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Cobalt Mortgage Dollars for Scholars, a nonprofit organization, joined donors, business partners and employees to create scholarships to support students in the pursuit of their post-secondary education goals.
This year more than $100,000 in scholarship funds will be awarded to 73 deserving students in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Utah, and Oklahoma.
The Issaquah and Kirkland branches of Cobalt Mortgage will award $5,000 in scholarships to high school seniors of local schools and community organizations:
• Jeff and Megan Bell Scholarship Award ($2,000) – Kentridge High School
• Tina McDonough Remax/Kevin Winter Scholarship Award ($2,000) – Tahoma High School
• Edgeview Homes Scholarship Award ($1,000) – Auburn High School
Individual donors and business partners contributed nearly $45,000 in scholarship funds that were matched dollar-for-dollar by Cobalt Mortgage. The remainder of the scholarships was funded by employee donations and company contributions. The purpose of the company’s nonprofit initiative is to make a positive impact on the youth and their families in the communities they serve.
Child Find screenings
The Kent School District offers free Child Find screenings for children ages 3-5 who may have a disability.
Screenings will be in the areas of language, learning and motor development.
All screenings will be at the KSD Administrative Campus, 12033 S.E. 356th St.
Screening dates: March 22, 29; April 5, 26.
At least one parent must accompany the child at the screening. Screenings take approximately 1 1/2 hours and are conducted by certified staff.
For more information and to schedule a screening, call Becca Ramos at 253-373-7513.
Elsewhere
Kent’s Kristeen Giese (master’s, sociology: human service, planning and administration) graduated Dec. 15 from Minnesota State University, Mankato. …
Kent’s Ian Durnford, Kyle Lutz and Garrett Van Hook made the fall quarter honor roll at Montana State University. … Alex Smith of Kent was among 245 students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Jamestown (N.D.) College. …
Kent’s Cody Brian Gilomen (junior, mechanical engineering) and John Joseph Perko (sophomore,mechanical engineering) made the Saint Martin’s University fall semester dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement. …
Kent’s Brittany N. Styger (4.0 GPA) was named to the fall semester dean’s List at Colorado State University-Pueblo. … The following students from Kent were recently listed on the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Portland: Sara Bindl, freshman, business administration; James Cutler, junior, civil engineering; Roxanne Fontanilla, junior, nursing; Evan Howell, senior, mechanical engineering; Rachel Schmidt, junior, nursing. Students need at least a 3.5 grade point average to be eligible for the dean’s list. …
Quinn Briceno, son of Chesna and Jason Briceno, of Renton, will attend Rocky Mountain College this fall. Quinn plans to major in sports management. He graduated from Kent-Meridian High School. …
Navid Azodi of Kentwood has been accepted into Phase One of the 2012-13 Washington Aerospace Scholars. The WAS program, now in its seventh year, is a free, competitive, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program for high school juniors from throughout the state and is affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center’s National High School Aerospace Scholars program and with the University of Washington’s Department of Earth and Space Science. … Kent’s Matthew Jordan Swanson made the fall honor roll at Western Oregon University. …
Kent-Meridian’s school store is one of three school-based enterprises in the nation to receive a Silver Level Certification. The school store has operated for 41 years and is run by its student DECA group. Three students – Emma Baron, Charlene Ramel and Brandon Vansylalom – and their advisor, Angela Taylor, worked on the certification project. Schools stores are nationally certified on the Bronze, Silver or Gold levels based on their demonstration of marketing and retail standards.
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