Students in the Spotlight
IS students have a broad set of interests ranging from the movies to robotics, from music to a wide variety of sports. On this page you can find some recent highlights of what's happening with IS students on and off the campus.
Students Inducted Into Honor Societies
Four of our five honor societies have held inductions for 2012. National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Societe Honoraire de Francaise (French Honor Society), and Delta Epsilon Phi Deutsche Ehrenwerbindung (German Honor Society) held inductions in March. TRI-M, music honor society, will hold inductions in late April. For a list of 2012 Inductees, click here.
The following seniors are winners of this year's Bellevue PTSA Council Scholarships: - Carrie Ambo - Michael Riley Scholarship
- Marissa Karpack - Alice Hurd Scholarship
- Jeffrey Pyke - Bellevue Parks Scholarship
Each will receive $1,000 and be honored at an awards event in May.
Gaby Harder was awarded a position to study at the Jillana Ballet summer intensive. She will be spending her summer in Taos, New Mexico studying ballet in this selective and highly regarded George Balanchine technique program.
Thirty-five schools participated in a recent jazz festival, and our IJazz Choir placed 2nd. Soloist awards went to: Luke Adent, Killian Scanlan, Maddy Smith and Eddy Smith.
Will Badart has been accepted into Santa Clara University's 2012 Summer Engineering Seminar which, this year, had one of the program's largest pool of national applicants in its history. Congratulations, Will!
Congratulations to Julia Pyke for winning first place in both the solo and concerto divisions for her age in flute at the Performing Arts Festival Eastside (PAFE) in April. The competition includes musicians from throughout King County.
Congratulations to Marissa Karpack, who has been named a semi-finalist in the national Presidential Scholars program. Marissa is one of five girls in Washington State being considered for this honor!
Titan Robotics Wins, Advances to 2012 World Championship! 
International School’s Titan Robotics Club (TRC, Team #492) and their alliance partners, Tahoma Senior High School (Team #2046) and Riverview/Camas/Washougal High Schools (Team #2471), won the 2012 Seattle Cascade FIRST Robotics Regional. The FIRST Rebound Rumble emulated the NCAA March Madness with 3-point baskets, roaring fans and dancing mascots. TRC’s robot was a solid team player scoring points in all aspects of th
e 
competition.
During the 2-day Cascade Regional, TRC competed with 45 other teams from Washington, Oregon, Mexico and Turkey. The “coopetition” consisted of changing three-team alliances with robots designed to shoot and defend baskets, rebound balls and balance on “seesaw” brid
ges.
TRC’s achievement qualifies them to compete in the 2012 FIRST Robotics World Championships in St. Louis April 25-28. Congratulations to the TRC students – what a way to celebrate 20 years of excellence at the International Scho
ol!
Aran Kirschenmann, Young Critic for the Bellevue Reporter, reviews The Hunger Games. 
http://www.bellevuereporter.com/opinion/144112186.html
Congratulations to our middle school volleyball team on a great season!
Team members include: Lucy Bauer, Nomuntuya Bolortuya, Andrea Dumitrescu, Cecilia Goesling, Leah Han, Kamille Hoggan, Gloria Hsieh, Summerlin Hutson, Joanne Kim, Kylie Malyon, Tesslyn Matthes, Marisa Mestichella, Michelle Munoz, Nadine Orriss, Vincent Orriss, Nicholas Papano, Jason Pyke, Imaan Ranjha, Rachel Roser, Sydeny Roser, Zoe Roth, Jonika Schmidt, Abby Seaton, Crysta Sugamura, Cameron Sugamura, Christopher Watson, and Abby Wilme.
The team wishes to thank their high school coaches: Emilia Dudziak, Alice Ovsipian, Neema Rostami and Julia Stafford.
Hadley Nelson Named One of Eastside's Under 21 Artists To Watch
Senior Hadley Nelson is featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scene, a weekly magazine published by the Bellevue Reporter, as one of the Eastside's young artists to watch. Check out the March issue of The Scene here. Hadley's article and artwork is on page 11.
Aran Kirschenmann Is A Page in Olympia
Sophomore Aran Kirschenmann had the honor of serving the Washington House of Representatives as a Page in Olympia in February.
Aran says, "Having Rob McKenna for Page School was a great learning experience, not to mention extremely informative. Being on the Legislature floor with Rep. Hunter was amazing. After being a Page you become very proud to be a Washingtonian!"
Senior Christine Chen Ranked #1 in Badminton
Christine Chen was ranked #1 in U19 Girls Singles in the USA Badminton Junior Rankings.
Christine (left) at the 2012 Seattle Super Regional Badminton Tournament where she took first place.
Great job, Christine!
UPDATE: Special Explosion takes 4th Place in EMP's Sound Off! Competition!
Read about the semi-finals and hear their winning song here.
IS Student to Participate in EMP's Sound Off! Competition
Congratulations to Sebastien Deramat and his band, Special Explosion for being selected as a finalist in EMP's Sound Off!, the Pacific Northwest's largest battle-of-the-bands contest for 21 & under musicians. Sebastian's band performs at EMP on February 25th. Hear their hit song and read all about Special Explosion in the Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seattlesketcher/2017034454_sketched_dec_14_2011_in.html
Congratulations to Will Badart for winning the Best Speaker award at the Portland JSA Congress Event that took place February 3rd - 5th. Will was one of only two students to win an award who were not from Lake Oswego. Great job Will!
Congratulations to the Titan Robotics Club!
The FTC team placed 9th in the Washington State Championship rounds on January 15, 2012, and was awarded the FIRST Rockwell Collins Innovate Award for the team's engineering accomplishments.
Reflections Update
Results from the Reflections 2011-2012 Bellevue District Competition:
Literature
Katherine Yang received the Outstanding Interpretation Award.
James Kim, Joanne Kim, and Arusha Srirum were awarded Participation ribbons.
Visual Art
Crysta Sugamura, Bridgette Baron, Michelle Bae, Olivia Tang, Jonathan Maylon, Kylie Maylon, and Aron Kirschenman all received participation ribbons.
Results from the school competition:
Literature
Katherine Yang- Outstanding Interpretation
Joanne Kim- Award of Excellence
James Kim- Award of Merit
Arusha Srirum- Award of Merit
Visual Art
Crysta Sugamura- Outstanding Interpretation
Aron Kirschenman- Award of Excellence
Kylie Malyon- Award of Excellence
Jonathan Maylon- Award of Excellence
Olivia Tang- Award of Merit
Michelle Bae- Award of Merit
Bridgette Baron- Award of Merit
Thank you to all 2011-2012 Reflections participants.
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