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U-Hi teen has the music in him Wearing his signature pink tie, University High School senior Andrew Croneberger performed an improvisation of 12 movie songs at the Mr. University talent show in March. Using only a small piece of paper listing the movie titles as his score, he was rated the most talented during the school’s annual show. More ›
Rogers scholar takes time for fun Since he was in the sixth grade, Karl Fencl has wanted to go to Stanford University. “It just seemed like the perfect school for me,” he says, “everything about it.” Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania also were considerations, but it was Stanford’s outstanding academic history and laid-back approach to learning that made it Fencl’s primary choice. More ›
Getting back on track When Cheryl Kettrick first encountered Jamal Davis, now a senior in West Valley School District’s Contract Based Education program two years ago, it was at Abstemious, an out-patient drug and alcohol treatment center in Spokane. “I immediately thought that here was a wonderful person who needed some help,” said Kettrick, owner of A to Z Rentals in Spokane. More ›
Learning by caring It’s difficult to believe Sarah Gotzian, 18, when she says she’s not compassionate. After all, she spent countless hours, morning, noon and night, helping her aunt, Jill Gotzian, who had muscular dystrophy. As her illness progressed, Jill Gotzian needed help with pretty much everything, from personal hygiene to meals and getting in and out of bed. She died on March 1, and Sarah Gotzian spoke at her memorial service about how much helping her aunt taught her. More ›
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