Student Awards and Achievements!

 

St. Mark School JOY Award

The JOY Award is given to a student in each grade who lives what it means to be a Christian. Specifically, this person acts in a Christ-like way, which shows that JOY (Jesus first. Others second. Yourself last.) is a way of living with others.  The JOY award is awarded at the end of the year.

The students in each class help determine the student selection by nominating candidates for the JOY Award. Each nomination should include three good reasons for the recommendation. The classroom teacher determines the final selection.

Some examples are:
  • Loving and encouraging people instead of putting them down
  • Reaching out to ask, "What’s wrong" if someone is sad.
  • Sharing toys, food and talents with other persons.
  • Being polite to parents, siblings and classmates.
  • Making sure that all classmates are included in activities.
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    Speech:  Congratulations to Abby Freitag who won a SUPERIOR AWARD at the Eastside Catholic High School Speech Tournament.  Speech Team is completed for this year. There will be a pizza lunch for all Speech Team members and coaches on a mutually agreed upon date.
     
    Basketball:  Congratulations to the 7th grade girls who won the Greater Seattle 7th Grade AA Championship.  Come see their trophy in the hallway at the front of the school. Watch the girls on TV during the Eric's Little Hero's Segment! http://www.komonews.com/sports/heroes/84523707.html
     
     
    Bookmarks:  In the book mark contest, the winners were as follows:  Grade level: Erika Murphy-Kindergarten, Ava Haines-1st grade, Gianna Rule-2nd grade, Sonia Svendsen-3rd grade, Katie Hemmen 4th grade, Raider Marek-5th grade, Cody Dilley-6th grade, Hieu Ta-7th grade, and Natalie Robertson-8th grade.  Division winners were: Emma Tran  K-2, Lydia Kim 3-5, and Ryan Bui and Saron Desta 6-8.  The overall winners K-8: Brendan Amort-5th grade and Jamea Nielsen- 6th grade.  Congratulations to all the entrants!
     
    Spelling Bee:  The classroom winners were Kate Tran and Nathan Abila from the 3rd grade,  Matthew Keck and Ivy Hawksford from the 4th grade, Brendan Amort and Jeffrey Freitag from the 5th grade, Luke Van Hollebeke and John McVickar from 6th grade, Kialani Rule and Ryan Bui from 7th grade, and Byron Encarnacion  and Alexa Amort  from the 8th grade.  Our winner this year is Byron Encarnacion.  He will represent us at the regional Spelling Bee in March.