Education Roundup March 30, 2012
CHS DECA students attend state competition
Sixty-four Coeur d'Alene High School DECA students recently competed in the State DECA Career Conference in Boise.
The group earned 44 State Awards 27 in all qualified to attend the International DECA Career Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah this April 27 through May 2. Forty-two percent of CHS DECA students attending the Conference qualified to attend the IDCLC.
DECA stands for Distribution Education Clubs of America and is an association of marketing students.
Highlights of the CHS DECA competitions were chapter projects in the Community Service Project category. DECA students put on a blood drive that brought in 118 units of blood.
The Public Relations Project coupled with the Kroc Center in a program called "Clothe the Children," which brought in contributions over $3,000.
A school food drive brought in nearly $1,000 worth of food. Seniors also competed in the Learn and Earn Project where a business selling Viking cards was started. The club netted about $1,500 from the sale of the Viking cards.
Absec named to Univ. of Montana dean's list
Betsy Absec, a 2008 Coeur d'Alene High School graduate, was named to the autumn semester Dean's List at the University of Montana.
Absec, who lives in Issaquah, Wash., qualified by earning a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and receiving grades of A or B in at least nine credits.
March Rotary Student of the Month - Lauren Essman
Lauren Essman was nominated for the Coeur d'Alene Rotary Student of the Month by the staff of the TRIO Student Support Services Program at North Idaho College where she currently holds a 3.17 GPA and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Essman began college at the young age of 17 yet she shows a level of organizational skills, initiative, ambition and maturity unmatched by most of her peers.
Her advisers and instructors enjoy working with her and look forward to her 'dropping by' and sharing her energy and youthful perspective. They say she always has a story to share from one of her classes that shows she is engaged in the learning process. Her curiosity combined with her intelligence will allow her to be successful at whatever she pursues.
WSU lists 2011 fall graduates
PULLMAN, Wash. - The following Washington State University students from North Idaho have earned undergraduate degrees for the fall 2011 semester.
COEUR d'ALENE: Kaitlyn Rita Dolyniuk, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, magna cum laude; Benjamin Robert Grammer, Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, magna cum laude; Brendan Alexander Mesick, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
HAYDEN: Colleen Marie Koopal, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
PLUMMER: Wynonna ReNee Johnson, Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences.
RATHDRUM: Race Dwight LeRoy Bingman, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Students qualify for geographic bee
Several local fourth- through eight-graders qualified for the Idaho Geographic Bee at Boise State University today.
The overall winner advances to the national finals in Washington, D.C., May 22-24. One hundred students will compete in the state event.
Here are the local students who qualified for the state event after placing at the school-level events and submitting a written test:
Eighth grade
Hope Grasham, Harrison; Rohnin Randles, Lakeland; Anthony Reimer, Timberlake
Seventh grade
Brandon Wheeler, Woodland; Taigen Tripp, Lakes
Sixth grade
Ryan Holly, Athol; Travis Callahan, Canfield; Cameron Prickett, Coeur d'Alene Charter
Fifth grade
Isaac McArthur, Fernan; Allen Chatfield, Hayden Meadows; Luke Kendra, Atlas; Gabriel Mahaffey, Sunnyside (from Post Falls)
Fourth grade
Logan Jeanselme, Skyway; Brayden Godin, Borah; Morgan Dixon, Dalton