Lynnwood High School alumni will gather at the school tomorrow, Saturday, May 30 from 1 p.m,. to 8 p.m. for a farewell event commemorating the school’s nearly 39-year history.
The closing celebration, as it’s being called, brings together students, teachers and other former staff whose connections to the school encompass that history.
Next fall, students will start classes at the new Lynnwood High on North Road in unincorporated Bothell. An opening celebration for the new school will be held Oct. 3.
“It was quite a thing when it opened,” said Linda Fitzgerald, a counselor at the school from 1981 to 1996.
Lynnwood High was at the forefront of an experimental modular schedule structure. That modular system allowed students to deviate from the usual six-period set up in standard high schools, so they often had more free time, Fitzgerald said.
Eventually, however, the school went back to the old six period format.
first principal, Jerome Karnofsky, retired teachers, such as former history teacher Shay Thoelke, and alumnus Philip Elvrum, who served on the original planning committee for the school.
“Staff and students were all very excited about Lynnwood High,” she said. “There was a lot of student involvement in coming up with mottos and logos and colors.”
Saturday’s schedule starts with a four-hour open house followed by a spaghetti dinner and silent auction from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., said activities coordinator Aly Nelson.
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., a formal assembly will be held in the gymnasium, featuring the school’s former staff and alumni.
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