Kamiak High School
“AP (college-level Advanced Placement) tests are over. A lot of those classes are winding down. A lot of final projects are going on.”
Zak Stoltz
12th grade
Monroe School Board seeks to fill vacant seat
People wishing to fill a vacant seat on the Monroe School Board need to apply by June 2.
The open seat is for residents of District 2, which covers the area from Woods Creek Road east to Florence Acres Loop, and from Old Owen Road to the district’s border with Sultan. Downtown areas around Frank Wagner Elementary School and the administration building also are included.
Applications are available in the superintendent’s office at the administration building, 200 E. Fremont St., from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
School board members hope to appoint a new director by June 19. For more information, visit www.monroe. wednet.edu or call 360-794-3000.
Children can sign up for Camp Invention
Families are invited to register for Camp Invention, to be held in Stanwood June 26-30.
The program is for students entering first through sixth grades. Children will explore oceanography, brainstorm their way through multiple challenges as they look for lost treasure, and learn to use probability and estimation as they build games.
The program was created in 1990 by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation and receives support from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Local teachers and counselors lead the program.
Registration is $199 and due on or before May 31. For details, visit www.camp invention.org or call 800-968-4332.
Go online to see student art on display in Olympia
Artwork by local high school students is on display in the Old Capitol Building in Olympia through June 1, but you can see the paintings and photographs from your home computer.
The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is posting the 106 statewide entries for the 33rd annual High School Art Show on its Web site, www.k12.wa. us.
Seven local students – from Kamiak, Henry M. Jackson (two), Oak Harbor (two), Snohomish and Stanwood high schools – are included in the show.
To see their work, follow the links to the online art gallery and select ESD 189 from the menu.
Marysville will discuss school building plans
Parents and Marysville School District residents can learn more about school construction plans at information meetings over the next two weeks at the service center, 4220 80th St. NE.
A meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday will focus on elementary school issues, such as an 11th elementary school and interim plans to house students while it is being built.
A meeting June 1 will focus on middle and high school issues, including programs that could be offered at the new secondary high school that will open in 2010 or 2011 and a new campus that will house small option programs beginning in 2007.
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