PTA World Language Learning Night
Published 4:33 pm Thursday, February 21, 2008
The second annual World Language Learning Night will be from 6:15-8 p.m. March 4 at Heatherwood Middle School, 1419 Trillium Blvd. SE, Mill Creek. All families from the Everett School District are invited to attend.
Attendees will experience five mini-world-language lessons about 10-15 minutes long in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
There will also be information available on the after school world language program for elementary school students, the before school program for middle school students, the program for high school students and the community college world language programs for parents.
Check-in will be from 6:15-6:30 p.m., mini-courses will be from 6:30-7:45 p.m., and attendees can gather information on courses for 2008-09 from 7:45-8 p.m.
For information, see heatherwoodpta.org/WorldLanguages.html.
Personal Finance Information Night
A Personal Finance Information Night will be from 7-8:30 p.m. at Jackson High School, presented by instructor Bill Reed of the Business and Applied Technology Division at Everett Community College. The event is sponsored by the Jackson PTA.
National Council on Economic Education surveys show that nearly half of young people don’t understand how to save and invest for retirement, how to handle credit cards, the difference between inflation and recession, or how government spending affects them, according to the PTA’s Web site.
The presentation aims to help high school students and their parents discuss and learn about money matters.
For information, see www.jhsptsa.org/PersonalFinance.html.
Apply for “Car of My Future” scholarships
A new scholarship program sponsored by the Washington State Auto Dealers Association, or WSADA, asks high school students to design the “car of their dreams.”
The program asks applicants to envision, through a two-dimensional art work and two-page essay, what their personal vehicle of the future might look like. That includes “the special features they would like it to have, how it would improve their lifestyle and how it would support the environment,” according to a press release.
Scholarships totaling $10,000 will be awarded to five students.
Entries will be judged on a 100 point scale with a maximum 50 points for the visual portion, 40 for the essay and 10 points for a letter of recommendation.
Judges will include WSADA dealer members and staff and representatives from the media, state government and automobile manufacturers.
WSADA serves 352 franchised new-car and truck dealers in 77 cities across the state.
For information, see www.wsada.org/scholarship or www.collegeplan.org/cpnow/pnwguide/onlineaps/wsadaonap.htm.
