Washington Award for Vocational Excellence ( WAVE) Scholarship Recipients
Presented by Shep Siegel

Name	School	Competition/Award
Tina Cho	Ballard HS	Business/ Marketing (Academy of Finance)
Marian Proctor	Hale	Arts/ Humanities/ Communication/ Media (Radio)
Claudia Rincon	Ingraham	Family & Cons. Sciences / Career in Education
Tai Nguyen	Roosevelt	Family & Cons. Sciences / ProStart Culinary
Vanessa Armstrong	West Seattle	Health/ Human Services (Health Occupations)

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Health and Human Services
Presented by Roxanne Trees

Name		School	Competition/Award
Carolyn Garthwaite	Teacher	Roosevelt	WA State ProStart Teacher of the Year (awarded a trip to France to study culinary arts)
Jannette Manual	Teacher	Garfield	Family and Consumer Science Education (FASCE) New Professional of the Year
Tai Nguyen		Roosevelt	WA State ProStart Student of the Year

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Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

Name		School	Competition/Award
Susan Grant	Teacher	Ingraham	Advisor to Advisor the for the State of WA
Katy Ramsay		Ballard	Region IV Vice President for King County
Kelly Rincon		Ingraham	Region IV President and WA State Officer: Parliamentarian
Torrey Tai Le		Roosevelt	Entrepreneurship, Occupational - 1st Place, qualified for nationals in Chicago
Tai Nguyen		Roosevelt	1st Place, WA State Gold Medal - CULINARY ARTS - Hospitality Cup culinary team member
Chris Kong		Roosevelt	Hospitality Cup culinary team member
Claudia Rincon Kelly Rincon Xiao, Wang Karla Dobson Courtney Burris	Student Team	Ingraham	Parliamentary Procedure Team - 1st Place, WA State Gold medal (to Chicago)
Amanda Dews Vanna Gable	Student Team	Ingraham	Focus on Children, Occupational - 1st Place Team, WA State Gold medal (to Chicago)
Julianna Sackeyfio Jamelia Walker Emme Ribeiro	Student Team	Ingraham	Focus on Children, Sr - 2nd Place Team, WA State Gold medal
Chequita Williams Jennifer Argueta	Student Team	Ingraham	Chapter Showcase, Sr - 3rd Place Team, WA State Gold medal

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Business, Marketing & Information Technology
Presented by Roger Shimizu

National Lodging Management Cup, Orlando Fl

Name		School	Competition/Award
Joan Bayley	Teacher	Ingraham	2004 Teacher Excellence Award - American Hotel & Lodging Institute, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation, and American Hotel and Lodging Association
Joan Bayley Duyen My Nguyen Cindy Tran Sandy Ton Manh Duong	Teacher / Student Team	Ingraham	2nd place Overall - National Lodging Management Cup National Lodging Management Cup Orlando Knowledge Bowl – 3rd place National Lodging Management Cup Orlando Hotel Operations -- 2nd place National Lodging Management Cup Orlando Hospitality project – 3rd place

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Marketing

Name		School	Competition/Award
Shirley Linvog-Fleischman	Teacher	Ballard	DECA Conference - Ballard High School students ranked fourth in Nation for Stock Market Challenge and qualified to attend the International DECA Conference
Evan Bolin, Edward Nguyen Nguyen Tran Celeste Bacon Kristin Anderson	Student Team	Ballard	DECA Conference - Ballard students qualified to attend the International DECA Conference in Nashville
Gary Thomsen and 30 marketing students	Teacher / Student Team	Sealth	The Diaries of White Center - Produced a multimedia presentation, including a 60-minute video, an interactive CD, and a series of exhibit panels, featuring the stories and experiences of White Center residents

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Future Business Leaders of America State Conference (FBLA)

Name		School	Competition/Award
	Student Team	Ballard	Local Recruitment of Chapters - 1st Place
	Student Team	Ingraham	Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit - 1st Place Local Annual Business Report - 5th Place Largest percentage of chapter members
	Student Team	Ingraham	Network Design Team - 3rd Place
Joshua Sachs		Ingraham	Java Programming - 2nd Place C++ Programming - 4th Place
Eric Wang		Hale	Economics - 1st Place
Kristen Dwyer-O'Connor		Ballard	Banking & Financial Systems, 3rd Place
Patrick Lennon		Ballard	International Business - 4th Place
Barbara Cummins and Student Team	Teacher and Team	Ingraham	Students qualified to attend FBLA National Conference in July

