Adam Sinclair
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Krysta Smith Smith enjoys riding horses, being outside, and reading books. She is very active in 4-H and has been to Louisville, Kentucky to compete in nationals on two "horse knowledge" teams. Krysta does not know what the future has in store for her, but is hoping to continue along the equestrian path.
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Christian Smith enjoys such hobbies as martial arts, videography and everything electronic, especially computers. He also loves to film his travels. Christian's plans following graduation are to find a job, travel a little, and then go on to college. He loves God and desires His will for his life.
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Laura Smith has a wide variety of interests including snow skiing, camping, hiking, canoeing, politics, reading, and creative writing. She is unusual in that she rocks to Bach, blares Beethoven, and reveres Rachmaninov The greatest portion of her free time is dedicated to music, particularly classical piano. She has played for eleven years and won numerous competitions throughout the Northwest and was chosen this year as a soloist with the Southwest Washington Symphony. Another highlight was producing a CD with the help of her teachers, the Krenelkas. She has received merit and piano scholarships and will continue her studies at college by majoring in piano performance and eventually plans to transfer to a conservatory. Laura's dreams are to perform at Carnegie Hall, tour the world, and maybe even study in Germany.
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Alice Snider chose to attend Academy Northwest for several reasons. First, her mother has an adult foster care business, and Alice wanted to help with the care of the residents living in her home. Second, her friend Claudio attends, and he told her it was a lot of fun. He was right! Finally, she gets to graduate early. Alice is not sure what she will do in the near future, so she is putting everything in the hands of God because she is sure that He will help her make the right decision.
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Julie Stiles ' main focus of study is music and poetry. As a junior in high school she became a Running Start student at Skagit Valley College. There she studied music theory and piano for two years. With this education, she is working toward a piano teaching certificate from the Music Teacher's National Association. In addition to her academic activities she likes to run, play soccer, and pinochle. She enjoyed high school and now is happy and content to teach piano. She is looking forward to see in what way God will direct her life.
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Jeanette Stiles ' main focuses are in art and language. She attended Running Start and Skagit Valley College. She plans to start a window-washing business and apply herself to designing clothing. God has guided her through this time in her life and she is happy to entrust him with the rest.
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Aaron Strohbach 's homeschooling schedule has made it possible for him to travel, perhaps more than the typical student. He has been fortunate to see many parts of the United States, from Florida to Alaska to California. In fact, he just returned from a cross-country car trip from New York State to Washington. Since his favorite subject is history, what better way to learn than embedding the facts deeply into the mind first hand? He also enjoys a variety of sports, plays several musical instruments, backpacks and attempts climbing mountains when time allows. He was a starter and lettered in varsity soccer and basketball the past two years. Aaron is in Running Start and plans to complete his Associate of Arts degree at Centralia City College before going on to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois to study and work in youth ministries.
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Daniel Sumandea has four sisters and a brother who are all older. One sister is a French teacher in Canada, two are nurses, and one sister is a hairstylist. His brother just graduated from high school, so he's working for now. Danni's school experience has been more successful since enrolling with Academy Northwest; he actually goes to school and gets his work done. The best part about school is that it is a Christian school, which has encouraged him in his walk with God. Danni wants to be an auto mechanic because he loves to work on cars. While he has learned a lot on his own, he credits his father with teaching him much of what he knows about cars.
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Daniela Tarasut enjoyed public school, but when she heard about Academy Northwest, she was excited to enroll. She wanted a one-on-one learning environment, and the independent study gave her time to find a job and take some college courses to prepare for the future. She enjoys working in retail and can't wait to learn more about it. Eventually, Daniela wants to major in business management and become a buyer for a retail store. She is looking forward to the years ahead and the challenges. But most of all, Daniela can't wait to see what God has planned for her!
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Vataly Tatarenko
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Jenny Taylor enjoys art, photography, poetry and music. She is involved in several social issues, serving as Human Rights co-chair, Ecology president, and ASB vice-president. Her community service time is spent reading to 3rd graders. Jenny is spontaneous and explores new activities. Her career interest includes a major in business with a minor in international trade.
