December’s theme for Student of the Month at Harbour Pointe Middle School was “Communicators,” an attribute from the International Baccalaureate Profile. 

Communicators understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. 

They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.

Harbour Pointe Middle School selected the following students who best demonstrated these qualities:

6th Grade:  Anngee Gorrell, Manolo Mercado, Kevin Seo, Lizzie Shriver, Sarah Smiley

7th Grade:   Hanna Choi, Laura Diaz, Will Kramer, Matt Miller

8th Grade:  Oleg Avramenko, Brian Kim, Nellie Vasiliev, Julie Yoon

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Ann Dhaliwal of Harbour Pointe Middle School won the gold in Scholastic Art competition. She also earned an honorable mention for a second piece.

Her first place piece, titled “Pollin,” is a chalk pastel drawing. It will be photographed and submitted digitally by the Snohomish Arts Council for competition in New York City, with judging there in May.

Other honorees at Harbour Pointe include: Alicia Golding, silver and honorable mention; Natalie DeKay, silver and honorable mention; Marrisa Felton, silver; Luke Pascoe, honorable mention; Jacqueline Tardanico, silver; and Alaina Wiggins, silver.

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All three winners of this year’s annual Prodigies for Peace school essay contest were from the Mukilteo School District, as were four of the six finalists.

Mukilteo students had a complete sweep of both the high school and middle school divisions.

Winning the contest among high school students was Perissa Turner of Mariner, with the two finalists being her fellow classmates Weyni Haddis and Marlene Lopez.

In the middle school division, Samantha Lundell of Olympic View was judged the winner while the two finalists were Devon Kashishian of Harbour Pointe and Marci Zainwel of Explorer.

The winner of the contest in the elementary division was Calista Nelwan of Discovery. The awards were presented last week at the Martin Luther King Diversity Breakfast.

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Marielle Larson of Mukilteo was recently named to the Dean's List at the College of William and Mary for the fall 2009 semester.

In order to achieve Dean's List status, a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester.

The College of William and Mary is the second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.