SCHOOL BRIEFS
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - Mason County Journal - Page A-7
Eight Shelton High
grads get Kiwanis
scholarships
The Shelton Kiwanis Foundation
awarded eight $1,000 scholarships
to new graduates of Shelton High
School.
Three of the scholarships were
provided through the Dell Abelein
Endowment for students who major
in education.
The other five scholarships are
funded by the Pancakes in the Park
and other Shelton Kiwanis Club
events, and from donations made to
the foundation.
Meghan Ranney has a 3.99 GPA,
and will attend Washington State
University to study neurology.
She is a member of the school's
Key Club. Ranney wants to start a
nonprofit that helps the families of
sick children pay medical bills.
Serena Ranney has a 4.0 GPA,
and plans to study at the College
of Agriculture at Washington State
University.
She was introduced to the field
of food science while participating
in the school's Future Farmers of ,,
America group.
Lauren Herrick attended the
Running Start program, and will
receive an Associates in Arts de-
gree along with her high school
diploma. She works for Olympia
Impressions Dentistry, and will
enter the dental assisting program
at South Puget Sound Community
College.
Gordon Henry plans to study me-
chanical engineering at Eastern-Wash-
ington University. He has a 3.6 GPA,
and was captain of the football team.
Carly Stauffer has a 4.0 GPA. She
said plans to enter the nursing program
at Pacific Lutheran University to earn
a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing,
and then attend graduate school.
Tiahna Neal said she plans to
major in either math or elementary
education at Western Washington
University.
She said she hopes to teach stu-
dents in grades three to five, and has
volunteered in a Bourdeaux Elemen-
tary third-grade class for five years.
Paige Hurst said she will study
early childhood education at Western
Washington University.
She said she wants to teach kin-
dergarten students. She is a Na-
tional Honor Society member with a
3.5 GPA.
Danielle Swanstrom has a 3.9
GPA, and said she will study elemen-
tary education at Eastern Washing-
ton University.
She said she discovered her pas-
sion for teaching children through
work at Best Daycare and Shelton
Presbyterian Church camp.
Free meals, snacks
for kids in Shelton
schools
The Shelton School District offers
free meals and snacks to all children
ages 18 and younger this summer.
The Seamless Summer Feeding
Program is funded by the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture. For more
information, call 426-2533.
Shelton High School, 3737 N.
Shelton Springs Road, offers snacks
from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., and lunch
from noon to 12:30 p.m. weekdays
July 7 through Aug. 8.
Evergreen Elementary, 900 W.
Franklin St., offers breakfasts from
8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and lunch from
noon to 12:30 p.m. weekdays July 21
through Aug. 8.
CHOICE Alternative School, 807
W. Pine St., offers snacks from 10:30
a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays July 8 through Aug. 21.
Free summer
lunches for kids
at Pioneer Primary
The Pioneer School District offers
free lunches to all children ages 18
and younger from 11 a.m. to noon
July 7 through Aug. 1 at Pioneer
Primary School, 110 E. Spencer Lake
Road, Shelton.
The Seamless Summer Feeding
Program is funded by the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture. For more
information, call 426-9115.
Summer classes
for drop-outs,
at-risk students
Youths ages 16 to 21 who have
dropped out of high school, or are in
danger of doing so, can apply for free
classes in Capital Region ESD l13's
Re-engagement Program through
Gravity High School.
The classes are open to youths
in Mason, Grays Harbor, Lewis and
Thurston counties.
Students who enroll can work
on high school credits, GED prepa-
ration, work readiness skills,
college readiness preparation,
vocational certificates and other
course.
For information, call the Mason
County office at 426-1200.
• Compiled by reporter
Gordon Weeks
Shelton High School graduate earns doctor of medicine degree from Wisconsin college
STAFF REPORT recently received a doctor es May 16 at The Milwaukee and Cathy Koehn of Shelton, begin a preliminary residen-
news@masoncounty.com of medicine degree from the Theater. earned his undergraduate de- cy at San Antonio Uniformed
Medical College of Wisconsin He was one of 188 students gree at Pacific Lutheran Uni- Services Health Education
Tyler Ray Koehn, a Shel- in Milwaukee at its 101st an- to earn the degree, versity in 2008. Consortium at Fort Sam
ton High School graduate, nual commencement exercis- Koehn, the son of Dennis After graduation, he will Houston.
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