EdCC to offer new degrees, certifications

Edmonds Community College is offering new classes, degrees and certificates this fall.

To see the complete fall class schedule, go to http://schedule.edcc.edu. Call 425-640-1459, e-mail info@edcc.edu or go to http://getstarted.edcc.edu.

New classes and programs include Arabic and Chinese; a restoration horticulture degree; and baking, dental front office and project management certificates.

For information on Arabic and Chinese, call 425-640-1560.

To learn about the baking program, call 425-640-1644 or e-mail culinaryarts@edcc.edu.

Contacts for the restoration horticulture degree are 425-640-1739 and horticulture@edcc.edu.

The dental front office certificate can be taken online; for more information, call 425-640-1051.

To learn more about the project management certificate, call 425-640-1388 or e-mail mgmt@edcc.edu. The class meets online as well as on campus.

Kamiak High School gets a new principal

The Mukilteo School District has named Mike Gallagher to be the new principal of Kamiak High School.

He will begin his new position immediately.

Gallagher has spent his entire education career in the Issaquah School District.

He started in 1979 as a high school English and social studies instructor and went on to become a guidance counselor, a middle school assistant principal, the principal of Issaquah High School and most recently the executive director of high schools at Issaquah.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University and a master’s degree from Seattle Pacific University.

Gallagher replaces Keith Rittel, who recently left Kamiak to accept a central office administrative position with the Clover Park School District.

Residents who fought school fire to be honored

The Lakewood School District and the Marysville Fire District will honor residents who helped contain a July 23 arson fire at Lakewood Elementary School.

A recognition ceremony is 5:30 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Lakewood High School Commons, 17023 11th Ave NE. The public is welcome.

At least eight school district residents converged on the elementary school campus after seeing smoke in the early evening of July 23.

They broke into classrooms to get to fire extinguishers before firefighters arrived. Damage to the school was estimated at $200,000.

A 12-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of starting the fire.

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