SCHOOL BRIEFS: Edmonds third-graders celebrate reading
Published 8:32 pm Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Edmonds third-graders who won awards in the Edmonds Arts Commission’s Best Book I Ever Read poster contest were honored at a Nov. 19 reception.
George Shannon, author of many books for children, was the featured speaker. All winners received a certificate and bookmark, and the “Outstanding” winners also received a $10 gift certificate to the Edmonds Bookshop courtesy the Friends of the Edmonds Library.
Outstanding Award Winners: Sydney (no last name given, Maplewood), Maia Aikens (Seaview), Lauren Billings (Sherwood), Cutter Buchea (Seaview), Hope Caswell (Sherwood), Maeve Conaty (Holy Rosary), Muriel Fay (Westgate), Jimmy Johnson (Seaview), Susana Macedo (Seaview), Jacob MacGill (Chase Lake), Abigail Marie Morris (Seaview), Lucero Padron (Chase Lake), Kristen Santarin (Holy Rosary), Luke Schimpf (Holy Rosary), Jacob Seals (Seaview), Ramond Smith (Madrona), Casey Toler (Seaview), Jaida Voltolato (Chase Lake) and Aubrey Zeh (Sherwood).
Honorable Mention Award Winners: Ever (no last name given, Maplewood), Aysha Abdal-Shaheed (Chase Lake), Caitlin Carroll (Holy Rosary), Nicole Coutermarsh (Westgate), Jolie Elliott (Maplewood), Samuel Fillmore (Chase Lake), Cole Grisham (Maplewood), Mia Herr (Sherwood), Colin Holzman-Klima (Holy Rosary), Barrie Jacowitz (Madrona), Jakob Johansen (Westgate), Abby Loboda (Sherwood), Zoe Lockwood (Seaview), Natalie Peck (Holy Rosary), Lucas Seeley (Holy Rosary), Soriah Swinton (Chase Lake), Késse Van Sensus (Chase Lake), Colton Walsh (Seaview), Isabella Wilhelm (Sherwood) and Cecilia Wroblewski (Holy Rosary).
Their posters were on display during November in the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St. The poster contest is an annual event that gives Edmonds third-grade and multi-age classroom students the opportunity to make posters featuring a favorite book as part of National Children’s Book Week.
Eat with Santa, listen to music
The Mountlake Terrace High School Music Boosters host its annual Breakfast with Santa from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 11, in the school Hub, 21801 44th Ave. W.
Listen to holiday music from music students at MTHS, Brier Terrace Middle and other schools while noshing on pancakes, sausage, fruit and beverages.
Cost is $5 for students and seniors, $7 adults, at the door; children under age 3 eat free. Family photos with or without Santa available for $7 to $10.
Call 425-750-2811 or e-mail randj.lundquist@comcast.net for more information.
‘Messiah’ part of MTHS concert
The Mountlake Terrace High School choirs and chamber orchestra will perform Handel’s “Messiah” as part of their winter concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in the school theater, 21801 44th Ave. W.
“Messiah” is considered Handel’s best-loved and well-known work and is a popular holiday offering, the school boosters group said. There also will be other seasonal and non-seasonal music.
Donations will be accepted at the door to help support the MTHS choir and orchestra programs. Call 425-431-5057 for more information.
Shoreline CC plans layoffs
The state’s continued economic downturn means Shoreline Community College employees will learn over the next 10 days whether their positions will be cut in the next round of state-mandated budget reductions.
“It just gets worse and worse and worse,” Shoreline President Lee Lambert said Nov. 30 at a brown-bag meeting on campus. The announcement was triggered by the Nov. 19 state revenue forecast and Gov. Chris Gregoire’s statement that another 4.6 percent, about $1 million to the college, must be cut in the current budget year that ends June 30, 2011.
Lambert said cuts will hit all areas of college employees but didn’t say which positions or how many would be identified for layoff or reduction-in-force. “I hope to present a plan with at least the numbers of positions affected on Dec. 10,” Lambert said. An all-campus meeting is scheduled for 12:30-2 p.m. that day in the PUB main dining room on the campus at 16101 Greenwood Ave. N.
KidStage taking registration
Winter theater classes through Village Theatre’s KidStage program start up Jan. 11 for preschoolers to high-schoolers. The classes, many based on popular children’s books or movies, are tailored to budding thespians.
To register or learn more, call 425-392-1942, ext. 148, or visit www.villagekidstage.org.
