October Mariner Student of the Month

LaVendrick Smith is Mariner High School’s student of the month for September.  LaVendrick’s passion is writing and he is currently an intern at the Mukilteo Beacon.  In fact, he has a story on the front page of the September 28^th issue entitled ‘Explorer teachers bond, Learn Teamwork at Space Camp’.  Under his leadership, LaVendrick has taken his school newspaper from 5 staff members producing 4 issues a year to 30 staff members creating quality monthly issues.  He has a GPA of 3.7 and is currently taking  three advanced placement classes including AP Calculus, American Government and English IV.    LaVendrick plans on attending Northwestern University and majoring in Journalism.