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Student Film Festival a Huge Success!
 

By Stuart McColl, Independent Writer


First Place Winners (L-R) - Michael Lee, Ravi Carlson and Michael Cullinan with their scholarship winnings, trophies and awards for their film "Recycling is Murder"                .   Photo by Stuart McColl

Friday evening, April 24th, the Sequim Education Foundation hosted its 4th annual Student Film Festival at Sequim High School Auditorium.  The audience was treated to 8 high quality short films created by students of the Sequim School District .  Everyone was thoroughly entertained and 9 winning students left with $6750 in scholarship money along with other prizes for their quality film work.  

 

There were 3 top scholarship prizes, with the film Recycling is Murder winning the top prize.   Each of the 3 creators, Michael Cullinan, Ravi Carlson, and Michael Lee, received $1000 in scholarship funds.  The movie was a humorous play on recycling that emphasized all of the “bad” effects of recycling.  Needless to say, anyone who saw the movie will probably see the positive logic of recycling.

The 2nd place scholarship was awarded to an outstanding movie called The Ripple Effect that demonstrated the positive and ripple effect that good deeds have on those around you.  It had a local component showing people around Sequim helping each other, and how that effect multiplies one person after another.  It then featured an international part of the movie 

 


2009 FILM FESTIVAL

Film Festival Entries

Following are the entries in the 2009 Film Festival together with names of the students who produced them:

"Believe and Achieve" by Ted McColl, Jack McColl and Frank Catelli.

"How to be a Nerd in 9 Easy Steps"  by Dylan Holcombe, Kyle Gordeuk and Collin Winans.

"Do You Believe?" by Emily Reis, Gabrielle Burnett and Alex Bullock.

"The Delivery" by Joey Giammalva, David Copeland and Alex Clifford.

"Friends Should be Friends Not Foes" by Quinn O'Bryant and Logan O'Bryant.

"Recycling is Murder" by Michael Cullinan, Ravi Carlson and Michael Lee.

"Help the Cause, Save the Elf People" by Rebecca Case, Amy mcAndie and Nic Seabolt.

"The Ripple Effect" by Audrey Lichten and Margaret Norlund.


2009 FUNDRAISER

SEF Launches
2009 Fundraiser

We are grateful for your ongoing support as it is your generosity which makes it possible for us to meet the needs of our Sequim school children.

Sequim Education Foundation (SEF) provides opportunities to inspire, motivate, challenge and reward Sequim's public school children. Our students and teachers count on SEF to fund stimulating educational activities, and we count on you!

over 10,500 Children
IN SEQUIM CLASSROOMS
HAVE BENEFITED FROM SEF

We need to raise $36,000 to fulfill our important mission to Sequim's students in the coming school year. We are budgeting $3,500 each for the annual Engineering Challenge and Student Film Festival competition, and $29,000 for scholarship awards and grants.

SEF grants are awarded to individual students with special needs, and to teachers for classroom projects and activities. Listen to what an elementary school teacher David Hasenpflug had to say when he introduced an SEF sponsored class activity, "...the excitement and energy in the room was staggering!". Jane LeBeaume and Marilyn Ludke commented about their joint classroom grant, " It was the opportunity of a lifetime for these 2nd graders".

SEF GRANTS
HELP CHILDREN, INSPIRE STUDENTS and REINFORCE LEARNING

Our volunteers work closely with school administrators to inspire, challenge and reward Sequim public school students through the activities we sponsor: 

  • Exciting learning activities through our Grant Program; 

  • Academic scholarships through our Scholarship Program; and

  • Scholarship prizes for Engineering Challenge and Film Festival competition winners.  

Dozens of our Sequim school children hold scholarship accounts for winning SEF events.

Last month, we paid high school GED testing fees for several Sequim public school  "drop outs" who were rehabilitated through the Sheriff's Juvenile Division.  Their probation officer said,      "I have made a decision for all youth...". "To reach one, is to teach one".  When these young people receive their high school certificates, the direction of their lives will be totally changed! 

This month, an SEF grant will help a number of Sequim high school students to attend the University of Washington's Math Day.  SEF grants are planned to spark children's interest in learning.   At the weekend event, student's imaginations will be challenged by seminars like "Mathematical Genetics: an Art of Thinking Backward" and "The Mathematics of Juggling".    "For many, this will be their first visit to a major college campus", their teacher said. 

SEF Engineering Challenge MOTIVATES science STUDENTS!

This year's Engineering Challenge was an Egg Drop contest open to all Sequim students enrolled in public school classes.  The event attracted more than 200 students and nearly as many spectators!  Over $7,300 in scholarships and prizes were awarded to winning elementary, middle and high school students.   A mother wrote about her daughter's experience: "Equal to the award was the fun we had... prototypes were made... eggs were broken... equations solved.... It is education at its best; so much learned and so much fun getting there!"  

SEF FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION INSPIRES CREATIVE ARTS STUDENTS!

The 4th Annual Film Festival coming up in April will give  students in grades 6 - 12 opportunities to win scholarships for college or technical school.  These young people will learn to work in teams to produce entries for the Festival and the winning teams will share their scholarship prizes:

  • 1st place team will divide $3,000; 

  • 2nd second place team will split $2,250; and  

  • 3rd third place team will divide up $1,500.  

