Ferndale High School - Aquila Yearbook (Ferndale, WA)

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SENIORS Excellence is hallmark of seniors | Theresa McDonald Karri McFarland Laurie Robinson Glen McKay Jon Medcalf Shannon Medearis Vikki Medearis Harrison Metzger Amy Meyer utting the finishing touches on her atest creation, Amy Meyer spends er time on her favorite hobby. Senior excellence could be found in areas ranging from academics to music. For Darren Stach excellence was scoring in the top 1 percent in the nation on the PSAT test. That put him in the running for a National Merit Scholars hip. ‘““When | took the PSAT, | had no idea | would be involved in getting the scholar- ship,” Stach said. Other National Merit semi-finalists were Marc Perry and Maria Kolby. Other seniors showed ex- cellence within the community. Ray Fann and Christen Unick worked at the Westside Record- Journal. Fann was a football reporter. ‘It was good experience and it was fun writing about the football games. | would like to use this experience in the future,’’ he “It was a lot of work but I’m glad I was doing something I lik- ed,” said Christen Unick. said. Unick was sports editor of the newspaper. “it was a lot of work, but I’m glad | was doing something | liked,’’ she said. Some musical seniors were ac- cepted into the Seattle Youth Sym- phony. Phil Heaven, Markus Klausli, Maria Kolby, Jeff Johnson, and Andy Whitaker auditioned and were accepted. Heaven was sur- prised when he was accepted. ‘‘It was the easiest audition to take, but it was the most important because the symphony is one of the best,’’ he said. ; Michelle Schmidt showed ex- cellence in extra-curricular ac- tivities. She was president of FFA. Schmidt planned the Food For America program which was designed to teach younger students about food sources. 23

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4 bal SENIORS Erika Latta Angela Lavers Travis Leuenberger Sean MacCormack Missie MacMillan Eric Maines Karen Malloy Jason Marlowe Tracy Maynard Mike McCarty Kjell McCown Melody McCutchen For Darren Stach, being a Na- tional Merit Scholarship finalist wasn’t all fun and games. It re- quired many hours of hard work.

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SENIORS Seniors gain experience with projects By Leah Ross Seniors involved in special pro- jects won't forget the unique ex- periences they gained. Students were able to focus on subjects of special interest by signing up for special projects. “| learned about synthesizers and electronic sound using a drum machine, synthesizers, an amplifyer, and a computer com- posing program,’’ said Brent Wolters. According to Wolters, Mr. Jeff Seely, his special project teacher, had abundant information about music. ‘‘He always told me his opi- nions about my work especially when he didn’t like somthing. | learned from his experience,” Wolters said. Maria Kolby chose to focus her special project on short story “... It helped me decide what I wanted to study in college,’’ said Teresa Rieland. writing. “| got involved in writing last summer at Pacific Lutheran University and so | wanted to con- centrate more on it. My goal was to have something published by the end of this year,” said Kolby. Because Teresa Rieland didn’t have room in her schedule to take psychology, she centered her special project around human behavior. “I went to the library and did a lot of research. It helped me decide what | wanted to study in college,” Rieland said. Mack Pope was involved in two special project classes. He used both to work on rebuilding a car. In one ‘class he did the Bo work and the other the engine work. “| planned on going to Arizona Automotive Institute to become a mechanic so my special project helped me out a fot,” Pope said. 24. Robby Meyers Lisa Miller Kelly Moeller Shannon Montoya Jodie Moore Troy Moravec Tami Morgan Kerry Moser Teresa Rieland spends her spare time researching in the library on human) behavior.