School Winners
Published 4:33 pm Thursday, January 7, 2016
Marysville on AP Honor Roll
The Marysville School District was one of 425 school districts in the U.S. and Canada, and 10 in Washington state, honored by the College Board with placement on the annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.
Testing director honored
Pete Bylsma, the Mukilteo School District’s director of assessment and program evaluation, was recently presented with the Gordon B. Ensign Award by the Washington Educational Research Association.
Bylsma has been a member of WERA for more than 15 years, has often presented papers at the organization’s December conferences, and has served two terms as the organization’s president.
Foundation awards $40K to two Snohomish programs
The Snohomish Education Foundation recently donated to two Snohomish School District programs.
The Foundation gave $20,000 to the Summer Arts and Science Academy, providing scholarships for low-income students to attend the program aimed at preventing the “summer slide.”
Another $20,000 went to a Reading Readiness Program, allowing all children from preschool to third grade to attend programs aimed at helping them learn to read.
Learn more about the Snohomish Education Foundation at www.snoed.org.
Everett foundation awards teachers $33K for supplies
The Everett Public Schools Foundation is awarding 48 classroom grants for the 2015-16 school year that total more than $33,000.
The grants will help teachers at 21 of the Everett School District’s 28 schools buy equipment or books for special programs focused on reading, writing, science, technology and more.
Examples of funded projects include an aquaponics system at Cascade High School, using iPads in PE classes at Eisenhower Middle School and creating some first-grade toymaking engineers at Emerson Elementary School.
Each year, the foundation holds a breakfast that includes demonstrations of some of the previous year’s funded projects. This year’s fundraiser is at 7 a.m. March 9 at the Xfinity Center. The suggested minimum donation to attend is $100. Find out more at www.everettsd.org/epsf.
Rotary honors PE teacher
Julie Walker, PE and health teacher at Alderwood Middle School, was named November’s Alderwood-Terrace Rotary Educator of the Month.
Walker has taught at Alderwood Middle for 27 years and chairs her department. She also is a member of the instructional and site councils, technology committee, and works as the girls basketball coach.
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