Cedar Way moves up in grant challenge
Cedar Way Elementary School, Mountlake Terrace, has joined with eight other schools across the country in their bids to upgrade playgrounds through a Pepsi Refresh Challenge grant contest.
Each of the “Refresh our Playgrounds” schools is seeking to land in the top tier of online votes.
“Each of our groups believes in the power of play,” said Joy Muller, from the Cedar Way Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, in a press release. “By building play areas and encouraging community involvement in play spaces we promote the health and well being of our children.”
Cedar Way is seeking a $50,000 grant to upgrade its play equipment, some of which dates to 1959. The school late last week ranked 14th and needs to finish in the top 10 this month to earn a grant. To vote for Cedar Way’s project , text 103810 to Pepsi at 73774, or visit www.refresheverything.com/cedarwayplayground. People can cast votes three times daily.
Music group names students for all-honors
The following students and school groups were selected to perform with the Washington Music Educators Association’s All-State and the National Association for Music Education’s All-Northwest choirs, bands and orchestras at a regional conference of music teachers to be held Feb. 17-20 in Bellevue:
All-State:
Edmonds-Woodway High School: Hannah Burson (concert band, clarinet), Grey Larson (concert band, clarinet), Rebecca Herivel (concert band, euphonium), Stephen Weikel (symphony orchestra, oboe), Jane Hong (symphony orchestra, violin), Victoria Phan (symphony orchestra, viola), Tyler Brown (symphonic choir, tenor 2)
Meadowdale High School: Michaela Fraser (concert band, trumpet), Samantha Piercy (concert band, oboe), Evan Devries (symphonic choir, bass 1), June Woo (symphony orchestra, violin)
Brier Terrace Middle School: Jonathan Mah (junior orchestra, viola)
Madrona School: Alec Sjoholm (junior orchestra, cello)
Sherwood Elementary School: Damari Peralez-Long (youth honor chorus, alto)
Jackson High School: Stephen Bartlett (band, tuba), Olivia Hartshorn (mixed symphonic choir, alto 1), Erik Hasstedt (mixed symphonic choir, bass 1), Chris Steckler (mixed symphonic choir, bass 1)
King’s High School: Joe Fang (concert band, flute), Natalie Kim (concert band, oboe), Cody Kommers (symphonic choir, bass), Selina Shin (concert band, flute), Allison Weber (symphonic choir, alto)
Shorecrest High School: Spencer Feathers (symphony orchestra, trombone), Amy Glaskova (orchestra, viola)
All-Northwest:
Edmonds-Woodway High School: Sophie Roben (band, clarinet), Alex Dying (jazz band, bass), Eric Dubbury (jazz band, trumpet)
Mountlake Terrace High School: Lucy Schermer (band, flute), Skyler Floe (jazz band, trumpet), Kendall Irby (jazz band, trombone), Skye Lewis (jazz band, baritone sax), Jack Walters (jazz band, tenor sax), Aleena Wolfe (mixed choir, soprano 1), Miranda Troutt (treble choir, soprano 1)
Meadowdale High School: Daniel Hipke (jazz band, guitar), Marilee Clobes (jazz choir, alto 2), Nathaniel Hendrix (jazz choir, bass 1), Todd Hollenhorst (jazz choir, piano), Maxfield Marcus (jazz choir, tenor 1), Taylor Zickefoose (jazz choir, alto 1)
Jackson High School: Danny Kavanagh (orchestra, French horn), Stephanie Lebens (band, trombone), Brian Kavanagh (band, trumpet)
King’s High School: Minseung Choi (orchestra, violin), Sarah Elwood (orchestra, violin), Faith Gleason (band, bassoon)
Shorecrest High School: Christopher Hughes (band, clarinet), Declan Sullivan (band, percussion), David Miller (band, percussion)
Little Red gets grant
Little Red School House recently received a $1,000 grant from the Edmonds branch of D.A. Davidson &Co., a financial services firm.
The funds will be used to support early intervention services (physical, occupational and speech therapies, special education, mental health) for children – newborns to 3-year-olds – who have disabilities or delays, and their families, when they are unable to pay for the services.
Upcoming deadlines
The following are deadlines for various educational scholarships, contests and other programs:
Ongoing: City of Edmonds Sister City student exchange program to Hekinan, Japan, in July; ages 14-18; www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/sisCityXchange.stm
Dec. 10: Letters About Literature writing contest, Washington State Library; grades 4-12; http://tinyurl.com/waLAL
