Japanese students shine in state skit and speech competition
Congratulations to the Issaquah School District students who took home top awards at the 2012 Annual Washington State High School Japanese Skit and Speech Contest in March (the biggest high-school Japanese contest on the west coast). In addition to the competition awards, the third-year skit group from Skyline won most spirited. Thanks to the support of several businesses and organizations, the winners in all four levels in the speech categories won free trips to Japan!
Skit division
First-year level
- First: Issaquah High School—Andrew Lee, Alan Ko, Sesilia Tatofi, and Cienna Buyco
- Third: Skyline High School—Yun Deng, Beatrice Manias, Geneva Ecola, and Esther Lee
Second-year level
- First: Skyline High School—Ali Bedbury, Kate Cormier, Brandon Goh, , Cheryl Wang, and Katie Brower
- Second: Issaquah High School—Alexander Valdes, Victoria Bland, Jesse Olsen-Jacobsen, and Jessie Dorsey
Third-year level
- First: Skyline High School—Morgan Alverson, Hannah Junus, Emily Licholai, and Monica Mccugh
- Second: Issaquah High School—Leah Thomson, Qiqi Zhong, En Tzu Chang, Jiyeon Baek, and Andrew Okada
Fourth-year level
- First: Issaquah High School—Erin Freeman, Jack Wheeler, Marcus Scott, and Andrew Tseng
- Third: Skyline High School—Lizzie Bull, Emily Howarth, Sonya Garber, Tiffany Ng, and Melanie Goddard
Speech division
First-year level
- First: Skyline High School –Ye Eum Kim (trip to Japan!)
- Third: Issaquah High School—Alexandra Kuo
Second-year level
- First: Issaquah High School—Lisa Oh (trip to Japan!)
- Second: Liberty High School—Jenny Adams
Third-year level
- First: Issaquah High School—Sandy Lee (trip to Japan!)
Fourth-year level
- First: Issaquah High School—Allison Kuo (trip to Japan!)