Around 500 people gathered at Springbrook Elementary on June 6, celebrating multicultural night and the school’s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n
The celebratory night included a variety show and an art display. Community organizations and families contributed to providing a buffet-style meal for attendees to enjoy.<\/p>\n
Kindergarteners and first-graders performed songs and melodies as individual classes and also in collaboration with each other. Other students showcased their unique talents in many different forms.<\/p>\n
“That made me feel incredibly proud. It also answered every question about why I enjoy my job as superintendent of Kent School District: it’s to see our youngest students show so much promise, progress and joy,” Calvin Watts said.<\/p>\n
Springbrook is one of the most diverse schools in the district.<\/p>\n
“I think that them (students) getting on stage and becoming the center of attention is a different side than we see in the classroom or playground. I think that grows their personality and pushes their boundaries and helps them become the people that they’re going to be,” said Springbrook interventionist Linda Buchanan.<\/p>\n
During the festivities, students and staff opened a time capsule from 1994 that included a school newsletter, calendar, newspaper, school pictures, a VHS tape, CD Rom, classwork, and other items.<\/p>\n
They will bury a new time capsule on the last day of school, June 25, which will be opened in the next 25 years.<\/p>\n
Elsehwere<\/strong><\/p>\n Madeline Morrisson<\/strong>, of Kent, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Haven (Conn.), has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester. Morrisson is working on a bachelor of science degree in biology. … Kent’s Haley VonGoedert<\/strong> has earned a $2,500 college scholarship from Northwest Farm Credit Services. VonGoedert will attend the University of Montana. …<\/p>\n Kent’s Derek Ray<\/strong> was among 175 students who graduated from Eastside Catholic School on June 3. Ray will attend Western Oregon University on a football scholarship. … Max Kendall<\/strong>, who will graduate from Kentridge High School in June, is one of 10 incoming Saint Martin’s University first-year students selected to serve as the eighth cohort of Benedictine Scholars. Kendall plans to major in business administration. The Benedictine Scholars’ mission is to promote a deeper understanding of the Catholic, Benedictine values and heritage that define the school. Benedictine Scholars are ambassadors who serve their communities, meet in small groups and work on a project of their cohort’s own choosing. …<\/p>\n Kent’s Alexandria Lockhart<\/strong> (communication studies) graduated from Northern State University (Aberdeen, S.D.) at its spring commencement on May 4. … Isaiah Eller<\/strong>, a 2018 Kentridge High School graduate, was honored with the 2018-2019 Outstanding Freshman Honors Scholar-Emma Coburn Norris Peak Award for having the highest freshman GPA at Troy (Ala.) University. … Kentwood High School’s Vivian Ma<\/strong> recently received a $5,000 scholarship from Denali, a division of Nuvision Credit Union. Maplans to attend the University of Washington this fall and major in biology with the goal of becoming a pharmacist. … Erin Denney<\/strong> received bachelor of arts degree (economics-mathematics, summa cum laude) from Whitman College in Walla Walla on May 19. Denney is a Kentridge High School graduate. …<\/p>\n Kent’s Keeton Hersey, Connor Riley<\/strong> and Kyle Smith<\/strong> made the spring semester dean’s list (3.5 GPA or better) at Montana State University. Bryanna Raap<\/strong> made the president’s list (4.0 GPA). … Justin Simanek<\/strong> of Kent was named to the spring semester honor roll at Southeastern Louisiana University. … Gregory Giesbers<\/strong> (master of science, physics) and Yen Nguyen<\/strong> (master of science, civil engineering) graduated from Oregon State University on June 15. …<\/p>\n Tyler Ridings<\/strong> (bachelor of arts, management and marketing), Mikaela Smith<\/strong> (BA, international studies) and Michael Ziccarelli<\/strong> (bachelor of science, engineering) graduated from George Fox University (Newberg, Ore.). … Emily Johnson<\/strong> (sophomore, cinematic arts), Tyler Ridings<\/strong> (senior, management and marketing), Lydia Taw (senior, computer science) and Julia Wenndt (senior, mathematics) were on the dean’s list at George Fox for spring semester. …<\/p>\n Kent’s Devin Figgins, Wyatt Kelly<\/strong> and Robert Nack<\/strong> received their degrees from Montana State University this spring. … Shaun Fisher<\/strong> (BA, mathematical economics, magna cum laude), Shaun Fisher (BS, mathematics, magna cum laude), Allena Novak<\/strong> (BS, biology, cum laude) and Ellie Stannard<\/strong> (BS, athletic training) were award their degrees at Whitworth University. … Sarah Anzueto, Shaun Novak<\/strong> and Allena Ruckman<\/strong> were named to Whitworth’s honor roll for spring semester. … Zuhal Teezab<\/strong> (BS, nursing) graduated from the College of Saint Mary (Omaha, Neb.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 500 people gathered at Springbrook Elementary on June 6, celebrating multicultural night and the school’s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":41085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-41084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41084"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}