KSD AG/FFA At the Benton Franklin Fair

Students from Kamiakin and Kennewick High Schools Agriculture and FFA programs particiapted in the Benton Franklin Fair. Students showed their animals - rabbits, pigs and sheep - with great success! Congratulations to all fair participants!!

Sumo Bot Competition

Students from Arlis Hoglen's PC Troubleshooting class at Kamiakin High School built mini sumo robots from scratch and participated in a competition at PNNL. Click here to see more: http://www.kndo.com/story/18518805/student-built-robots-square-off-in-sumo-contest-at-pnnl
 

PROJECT GOODWILL

Goodwill Industries of the Columbia hosted the 4 Annual Project Goodwill event on Thursday, May 3rd at the Gjerde Center at Columbia Basin College. Eight teams from local schools DECA and FCCLA clubs participated in the annual event, designing, developing and modeling, three outfits based on their musical theme.

Students spend months working on selecting the right music and creating amazing outfits. This years three categories were: Book-It - an outfit made from books, magazines or other paper materials; Re-Mix It - an outfit made out of items in a "donation box" provided by Goodwill, where students had to use a piece of every item in the box and a piece of the box, and; Mash-It Up - an outfit designed to go with the selected music. 

All of the teams were extremely creative with fun and amazing talent displayed in their outfits. The Kennewick HS DECA team took the top honors, winning the Best Overall category and $600.00.

This dress is made out of paper with a colorful "peacock tail" following their animal theme. Kennewick High School DECA.

The New York skyine is depicted on this dress, made of paper. Kennewick High School FCCLA.

Southridge High School DECA. The "Bride" is dressed in a paper wedding dress while the "Groom" shows off the music theme.

SHS PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

Students from the Photography 3-4 class at Southridge High School are having as Art Show & Silent Auction at You & I Framing in downtown Kennewick. On Friday, April 27th, from 6-9 p.m., photos careated by SHS students will be auctioned off. All auction proceeds will benefit World Relief Tri Cities.

Goods Made Good

In partnership with Goodwill, students in Fiber Arts classes at Kamiakin, Kennewick and Southridge High School are reusing, recycling and redesigning "old" clothing and textile goods into "new" fashions and products.

Students participated in a tour of the Pasco Goodwill store and warehouse, learning about the mission and focus of their local Goodwill stores.

The students were provided the opportunity to select merchandise that did not sell and was being sorted to be shipped out for recycling. The students developed their own designs and patterns and began to create! As projects are completed, we'll share the "before" and "after" creations!

Kennewick HS ASL Students Attend "See What I'm Saying"

Suzanne Benfield, ASL instructor at Kennewick High School, and her students attended a screening of the documentary, See What I'm Saying, as well as performances by two local Deaf ASL teachers and two performers from the film.

The screening was held on May 20-21 at the Stanford Theater in Tiger Wood Center, Nike World Headquarter, Beaverton, Oregon and was sponsored by NWASLTA.

Pictured are Kristie Long, Alaena Sharp and Melissa Schmitz with TL Forsberg, a singer/signer.

Kennewick High Wins Best Overall in Project Goodwill

Congratulations to Kennewick High School's Marketing & Management and DECA students who competed in Project Goodwill on Wednesday night, winning the Best Overall category and the Best Donation Box outfit, winning a total of $700 for their DECA Chapter.

The Goodwill Industries sponsored event, Project Goodwill, is an opportunity for area high school students to showcase their creativity and compete for awards and prize money based on the creation of three outfits in specified categories.

Students designed and created outfits in three categories; Devine Demin, Donation Box, and Literacy. Additional prizes were given for Best Portfolio, Peoples Choice, and Best Marketing Plan as well as the Best Overall category.

The Devine Denim outfit was modeled by Ryley Dennis and created and designed by Katey Richins and Blair Westerman. The Donation Box outfit is an outfit made from items contained in a donation box provided by Goodwill. The outfit must contain a piece from each item in the box....even if it is not an apparel item. The Donation Box outfit was created and designed by Deborah Ramirez and modeled by Yuleni Martinez. The Literacy outfit was constructed entirely from books and magazines. Alex Simons modeled the dress and also created and designed the dress along with Michelle Meehan, Paul Martinez and Casey Brush.

Jose Magana and Fernando Ayala were MC's for the fashion show.