Community Focus
COMPILED BY CAROL SCHMIDT
A $3,484 grant was awarded by the Rotary District Simplified Grant program to the Stanwood Camano Rotary Club recently, to be used for the playground project at Freedom Park. Designers of the playground went to the folks who will be using it - the children. Students from K- 5 from Cedarhome, Stanwood and Utsalady Elementary schools talked to designers last spring, who listened and drew up a design using the kids' suggestions. See iheartparks. org for more info on the playground.
ALYSSA STEPHENSON, daughter of Jon and Suzanne Stephenson of Camano Island, was named to the 2008-09 Lawrence Dean's List for maintaining a minimum 3.4 grade point average. She is a 2007 graduate of Stanwood High School. Lawrence University is on the banks of the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Western Washington University student WILL WINDERBAUM, son of Heidi Singfield of Stanwood and Buff Winderbaum of Snohomish, received a $500 President's Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year. President's Scholarships are awarded to approximately the top 8 to 10 percent of incoming freshmen and transfer students, and are based on superior academic achievement. Winderbaum, an incoming freshman, earned a 3.96 GPA at Stanwood High School and is interested in majoring in economics. Winderbaum was named Stanwood's German Student of the Year.
DANIEL LUCE, son of the Teresa and Greg Luce of Stanwood and a 2005 SHS graduate, received an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis in May. He graduated with a BA in philosophy from the College of Arts and Science.
ZACHARY JOHN QUINLAN of Stanwood graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, PA, earning an A.B. in physics/philosophy, magna cum laude. Quinlan was also named to the 2009 spring semester Dean's List, having achieved at least a 3.6 semester gpa.
