MARYSVILLE – All of the schools in the Marysville district honored students at a Family Dinner Night at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.
“We wanted to express the importance of eating together as a family and reading with our children,” district spokeswoman Emily Wicks said Wednesday.
Children who eat family dinners do better in school, research shows.
The idea for the event came from the district’s Parent Advisory Council. “We too often wait until the end of the year to celebrate our kids and families – but you really can’t celebrate kids enough,” Wicks said. “It’s important that students are recognized for their achievements throughout the year, as it can go a long way toward encouraging them to work hard and continue to succeed.”
Each principal and school had different reasons for honoring their students.
The winners are:
10th Street Middle School: Logan Eagleburger and Kristina Brown, Growth Mindset Award. Cedarcrest: Hannah West, Anayeli Lopez-Fabianand Denica Northup Pride Award.
Marysville Middle: Marco Munez and Lfred Tuazon, Pride Award
Totem: Apollo Lewis and Viktoriya Marushkevych, Pride Award.
Arts and Tech High School, Hope Caswell, Resilence and Greatest Academic Achievement in One Year Award; Shawn Cahoon, Teacher in Training Award; and Keanna Moon, Exceptional AVID Tutor Award.
Tulalip Heritage: Tim Hill-Thomas, Resilence Award; and Rosealynne Williams, Pride Award.
Marysville Getchell: Devon Rose and Auria Coons-Hale, Pride Award.
Mountain View: Jacob Davis, Overachiever Award; Ryan Campos, Food Security Science and Local-Global Efficiency Award.
Marysville-Pilchuck: Daniel Amador and Brandon Randall, Pride Award.
Allen Creek Elementary: Matai Taouma and Mica Tam An Nguyen, Pride Award. Cascade: Angelina Kravchuk and Alex Wagner, Pride Award.
Grove: Michael Brown and Arianna Montgomery, Pride Award.
Kellogg Marsh: Karis Lewis and McKenzie Vogan, Pride Award.
Liberty: Nathan Myers and Yuridia Hernandez, Pride Award.
Marshall: Emanuel Figueroa, Adina Paquette and Brennan Henderson, Pride Award.
Pinewood: Logan Wight, Toby Klein, Jose Esquivel-Corza, Aisha Nayaya, Itzel Lopez Estrada, Ismael Lopez-Flores and Josue Saul Pena Salgado, Pride Award
Avarie Robinson, Good Citizenship Award.
Quil Ceda Tulalip: Sidney Coffey and Isabella Gobin, Pride Award.
Shoultes: Ravneet Kaur and Laila Vacchio, Super Shark Award.
Sunnyside: Jacob So and Karia Seng, Reading Award; Ruby Montes DeOca, Roar Award.
