Education
Charter school initiative faces uphill battles
Fans of charter schools are undertaking a challenge this year that is so difficult it makes the labors of Hercules look like a cake walk.They've filed an initiative to legalize charter schools but pretty much need a miracle to get the measure in front of voters this November.
Date: 05/31/2012 | Local News
Girls Class of 2012
See and vote for who best represented this year's senior girls
Date: 05/31/2012 | High Schools
Boys Class of 2012
See and vote for who best represented this year's senior boys
Date: 05/31/2012 | High Schools
Ten headed to prep all-state baseball games
SNOHOMISH -- The Wesco South team tied the Wesco North team 1-1, and then won 4-1 in a Wesco league senior all-star baseball doubleheader played at Snohomish High School on Wednesday.
Date: 05/30/2012 | High Schools
Approach to ed reform sets Inslee, McKenna apart
SEATTLE -- Both of Washington state's leading gubernatorial candidates say schools should find innovative new ways to teach. But they disagree sharply on how to make this happen, illustrating a key disagreement among voters.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest
Cuts take scholarships away from state's top students
EDMONDS -- For nearly 30 years, the state annually issued awards to a few of the high school seniors who were ranked in the top 1 percent in Washington. They were the best of the best, honored not only for their academic achievements, but for their leadership and community service.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News
Education was shared passion for senator, sister
It began as a secret.Long ago, during Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson's early years in Congress, lawmakers could earn honoraria for giving speeches without reporting how much they made or how it was spent.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News
5th Avenue honors county high school productions
SEATTLE -- It's like the state tournament for theater kids. It's even a bit like Broadway's Tony awards.The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the nominees for the 2012 awards honoring high school musical theater. Winners pick up their awards at a celebration June 4 at the Seattle theater.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News
Deals with banks stacking fees on students
WASHINGTON -- It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Business
Lynnwood High hires new football coach
Lynnwood High School has tapped an assistant to take over as the head coach of its football team.
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
Lynnwood's basketball coach will stress defense
Lynnwood's new boys basketball coach, Michael Richards, plans to make defense a top priority in his program.His reasoning is simple.
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
Web classes have a catch
For Everett students, online courses require special agreements
Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News
All-Wesco 2012: Girls Tennis
Spring 2011-12 All-Wesco teams, as selected by league coaches:
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
All-Wesco 2012: Golf
Spring 2011-12 All-Wesco teams, as selected by league coaches:
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
All-Wesco 2012: Track & Field
Spring 2011-12 All-Wesco teams, as selected by league coaches:
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
All-Wesco Boys Soccer
Spring's standout athletes as voted on by coaches
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
All-Wesco Softball
The spring's standout athletes as voted on by coaches
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
Spring All-Wesco teams
Standout local athletes, as voted by league coaches
Date: 05/29/2012 | High Schools
Snohomish High senior to be Democratic elector
SNOHOMISH -- For many people, the Electoral College is a dusty memory from high school civics class -- an often overlooked part of presidential elections.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Local News
Next stop: EvCC
Senior Esther Brown is a volunteer, athlete, singer and actor
Date: 05/28/2012 | Life
School Winners
Snohomish students awarded scholarshipsThe Tillicum Kiwanis Club of Snohomish recently awarded $1,000 scholarships for higher education to seven students who are graduating this year from AIM, Glacier Peak and Snohomish high schools in the Snohomish School District.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Life
Taloff deserves this
The career of Archbishop Murphy head baseball coach Stan Taloff was decorated before Saturday. He had more than 500 career victories, numerous league titles, district titles and even state championship game appearances in his 34 years as a head baseball coach.
Date: 05/27/2012 | Prep Zone
Wildcats win title
Archbishop Murphy baseball beats Lynden for 2A state title
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Twins have multiplied
More than 50 sets of twins are graduating from local schools
Date: 05/27/2012 | Local News
Educators point to funding losses for grad rate drop
The Everett School District has hit a speed bump after years of steady increases in the number of on-time high school graduation rates.The district isn't alone. It's part of a statewide trend.
Date: 05/27/2012 | Local News
EvCC wins 2 games to stay alive at NWAACC tourney
LONGVIEW -- Everett Community College won two loser-out games Saturday to remain alive in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges baseball tournament at Lower Columbia College.
Date: 05/26/2012 | Sports
Snohomish wins state lacrosse title
SEATTLE -- The Snohomish Lacrosse Club boys team captured its first Division II state championship with a 7-4 win over Garfield High School at Seattle's Memorial Stadium on Saturday, avenging last year's opening-round playoff loss to the Bulldogs.
