YOUR FUTURE THROUGH CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Auburn School District No. 408 - 915 4th Street Northeast - Auburn, Washington 98002

Vol. XVII Ed. 1 Fall/Winter 2008www.auburn.wednet.edu

Auburn Riverside Art Students a Big Hit

Auburn Riverside High School’s visual arts program captured top honors at the 2008 Puyallup Fair Junior/Senior High School Art Show. This year over 1,367 pieces of student art representing 40 schools were entered into the

competition. Of those pieces, five Raven artists received the following awards:Dominika Kristinkova, a 2007-

08 German foreign exchange student, entered her charcoal still life into the competition and earned only 1 of 20 top Blue Ribbon Awards. Thanks to Do-minika’s Blue Ribbon Award, Auburn Riverside’s arts pro-gram received a $100 cash prize.

Senior Yelena Zadneprovskaya painted her self-portrait using oils and won a Yellow Juror’s Choice Award. Yelena was quite surprised by her award, as her self-portrait was her very first painting. She hopes to pursue freelance work after graduation and eventually attend the Seattle Art Institute for graphic design and photography.

McKellan Garner, a recent 2008 graduate, entered a graphic design image into the competition—a pro-motional poster for Crystal Moun-tain Ski Resort—and took home a Yellow Juror’s Choice Award.

To top off the list of award win-ners, senior Paige Crawford’s skateboard deck design—an abstract design she painted onto the actual wooden deck of a skateboard—also received a Yellow Juror’s Choice Award. This was Paige’s first artis-tic award, which she is excited to add to her academic and athletic ac-complishments. She plans to attend college and major in graphic de-sign, interior design or architecture.

Junior Lyudmila Arseniy’s wa-tercolor of her mom and dad drew accolades from the Puyallup Fair Art Show jurors and was awarded a coveted Yellow Juror’s Choice Award, an award presented by the

jurors for high qual-ity pieces of student art. Lyudmila plans to use the piece in her senior portfolio. Her plans after high school include pursuing a degree in architec-ture and minor in art.

Artwork by Yelena Zadneprovskaya

Artwork by McKellan Garner

Artwork by Lyudmila Arseniy

Artwork by Dominika Kristinkova

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Artwork by Paige Crawford

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According to art instructor Kathy Lobdell, “I try to enter as many works of student art into local competitions so the students get good exposure of their work. We enter pieces at events like Uniquely Auburn and Auburn Good Ol’ Days. Showing art is a great way for students pursuing a career in art and design to build their portfolios and resumes, especially when their artwork wins awards.”

In addition to these five award winners, two more Riverside artists were contacted by patrons of the art show who were interested in purchasing their artwork. Senior Viet Dinh painted a palm tree and beach scene with acrylics. Viet’s painting was sold in ad-dition to junior Billy Schunke’s drawing of his dog. Billy chose a monochromatic color scheme using chalk pastels. According to Viet, “I’m torn about selling the piece but it will be good if I sell it and other people get to see my work. I know I can always paint another one.” For Billy, “I selected this piece to enter because it was a personal piece of my own dog and I thought I did really well with it.” Ms. Lobdell was thrilled to have two of her students sell their artwork. “Not many high school students have the oppor-tunity to sell their work,” says Ms. Lobdell.

Artwork by Billy Schunke

Artwork by Viet Dinh

Competition Corner

Auburn High School woodworking and design students were recognized for their com-munity service and received the Runner-Up Award in the 2007 Minwax Community

Craftsman Award Program. The students built 80 flag cases in memory of the fallen soldiers of Washington State and presented them to the individual families at a student-organized memorial gathering. The class won a free supply of Minwax products. Auburn High School’s sports medicine program captured third place at the 2008 Washing-ton Vocational Sports Medicine Association (WVSMA) State Championship at Wenatchee High School on April 25-26. Student award recipients included: Alexis Burt (10th place), Nate Lathrop (16th place), Kristen Dick (18th place) and Shawna Jordan (4th place, JV division). The Auburn School District jewelry manufacturing program dominated the competition at the 6th Annual Washington State High School Jewelry and Metal Arts Competition and Exhibition, which was held from May 9-June 8 at the Seattle Art Museum. The following students were award winners: 1st Place Jewelry: Chelsea Wood (ARHS); 2nd Place Jew-elry: Sergey Godunok (AMHS); Honorable Mention Jewelry: Mandip Singh (AMHS); Honorable Mention Jewelry: James Carroll (AHS); 1st Place Sculpture: Brandon Forgie (ARHS); 2nd Place Sculpture: Jeremy Hatfield (AHS); and 3rd Place Sculpture: Michelle Brant (ARHS). Auburn Riverside High School culinary arts students Austin Fitterer, Chelsea Sum-mers, Zach Root, Jason Welker and Kyle Pendley brought home first place from the annual Black Box Team Competition hosted by Renton Technical College in May 2008. The team prepared a 3-course meal, 6 portions of each course, for a total of 18 plates in 1 hour, as well as a 1-hour knife skills test. Fifteen Auburn High School art students entered Congressman Adam Smith’s 9th Congres-sional District Art Competition and had their pieces displayed at the Tacoma Art Museum in May 2008. Drawing II students drew illustration posters to promote the release of “Prince Caspian” for Auburn Regal Cinemas. Posters were hung in the lobby during the opening celebration. Amanda Hainer won Best Poster Illustration for her pen and ink wash of Prince Caspian horseback riding through the woods. And at Auburn High’s Annual Art Show, Michelle Johnson won Best of Show for her acrylic painting.

