Edmonds-based Snohomish County Peace Action has announced the winners of the 14th annual Linda Jewell Memorial Essay Contest for middle schools in the Edmonds School District.
The three first-place winners each received $50 and a certificate. The six second-place winners each received $25 and a certificate.
Winners for College Place Middle School were Yasmeen Busse, first place, and Andrew Mahoney-Fernandez and Asha Rose, second place. Their teacher was Carolyn Gross.
Winners for Madrona K-8 School were Eston McKeague and Chetachinyere Okereke, first place, and Alana Erkan, Carson Lipscomb, Emma Lynch and Marissa Mason, second place. Their teachers were Shirley Nicholson and Sharann Pollock.
Honorable mention went to Eric Henthorn at Meadow Middle School. His teacher was Tim Arnot.
Students wrote on the following topics: writing a letter to President Obama telling him what his three priorities should be; a good idea to make the world better; the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty; and the balance between national security and civil liberties.
The essay contest was started by Linda Jewell who was a teacher assistant at College Place Middle School. After she died of cancer in 1999, Peace Action named the contest in memory of her work for peace.
Register for summer school
Middle- and high-school students needing to retrieve credits should consider taking courses through the district’s Secondary Summer School or eLearning programs. Registration for Secondary Summer School takes place through June 30 at Mountlake Terrace High School, 21801 44th Ave W. Classes begin July 6 and continue through July 31 at the high school.
Online learning through the district also may be an option for high-school students.
For more information, download registration information for both programs at www.edmonds.wednet.edu.
Feds OK moving athletic fields
Another step needed to redevelop the Lynnwood High School property has been completed.
The U.S. Department of Interior gave its approval this month to relocate a portion of the athletic fields that line the front portion of the property along 184th Street Southwest in Lynnwood.
The request to relocate the fields was initiated by the district when voters approved a 2006 construction bond that includes the relocation of the school and the redevelopment of the current site.
Cypress Equities of Dallas, Texas, signed a development agreement with the school district with the intent to enter into a 99-year ground lease for the existing 40-acre Lynnwood High School site pending satisfaction of several steps before closing. The relocation of the federal restriction was an obligation of the district in the agreement.
Additional steps that must be completed prior to redevelopment of the current high school site include obtaining approval from the city of Lynnwood for the mixed-use development project and a change to the zoning and comprehensive plan designation for the property.
The fields are being rebuilt at the new Lynnwood High School on North Road. The new high school is on schedule to open in September.
Free summer lunches
Even though school is out, children who benefit from free and reduced-price lunches during the year can still eat for free thanks to the Summer Meals Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Children ages 1 to 18 are eligible; there are no income restrictions for the summer program.
Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 29 to Aug. 21, excluding Friday, July 3, at Cedar Valley Community School, 19200 56th Ave. W in Lynnwood. Lunch is also served at Korean United Presbyterian Church from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, June 24-27, and Monday through Friday, July 6-Aug. 28. A snack will be served from 3 to 3:15 p.m. The building is adjacent to the church at 8505 240th St. SW in Edmonds.
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