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DARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
“We have a play coming up, which I’m involved in. It’s ‘Pillow Talk.’ I’m playing Alma, the maid. We went to a poetry slam for English class, which was down in Seattle. We are voting in ASB officers. Campaigning is going to start up.”
– MAGGIE WICKEN, 11th grade
‘American Idol’ Sanjaya pays Snohomish a visit
Students at Cathcart Elementary School in Snohomish got a surprise visit last week from former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya Malakar.
The 17-year-old from Federal Way has two cousins who attend the school.
Sanjaya, who was voted off the Fox TV program in April, visited a PE class, signed autographs and answered questions during an assembly.
He also sang a song, but school staff were asked by his agent not to discuss which one. The teen was often ripped by the TV show’s judges.
Second-grader Cade Younie, 8, said he liked the live version better than Sanjaya’s singing on the show.
“I think he tried his best to do it because his cousins were there and everything,” Cade said. “I thought it was special.”
The star was known for a mohawk hairstyle on the TV show. At Cathcart? “It was hanging down, just normal,” Cade said.
Principal Casey Howard described Sanjaya as “humorous and very down-to-earth.”
Many girls “were a little gaga.” “I don’t know who was more excited – the 8-year-old girls, the 12-year-old girls or the moms,” Howard said.
MPHS fundraiser to help special-needs students
DECA students at Marysville-Pilchuck High School are hosting a benefit Saturday evening to help pay for field trips and other events for special-needs students from their school.
Among other activities, the fundraiser will help pay for a trip to the Seattle Aquarium later this month.
Saturday’s event begins at 5 p.m. with a silent auction. A catered pasta meal begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 6:30 p.m. magic show and a 7:15 p.m. concert by The Penguins. Live auction items will be available as well.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children 13 and under.
“It’s a good cause,” said Brent Castano, an MPHS junior, one of about 50 students organizing the event.
Ugandan orphans to visit, thank Gateway students
Students from an orphanage in Uganda plan to visit Gateway Middle School at 7 p.m. Thursday for an evening of music and dance.
The public is invited. The school is at 15404 Silver Firs Drive, Everett.
Students from Gateway and other area schools donated school supplies, clothing and other needed items to St. Mary Kevin Orphanage in Kajjansi as part of the Seattle-based Sister Schools program.
Similar events are planned for 7 p.m. May 23 at the Maplewood Co-op in Edmonds and at 7:30 p.m. May 29 at Harbour Pointe Middle School in Mukilteo.
For more information, visit www.sisterschools.org.
Monroe High School DUI event seeks to persuade
Monroe High School students will learn about the dangers of drunken driving in a special assembly 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The public is welcome to attend. Stop at the main office and sign in as a visitor.
The assembly, timed to prom and graduation, includes a re-enactment of a DUI crash and a talk from a mother who lost a child in such a crash.
Stanwood music groups give free performances
The public can hear Stanwood High School’s award-winning instrumental and vocal groups at a pair of free concerts in the school’s performing arts center.
The wind ensemble, symphonic band, percussion ensemble and jazz band play at 7 tonight. The high school choirs perform small ensemble pieces at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Soundview plans festival
The private Soundview School in Lynnwood plans its annual arts festival, “You are the Art!” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The parent-sponsored event benefits the school’s arts fund.
More than 20 booths will feature art, crafts and food. Activities include chocolate making, sumo wrestling, “Dance Dance Revolution” and batik fabric art. The Brent Williams Blues Band and Soundview Jazz Band also are scheduled to perform.
Saratoga offers info night
Saratoga School, which partners with home-schooling parents in the Stanwood-Camano School District, plans an open house at 7 p.m. May 22.
The program enrolls students in kindergarten through 10th grade. Most learning occurs at home with a parent. Saratoga teachers assist families. Students come to the school for classes one day a week.
Next fall, the school plans to expand its online course offerings, field-based learning and enrichment classes.
For more information, call Shelly Greer at 360-629-1372.
Jackson drama boosters bring mystery to fundraiser
The Henry M. Jackson High School Drama Boosters present a 1950s-themed mystery dinner at 7 p.m. Friday in the school commons, 1508 136th St. SE, Mill Creek.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for students. For more information and to buy tickets, call 206-423-5356 or 425-344-3712.
Kindergarten registration this week in Lake Stevens
Kindergarten registration started this week in the Lake Stevens School District.
Registration started Monday at Hillcrest Elementary School; call 425-335-1545.
Other registration dates:
Today: Highland Elementary School, 425-335-1585
Tuesday-Wednesday: Glenwood Elementary School, 425- 335-1510
Wednesday: Skyline Elementary School, 425-335-1520
Wednesday-Thursday: Sunnycrest Elementary School, 425-335-1535
Friday: Mount Pilchuck Elementary School, 425-335-1525
Visit www.lkstevens.wednet.edu or your neighborhood school for more information.
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