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Seagulls fall short
Everett softball loses to Kamiakin in 3A champioship game
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Lynnwood's Basham wins shot put title
TACOMA -- Most track and field athletes need the whole season to prepare and feel capable of competing at a high level like the state meet.For Lynnwood's Andrew Basham, it only took three events.
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Neale's costly win
Glacier Peak runner wins 800, but hurts hammy in the process
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
4A State Softball: Monroe splits on final day, ties for fifth
SPOKANE -- In its first game Saturday, the Monroe softball jumped all over Tahoma en route to a lopsided win.Later in the day the Bearcats had the tables turned.
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Everett High headed to state softball final
LACEY -- Never in the long, storied athletic history of Everett High School have the Seagulls made it to the state championship game of a fastpitch softball tournament, and yet coach Casey Chaffee accomplished that feat Saturday morning in her first season at the helm.
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Unsure, but unafraid
Jackson's Nelson confident heading into today's 800, 1,600
Date: 05/26/2012 | High Schools
Work to begin on Everett schools admin building
Construction is expected to begin next month on the Everett School District's new two-story, $16.96 million administration building.
Date: 05/26/2012 | Local News
Dramatic catch denies Everett at NWAACC tourney (video)
LONGVIEW -- The Everett Trojans thought they had tied the game. Instead, they suffered a dramatic defeat.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Sports
Good day for jumping
Justin Peterson, Tay'lor Eubanks win triple jump crowns
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
LaLone, Kamiak duo advance to semifinals at state tennis championships
RICHLAND -- Stanwood's Megan LaLone and the Kamiak doubles team of Jenna and Alyssa Gilbert both won two matches to advance to the 4A State Girls Tennis semifinals held at Richland High School and Columbia Basin Racquet Club.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
4A State Softball: Monroe, MP lose in quarters
SPOKANE -- The Monroe and Marysville Pilchuck softball teams had similar experiences at the 4A state softball tournament.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Everett's Carr wins state title in discus
TACOMA -- Everett's Calea Carr doesn't practice discus much as she's training to be a heptathlete. Turns out she doesn't need much practice.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Wildcats advance
Murphy beats East Valley to advance to 2A title game
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Seagulls into semis
Everett softball wins twice to advance to 3A state semifinals
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
2A State Softball: Granite Falls 10, White River 4
SELAH -- Trailing 4-1 Granite Falls made a pitching change that changed everything.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Photos from Meadowdale softball's big comeback
The Meadowdale softball team came from three runs down in the seventh inning to beat Peninsula on 4-3 in the first round of the 3A state tournament at Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey.Herald photographer Mark Mulligan got some great photos from the game and had this to say:
Date: 05/25/2012 | Prep Zone
MP's Tuemmler heads to state
Girls singles players is first Tomahawk to go to state in 27 years
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Murphy's defense stout
Can it stay that way in quest for state soccer title?
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Archbishop Murphy's quest continues for baseball title
EVERETT -- The Archbishop Murphy baseball team is two wins away from a 2A state championship and the Wildcats continue their quest to win it all today when they face the East Valley Red Devils in the state semifinal at 4 p.m. at Yakima County Stadium.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
After long break, boys set to play for title
If preparation is a key to success, local tennis players should be ready to shine at this weekend's state tennis tournaments.
Date: 05/25/2012 | High Schools
Chain saw carving will be Snohomish students’ legacy
SNOHOMISH -- The graduating sixth-graders at Dutch Hill Elementary wanted to leave behind a gift to be placed in the courtyard of their school.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News
Lynnwood students going to court
LYNNWOOD -- About 800 fifth-graders are headed to court Thursday.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News
Student returns to cheers
Nic Trout makes first visit to M-P since he was paralyzed
Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News
Saving her best for last
Stanwood's Kaci Jones wins discus title on her final throw
Date: 05/24/2012 | High Schools
Port Angeles School Board to ban classroom pets
PORT ANGELES -- The Port Angeles School Board is banning classroom pets because of concerns that dogs, rabbits, snakes and baby chicks threaten student health and safety.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest
Graduation rates
Which schools are graduating kids on time? Look them up
Date: 05/24/2012 | Need to Know
Prep lacrosse: Snohomish advances to Division II final
SNOHOMISH -- Austin Tippett, of Snohomish, scored four goals to lead the Snohomish club team to a 10-8 win over Nathan Hale in the Division II semifinals on Wednesday night.Snohomish plays Garfield in the final on Saturday.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Prep Zone
Arlington's Lexi Sarver is prepared for winning
ARLINGTON -- Later today, Arlington senior Lexi Sarver will try for a coveted championship at the Class 4A state track and field championships in Tacoma.But regardless of the outcome, Sarver is already a winner in a personal bout with much higher stakes.
