NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles students honored by principal . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Two Jefferson Elementary School students, Caleb McLarty and Emi Halberg, were honored by Principal Joyce Mininger at a recent school board meeting as Port Angeles School District Students of the Month.

The students, both in sixth grade, were selected by Jefferson staff as part of a program honoring exceptional students during the 2015-16 school year.

“The Jefferson staff chose Caleb and Emi, two students who have been here from kindergarten through eighth grade and are exemplary in their academics and overall character,” Mininger said.

Caleb is the son of Rachel and Andrew McLarty.

Emi is the daughter of Christine and Greg Halberg.

Students of the Month will be announced at each school’s respective school board meeting.

Each district school hosts a school board meeting once during the school year.

WSU honor roll

PULLMAN — The following students have been named to Washington State University’s president’s honor roll for the 2015 fall semester

To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade-point average of 3.75 or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work.

Forks

Jonathan Blake Farrell.

Port Angeles

James Michael Armstrong, Joey A. Barnes, Taylor Rachel Bereiter, Ryan Cayn Brooks, Brooke Dawn Cole, Leticia Larie Hellebore, Bailee Cheyenne Jones, Marcus Alan Konopaski, Bailey Elizabeth Reader, Austin Joel Roberson, Melanie Lynn Schimschal, Travis Dylan Simmons, Matthew Charles Waldrip, Thomas Frederick Williams, Lindsey Jordan Wilson, David Coville Winsor and Michael Scott Wood.

Port Ludlow

Cody Alan Cottier, Kyla Grace Gabriel and Philip Benjamin Pitts.

Port Townsend

Colin Llwyd Coker, Patrick Foley Forrestal, Erika Dawn Hoglund, Kiley Jordan Maag and Mark Anthony Streett.

Sequim

Aldo Garcia, Stacey Lynn Gary, Kaitlin Marie Heike, Brianna Zhen Kettel, Matthew O’Brien, Kenneth Carl Oien, Casey Michael Torres and Abraham Mark Weiss.

Contest results

PULLMAN — Marcus Konopaski of Port Angeles was part of a Washington State University construction management program team that took second place in a recent competition.

The regional Associated Schools of Construction student competition is the largest in the U.S., according to a news release.

It was the fifth year in a row that the commercial team from WSU has placed in the competition, which is held annually in February in Sparks, Nev.

WSU’s team took second in the commercial category, which included 15 teams from schools in California, Oregon and Washington.

Students were required to develop a proposal for a real-life construction problem in less than 24 hours.

Students used construction management skills, such as scheduling, estimating, site logistics, site safety and technical writing.

The team made a formal presentation and participated in a question- and answer-session with judges.

Other student teams members included Brad Neudorfer, Michael Ruether, Kate Wallen, Marie Landsverk and Steven Bradshaw.

The alternate was Trevor Leger.

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