Edmonds Heights K-12

Student Name: Austin Holmes
Mother’s Name: Kim Holmes
Father’s Name: David Holmes
GPA: 3.7
Clubs & Activities: Calvary Fellowship Youth Group , Bowling Club, Drawing & Art History, Swing Dancing
Athletics: Varsity Baseball – Edmonds-Woodway High, Select Baseball – Northwest Baseball Academy, Tennis
Community Service: Calvary Fellowship Turkey Drop Volunteer, Calvary Fellowship Summer Bible Camp Volunteer, Calvary Bible Study Teacher, Edmonds-Woodway Baseball Camp Volunteer
Current Employment: Pottery Barn Stock Room Employee
Future Educational Goals: Receive BA in Engineering at a 4-year school
Future Career Goals: Mechanical Engineer
Anything else we should know? I am dyslexic and have worked hard to learn to succeed in school with this disability. I am grateful for the lessons I have learned along the way, including endurance, perseverance, and humility. It has ultimately been a blessing in my life.

Student Name: Heather Reed
Mother’s Name: Page Reed
Clubs & Activities: Activity Coordinator for BSA Exploring Post 54, 2011
ASB: Creating a booth for our Medieval Fair
Athletics: tap, Irish and swing dance; hiking; backpacking; rock climbing; weight lifting
Honors: KCESAR top youth responder for 2011
Awards: Acting awards; dancing awards; distinguished expert marksmanship award; overall rifle marksmanship, safety, and attendance awards; long standing Washington State Draft Horse and Mule Association 2nd overall Junior showman of the year; numerous horse logging, driving, and showing awards.
Community Service: Member of KCESAR (King Country Explorer Search and Rescue) basic training staff, rope rescue training staff, field qualified responder for 3 years, newly graduated Team Leader; Member of the Last Resort Fire Department; Volunteer with Madison Grove Farm in Fall City, WA training horses
Culminating Project: Overhauling the hypothermia class for KCESAR
Future Educational Goals: A BS in Para medicine
Future Career Goals: Firefighter/Paramedic, Technical rescue instructor, member of the National Guard, Horse/People trainer
Anything else we should know? I love preserving tradition, such as how to log, plow, and manage a farm using horse power. I love to help people, one of the most rewarding things I do is volunteer with KCESAR and help people in need.

Edmonds Woodway High School

Student Name: Makayla Deppa
Mother’s Name: Kate Deppa
Father’s Name: Doug Deppa
GPA: 3.5
Clubs & Activities: Art Club (current president), Swing Club, DECA, Piano Lessons, Drawing and Painting, Youth Group Band, Badminton
ASB: Senior Class Secretary
Athletics: High School Volleyball, Badminton (outside of school)
Honors: International Baccalaureate Program
Awards: Presidential Award of Academic Excellence, 3rd place in Marketing Communications in Area 2 DECA competition, special recognition for participation and decoration in Homecoming Activities
Community Service: Roll player (for over four years) in simulations for Active Shooter Training, a program for police officers to gain the skills in order to handle a school shooting situation, Edmonds Arts Festival volunteer, volunteer pony guide in Monroe for children’s birthdays
Culminating Project: Designing and creating a real business logo (for the business Happy Hour Cuptails)
Current Employment: I am a cashier and arcade attendant at the Edmonds Family Fun Center
Future Educational Goals: I will be attending Western Washington University, and I plan to take classes in visual art, environmental science, and possibly some classes in forensics
Future Career Goals: Though I am undecided about what I am going to do after I graduate from college, I hope to be able to use artistic skills in my career
Anything else we should know?: I have lived in the same house in Edmonds for my whole life and have only been out of the country twice, once to Mexico and once to Cuba for a missions trip with my mom. I think that travel is super important to understand the different cultures in the world, and I hope to someday experience the diversity of the world by traveling it.

Student Name: Megan Alfi
Mother’s Name: Lisa Alfi
Father’s Name: Eliass Alfi
GPA: 3.92
Clubs & Activities: Girl Scouts of Western Washington member, Junior Girl Scout volunteer, Intern at Girl Scouts Camp River Ranch, National Honor Society, Sports medicine club (secretary), NHS math tutor,
Athletics: Varsity Cross Country (Captain), Varsity Track and Field, Terrace Brier soccer club
Honors: Cross Country Academic State Champion, 2009; Cross Country Academic Honorable Mention, 2010, 2011; Cross Country All Wesco 2nd Team, 2010, 2011
Awards: EWHS Cross country newcomer of the year, 2009; EWHS Cross country most valuable, 2010, 2011; Cross Country State Championship participant, 2011; Outstanding achievement in pre-calculus, 2010; Edmonds Beacon Athlete of the Week, 2011; Scholar Athlete, 2012
Community Service; Volunteer math tutor, Pueblo Ingles (volunteer in Spain at English immersion program for Spaniards to improve speaking skills), Girl Scouts assistant troop leader, Marathon race volunteer
Current Employment: Babysitter
Future Educational Goals: Attend Humboldt State University and earn a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Pre-Physical therapy
Future Career Goals: To become a certified physical therapist
Anything else we should know? While at Humboldt, I will be running for their Cross Country and Track and Field programs

