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Weston High School (Arlington):
“This summer I’m taking summer school here. I’m going to start my senior project. I want to be a teacher so I’m going to job shadow.
“Today (Monday) is the last day of school. Everyone is just saying bye to each other so it’s really nice.”
JULIA SANDERS, incoming senior
Story pole raised at Quil Ceda Elementary
A cedar tree cut down to make room for the new Marysville Secondary Campus has returned as a story pole at Quil Ceda Elementary School next door.
Students from Heritage High School, one of three schools on the secondary campus, presented the Quil Ceda students with the carving on June 10.
Heritage students, Tulalip tribal carvers and others created the story pole.
Courage Benally, a Heritage teacher, taught students about story poles.
The Tulalip Housing Department helped move the log into place for carving, transported it for finish work and helped bring it to the dedication site.
Tribal member Mike Gobin provided tools and instruction and helped put the finishing touches on the pole.
Students in Benally’s class carved the pole and worked into the night finishing the painting.
In an assembly, Quil Ceda students learned the pole’s story, which is about generosity. The eagle at the top serves as messenger, a bear with a salmon in the middle as a resource and a whale at the bottom as strength for new beginnings.
The pole was placed in front of Quil Ceda Elementary after several dedication songs by tribal drummers and singers.
Snohomish High forms administrative team
Snohomish High School has assembled its administrative team for next fall, with Principal Diana Plumis retiring and Glacier Peak High School opening.
Beth Porter is the new principal. She came to Snohomish High School as assistant principal in 2001 and served as the principal of the Freshman Campus this year.
Gordy Brockman will remain as an assistant principal. He came to Snohomish in 1983 as a teacher, became an assistant principal at the high school in 1999 and transferred to Centennial Middle School as an assistant principal before returning to the high school in 2005.
Greg Barker will become another assistant principal. He now is an assistant principal at Valley View Middle School. Barker came to Snohomish two years ago from Auburn Riverside High School, where he was activities director. Before that, he had been a teacher and activities adviser in the Marysville School District.
Anne Tompkins also will be an assistant principal. She was a Snohomish math teacher for 24 years before serving as the school’s dean of students last year.
Arlington High brings parents to campus
A new Link Crew Parents program has been established at Arlington High School.
The program welcomes volunteers to walk the school grounds in teams during lunch, before school and after school.
The aim is to be a positive support program, not an enforcement program.
Volunteers provide teachers and administrators with another set of eyes and the students with another link to their community.
Details are available on Arlington School District’s Web site, www.asd.wednet.edu. Go to the “schools” section. Follow the “Arlington High School” link. Then go to the “community involvement” section to find the “Link Crew” link. For more information, contact Mixie Deeter at mmdeeter@verizon.net.
Parents can learn about Grove spots in August
Grove Elementary School will open its doors to students for the first time in September and parents who aren’t sure if their child will be attending the new campus can find out online after Aug. 6.
Grove, the Marysville School District’s 11th elementary, located on the corner of 67th Avenue and Grove Street, will serve about 400 students next fall with room for more.
Under the new boundaries approved by the Marysville School Board in spring 2007, students will come from Allen Creek, Kellogg Marsh and Pinewood elementary schools.
For more information about district boundaries, visit the district’ s Web site at www.msvl.k12.wa.us or call the district transportation office at 360-653-0835.
Explorer Middle School gearing up for fall
School gets out Wednesday in the Mukilteo School District, but plans are already under way at Explorer Middle School to give incoming sixth-graders a soft landing next fall.
The school south of Everett holds a sixth-grade orientation from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 2.
Students will get their schedules and identification cards at 10 a.m. before touring buildings, finding their classrooms, practicing their locker combinations and going through the lunch line and getting an ice cream bar.
Seventh- and eighth-grade volunteers will help the sixth-grade students find their classrooms and learn how to use their lockers.
Glenwood Elementary School principal retires
After 32 in education, Joy Lansdowne is retiring as principal at Glenwood Elementary School in the Lake Stevens School District.
She has led Glenwood for 10 years. She also spent 14 years as principal of Lowell Elementary School in Everett.
During her retirement, Lansdowne plans to do school consulting with a private company. As part of the job, she expects to travel to schools around the region.
Her replacement hasn’t been named.
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