Room Nine has new manager for fall

Room Nine has new manager for fall

Trinh Pham has been selected as program manager of the Room Nine Community School, a K-8 program located on the Meridian Park Elementary campus.

Trinh is completing her principal and program administrator certification as part of the Danforth Educational Leadership Program at the University of Washington. Earlier this year she served as a principal intern at Meridian Park. She is currently dean of students and principal intern at Wildwood Elementary School in Federal Way.

Trinh previously taught at Denny Middle School in Seattle, where she was mathematics department chair, and at the Salmon Bay School, a Seattle alternative program.

She is a graduate of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., and holds teaching certifications from the University of British Columbia and Seattle Pacific University.

Trinh is replacing Wendy Borton, who is retiring in June after 36 years.

Room Nine students win for essays

Room Nine Community School students recently participated in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Annual American History Essay Contest. This years’ topic was “Spies in the American Revolution.”

Three students won at the chapter level: sixth-grader Eleanor Legault; seventh-grader Heidi Goldstick and eighth-grader Kirsten Schafer.

Goldstick went on to win at the state level, then at the Northwest regional level. She was honored at the state conference in Spokane in April. If Goldstick wins the national level for her grade she will be recognized at the Continental Congress in Washington D.C. in July.

Forty-seven sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students were taught about the Revolutionary War by chapter member and parent Ann Gelgisser, who even dresses up to teach the topic.

Preschool Academy enrolling

Shorewood High School will open the Shorewood Preschool Academy in association with the Shoreline Children’s Center. Program offerings for the 2008-09 school year include a pre-kindergarten class and a preschool class.

The pre-kindergarten class is for children ages 4 and 5 and will meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. The preschool class is for children aged 2-and-a-half to 4 and will meet Wednesdays and Fridays 1-3 p.m.

Classes start Sept. 3. Tuition for pre-K is $187 per month and tuition for preschool is $65 per month.

The programs are directly associated with Shorewood High School. Students do an internship in the classroom as part of their coursework.

Call 206-361-4371 for a tour. For information, call Michelle Johnston at 206-393-6875 or send e-mail to michelle.johnston@shorelineschools.org.

SCC newspaper wins awards

The staff of the Ebbtide, the student newspaper at Shoreline Community College, won several awards from the Washington Community College Journalism Association.

Sports editor Lavi Aulck won first-place in Sports News Reporting for “SCC Menday out as coach,” a piece on the school’s outgoing basketball coach. Contest judges praised Aulck for his “enterprise” in writing a story that “digs to find out possible reasons” for the coach’s firing.

Photographer Daniel Berman won a second-place award in the Portrait Photo category for a picture of the Lady Dolphins’ goalkeeper, Sarah Hartsell and her one-year-old son. The judges’ comments were, “Proud mom, cute kid and it says soccer to all who view the image.” This is the second association award for Berman, who won in this category last year.

Copy editor Janelle Kohnert earned a second-place award in the headlines category for her puns. Among them: “Board games for bored gamers,” for a story on a new student club; “SCC will miss Yu,” for an article on former public information director Judy Yu; and “Reid-ifying SCC’s music program,” for a profile on music instructor Doug Reid.

Former Design Director Scott Pendergraft took home a second-place award in page design for a two-page photo spread that follows four students through a day of filmmaking. “From script to screen in 24 hours” was written by Ivanhoe and photographed by Dennie Chong, who also received a judge’s nod for his “nice photos.” This is the second association award for Pendergraft, who won in this category last year.

“I’m really proud of my staff,” said Vivian Luu, editor. “They worked so hard this year – not because they wanted to win awards, but because they wanted to bring information to students. I’m glad to see them reap the fruits of their labor.”

The Ebbtide is online at http://www.shoreline.edu/ebbtide/.

Shoreline parent honored

David Dailey of Shoreline was among those honored by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) at its Community Recognition Awards luncheon May 16.

Dailey, a Shoreline schools parent with expertise in statistics, volunteered to be a consultant to the district committee tasked with creating an elementary school boundary revision plan and spent many hours on that project.

Shorecrest student wins award

Olivia Gibbons of Shorecrest won first place in the state for her poem in a writing contest sponsored by the University of Washington Center for Spanish Studies.

Olivia’s poem was titled “El Ritmo de la Revolucion” — “The Rhythm of the Revolution.”

Joanne Santomauro received second place honorable mention for her poem. Both were in the category of non-native speakers. They were honored in Olympia May 31 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and visiting dignitaries from Spain.