Wisdom • Aryana Witts • Ryan Wolkoff • Leamon Woodley • Hunter Irvin

Y Gage Yoacham Z Jordan Zambrano • Cyrus Zayas

V Indicates Valedictorian

S Indicates Salutatorian

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Challenger High School A

Class of 2017

Rodney Afdem • Sharod Allen • Selena Arciniega-Leatiota

B

Brandon Badger • Casie Baker • Jenna Marie Baker • Cassandra Barajas • Kyle Barnes* • George Bennett III • Quentin Boroughs • Darius Boudy • Alexis Brandt • Darryl Bunch* • Ashlyn Bundy • Shannon Burdick • Deborah Butler

C

Josey Carpenter • Lora Carpenter • Miranda Carver* • Terell Lee Case • Savanna Charles • Sierra Charles • Gavin Collier • Alberto Colunga • Jaden Cope • Angel Corona Sanchez • Siarah Crowe • Alexis Currah

D

Makayla Davis • Lydia Deshazo • Cheyenne Donoho • Sarahgenene Downey • Angela Drake • Bryna Durnin • Austin Duval • Michell Dysert

E

Signe Eaton* • Katherine Ellison • Syanna Esparza* • Paige Esslinger

F Alexander Firth G Edwin Garcia • Erika Gonzalez • Julia Guilbault

H Tyler Hagan

• Madison Hamelin • Preston Hanson • Serina Harris • Collin Hoffman • Ashlynn Hopkins • Malcolm Hubbard

J Miriam Joachin Mateo Johnson • Amber Jones

• Nathan

K Codey Kirkland • Adrianna Knight •

Kylee Kolbo-Rooney • Mercedez Konkel • Gabrielle Kosz • Kyle Kramer

L Lamont Lathon

• Payton Legitt • Christina Lindberg • Ted Louis • Jarrett Lutchendorf

M Isabelle Mandler • Sydney Manners

• Joshua Martinez • Adrianna Mastalski • Christopher McAlister • Brendon McDew • Silvara McNeeley* • Tommy Mercer • Melanie Miles • Nicolas Miller • Miranda Minard • Kane Mitts • Annadivine Moe • Jullian Moon • Sydney Moore • Dylan Munson

N Troy Noble O Kassydi Olson • Samantha Ortega* P Uamaune’ka’lon’ Parker • David * Indicates “Top 10”

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Parker-Coleman • Mickelle Petitte • Kelsey Phillips • Chloe Porsche • Nathaniel Purdy

Q Larissa Quintanilla R Rachel Reed*V • Alex Rennie • Colette Rigby • Avalin Rivas • Isabell Rivas • Gregory Rogers • Lydia Rosenauer

S Gino Samifua

• Nicole Schill* • Leighanna Schultz • Trent Sepich-Hall • Jessica Sims • Wesley Sims • Fayth Sisler • Bobby Smith • Devin Stangel-Rockwell • Alexandra Stewart • Austin Stockwell • Ian Suydam

T Robert Tinkler

Kathryn Trinidad*S

• Zachary Triano •

V Kathryn Van-Es • Kristopher Vargas • Brynn Vitcovich

W Makayla Wagner • Breanna Webster

• Peyton Weiss • Nolan White • Shaun White • Maria Wiley • Dakota Withrow • Alexander Wittig • Mark Wright

Y Jacob Young Z Evelin Zuniga • Victor Zuniga

V Indicates Valedictorian

S Indicates Salutatorian

Bethel Acceleration Academy BAA/Transition

Class of 2016/2017 A Jason Allen, Jr. B Muhammad Beamon-Curtis • Linnea Benthien

H Kevin Henneigh, Jr. J Nathaniel Jenks

K Jeremy Kampfer L Angelica Long M Agustin Manriquez Ramirez P Maikenzie Powell

R Blake Raynor • Xavier Reed • Myliana Relerford • Casie Richardson

S Jeffrey Silk • Rebecca Smith W Adrianna Walter-Lidren • Kimouni Wright

Transitions Program

Class of 2017 ❈ Cody Berquist

❈ Shane San Nicolas

❈ Malik Bryant

❈ Mary Sinclair

❈ Tytiana Parrish

❈ Tyler Sommer

❈ Zackary Renn

❈ Joya Washington

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in the

spotlight

Bethel students and staff members are getting recognized. Here’s a look at what they’ve been up to.

BHS

CMS

Special Olympics Athletes

Project Citizen

Three Bethel High School athletes won gold medals at a regional meet and moved forward to compete at the state contest!

Dannielle Hanson’s 7th grade Honors Humanities students at Cedarcrest Middle School recently took part in Project Citizen, which sent them all the way to Olympia, where they met Rep. Dave Upthegrove.

BSD State Solo & Ensemble

NE

BSD Bus Road-E-O

Six of Bethel’s school bus drivers competed in this year’s regional Bus Road-E-O in Kent. Two drivers earned top-three finishes and moved on to the state finals in Pasco.

PVE 25 Years and counting

Nelson fights hunger

For the first time, all three of our comprehensive high schools had students place in the Washington State Solo and Ensemble Contest! Bethel School District had eighteen solos and thirteen ensembles representing our district.

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Nelson Elementary’s recent food drive brought in 1,425 items that were donated to the Harvest House Food Pantry.

Pioneer Valley celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, and principal Christoph Green enlisted the school’s first principal, Keith Brown, to help him unpack a time capsule from 1992, when the school first opened.

DISTRICT CALENDAR

july 6

Summer Registration

11 25

School Board Meeting

CPE

7 p.m., ESC

School Board Meeting 7 p.m., ESC

august 8 8

Summer Graduation 6 p.m., PCSC

16 21

HS Sports Tryouts Football

HS Sports Tryouts

Boys/Girls Golf, Girls Swim, Boys/ Girls Cross Country, Boys Tennis, Volleyball, Girls Soccer

22

School Board Meeting

30 30

LINK Crew & WEB Day

7 p.m., ESC

september 7 7

First Day of School

12

First Day of School

MS Sports begin Kindergarten & Preschool

Transportation Open House

School Board Meeting 7 p.m., PCSC

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