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Casey Truhett
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Ryan Unger has been enrolled in Academy Northwest for 11th and 12th grade. He snowboards, snowmobiles, and skateboards. When not at play, Ryan works full-time with his dad doing carpentry work. His goal is to learn everything he can about building houses so he can run Unger Construction.
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Anna Uteva was born in the capital city of Kazakhstan, Almaty. She has also visited different countries like Pakistan, United Arabic States and Russia. Since April of 1999, Anna has lived with her family in Vancouver. She chose to attend Academy Northwest because it is a Christian school and she could work more independently. During her enrollment she has also attended the local Skill Center's legal/medical office applications program. Anna's educational plan for the future is to attend Mount Hood Community College where she will begin her studies to become an architect.
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Jason Valentine
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Georgiana Vidican came to the United States when she was two. In 2002 she was able to return to Romania for a visit. She didn't remember many of her cousins, aunts, and uncles, but it was a great time of reuniting. Romania was very different from the United States. People walk everywhere, they wear weird, colorful clothes and at night there are bright colorful lights, food, drinks, disco balls, loud music, and laser lights that make one forget any troubles. Georgianna, who has very little patience, has been waiting to graduate since elementary school. She plans to wait a year before going on to college so that she can work and save money so she won't have to worry about paying for her education. While not decided, Georgianna is considering nursing—a field in which she can make a decent living helping others.
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Abraham Villarreal came to Academy Northwest because he was having problems in his previous school. Most of his classes had 30 kids or more in them. It was hard to listen to the teacher with everyone talking around him, and when the other kids skipped class he did too, because it was the cool thing to do. He was getting poor grades and needed major help. That's when his friend told him about Academy Northwest, so he looked into enrolling, and here he is graduating on time with the class of 2004. Abraham plans to enlist in the Marines for four years, which will help pay for some of his college. His only concern in life so far is having to go to war, but if he has to, he will suit up and do what he has been trained to do.
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Sarah Waltenburg loves to play basketball and has been active in the sport for five years. She also enjoys gardening. Her dream job would be to be a veterinarian and be the owner of a vet clinic. But, before she settles into her career, she would like to travel through Europe.
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Kathy Weston is involved in many extra-curricular activities and enjoys all water sports, especially scuba diving, and participating in 4H with her Labrador retriever, Chunk. Katherine loves the Lord and has been blessed with the opportunity to serve Him in many short-term missions trips during high school She is a Running Start student at Skagit Valley College and feels that this program helped her develop skills for four-year college. She is also listed in Who's Who among American High School Students. This fall, Kathy will attend Rocky Mountain College on an academic scholarship where she will study environmental biology.
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Bethany Woods enjoys volleyball, gymnastics, cheerleading, and dance. She cheered for Sisters High School, which placed first in academics, then cheered for Vancouver Cheer Academy, a competition stunt and cheer team. In dance, she choreographed for dance teams and taught hip-hop at The Joy of Dance Studio. She is a member of the Young Republicans Group, is a registered voter, and worked as a page at the Capital for Representative Marc Boldt. During her senior year, she has been attending the Cosmetology College through the Washington State Skill Center and will graduate in February. She then plans to work as a cosmetologist while attending community college in business, and plans to own her own salon and spa.
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Daniel Wright has been attending Academy Northwest for less than a year, but the independent learning structure of the school has enabled her to graduate a year early. She enjoys cars—working on them and looking at them, especially the Mustang GT she purchased last July. She describes herself as a typical teenager, studying and working during the week and spending time goofing around with her friends on the weekends. Because she is so young, Courtney plans to attend a local community college for a couple of years before transferring to Pepperdine or the University of California in Santa Cruz.
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Courtney Wright
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Cassidy Yurkovich
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Kari Zylstra has been taking piano lessons for eleven years, and also teaches piano to eight students. Last year she entered the Washington State Christian Talent Contest and sang "Adore" by Jaci Velasquez. She has been involved in the AWANA program at her church since 1st grade and has been a leader for the past four years working with 3 and 4 year-olds. Kari will attend Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri this fall, majoring in music education. She hopes to have her own studio where she can teach music of all kinds.
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