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Academy of Finance National Citigroup Scholarship for $20,000

Name	School
Kristen Dwyer-O'Connor	Ballard
Uyjien Ung	Franklin
Rafika Shibly	Franklin
Keven Le

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Science, Engineering & Industry
Presented by Shep Siegel on behalf of Stephen Simmons

Name		School	Competition/Award
Bruce Dodson	Teacher	Cleveland	Frankinbird
Kjell Rye	Teacher	Garfield	On May 18th I was honored at Microsoft with a special award. The Global Technology Academy, our 501(c)3 non-profit organization, will refurbish over 4,000 computers world-wide this year. The Garfield Technology Academy finished its 16 international project with 130 computers going to six schools in Ghana, West Africa.

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Rotary Club Scholarship Recipients

Name	School
Sarah Nielson	Hale
Michelle Foster	Hale
Meiko Hall	Hale

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Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program Scholarship Recipients

Name	School	Competition/Award
Ivy Ho	Roosevelt	$5,000 scholarship from FEMA and ACE Mentor Program
Emlie McIntyre	Garfield	$5,000 scholarship from the International Masonry Institute

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Arts, Humanities, Communications & Media
Presented by Shep Siegel on behalf of Stephen Simmons

Name		School	Competition/Award
Matt Lawrence	Teacher	Ballard	Ballard High School Video Production Program

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2004 Westport Youth Film Festival &
2004 Derek Freese High School Video Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
Max Bennett Brendan McCarthy Andrew Peru	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection: Eight (short film)

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2004 Evergreen Film Scene Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
Ryan Kent Robert Persinger Andrew Peru	Student Team	Ballard	Best Music Video: Food Pyramid
Maggie Flickinger Johnny Huong, Grant Yaffee	Student Team	Ballard	Honorable Mention, Music Video: Feathers
Louisa Cranston Sophia Federighi Brett Veling-Nickele	Student Team	Ballard	Best Comedy: Cake (short narrative film)
Zoe Pye Kari Schmidt Addison Suderman	Student Team	Ballard	Honorable Mention, Comedy: Big Bucks (short narrative film)

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2004 Cascadia Film Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
JoAnna Brownrigg Johnny Huong Sarah Ricci	Student Team	Ballard	2nd Place - Best High School Film: Bad Karma (short film)

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2004 Shoreline Arts Student Film Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
Kelly Norgard Rheannon Rice Rebecca Casey	Student Team	Ballard	Excellence in Filmmaking – Blind Date
Zoe Pye Kari Schmidt Addison Suderman	Student Team	Ballard	Excellence in Filmmaking – Big Bucks
Max Bennett Brendan McCarthy Andrew Peru	Student Team	Ballard	Excellence in Filmmaking - Eight

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2004 One Reel Film Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
Max Bennett Brendan McCarthy Andrew Peru	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection – Eight
Sophia Federighi Andrew Peru Danny Shearer	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection – Marley’s
Louisa Cranston Ryan Kent Robert Persinger	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection – Saturday in the Park
Natasha Pauw		Ballard	Official Selection – Seen but not Heard?

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2003 One Reel Film Festival

The success of the Ballard students moved One Reel, the best-attended short film festival in the country, to create a new section of the festival (Hollywood High) featuring outstanding work from high school producers.

Name		School	Competition/Award
Danny Shearer Jesse Harris	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection: Snow Heroes (documentary)
Geneva Griswold Jesse Harris	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection: The Sound of Silence (short film)

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2003 Young Peoples Film & Video Festival

Name		School	Competition/Award
Max Bennett Brendan McCarthy Grant Yaffee	Student Team	Ballard	Official Selection: The Heirloom (short film)

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Staff and Supporter Awards

Shep Siegel - WA-ACTE Educator of the Year 2004

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