A 2006 winner boasted,    "I am the first in my family to ever win a scholarship".   Another said, "I'm going to be the first in my family to go to college".  

SEF provides educational opportunities that inspire, motivate, challenge and reward Sequim students.  Will you please help us with your donation today?  Our public school children count on the good will of our community and we need your help to encourage them to excel.  SEF is a local, recognized public charity managed by unpaid volunteers. Our overhead expenses are just insurance, printing and postage which amounts to approximately $3,500 a year.  So your gift will make a significant difference for our Sequim's public school children. 

We are asking our SEF Business Partners to contribute $250 and individual supporters to give according to their ability... $25, $50, $100 or $1,000.  Every gift is important and appreciated. 

Will you please help our school children today? (CLICK HERE)

showing a similar effect of a mission effort in Mexico by local Sequim people.

 

The final scholarship prize went to an entertaining movie (The Delivery) about a pizza delivery competition where 2 delivery guys competed to see who could deliver a pizza faster.  One determined delivery person braved a crossing of the Dungeness River which commanded the attention and respect of everyone in the auditorium.  The humorous race was complimented by a unique sound track as each man raced to deliver his pizza.

 

Believe and Achieve won the “Peoples Choice Award” otherwise known as the Elkie award that is given to the film the audience cheers for the loudest.  The trophy is kept in the cabinet at the front of the High School.  The movie featured the Sequim High School football team and the efforts of one 2nd string player to play the game and win the interest of a particular cheerleader.  The sound track was provided by the Sequim High School band.

 

Other trophy awards were presented for best actress, best actor, and best sound track.  This year's festival represented a substantial improvement on the 3 previous film festivals and leaves Sequim looking forward to an even more impressive festival next year.

 

 


2009 FILM FESTIVAL

Trophies for Best Individual Achievement

Best Actor - Alex Clifford for "The Delivery".

 

Best Actress - Rebecca Case for "Help the Cause, Save the Elf People".

 

Best Direction - Ravi Carlson for "Recycling is Murder".

 

Best Screenplay - "Recycling is Murder"

 

Best Visual - "Friends Should Be Friends, Not Foes"

 

Best Sound - "Believe and Achieve"

 


2009 FILM FESTIVAL

Sage Brown wins 2009 Poster Contest! 

Sequim High School student Sage Brown walked away with $100 cash in the 2009 Film Festival Poster Contest.  Each year students in 6th through 12th grade compete to design the winning poster promoting the annual SEF Student Film Festival.  

Congratulations to all those students who competed in the contest.  All of the entries were creative well done.  SEF wants to thank every one of these young people for their outstanding school spirit!


2008-2009 Engineering Challenge 

Congratulations
Egg Drop Contest Winners!

In October 2008, Sequim Education Foundation sponsored its first annual Engineering Challenge for Sequim public school students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. 

First Place winners Zachary McLaughlin, Angela Bentley and  Alison Cobb were awarded a $1,000 scholarship, $50 cash spending money and a souvenir medal.  Second Place winners Michael Cullinan, Ian Jones and Duke Schnepf won a $750 scholarship, $25 cash and a souvenir medal.  Third Place winners Heath Gillium, Celia McLaughlin and Jilian Hutchison-Blouin, were awarded a $500 scholarship, $15 spending money and a souvenir medal.

Angela Bentley walked away with an additional $100 cash and the Grand Champion Trophy in the ‘drop off’ held between first place winners.

Sponsors for this first annual SEF Engineering Challenge were the Albert Haller Foundation, Westport Shipyards, Sequim Alumni Association, Sequim Sunrise Rotary, Gumby Scholarship Fund, High Energy Metals Inc., In Graphic Detail Printers, Tarciscio’s Italian Place Restaurant, Wal-Mart of Sequim, Quadra Engineering Inc., Jon Jack Insurance, Peninsula Ad Works and Albert Friess


SEF Business Partners '08

Action Residential Property Management
Alan Millet, Attorney
Alder Wood Bistro
Blake Sand & Gravel Co.
CMON Lumber & Supply Co.
David R. Martin
Discount Cabinets of Washington
First Federal Savings & Loan - Sequim Ave
Gilles Construction Company
High Energy Metals
In Graphic Detail
Key Bank
Kim Mishko & Associates
Kitsap Bank
Nikki Sather
Office Depot
Onsite Monitoring & Inspections
Pacific NW Veterinary Hospital
Peninsula Ad Works
Phillips Hallmark Shop
Project Scrubs
R. T. Hughes Marketing
Rotary Club of Sequim (Noon)
Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce
Sequim Gazette
Sequim Pizza Factory
Shaltry Orthodontics
Sound Community Bank
Sound Sleep Clinic
Virginia P. Shogren P.C.
Wal-Mart


 "I am constantly amazed at the level of support from our community for our students.  The number of scholarships given and the amount of the scholarships is nothing less than spectacular.  SEF is an organization that truly makes a difference.  I am so pleased our foundation is here for our kids.  While I was not here when the group was founded, I am absolutely certain the initial founders of the group would be very pleased with the continued work of SEF."

Bill Bentley, Superintendent

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