Middle school boundary comment sought
A public hearing will be held at 4:30 p.m. March 5 before the Everett School Board on a plan to shift middle school boundaries in the Everett School District. The hearing will be at the district office, 4730 Colby Ave. in Everett.
The proposed plan would shift 442 students who now live in Gateway Middle School attendance boundaries to Eisenhower Middle School in September 2008. Some of the students affected by the proposal attend Gateway and others attend Silver Lake, Penny Creek and Monroe elementary schools.
The reason for the change is that the south end of the district is growing.
A boundary committee met for months to determine possible changes, then passed its recommendation to the superintendent, who recently passed it on to the board.
The board has the final decision.
Jackson performs with Everett Symphony
On March 2 the Jackson High School Wind Ensemble will share the stage with the Everett Symphony Orchestra. The
orchestra will be playing Tschaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and the Wind Ensemble will join them on the finale movement.
The Jackson High School Wind Ensemble is an honors class of auditioned musicians in grades 10 through 12. Their director is Lesley Moffat. She will be conducting the finale as the combined ensembles perform.
The Everett Public Schools do not have a string instrument program so this will be the first time many of the young musicians have had the opportunity to perform in an orchestra.
The concert is at 8 p.m. at the Everett Civic Auditorium. For tickets, see everettsymphony.org.
Student thoughts on news of the future
Taylor Pirnke, a student at Heatherwood Middle School, recently won first place in the middle school division of a Seattle Times student essay contest on how newspapers have changed and how they will change in the future.
Pirnke’s parents read two newspapers a day, but he mostly just reads the sports section. In his essay, he pointed out that most people have less time today to read papers than they did 100 years ago, so they want the facts in a concise manner. People also can get their news from the Internet, he wrote.
In 100 years, Pirnke believes that everyone will have an individualized newspaper delivered to their door, with a sports section, local and world news, an auto section and movie times. The paper will be smaller, to save paper, and photos will all be in color and higher quality, he wrote.
Pirnke won a $400 savings bond for the essay.
Woodside Elementary Science Fair
Woodside Elementary will hold a science fair from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Woodside gym and cafeteria, 17000 23rd Ave. SE, Bothell.
In the gym will be student display boards for viewing. In
the cafeteria will be Pacific Science Center Exhibit—Space Odyssey. The event is a hands-on exhibit for students and families.
Offerings include the Bicycle Wheel Gyroscope, Space Shuttle Robot Arms and prisms.
Transfer information sessions at UW Bothell
The University of Washington will offer weekly information sessions for interested transfer students on Wednesdays, February through April, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on campus in room UW1-192.
These sessions, led by the advising team, will introduce transfer students to the UW Bothell campus and to undergraduate degrees. Other topics will be admissions requirements, program prerequisites, minors, the application process and financial aid opportunities. Transcript evaluations will also be offered.
For information, call 425-352-5000 or visit www.uwb.edu.
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