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BOTHELL HIGH SCHOOL
“There’s a lot of people wanting to help out other students, like teachers – they always want to help out. It seems like a really friendly environment. … For German classes, there’s going to be a soccer tournament coming up.”
– BRANDON LUTTHANS, 12th grade
Granite Falls to honor National Teacher of Year
The Granite Falls School District plans a celebration at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Granite Falls High School gym, 405 N. Alder Ave., to honor National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson.
Peterson, a music teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School, was named the nation’s top teacher by President Bush at a White House ceremony April 26.
Parents and district residents are invited to join Monte Cristo students and staff, Gov. Chris Gregoire, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson and Granite Falls Mayor Lyle Romack for a program that will highlight Peterson’s After-School Choir.
Peterson will be on sabbatical from her teaching duties in Granite Falls next year to fulfill responsibilities as a national spokeswoman for public education.
Young chefs in Monroe put healthy treats to test
Elementary school students in the Monroe district are to test their culinary skills with a “Kids Can Cook” competition after school today in the Monroe High School kitchen.
Judging is to begin at 5:30 p.m. District residents can come for their own taste tests.
Students submitted healthy, kid-friendly recipes, such as “Yummy in My Tummy Smoothie.” The top three young chefs in fourth and fifth grades will compete.
8th-grade social studies textbook up for review
Residents in the Everett School District can review the eighth-grade social studies textbook, “American History: Beginnings to Reconstruction,” published by McDougall Littell from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at the Longfellow Large Annex, 3715 Oakes Ave., Everett.
Newberry Honor author visits, stumps for schools
Award-winning young-adult author Kirby Larson of Kenmore plans to visit students at Heatherwood Middle School in Mill Creek on Friday.
She also is to be the featured speaker at a Northshore Public Education Foundation fundraiser on May 17 at the Lynnwood Convention Center.
Larson is the author of “Hattie Big Sky,” which won a 2007 Newberry Honor Book award.
At Heatherwood, Larson will speak in a morning assembly, then visit classes to work on storytelling activities with kids.
Next week, she will headline the Light a Fire for Learning luncheon. For information on attending, visit www. npefoundation.org. Larson is a former Northshore School Board member.
Eisenhower principal switches to elementary
David Jones will trade his principal’s post at Eisenhower Middle School to one at Cedar Wood Elementary School, both in the Everett School District.
Cedar Wood Principal Jill Tokumoto plans to resign; her family is moving to Texas.
Joyce Brossoit will replace Jones at Eisenhower, where she has been assistant principal the past two years.
Marysville teachers will help spruce up the city
Teachers from the Marysville School District plan to spend their morning of May 19 planting flowers at parks and other city venues.
It’s the Marysville Education Association’s second annual Community Pride Day, when teachers and their families help spruce up the city.
Volunteers should bring their own tools and meet at 9 a.m. – rain or shine – at Ebey Waterfront Park south of the Marysville Mall.
“The purpose is to promote community involvement in the district where we work,” said Rick Scriven, a Cedarcrest School teacher and event organizer.
For more information, contact the MEA office at 360-659-8666.
It’s time for May flowers
Several schools plan plant sales in the coming weeks. Among them:
Whittier Elementary School, 916 Oakes Ave., Everett, plans its fourth-grade plant sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds will help send the students to a fifth-grade leadership camp next school year. To make a donation, call the school at 425-395-4300.
Snohomish High School horticulture classes are holding their annual spring plant sale through June 2.
Sale times are from 2 to 5 p.m. each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday. The sale could be closed May 26; other closing times could shift with inclement weather.
Lake Stevens High School FFA students hold their annual plant sale through May 19.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, and until 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
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