Dimond High School effectively educates young people through the cooperative efforts of the entire Dimond community: students, teachers, administrators, support staff, parents, alumni, and school-business partners. During the 2006-2007 school year, Dimond students were awarded $4,313,847 in scholarships! Please join us in recognizing the following Laudable Lynx:
Award
Winning Lynx |
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Scholastic
Art and Writing Awards |
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| Whitney Schoenthal | Dimond junior Whitney Schoenthal earned the Silver Award in sculpture for “Funky Monkey” in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. |
BP Principals
and Commissioner's Scholarship |
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| Erin West | Dimond senior Erin West was selected as a 2007 Large School Region BP Principals and Commissioner’s Scholarship recipient. |
Drama, Debate, and Forensics
State Championship |
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| Erik Peterson Savannah Parker Jenna Jeffryes Justin Oller Cole Ratcliff |
The Dimond DDF team distinguished themselves at the state DDF competition this weekend, with a 4th place in Lincoln/Douglas debate by sophomore Erik Peterson, a 4th place in Policy Debate by Junior Savannah Parker and Senior Jenna Jeffryes, and 1st place in Reader's Theater by Freshmen Justin Oller and Cole Ratcliff. |
Dimond History Day Contest
Winners |
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| The following students were winners in the categories indicated during the 2007 Dimond History Day Contest. Their projects have been sent on to the state History Day contest. | |
Individual Documentary |
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| Cole Ratcliff |
"Hannibal: Challenging Rome's Supremacy" |
| Carlo Balmas | "Beethoven, Destiny's Hero " |
Group Documentary |
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| Susan Nguyen, Sue So | "The Tet Offensive: Triumph and Tragedy" |
| Brianne Busey, Katheryn Carpenter, Tess Hoen, Ashley Devon, and Kalyssa Maile | "The 1964 Earthquake" |
Individual Exhibit |
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| Terranova Tasker | "The Valdez Oil Spill" |
| Faryal Malik | "The Birth of Pakistan" |
Group Exhibit |
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| Dylan Hartley and Beau Ingram | "Shattering The Color Barrier" |
| Anna Lau and Gianna Cinquegrani | "The Serum Run of 1925" |
Individual Performance |
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| Brittany Hippe | "Elizabeth Perotrovich" |
Group Performance |
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| Hannah Gould, Lena Hummel, and Erin Laichak | "Pocket Full of Posies: a Tale of the Great Fire of London" |
Individual Paper |
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| Robin Stramp | "The Triumph and Tragedy of May 4, 1972" |
| Taylor Adams | "The Love Canal" |
Dimond Poetry Poster Contest |
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| The following students were winners in the 2007 Dimond Poetry Contest. The title of each student's poem is listed in the right-hand column. Click here for additional details. | |
| Jessie LaRosa | “Sick” |
| JR Hayward | “On Swimming” |
| Brooke Moore | “Do You?” |
| Kyle Dodson“Untitled” | “Untitled” |
| Sterling Pfleiger & Oliver Martin | “Us” |
| Brennen Lamb | “My Dedication” |
Faculty and Staff Awards |
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| Cheryl Guyett | Ms. Guyett was honored as the 2007-2008 Alaska High School Principal of the Year. |
| Julye Neel | Ms. Neel was recognized as the 2006 Alaska Assistant Principal of the Year. Ms. Neel was also one of three finalists for the 2007 National Assistant Principal of the Year. |
| Les Matz | Mr. Matz was honored as the Alaska Art Educator of the Year. |
Phenomenal
Freshmen |
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| September 2006 | October 2006 |
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| November 2006 | January 2007 |
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