Date: 05/24/2012 | High Schools
New coach, same result
First-year Everett softball coach has 'Gulls back at state
Date: 05/24/2012 | High Schools
Milner, Over score big at ESD scholar-athlete banquet
EDMONDS -- To be able to balance school and athletics is an achievement of itself. To be rewarded for your hardwork and dedication as a student athlete makes all the hard work and dedication worth it.
Date: 05/24/2012 | High Schools
Report: More students taking science, math
MIAMI -- More high school students are enrolling in math and science classes and seeking online learning opportunities. Fewer want or are able to find jobs while in school.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Jackson's Cornett, Kamiak win state titles
SPOKANE -- Since the state golf tournament began early Tuesday morning in Spokane, the weighted rain clouds stood guard above the players, threatening but never quite releasing their liquid cargo.Then late in the second round Wednesday the clouds let go. And boy did they.
Date: 05/23/2012 | High Schools
Cornett wins state; Kamiak wins team title
SPOKANE -- Jackson's Kyle Cornett shot a 1-under-par 71 in the second round of the 4A Boys Golf State Championship on Wednesday for a two-day total of 145 to win an individual state title by two strokes.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Prep Zone
Seattle principal cleared in student sex complaint
SEATTLE -- A Seattle School District investigation has cleared an elementary school principal who asked students to demonstrate how a boy inappropriately touched himself.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest
Vote for boys soccer's best
Help The Herald pick All-Area Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Date: 05/23/2012 | Prep Zone
SPU's Aanstad is ready for prime time
In the thousand-excuse world of competitive athletics, everybody has a reason for coming up short of expectations, and Seattle Pacific University senior Brittany Aanstad is no different.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Sports
Consistency keeps Jackson's Cornett on top
SPOKANE -- All of that practice in the poor spring weather paid dividends for Kyle Cornett.
Date: 05/22/2012 | High Schools
Cornett leads 4A boys state tournament
Jackson's Kyle Cornett shot a 2-over-par 74 at Hangman Valley Golf Course to sit atop the leaderboard after the first round of the 4A boys state tournament on Tuesday.Curtis' Aaron Clare and Eastlake's Spencer Weiss both shot 75s and are tied for second.
Date: 05/22/2012 | Prep Zone
Great photo from weekend softball
Meadowdale softball parent Greg Taylor recently emailed me a fantastic photo from this past weekend's 3A District 1 softball tournament in Sedro-Woolley. The photo below is of Mavs hitter Lindsey Milner coming home after hitting a two-run HR against Wesco rival Mountlake Terrace in the consolation...
Date: 05/22/2012 | Prep Zone
Competitor to the core
Jackson's Cornett has one goal at state: win it all
Date: 05/22/2012 | High Schools
Athletes of the Week
The best performances of last week from the world of preps
Date: 05/22/2012 | High Schools
Vote for baseball's best
Help The Herald pick All-Area Baseball Player of the Year
Date: 05/22/2012 | Prep Zone
Vote for softball's best
Help The Herald choose All-Area Softball Player of the Year
Date: 05/21/2012 | Prep Zone
Monroe School District in lease dispute
MONROE -- The Monroe School District has received a court date to dispute the termination of a lease with a Sammamish-based real estate company.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Local News
Glacier Peak's 'Seussical' is up for 11 awards
Glacier Peak High School drama teacher Patti Wade used the word "spectacle" to describe the Snohomish school's production of the musical "Seussical.""I felt we had a very strong production, full of spectacle as well as an exceptionally talented cast and crew," Wade said.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Life
School Winners
Snohomish graduate earns PLU degreeMercedes Begley, a 2008 graduate of Snohomish High School, has earned a bachelor of arts degree in Chinese studies with minors in anthropology and global studies from Pacific Lutheran University.
Date: 05/21/2012 | Life
Prep lacrosse playoffs: Snohomish advances; Everett ousted
Boys Division II | Quarterfinals
Date: 05/19/2012 | Prep Zone
Wildcats advance
Archbishop Murphy shuts out Bellingham, head to state semis
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Vikings fall short
Lake Stevens loses to Puyallup to fall a game short of Pasco
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
3A State Boys Soccer: Bainbridge 3, Shorewood 2 (SO)
SHORELINE -- Shorewood's undefeated season came to an end today with a 3-2 shootout loss to Bainbridge in the quarterfinal round of the 3A Boys State Soccer Championships. The Thunderbirds fought back from a 1-0 deficit at halftime to lead 2-1, but gave up a goal in the final minutes to send it to...
