Edmonds-Woodway High School
“We’re having homecoming in like a week. I don’t know if I’m going to go yet or not. We have homecoming prince and princess and had elections a little while ago.”
Ariel Warren,
*inth grade
Boy creates playground game: Cleaning up
Benjamin Goodwin, 7, was tired of seeing balls, jump ropes and jackets left stranded after recess. So the second-grader at Riverview Elementary School in Snohomish did something about it.
Benjamin created the Clean-Up Club, in which members spend the last five minutes of recess picking up toys and other forgotten items. They also meet one day a month after school to clean up trash.
Other agreements for kids who sign up: using clean language and helping the custodian with other tasks.
“Well, I saw some other people (picking up toys), and I actually thought it’d be a good idea to form a club,” Benjamin said. “We’ve actually found stuff on the playground that would really hurt if you stepped on it.”
The club’s first official meeting is Nov. 17. Benjamin said he doesn’t expect many kids to show up. “Not many people want to take out recess time.”
Any takers? Two school boards have open seats
The Sultan and Darrington school boards each have empty seats waiting to be claimed.
In each case, an incumbent is stepping down but, after two filing periods, no one has stepped forward to replace them. In both districts, it is the First District seat that is open.
Interested people can call Jackie Whaley in the Sultan superintendent’s office, 360-793-9805. Darrington will post its position in November.
School library’s book fair to benefit Gulf Coast sister
Dutch Hill Elementary School in Snohomish will donate profits from its annual book fair this week to a sister school in Mississippi hit by Hurricane Katrina.
The 28th Street Elementary School in Gulfport was damaged, and its 372 students are temporarily learning in another school, Dutch Hill librarian Nancy Collins said.
Dutch Hill students will donate proceeds from their Scholastic sale in the form of books. Weyerhaeuser has offered to cover shipping.
“Our goal is to at least try to buy one book for each (Gulfport) student,” Collins said.
The sale will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Wednesday and until 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Dutch Hill library, 8231 131st Ave. SE. Sale items include children’s books, as well as cookbooks and other items for all ages.
Monroe refinances bonds to save taxpayers money
Monroe School Board members last week voted to refinance the district’s 1997 bonds at a lower interest rate, saving district taxpayers more than $600,000 over the next eight years. That’s 8.7 percent of the $6.8 million in remaining debt.
The original $24 million measure built the new Monroe High School and Hidden River Middle School. The old interest rate was 5.37 percent; the new one, 3.73 percent.
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