And the Winners Are ...

And the Winners Are ... Tiffany Wright used her health occupations skills to save aclassmate's life after a 1998 shooting of 25 students at her schoolin Springfield, Ore. Cody Valdez, a technology student at Tooele HighSchool in Tooele, Utah, designed a parking matrix to help solve hisschool's traffic and safety problems. These are two of 10 national winners in the Tools for TomorrowAll-American Vocational Student Awards program. More than 3,000 studentsfrom schools nationwide entered the program. The winners were recognizedin late April at an awards ceremony in Atlanta. Wright, a junior at Thurston High School Thurston High School is located in Springfield, Oregon in Lane County. Their mascot is a black colt. ShootingOn May 20, 1998, student Kipland "Kip" Kinkel killed his parents, William and Faith, both Spanish teachers at local high schools. , is a certified nurseassistant and volunteers at a local nursing and rehabilitation centerand hospital. Her efforts to save the life of a critically woundedclassmate earned her the state and national Health Occupations Studentsof America Outstanding Service awards. The other 1998-99 Tools for Tomorrow national winners are: * Ang Oum, business technology management, Southwest High School Southwest High School, South West High School, or Southwestern High School can refer to: Southwest High School (El Centro, California), El Centro, California Southwest Senior High School, San Diego, California ,Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the UnitedStates[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . * Rori Morrow, agriculture education, Des Moines High School,Folsom, N.M. * Bambi Sidwell, agriculture marketing and economics, TimberlakeHigh School This article is about a high school in Idaho.. For a high school in Oklahoma, see Timberlake High School (Oklahoma). Timberlake High School is a School of Merit located in the town of Spirit Lake, Idaho. , Helena, Okla. * Kimberly Petterson, marketing education and business management,Minot High School Minot High School (MHS) is an American high school located in Minot, North Dakota. Minot High consists of two main campuses: Central Campus (grades 9 and 10) and Magic City Campus (grades 11 and 12). , Minot, N.D. * Roxanne Wagner, pre-veterinary and agronomy agronomy(əgrŏn`əmē), branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. , Tulare High School,Tulare, S.D. * Rebecca Hinson, child and family studies, Early County HighSchool, Blakely, Ga. * Leanna Kurth, agriculture, Neillsville High School, Neillsville,Wis. * James Simpson, agriculture, Walton-Verona High School,Crittenden, Ky. For more information about Tools for Tomorrow call Craig Riner at(412) 462-3652.