The following Auburn Riverside students competed at the SkillsUSA State Competition on April 18-19 in Vancouver:

Basic Electronics: Derek Clarke, 2nd Place; Ian McCuistion, 3rd Place; Lila Madsen, 4th Place; Abner Beaulieu, 6th Place; and Jeremy Hester, 7th Place

Cabinet Making: Kevin Powers, 1st Place; and Jeremy Anderson, 6th Place

Computer Maintenance: Chris Jaques, 1st Place

Electronics Technology: Spencer Jones, 1st Place; Dylan Hoffner, 2nd Place; Jonathan Paik, 4th Place; and Faruk Quadri, 5th Place

Related Math: Chris Jaques, 10th Place; and Spencer Jones, 15th Place

As first place winners at State, Kevin Powers, Chris Jaques and Spencer Jones traveled to the National SkillsUSA Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 22-28 to compete in their respective categories. Additionally, Frank Medina, the electronics and computer repair instructor at Auburn Riverside High School, was named the SkillsUSA Advisor of the Year for the Puget Sound Region.

Auburn Riverside High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter competed at the Regional Winter Conference at Emerald Downs in February. Bryce El-lingson placed 1st in Help Desk, 2nd in Computer Problem Solving and 2nd in Technology Concepts. Stephanie Humphries and Chelsea Humphries placed 2nd in the Entrepreneur-ship team event. Chelsea Humphries won 3rd place in Marketing. At the State Conference in Bellevue in April, Stephanie and Chelsea placed 2nd in the Business Plan team event. Additionally, the ARHS FBLA chapter won 1st place at State for having the largest per-centage of professional members.

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Welcome New CTE StaffMarci MassickCulinary Arts Teacher, Auburn High School

Marci Massick is the new culinary arts teacher at Auburn High School after serving as a paraeducator in the program for seven years. She earned her Career and Technical Educa-

tion (CTE) probationary certificate and is currently taking classes at City University to earn her teaching certificate.

Ms. Massick’s passion for teaching began years ago while attending Washington State University to obtain a special education teaching certificate. However, she left the program before graduation to stay home and raise her children. After 12 years of staying at home, Ms. Massick reentered the workforce knowing she wanted to continue to work with children. So when a substitute position opened in Auburn Riverside High School’s culinary arts program, Ms. Massick welcomed the opportunity. Soon thereafter Ms. Massick began substituting in Auburn High School’s culinary arts program and then was hired as a paraeducator.

Ms. Massick has enjoyed educating students on the ins and outs of culinary arts including cooking, baking, prepping, stocking, serving and more. Now as the culinary arts instructor, Ms. Massick oversees the program and has incorporated her own style into an already solid food service program. For instance, Ms. Massick has created an opportunity for the beginning culinary arts students to experience the restaurant side of the program, otherwise known as Café Auburn, during their rotation. In years past, beginning students did not experi-ence the restaurant until their second year in the program. According to Ms. Massick, “This change has sparked an interest for beginning students to continue on in the program.” Ms. Massick has also implemented new skills testing.

Known for her high energy and fast-paced style—traits common to many leaders in the food service industry—Ms. Massick thrives in a busy environment and is grateful she does because of the intensity of any given day in the Auburn High School kitchen. Five periods of culinary arts students rotate through five stations daily, feeding nutritious and quality meals to over 700 students and staff. “Each period has a checklist of what they need to accomplish,” says Ms. Massick, “while I bounce between the kitchens, cafeteria and restaurant.” The five stations include: Café Auburn; cold food; hot food; bakery/pizza; and dish/wrap.

