Education Roundup March 27, 2012
The Society of Professional Journalists recently announced its Region 10 "Mark of Excellence Awards."
Ryan Burnett, a senior at Washington State University and a 2008 graduate of Lakeland High School, was recognized by the SPJ as a regional Award Winner in two categories and qualifies for the national awards to be presented in Washington, D.C., later this year:
• Online Sports Reporting (4 year College/University) for his article on social media monitoring of athletes on the rise.
• Sports Column Writing (4 year College/University) for his work at the Daily Evergreen, the student run newspaper for Washington State University.
He was recently recognized as the 2011 W. Newland Reilly Endowed Scholarship recipient and is currently the Sports Editor of the Daily Evergreen. He also interned last summer at The Press.
North Idaho students did well in the Invent Idaho State finals in Moscow.
There were numerous first-place winners, along with many who landed in second and third, too.
Carson Magee, a third-grader at Ramsey Magnet School, won Best of Show for grade 1-4 with his "Swipe and Wipe" invention.
Results:
Adaptations
1st, Zachary Clark, grade 2, Mullan Trail Elementary, "Family Feast and Fun Table."
1st, Tory Watkins, grade 4, Twin Lakes Elementary, "The Soggy Sandwich Say Goodbye."
3rd, Brynn Johnson, grade 1, Hayden Meadows Elementary, The "Make It Cool" timer for hand washing and tooth brushing.
Best of Show Grade 1-4, Carson Magee, grade 3, Ramsey Magnet School, "Swipe and Wipe."
1st, Charles Daniel Sharples, grade 2, Mullan Trail, "Race to School."
1st, Olivia Stevens, grade 3, Hayden Meadows Elementary, "Library Labrynth"
1st, Halle Schmitt, grade 6, Garwood Elementary, "Move It or Lose It."
2nd, Keeley Nelson, grade 4, Ponderosa Elementary, Wolf Packs
3rd, Amy Corette, grade 2, Hayden Meadows, "Lady Bug Lane."
3rd, Makena Barnett and Chiana McInelly, grade 5, Garwood Elementary, "The Inca."
People's Choice Award, Ryan Cawley and Theo Burch, grade 6, Garwood Elementary, "Quest."
Jules Verne!
1st, Brianna Barnhart, grade 2, Mullan Trail Elementary, Bellabone.
1st, Jake Tsadilas and Callen Trapp, grade 8, Coeur d'Alene, C.O.R. Rebreather.
2nd, Addie Parsons, grade 1, Athol Elementary, The Amazing Room-cleaning, chore-doing, trash-eating, homework-finishing robot.
2nd, Alisa Peters and Emma Anderson, grade 8, Cd'A Charter Academy, RECAE
3rd, Holley Cass, grade 2, Garwood, Bob the Trash Eating Robot
3rd, Sarah Boyer, grade 4, Betty Kiefer Elementary, M.O.R.N.S.
3rd, Dillon Emery and Kandon Simon, grade 8, Cd'A Charter Academy, Chameleons
Special Judges Award, Jordan King and Grace Ganz, grade 8, Cd'A Charter, E.T.O.'s
Non-working models
1st, Mathew Williams, 1, Garwood, Bath Buddy
1st, Dalton Cone, 4, Ramsey, EZ-Energy
1st, Connor McElry and Andrew Womelduff, 7, Cd'A Charter, App-Cap
2nd, Zoey Hart, 2, Hayden Meadows, Kid Reminder
2nd, Samuel Williams, 5, Garwood, Crank-O-Wave
2nd, Kenney Gelnette and Talia Ferguson, 8, Cd'A Charter, The Medichip
3rd, Carrington Rinehart and Zoey Stark, 8, Cd'A Charter, The BlooGlu App
Working models
1st, Marin Rowley, 2, Hayden Meadows, Wearable Shoe Horns
1st, Tyler Sorensen, 4, Ponderosa, Grip-on Grippe Smear Preventor
1st, Jessica Millard, 6, Garwood, The Clean Cone
1st, Sabrina Nunnallee, 8, Timberlake Junior High, The Mobile Toy Bucket
2nd, Cooper Prohaska, 1, Hayden Meadows, Quick Strap
3rd, Donny Callihan, 5, Dalton Elementary, Snomobike
Best of Category, Alex McCabe and Brian Hansen, 4, Ponderosa, Radiant Writer