Region 9
WSPTA's Region 9 covers a portion of King County. It consists of the Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton, Tukwila and Tahoma School Districts.
Region Director Message
Hi All,
This year’s convention was great I really enjoyed seeing so many Region 9 Delegates attend this year’s convention. I hope you came away from convention feeling inspired to continue to make a difference as a PTA Volunteer. I hope you had the opportunity to take some of the wonderful classes that were offered during convention, found time to visit the vendors and time to network with other local units from around the state.
I was extremely excited to see the following local units from Region 9 win awards at Convention:
2nd Place Elementary School Newsletter
Lake Youngs PTSA 9.7.25
3rd Place Jr./Middle High Newsletters
Lakota Middle PTA 9.4.90
1st Place Middle/High School Electronic Media
Lakota Middle PTA 9.4.90
1st Place Middle/High Paper Communication
Lakota Middle PTA 9.4.90
1st Place Middle School/High School Website
Lakota Middle PTA 9.4.90
Standards of Excellence
Honorable Mention- Martin Sortun PTA- 9.7.72
Congratulations to those from Region 9 that received the Crystal
Leadership Academy Award:
Novella Fraser, Debbie Thoma and myself.
I hope each of you will take the time to fill out the Leadership Academy Application next year and work toward the Crystal Level you will be surprised how easy it is.
Another highlight from convention was to see Pat Sullivan from the 47th Legislative district and Skip Priest from the 30th Legislative District receives the Friends of Children Award for their work on the Education task force.
The finale of Convention was to attend the Reflections Ceremony and see the following reflection winners be recognized:
WSPTA Reflections 2009-10 Award Winners
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
INTERMEDIATE
Outstanding Interpretation:
Jalen Forward, “Youthful Energy”, Ilalko PTA 9.2.17, Auburn
MIDDLE/JUNIOR
Award of Excellence:
Isabella Akana, “Be True to Yourself”, Lakota Middle PTA 9.4.90, Federal Way
FILM PRODUCTION
Gabriel Rambayon, “Beauty Is…My Life”, Green Gables PTA 9.4.17, Federal Way
INTERMEDIATE
Award of Merit:
Jake Davies, “Rebirth of a Natural Beauty”, Lake Youngs PTSA 9.7.25, Kent
MIDDLE/JUNIOR
Award of Excellence:
Kiegan Rosser, “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”, Lakota Middle School PTA 9.4.90, Federal Way
Tanner Blake, “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”, McKnight Middle PTSA 9.11.95, Renton
LITERATURE
PRIMARY
Award of Excellence:
Regan Singer, “Beauty is Anything You Want It To Be”, Lea Hill PTA 9.2.20, Auburn
Award of Excellence:
Declan O’Ferrall, “Beauty is…Baseball”, Shorewood Elementary PTA 9.5.145, Burien
Aaron Aguon-Africa, “Art in the Sky”, Star Lake PTA 9.4.55, Kent
Award of Merit:
Eric Rogers, Untitled, Lake Wilderness PTSA 9.14.7, Maple Valley
Award of Excellence:
Chelsea Brossard, “Soaring With Angels”, Kentwood Community PTSA 9.7.120, Kent
MUSIC COMPOSITION
PRIMARY
Award of Excellence:
Markus Traubeck, “Beauty Is…The Dance of the Colorful Polka Dot”, Lake Youngs PTSA 9.7.25, Kent
Eden Bliss, “The Gift of God”, Lakeland Hills Elementary PTA 9.2.19, Auburn
MIDDLE/JUNIOR
Outstanding Interpretation:
Sonja Traubeck, “Beauty is a Child’s Imagination”, Lake Youngs PTSA 9.7.25, Kent
SENIOR
Geoffrey Liu, “Theme and Variations in F Minor”, Kentridge PTSA 9.7.118, Kent
I’d like to thank those members of the Convention Committee that were from Region 9 that helped plan this year’s convention: Sharon Pfeiffer- Chair, Toni Troutner- Volunteers and Volunteer Voting Delegates, Charlotte Kemble- General Sessions, Hallie Knudson- Logistics, and Lisa Thiel Sloan- Banquet and Security.
All in all this year’s convention proved to be wonderful- as your local units prepare a budget for next year please remember to include a lined item for training and convention it is so important for local units to receive the training that Region 9 and Washington State PTA provides through out the year. As for training mark your calendars for Thursday, August 26th it will be Region 9’s Fall Leadership Conference location to be announced soon!
As the school year begins to wind down I wish you all a wonderful and safe Summer. Remember to please enter your incoming PTA officers on the membership website.
Smile,
Allyson Johnson
Region 9 Director