Ms. Massick encourages her students to gain additional food industry experience during non-school hours. She has a dedicated group of students who volunteer their time on Friday nights to prep, cook and serve dinner to the football players and coaches. Her students also volunteered at the Auburn High School fall open house, preparing teriyaki for parents in attendance. The Culinary Arts Club is also up and running. The club offers catering services to generate revenue and uses the funding for field trips, equipment, guest speakers and more. “This year will be the year the students get to show off their skills. Any chance they get to do a catering event or be in the limelight will be another opportunity for them to share their talent,” says Ms. Massick.

Stephanie SwiftFamily and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Auburn Riverside High School

Stephanie Swift returns to the hallways of Auburn Riverside High School (ARHS) as the new family and consumer sciences teacher. After graduating from Auburn Riverside in 2000, Ms.

Swift attended Central Washington University to earn her degree in family and consumer sciences and started her family and consumer sciences teaching career in the Renton School District at Hazen High School. Five years later, Ms. Swift is thrilled to be back in the Auburn School District at her alma mater.

Ms. Swift is off and running in her first year as she gears up to create a stronger Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) club at ARHS. Last year at Hazen High School, Ms. Swift boasted the largest FCCLA club in the state with 48 members. “I am excited to help grow the program here with Ms. Jensen who has already established it,” says Ms. Swift. “I have some great new projects in mind and am also excited

to learn more about the established projects and community service activities.” Ms. Swift is a big proponent of encouraging students to take their projects to both local and national level competitions.

Currently Ms. Swift teaches food science and nutrition and wellness. Her pas-sions are food and culture, and she has already planned a student summer tour to Madrid, Paris and Rome for students interested in exploring the culture and food of these regions. According to Ms. Swift, teaching content areas like food or fashion design, which are ever-changing, require her to keep current with new trends, ideas and concepts. Traveling is just one avenue she and her students can keep abreast on current food, fashion and more.

In her free time, Ms. Swift is pursuing a master’s degree in mental health and counseling and therapy at Seattle University. “My master’s program is a wonderful complement to what I teach in family and consumer sciences,” says Ms. Swift.

Jessica Castillo and Julianna Arms prepare blueberry muffins during Ms. Swift’s sixth period Food Science lab.

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Auburn Mountainview VisCom Students Dig Deep

On May 10, thirty Auburn Mountainview High School Visual Communications (VisCom) students volunteered their Saturday morning to spiff up Lea Hill Park

during Auburn’s 2008 “Clean Sweep” event. This community-wide volunteer effort focused on major clean-up and beautification efforts in four local parks—Brannan Park, Environmental Park, Lea Hill Park and Shaughnessy Park.

The Auburn Mountainview team cleared a 50 x 300 ft. hillside overflowing with black-berry bushes. And for the second year in a row, Auburn Mountainview High School was awarded the City of Auburn’s “Golden Broom” award, which goes to the high school with the most Clean Sweep participants.

Two of those students, seniors Keegan Watt and Erin Brewer, were proud to be a part of the city-wide beautification efforts. According to Keegan, “It just seemed like something I should do.” Keegan was able to give back to his community and earn community service hours for graduation at the same time. The team brought clippers, hoes and rakes to clear the blackberry bushes. Keegan is happy to know that the removal of the bushes means more park patrons will be able to enjoy the hillside for picnics, watching baseball games and more.

Erin volunteered at the 2007 Clean Sweep as well, so she thought it would be fun to volunteer again and another great opportunity to fulfill her community service hours. “It is good for Auburn and the school; we get our community service hours and the city gets a clean feel,” smiles Erin. Erin was pleased to see her classmates committed to the project and giving 100 percent. “We were all there to get it done.” Erin also volunteered over the summer at the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, where she busily prepared meals and set up tents for the Coast Guard team.

Cary Davidson, Auburn Mountainview High School VisCom instructor, teaches 21 leadership skills including social responsibility and citizenship as part of the district-wide Career and Technical Education curriculum. In order to help the students learn more about com-munity service, Mr. Davidson proposed the idea of joining Auburn’s Clean Sweep efforts. In 2007, thirty VisCom students helped plant English Laurels along A Street SE. The kids worked hard, had a blast working together and received their first Golden Broom award. Again, Auburn Mountainview students have captured the Golden Broom award. According to Mr. Davidson, “Both years the students got out of bed on a Saturday morning, brought their tools and good attitudes, and went to work. I was really proud of them. In May of 2009, we’re hoping to make it a three-peat.”

Peter Le and Lindsay Belden cut back blackberry bushes on 300 feet of hillside at Lea Hill Park.