News release

April 29, 2011

For more information:

Kristie Dutton, Executive Director, Everett Public Schools Foundation, 425-385-4693

Mary Waggoner, Director of Communications, Everett Public Schools, 425-385-4049

Everett Public Schools Foundation awards annual scholarship, and

superintendent chooses art for permanent district display

Cascade High School junior Kyle Schuman’s piece entitled

Bunk Bed

Fort,

caught Superintendent Gary Cohn’s eye when it was first

displayed at the Educational Service Center. “My father had a great

appreciation for art,” Cohn said. “He helped me come to appreciate the

contributions of great art masters. Kyle’s piece, so completely different

from any others in our permanent district display, is immediately

reminiscent of Picasso.”

The praise and the comparison made Schuman smile and give a

“thumbs up” when learning that

Bunk Bed Fort

will become an addition

to the growing collection of student art on display at the district service

center. Each year, the high school art show showcases the best

samples of student work from each of the district’s four high schools.

Each year, the superintendent browses the display to determine a

choice to buy and to keep in the gallery.

Purchasing the art is made possible by the Everett Public Schools

Foundation, which also sponsors the art show and family reception

and

awards a scholarship to a graduating senior with aspirations and

intention of continuing education after high school in some field of art.

Kyle Schuman and Superintendent Gary Cohn

This year’s Foundation Visual Arts Scholarship of $1,000 went to Aly Weir of Cascade High School. She plans

to attend the University of Washington to continue her art studies with an interest in pursuing graphic arts.

The full-to-capacity room of family members and students heard a strong, supportive message from Cohn and

school board members Kristie Dutton and Jeff Russell. “Fine arts and performing arts are examples of the

value this community places on the ‘entire student,’” said Russell. “It is an honor to be here to acknowledge the

talents you have and the ways artists and performers add to our world and cultures.”

The High School Art Show will be replaced by an Elementary Art Show on display beginning May 5 and ending

May 31 at the Educational Service Center and can be viewed during regular business hours of 7:30 a.m. to

4:30 p.m.

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