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Arlington High School

“We are just getting ready for prom. We are pretty excited about that.”

Christa Scott,

12th grade

State Web site offers graduation information

The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has launched a Web site that will help parents and students navigate new graduation requirements that take effect for this year’s sophomores.

Key features of the site, at www.k12.wa.us/graduation requirements, include:

* An explanation of each of the four statewide graduation requirements.

* Links to the state learning standards for each subject. n Links to information about the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, or WASL. n Information about the academic help being provided to students over the summer and during the school year.

* Resources for educators, families and students.

The site works in tandem with the recently launched WASL Resource Center, wasl2006.org.

Edmonds families invited to college planning night

Edmonds School District junior and sophomore families are invited to attend the 2006 Junior-Sophomore College Planning Night at 7 tonight at Meadowdale High School.

The evening will begin with a keynote address by Martha Pitts, assistant vice president for enrollment and director of admissions at the University of Oregon in Eugene, followed by three 30-minute sessions.

Sessions include how to apply to colleges and universities, financing college, preparing for college-entrance tests, writing essays and finding colleges tailored to art lovers or athletes, among other topics.

For further information, contact your local high school counseling office.

New Monroe families can tour elementary schools

Families new to Monroe School District are invited to tour their local elementary school at 9:30 a.m. April 13.

School principals will lead tours at each school. Families can then gather at the district administration office at 10:30 a.m. to hear what’s taught in the schools.

Make reservations by calling the superintendent’s office at 360-794-3000 by April 10.

If you are unsure which is your local school, visit www.monroe.wednet.edu, or call 360-794-7777.

Three Mukilteo schools too crowded for transfers

Three schools in the Mukilteo School District for a second year will be closed to students who live outside the district.

Kamiak High, Mariner High and Harbour Pointe Middle schools are overcrowded, administrators say.

“Our forecasts indicate that the growth is going to continue for the next several years, at least,” Superintendent Marci Larsen said.

Out-of-district students already enrolled can continue to attend the same schools. However, current out-of-district students moving on to sixth or ninth grades may not be able to follow their peers to the closed schools.

About 3 percent of the district’s secondary school enrollment, 232 students, live outside its borders.

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