Gold Stars
January 12, 2009
By Staff
Manny Brown
Manny Brown, Liberty High School’s wrestling coach, helps the community by helping his wrestlers understand the importance of volunteerism. Each wrestler must complete six hours of community service before obtaining a varsity letter from the school. To help the students, Brown organizes volunteer trips to places like the Renton Food Bank for the team to volunteer their time.
Shea Bell
Shea Bell, a 6-year-old kindergartner at Clark Elementary School, raised $125 for the King County Humane Society, by asking friends and family to donate to the cause instead of buying birthday presents. The money Shea raised at her birthday party purchased cat and dog food, treats, cat litter and a few toys. When she went to drop off the donations, Shea also went through and gave each adoptable animal a scratch behind the ears. “It is very easy to become engulfed with ‘stuff,’” her mother Julie Bell said. “I am proud of Shea for forgoing more ‘stuff’ and helping out with a worthy cause.”
Greg Gauthier
Greg Gauthier, a 17-year-old Liberty High School senior, is not only a gifted actor who devotes himself to the Liberty drama program, but his director, Katherine Klekas, often sees him backstage helping other students with their math and science homework — subjects he excels in. He also tutors through the Honor Society. “He’s just really unselfish with his time,” Klekas said. “But manages to keep his grades high and participate in all the drama activities.” Greg has been accepted to Tulane and Drexel universities to continue his studies after high school.
Wright Noel
When one of Liberty High School’s science teachers, Alisa Jeremica, got a flat tire on her way home from school late one night in December, Wright Noel, a 17-year-old junior at the school, pulled up beside her and changed her tire. Wright doesn’t even have Jeremica as a teacher. He did it out of the goodness of his heart.
Allison Adams and Shelby Harding
Allison Adams and Shelby Harding, Liberty High School juniors, rescued two yellow Labs during the December snowstorm. The two girls were playing in the snow when they spotted the dogs and realized they weren’t from the neighborhood. The girls spent the next two days calling friends in the area and one lucky call to a friend in an adjoining neighborhood resulted in finding the dogs’ home. The owners were out of town and the dogs had gotten loose. The girls returned the two dogs to a friend of the family who watched over them until the owners came home.
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