Meadowdale High School

Student Name: Marlee Yeager
Mother’s Name: Jaime
Clubs & Activities: FOR Club, YoungLife youth group
Awards: Student of the Month Spring, 2011
Community Service: Trinity Lutheran Church-Neighbors in Need (feeding the homeless)
Culminating Project: Teaching 5th graders about the seriousness of bullying
Current Employment: Nanny for an 8-month-old boy
Future Educational Goals: Art Institute of Seattle to study fashion design and marketing
Future Career Goals: I would like to be a clothing stylist

Student Name: Nathaniel Hendrix
Mother’s Name: Randi Teigland-Hendrix
Father’s Name: John Hendrix
GPA: 3.879
Clubs & Activities: Chamber Choir, Impressions, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band 1, Camerata Seattle Children’s Chorus (SCC), Coro Vivo SCC, church choir, youth group.
Athletics: I played a lot of sports when I was little, but I had to stop when I got in high school because of my involvement in numerous musical ensembles. I still occasionally play a pick-up game of soccer or ultimate frisbee.
Honors: Will be competing in six different categories at the state solo/ensemble contest (Baritone Vocal Solo, Small Men’s Vocal Ensemble, Trumpet Solo, Trumpet Duet, Large Men’s Ensemble, Large mixed Ensemble); First place in State Small Men’s Vocal Ensemble, 2010; MENC All-Northwest Jazz Choir, 2009 and 2011; MENC All-State Symphonic Orchestra, 2010; MENC All-State Jazz Choir, 2012; Accepted into the Oregon Bach Festival Stangland Family Youth Choral Academy, 2009, 2011, 2012; Accepted into the National ACDA Men’s Honor Choir, 2011; Accepted to compete at the international Eisteddfod music festival in Wales, 2010
Awards: St. Olaf Christiansen Music Scholarship, St. Olaf Academic Scholarship, Edmonds Arts Scholarship
Community Service: I volunteer a lot at my church. I help out with all of our youth group sponsored events, I help maintain the church grounds, and I actively serve in church services by providing music (both instrumental and vocal).
Culminating Project: I have been involved in the Seattle Children’s Chorus since I was six years old. This year for my senior project I am directing the SCC Men’s Chorus, Coro Vivo, on a song in the Spring SCC concert. Not only am I directing the choir, but I have also been volunteering at the SCC office, helping out with tasks related to my project.
Future Educational Goals: Next year I will be attending St. Olaf College in Minnesota. St. Olaf is nationally renowned for its prestigious music program. I am planning on majoring in music education, and perhaps minoring in German. After graduating from St. Olaf I would like to pursue a graduate degree in conducting.
Future Career Goals: After finishing school, I plan on teaching choir at either the high school or college level. I also would like to continue performing as a soloist, in choirs, and perhaps with my trumpet.
Anything else we should know? During high school I have had a very full load of AP and honors courses. This year I am taking AP Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP Calculus BC, and AP Music Theory. I clearly have a passion for music, but I am also very interested in German. I am currently taking German 3, and I am considering studying more German in college. I have immensely enjoyed the past four years at Meadowdale High School and I am sad to be leaving it behind; however, I am very excited at the prospects of the future and I cannot wait to see where my life takes me.

Scriber Lake High School

Student Name: McCaela Gunderson
Mother’s Name: Jodie Gunderson
Father’s Name: Garth Gunderson
Clubs & Activities: Women of Wisdom Leadership, involving visiting middle schools to address girls and promote anti-bullying
Athletics: Swimming
Honors: Honors received in geometry and SSR, Recognition for good attendance
Awards: McCaela has been selected to receive the Accepting the Challenge of Excellence award from the Edmonds Exchange Club
Community Service: Volunteer at Greenwood Car Show, Volunteer for Mountlake Terrace Food Bank, Volunteer for Clothes for Kids, Volunteer for City of Mill Creek, Teaching Assistant at Scriber Lake High School, McCaela’s family has been an Adopt a Family sponsor
Culminating Project: For her culminating project McCaela had worked very hard on a paper and then a subsequent presentation, with multiple public speaking engagements, on the topic of anti-bullying
Current Employment: McCaela works for three afternoons per week as a nanny for a young person who has special needs.
Future Educational Goals: McCaela is planning on attending Edmonds Community College to earn an AS Degree in chemistry. After that she intends to transfer to a four-year university.
Future Career Goals: McCaela has been considering a variety of possible careers in the area of human sciences.
Anything else we should know? McCaela has been featured in a story in the Everett Herald for her outreach in presenting the anti-bullying message. She is regularly invited to speak before students and will be conducting all day sessions for a teacher at a high school in our district.

Student Name: Jacob Lynch
Mother’s Name: Georgene Lynch
Jacob lives with: Tori & Jeanette Hesedahl
Athletics: Wrestling for four years, four in a club overlapping with three years in school
Honors: Has been on “green status” consistently throughout most of his time at Scriber, which is awarded for good grades
Culminating Project: Jacob wrote and recorded a demo for his culminating project, exploring the process of what it takes to craft and finalize a song from start to finish
Current Employment: Jacob works at McDonalds of Filbert and has been employed there for more than two years
Future Educational Goals: Would like to go to Musicians Institute in Hollywood or Berkeley Music School in Chicago, where several famous musicians have learned their craft
Future Career Goals: Be a famous musician playing metal; master carpenter; labor at Boeing
Anything else we should know? Jacob has the goals of getting a bigger band space (wants a space of 20’x30’ to accommodate a band of 5 members) and playing shows by this June, preferably at El Corazon and Showbox Sodo, all-ages venues