Tackling the sometimes rocky transition from high school to college math is the goal of a discussion between educators at Edmonds Community College and the Edmonds School District.
They will discuss ways to improve the transition at a workshop Feb. 29 at Edmonds Community College’s Math Center in Mukilteo Hall.
The workshop includes a free presentation open to the public about a national math education agenda and how it compares with the state’s new math standards. The session is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 29 at the EdCC theater in Mukilteo Hall, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood.
Rikki Blair, president of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges and editor of Beyond Crossroads, a report on math standards in the first two years of college, will make clear the issues students face in the transition between high school and college math.
For more information, call David Chalif 425-640-1626. Directions to campus: www.edcc.edu/campus.
Locals promote reading in Edmonds
Locals may have wondered about the 13 faces peering over books in the windows of the Edmonds Bookshop recently.
The photos are part of a promotion to encourage reading among students and adults. The group includes most of the Edmonds School District librarians, district superintendent Nick Brossoit, Edmonds Elementary principal David Meglathery, Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakensen, Edmonds Public Library children’s librarian Edith Farrar, and Edmonds Bookshop owner Mary Kay Sneeringer.
The giant faces, peering over selected books, can be seen at the Edmonds Bookshop through Feb. 23 and the Edmonds Public Library Feb 25-March 3.
Edmonds Elementary School librarian Paul Borchert choreographed the posters’ production and managed the project.
“I want our students to know that the whole community supports reading,” he said.
This year he wanted to do something special to honor the fifth annual read in the window event Feb. 18 at the Edmonds Bookshop, he said.
“Having pictures of so many who support reading seemed like the right thing to do,” he said. “I’m just sorry that I couldn’t include the pictures of all the students and parents who are also working hard.”
EdCC alumni honored
The Edmonds Community College Foundation honored three alumni for excellence with its 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award at a reception Jan. 31 at the college.
The recipients are Catherine French and Melody Tucker – both of Lynnwood – and Chad Lewis of Everett.
French is a Child Protective Services investigator for the Department of Social and Human Services who made a career change in her 30s. She did her associate’s degree at Edmonds Community College and went on to earn her master’s of social work at Eastern Washington University.
Tucker, who earned the college’s advanced paralegal certificate, is a law clerk at Hawkes Law Firm in Shoreline and is studying to take the state Bar Exam.
Lewis is a business instructor at Everett Community College who began his education earning a two-year degree at Edmonds Community College as one of the first students on the new campus in 1969. He went on to earn a master’s in education at Western Washington University and master’s of business administration at the University of Puget Sound.
Since established in 1991, the college’s Distinguished Alumni award has been given to 38 people notable for academic success, professional achievement and community service. They include artists, attorneys, fire chiefs, musicians, educators, therapists, business owners and engineers. See http://foundation.edcc.edu.
Foundation helps Clothes for Kids
The Everett Clinic Foundation recently awarded $6,000 to Clothes for Kids for its “Greatest Needs” program. Clothes for Kids expects to provide about 3,000 complete wardrobes of clothing at no cost to low income Snohomish County children during the 2007-08 school year.
An independent non-profit organization in Lynnwood, it has been serving referred children since 1984.
To volunteer, donate new or gently used clothing or a make a contribution, call 425-741-6500 or see www.clothesforkids.org
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