Category: students

Students Earn National Merit Scholarship for Language & Cultural Study

Congratulations to CHS students Aarav Shah (MST) , Maile Yancey, and Rafa Lavagnino (MST) for finalist and semi-finalist selections in the highly competitive national merit-based scholarship to participate in an intensive international language and cultural study program. This summer Rafa and Maile will study Mandarin for 7 weeks in Taiwan! This has become quite a …

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NCWIT National Award Recipients for 2023-2024

Congratulations to MST student Zaina Abu Hweij and Iris Ta for being selected as an NCWIT National Award Recipient for 2023-2024.  They were selected for demonstrating an outstanding interest in and passion for computing and technology, for the contributions they’ve shown in your classroom, school, and community, and for their aspirations to pursue technology throughout …

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2023 Magnet Olympics Winners Celebrated!

Each year we host an orientation for our incoming freshman class where  our newest students, staff, and upperclassmen play ice breakers, tour the school, and compete in the annual Magnet Olympics. Congratulations to this year’s winners: Liya B., Adiv C., Elly J., Kyla J., and Grant P. Their inscribed name plaque joins a long and …

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MST Sr. Paige Frawley Earns Regional Artist Award

On March 22, ESD 112 rolled out the virtual red carpet for the 2023 Southwest Washington Regional High School Art Show. Featuring an introduction by ESD 112 Superintendent Tim Merlino and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Superintendent Chris Reykdal this year’s virtual presentation features all of the award-winning pieces, and the opportunity to hear …

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Sophomore Magnetos Earn NCWIT AiC Distinction

Congratulations to Cheryl Li and Jenny Wang who are 2023 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) award recipients! Li and Wang were individually selected and honored from more than 3,300 applicants from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. overseas military bases, and Canada. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations …

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CHS/MST Jr. Madi Williams is State Champ!

Congrats to Madi Williams and CHS gymnastics for a stellar performance at State on Friday. Williams earned the title of all around 4A State Champ while the CHS team took second! As reported in the Columbian, “No individual was better than Williams across all four events. In her first full season of high school competition …

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MST Jr. Madi Williams: Athlete of the Week

CHS/MST junior Madi Williams recently edged out the competition to be named this past week’s Columbian high school Athlete of the Week. Williams received 559 of the 1,706 votes cast, besting out Ridgefield swimmer Lincoln Swift by just three votes. Congratulations, Madi! We are frequently asked whether being in our program prohibits or impedes students …

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Youth Hand in Hand Tutoring Project

With the reduction in activities last spring due to COVID-19, CHS/MST Magnet Junior Sunny Wang and several of his friends founded a nonprofit organization, Youth Hand in Hand, as a way to provide free educational opportunities to younger students through online learning. Using a completely student-led platform where all the teachers are high school students, …

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Staying Engaged: Freshmen, Sophomores, Staff

I’ve been checking in with freshmen and sophomore students and staff this past week about how they’ve spent some of their time given the extraordinary turn of events we’ve all experienced in the last couple of weeks. Not as many responses from them as I had from juniors and seniors, but they are staying busy. …

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Staying Engaged: Juniors and Seniors

I reached out to our juniors and seniors earlier this week to see how they’ve spent some of their time given the extraordinary turn of events we’ve all experienced in the last couple of weeks. I asked each student in that group the following question(s): “What have you been doing to stay “engaged” in your …

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