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Scholarship established to honor Keith Ewing, EHS ‘55

Keith Ewing was born in Seattle on June 14, 1936 to Georgia Ewing Mattson and Kenneth Albert Ewing. He grew up in Edmonds where he graduated from Edmonds High School in 1955. He earned a master’s degree in meteorology from the University of Washington and began his career with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Great Falls, Montana. In 1994 Keith retired from the NWS having spent 26 years at the Redwood City, California office. He was the lead forecaster for the San Francisco Bay Area and northern California during the last fifteen of those years. In 1987 Keith became a member of NEXRAD which is short for Next Generation Radar. This team of weather forecasters were specifically tasked to help the Raytheon and Unisys companies as they developed their proposals for building and upgrading our country's new weather radar system to include Doppler high-resolution capability.   

Keith was an avid bridge player, a runner, and a 210 average bowler. He also owned and piloted a Cessna 210. In 1967, he met Mary Schmidt at a Redwood City bridge game and invited her to take a ride in his "bird." She was hooked when what she expected to be a Ford sports car actually flew.  On Valentine's day in 1970 they wed and began what would become 30 years of wonderful married life.   

Over the years, a major portion of his free time was spent as a volunteer driver for the American Cancer Society. Sadly, he passed away on October 21, 2000 from complications arising from esophageal cancer. To honor his memory, Mary has established the Keith Lewis Ewing $4,000 post-secondary scholarship. This will be awarded annually to a graduating Edmonds School District student who is either hearing impaired and/or is pursuing a career in audiology, prosthetics, or orthopedics

Alumna Giving Back

For the owners and members of the Lynnwood gym, CrossFit Industrious, being part of the gym’s community means not only bettering your own life, but giving back to the community. Owners, Molly and Steven Hitt are passionate about the gym’s motto of “Work Hard, Live Fit” and bring that to all they do in building the gym’s culture. Molly (Hunsinger) Hitt, an alumna of the Edmonds School District, attended Oak Heights Elementary and graduated from Lynnwood High School. Both of her parents graduated from Woodway High School. For Molly and Stephen, giving back to the community has been a natural extension of their goals to better the lives of our community. They have demonstrated this mission with their support of the Foundation for Edmonds School District’s Nourishing Network program which provides weekend meals to homeless students in the school district.

At Lynnwood High School, Molly played volleyball, basketball and tennis. She graduated from University of Puget Sound where she played volleyball. Molly is energetic, friendly and dedicated to her clients’ fitness. She and Stephen met at a CrossFit facility in 2010 and went on to open CrossFit Industrious together in October 2011. Stephen also works at Mountlake Terrace High School coaching football and strength/conditioning.

Molly and Stephen wanted their business to give back to the community and started a food drive in 2011. Even at this time of low unemployment, they recognize that there are folks in our community who are in need. They started small, but significantly, by donating 150 pounds of food. Things moved quickly when they teamed up with the Foundation for Edmonds School District and the Nourishing Network Pantry. This year the Hitts and their clients will have raised over 2000 pounds of food. Donated items will go to support 133 homeless students at 22 schools with weekend meals and snacks. For many students that rely on free or reduced lunch at school, weekends can mean times of food scarcity, and the Nourishing Network helps families bridge that gap. The Hitts are truly giving back to their community and making a difference.

CrossFit Industrious is a place that is welcoming, purposeful and positive. Molly and Stephen are running a business, and adding to the community in a positive and meaningful way. The gym is located at 21609 Hwy 99 Ste C (across from Value Village) in Lynnwood. You can also get in touch with them at (425) 582-9598 and online.

Students

Shintaro Taneda (LHS ’19) will be competing in March at the Music Teachers National Association Senior Performance String Competition in Baltimore. He earned the opportunity in the presitigious competition after winning both the state and Northwest regional competition. Read more about Shintaro in Lynnwood Today. (Photo courtesty of Lynnwood Today)

 

Amy Nguyen, a 7th grade violinist at Edmonds’ Madrona K-8 School, was selected to be a member of the all-state orchestra. She will join more than 570 other outstanding music students in grades 5-8 that will meet later in February to perform as part of the at the annual Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) event for bands, choirs and orchestras. Read more about Amy in My Edmonds News. (Photo courtesy of My Edmonds News)
 

 

Brandt Fisher (EWHS ’18), saxophonist, was KNKX 88.5 (formerly KPLU) radio’s guest student DJ for January. Check out his interview and song playlist. (Photo courtesy of KNKX)

 

The Meadowdale Mavericks football team advanced to the 2016 semi-finals of the State 3A playoffs. Read more about their amazing season in Lynnwood Today. (Photo courtesy of Lynnwood Today)

Congratulations to the cheer squads from Meadowdale, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace High Schools who all place in the state competition held in January. MHS and LHS placed second and third, respectively, in the 3A/4A Non-Tumbling Large division and MTHS placed third in the 2A/2A Non-Tumbling Medium division. Read more about the competition and see photos in Lynnwood Today and MLTnews.  

 

Mountlake Terrace High’s comedic improv team, Koala-T, placed third at the annual Hogan Cup held in Seattle. See more photos at MLTnews. (Photo courtesy of MLTnews)

 

 

In January, the district opened two new school buildings: Alderwood Middle School and Lynndale Elementary. Open houses were held at both campuses to showcase the new spaces to the community. Please visit Lynnwood Today for more information and photos of both Lynndale and Alderwood Middle Schools.

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Alumni 

Aliverti, Jann (EHS ’74)
Anderson (Wilson), Evelyn  (EHS ‘44)
Fenton, Stacey (MHS ’87)
Gerdon, David (EHS ’75)
Glasgow, James Sr. (EHS ‘64)
Hamlot, Carol (EHS ’61)
Keith (Menne), JoLynn   (EHS ’64)
Lau, Chad (MTHS ’15)
Lewis, David (EHS ‘54)
Luton (Bruce), Barbara (EHS ’56)
McIvor (Wilson), Jodie (MTHS ’85)
Mitchell, Teresa (MHS ’80)
Nelson, Michael (EHS ’80)
Nygard (Bienz), Patricia (EHS ’45)
Olds, Gregory (MHS ’70)
Olsen, Russell (MTHS ‘71)
Pierce (Robinson) Donna (EHS ’62)
Prather, Brenda (LHS ’86)
Provence (Saegert), Betty (EHS ’51)
Ramquist (Fornalski) Janet Kay (EHS '64)
Richter, Stephen (EHS ’61)
Saucerman (Anderson), Mindy (EHS ’70)
Specht (McGinness), Virginia (EHS ’48)
Wallace (Stadler) Elizabeth (EHS ’42)
Welch, James (EHS ’48)

Staff

Bauer, Bob -- MTHS staff member
Bean, Jim – District music teacher
Campbell, Dennis – District biology teacher
Seremeta, Roberta – Teacher
Thorsen, Kathleen (Kathy) (Gillanders) – Teacher and administrator
Thornhill, Jim – Custodian at Martha Lake Elementary

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