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Community: These volunteers don’t horse around on Day of Caring. Page 9.
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Former M-P star in hall of fame BY BRANDON ADAM badam@arlingtontimes.com
MarysvillePilchuck spiker Athlete of Week. Page 12.
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Getting touchy with trucks
Children were seen having their pictures taken all over Marysville’s Touch a Truck event last weekend. More than 1,000 kids were estimated to have attended. For more photographs, see Page 17.
Sunnyside up on tests
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Lakewood sporting goods store to open in November. Page 23.
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MARYSVILLE – Sunnyside Elementary is looking at the sunny side of life after receiving some of the best state test scores in the Marysville School District. But that’s quite a contrast from last spring, when students took the tests. “Students were crying,” Betsy Guerra said, adding the stress for the kids in taking the test was one of the reasons she decided to retire four years earlier than planned. The 8-year-old, third-graders, like all the students, took the tests online using Chromebooks. One of the frustrations was using the spellcheck function. On one essay, a student wanted to write “In conclusion,” but the computer changed it to “concubine.” Guerra said even though she isn’t a fan of state tests, she and fellow
third-grade t e a c h ers Karen B enjamin and Krissy Thorvilson did their best to make sure their students were successful. “ W e wanted to Steve Powell/Staff Photo give our Sunnyside 3rd grade teachers Karen Benjamin, Betsy Guerra kids the best shot as and Krissy Thorvilson stood out in the district. we could at it,” Guerra She said they spent “hours and said. “It’s an incredibly ambitious hours and hours” trying to find test.” a math curriculum that matched For example, in writing, students the state standards. They did, and had to plan, draft and compose “because of us” the entire district three different multi-graph essays: narrative, formative and opinion. SEE TEST, PAGE 2
EVERETT — He was a professional football player for three years and before that, was renowned as one of the best defensive backs in University of Washington football history. But he never forgot where he came from. Shane Pahukoa graduated from MarysvillePilchuck in 1989. Shane Pahukoa He was named Sept. 16 to the Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame. He was M-P’s star running back and free safety. He would take his defensive talents as a freshmen to UW, starting 29 games. He led the team to three Rose Bowl appearances and a National Championship. He eventually took his skills to the highest level, walking on for the New Orleans Saints playing on special teams and occasionally starting at safety. Pahukoa has lived in Los Angeles for 15 years, but still keeps in touch with his Marysville coaches. “Football is football, and I love the sport, but it’s really the relationships I made throughout the years,” he said. One of which is Scott Stokes, who now coaches the offensive line for M-P. He was Pahukoa’s coach his senior year. Even in L.A., Pahukoa was affected by M-P’s shooting tragedy last year. Many of the first responders are friends of his. He called them right away. “I heard it right when I flipped on the TV,” he said. “It was horrific. It really touched home.” The main lesson Pahukoa took away from his football tenure is perseverance. “A lot of it had to do with persevering whether it was a loss or injury,” he said. “Buckle down, keep your head up and just persevere through different adversities.”
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