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Seagulls fly to title
Everett softball rallies to beat Sedro-Woolley for district crown
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Mavs headed to state
Meadowdale softball wins twice Saturday to make it to Lacey
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Prep softball: Inglemoor 9, Snohomish 4
SNOHOMISH -- Taylor Peacock hit a pivotal three-run home run and Inglemoor advanced to state, ending the Snohomish season with a win in a loser-out 4A crossover game. The Panthers trailed 3-2 before Peacock knocked the ball over the left-field fence in the fifth inning, which put the Vikings ahead...
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
4A State Boys Soccer: Skyview 3, Lake Stevens 0
Sometimes exploring new places can be scary. Just ask the ball used in Saturday's boys soccer match between Skyview and Lake Stevens.For 39 minutes, it avoided going in the back of the net, but it once it got there -- it discovered it liked it quite a bit.
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
E-W baseball loses at state
Kentwood defeats Warriors 8-3 in first-round game Saturday
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
3A State Baseball: Mountlake Terrace loses to Columbia River 5-4
MOUNT VERNON -- The Mountlake Terrace baseball team suffered a heartbreaking loss on Saturday.Columbia River rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning to edge the Hawks 5-4 in a Class 3A state regional game at the Dream Field.
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Quite a catch
Austin Johnson filling a big hole for Terrace baseball team
Date: 05/19/2012 | High Schools
Eagles soar at Bi-Districts
A week after losing to Jackson at Wesco, Arlington wins title
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
4A Bi-District girls
MP girls relay team wins; Arlington girls take team title
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
Prep track: 2A District Championships
At Cedarcrest H.S.BoysTeam scores: Sehome 144, Squalicum 77, Cedarcrest 68, Bellingham 64.5, Lakewood 54, Archbishop Murphy 52.5, Burlington-Edison 43, Lynden 42, Blaine 39, Anacortes 26, Granite Falls 17, Mount Baker 13, Sultan 12, South Whidbey 10.
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
Tigers win title
Granite Falls beats Mount Baker to win district title
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
Host Oak Harbor wins boys district title; Glacier Peak takes girls
OAK HARBOR -- Oak Harbor hosted the Northwest 3A District 1 track and field championships at Wildcat Stadium, which can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on who you ask.
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
Gonzaga dorm residents donate goods to charity
SPOKANE -- When college students move out of dorms in the spring they often throw away a lot of good "stuff" they don't want to move.Gonzaga residence director Nicholas Grainger said they found a way to prevent waste and help the needy.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Prep girls tennis: 4A state qualifier
MILL CREEK -- Marysville Pilchuck's Sarah Tuemmler came from behind to defeat Eastlake's Katie Park 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a battle of Wesco and Kingco third-place finishers at Jackson High School on Friday, qualifying her for next week's 4A state tournament in Richland.
Date: 05/18/2012 | High Schools
New basketball coach at Shorewood, volleyball coach at King's
Two Shoreline area high schools made a pair of hires last week. Shorewood hired Ben Scheffler as its new head basketball coach and King's hired Jeff Fransen as its new head volleyball coach.Here's the press releases:Ben Scheffler hired as Shorewood Boys Basketball Coach
Date: 05/18/2012 | Prep Zone
2012 NW 1A/2B All-League teams
BASEBALLMVP: Tyler Clark, Concrete, SeniorCoach of the Year: Jim Newby, ConcreteTeam Sportsmanship: Cedar Park Christian (MLT)1ST TEAM Austin Lambright, Friday Harbor, PWil James, La Conner, CBrandan Lambright, Friday Harbor, INF
Date: 05/18/2012 | Prep Zone
2 state scholarship programs aid the middle class
SEATTLE -- A popular book a few years ago advised middle class parents to forget about saving for college. The author argued that since the federal government deducts a percentage of savings from the amount of financial aid for which a child could qualify, they could lose money in the end.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Education group backs McKenna for governor
OLYMPIA -- An education advocacy group that typically supports Democrats endorsed Republican Rob McKenna for governor Friday, saying he has concrete proposals that would improve outcomes for students.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Portland State University wins computer prize
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A team of four computer science students from Portland State University won the Cornell Cup USA, a national competition for computer-aided inventions.The project they displayed earlier this month at Walt Disney World can be used to identify pills.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
New state law helps with immunization compliance
A state law that makes it tougher for parents to opt out of having their kids receive the immunizations required to attend school seems to have had an effect.Exemption rates have dropped significantly since the law was passed last year, according to the state Department of Health.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
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