Congratulations to Keanu Earnest, who has been chosen as the 2023 Federal Way Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year! Keanu was recognized by the Federal Way Boys and Girls Club for this prestigious award for demonstrating leadership, service, academic excellence, and dedication to living a healthy lifestyle. 

Keanu was honored at the King County event and also received a $500 scholarship. His goal is to attend college after high school.

 

---

Congratulations to our Special Olympics Basketball Team, Federal Way Stars, for winning the State Championship Senior Division!

FWPS partners with Special Olympics to offer scholars with disabilities the opportunity to participate in athletics and be empowered with a sense of belonging.

The team competed through the King County Sub Regionals and the King County Regionals tournaments to win both gold medals and was later awarded the State Championship.

Congratulations to Jun Frame, Jackie Bagley, Ammar AlQaraghuli, Dylan Ortiz De Anaya, Osman Hamid, Grace Salavea, Abdelaziz Hamid, and coaches Terry Lathan, Tony Schoeler, and Evan Jordan. 

We are #FWPSProud of team Federal Way Stars!

---

Congratulations to three of our Federal Way High School scholars for winning awards at the 2023 Regional Thespys.

The International Thespian Excellence Awards recognize the highest level of achievement in school theatre performance, technical theatre, writing, and filmmaking.

Congratulations to Wilbur Anderson, Hannah Rose, Lucy Amonn, coaches, teachers and staff. We are #FWPSProud of you all!

---

Congratulations to Federal Way High School scholars, Emma McCann and Graciela Knudsen for earning the Cambridge International AS Level Scholar Award with Merit. 

This prestigious award was issued by Cambridge Assessment International Education to recognize their outstanding performance in the Cambridge International June 2022 exams. 

The Cambridge examinations are taken by learners in over 40 countries around the world and acknowledge scholars for their exemplary academic performance. 

We’re #FWPSProud of our scholars for demonstrating academic excellence within our local and global community.  

Congratulations to the 33 Thomas Jefferson High School mathletes for their participation and success in the Math is Cool State Masters Competition. The competition consisted of over 200 students with schools across the state competing with one another.  

Congratulations Nash Heo (first place overall in the Pre-Calculus Division), Sanchit Sharma (second place overall in the Algebra 2 Division), and Jenny Luong (third place overall in the Pre-Calculus Division).

Congratulations to the Evergreen Middle School team for their success and advancing all the way to the semifinals of the First LEGO League Competition! 

Evergreen Middle School competed against 30 qualifying teams and over 200 students from the greater Puget Sound area.

Congratulations to our Woodmont K-8 and Meredith Hill Elementary scholars for their success and placing in the Elementary Math Bonanza competition. Our scholars placed first, second, and third in the 5^th grade division!

Congratulations Woodmont's Kaiden Shinn (first place in the fifth grade division), Woodmont's Asher Bonnah (second place in the fifth grade division), and Alejandro Ortiz (third place in the fifth grade division).