SCHOOL BRIEFS

‘Earth Heroes’ at school announced

King County Executive Ron Sims recently announced that several Lake Washington School District schools, programs, staff members and students were selected as “2008 Earth Heroes at School.” The program celebrates the importance of protecting and enhancing the environment.

Lindsey Parkinson, a junior at Eastlake High School, was selected for her inspirational leadership of the Cool Schools Challenge, and her exceptional personal commitment to the environment.

Poets win scholarships

The New Poet’s Society held an awards ceremony for student writers last week at Lake Washington High School’s Cadle Theatre. Students from Redmond, Lake Washington and Eastlake high schools competed against others from their school and final poetry selections were then forwarded to the New Poet’s Society to be considered for scholarships and other prizes.

The top prize, known as the Judge’s Choice Award and scholarship funds of $1,200 went to Kotomi Yamamura from Eastlake for her poem “Revelation.”

Second runner-up, Emma Heil from Eastlake, received $600 for her poem “Empty.”

Other finalists from Eastlake included Kristina Brown and Sean Tornquist.

The New Poet’s Society was created by Redmond poet, novelist and instructor R.E. Smith, who has already begun plans for the 2009 New Poet’s Society contest and hopes to increase fundraising to reward more young people for their creativity. For information, e-mail rsmith2@hotmail.com.

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