FYI: Your schools
Published 10:29 pm Monday, April 28, 2008
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Snohomish High School Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center
“I’m building an 8-by-8 square house (for construction management at Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center). Next year (at Snohomish High School), they are going to have freshmen. I’m doing track right now. I do pole vault.”
Kyle Bahla, junior
Monroe gets grant to fight teen tobacco use
The Monroe School District recently received a grant from the Washington Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.
It will be used to curb tobacco use among high school students by increasing awareness and enforcement of tobacco-free school policies.
Overall, about 15 percent of high school students smoke in Washington.
Monroe plans to use the $21,000 grant to get word out to students and improve the delivery of that message to adults that visit the schools.
Monroe has a long history of prevention measures and its new effort will have greater emphasis on partnerships with families.
Benefit to help Terrace music program
The Mountlake Terrace High School Music Boosters plans to hold its 12th annual music benefit, Dancing through the Decades, from 7 to 10 p.m. May 9 at school, 21801 44th Ave. W.
The event features music provided by award-winning Mountlake Terrace High musicians, dancing with free instruction, a dessert dash and a raffle.
It will celebrate music directors Darin Faul and TJ Sullivan’s combined three decades of teaching students.
Costumes depicting the decades are encouraged but are optional.
Admission is $5 at the door with snacks and beverages for a small fee. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Proceeds benefit the entire music program, providing funds for equipment, sheet music, clinician fees and other items.
Contact mthsmusic boosters@earthlink.net or call 425-481-6427. Tax deductible donations for the music program can be made at MTHS Music Boosters, P.O. Box 474, Mountlake Terrace, WA. 98043.
Deadline nears for scholarship applications
Marysville Youth Soccer Club awards four $500 scholarships each year to Marysville School District seniors who have participated in the club program and are continuing their education after high school.
Applications are available in the counseling offices at all Marysville high schools or by e-mailing the club’s treasurer at finance@marysvillesoccer.com.
Any participation in the club makes a student eligible — playing, refereeing, working concessions. Applications are due by Friday.
Arlington jazz students to hold dessert dance
An annual Swing Into Spring dessert dance featuring music from Arlington High School’s jazz bands On Hold and Jazz II is set for 7 p.m. May 9 and 10 at the school, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd.
The event is a major fundraiser for the jazz bands, providing money for band trips, the purchase of equipment and scholarships for band students.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m.
While tickets will be available at the door, those interested in attending are encouraged to reserve a table by buying tickets in advance.
Tickets are available at two Arlington locations, Flowers By George at 335 N. Olympic Ave. and Arlington Copy, Mail and More at 526 N. West Ave.
Cost is $14 per person, which includes music, dancing, two desserts and beverages.
EvCC plans international education event
Everett Community College plans to play host to its first International Day, Passport to the World, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in EvCC’s Parks Student Union multipurpose room.
The goal is to promote understanding of different cultures and the importance of global education and to celebrate the college’s international students.
The event will include informational tables about EvCC’s international students, clubs and programs as well as international entertainment.
Organizers hope to make it an annual event. The event is free and open to the public.
The college will also focus on global issues on May 2, EvCC’s Global Education Day of Learning, with workshops for faculty and staff by international education experts.
EvCC is at 2000 Tower St. in north Everett, two blocks west of North Broadway between 10th and Tower Streets.
Parking on campus is by permit only. Visitors permits are available in the security office in the Parks Student Union building and may be picked up the day of the event.
Stanwood schools begin registering for next year
Stanwood-Camano School District is registering K-12 students for the 2008-09 school year at all schools, including the alternative middle school and online programs.
Call the schools during regular business hours to register.
If you’re unsure about which school to register a child in, call the transportation office at 360-629-1229. For general information, call the district office at 360-629-1200.
Trinity students to pay a visit to future home
Trinity Lutheran College plans to take an “urban plunge” in Everett involving a busload of 40 students from the College’s Issaquah campus on Friday and Saturday.
Several human services, church and community organizations are playing host to groups of students. Activities include service learning projects, meeting community organizers and leaders, and learning about future volunteer opportunities in the city.
Dave Ellingson, a college faculty member, describes the weekend as a chance for the college “to listen deeply to the community” about its assets and needs and how it can help.
Participating organizations include Interfaith Family Shelter, Food Bank, Salvation Army, ACORN Snohomish County, Kiwanis House, Lutheran Community Services Familias Unidas and First Presbyterian Pre-School, as well as a panel of community organizers and volunteers. The student group will stay overnight at Central Lutheran on Friday and on Saturday participate in the Festival Cinco de Mayo at Everett Community College before returning to Issaquah.
Trinity is a private and independent Lutheran college that is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
The college is moving to Everett and plans on opening its doors to students and the public by the fall quarter.
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