School Briefs

S’wood hosts drill team invitational

The Shorewood High School Drill Team is hosting its annual Drill and Dance Invitational at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3 in the Shorewood Gymnasium, 17300 Fremont Ave. N. Shorewood will be hosting up to 20 drill and dance teams from the Puget Sound area. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students with ASB card and children five and under are free. Concessions and flowers will be available for purchase.

Proceeds from this invitational will help offset the cost of travel and other expenses for performances in the area as well as the regional and state competitions.

SCC trustees select consultant

At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Thursday, Nov. 16, the board interviewed three of the five presidential search consultants who responded to the Request for Proposal issued by the college in September. The firm Gold Hill Associates was selected. Dr. Bob Barringer, CEO of Gold Hill Associates, has extensive experience with the presidential search process, having served as a community college president for 30 years and having participated in 16 Washington community and technical college searches. Gold Hill will begin its work in early December at a proposed fee and out-of-pocket expenses of $24,500.

Train to be a flagger at SCC

Flaggers are in demand year-round to control traffic for safety purposes. Train and receive a flagger certification card at Shoreline Community College. Class meets from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, on the main campus at 16101 Greenwood Avenue N., Seattle. To register or for more information call 206-533-6700.

Teacher speaks at int’l conference

Echo Lake Elementary teacher Paul Shanahan shared his experience in technology and peer coaching during an international conference in Seoul, Korea, earlier this month.

More than 300 teachers and government officials from all over the world attended the Innovative Teachers Conference held from Nov. 8-10.

On the last day of the event, Shanahan addressed the conference about his successful experience with peer coaching. Shanahan was selected by event organizers and the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology to attend the conference organized by Microsoft. The organizers covered virtually all of his expenses.

The Shoreline School District has been involved with the center for several years. For example, the center provided grants to Echo Lake in 2002 to two teachers to coach their peers on how to integrate technology into the curriculum. Shanahan and Shari Wennik were the teachers.

The center has also conducted a three-year research study at Echo Lake to follow the impact of peer coaching on the integration of technology into classroom instruction.

SCC literary journal honored

The 2005 edition of “Spindrift,” Shoreline Community College’s Art and Literary Journal, has been awarded first place for the Pacific-Western region of the Community College Humanities Association literary magazine competition. The art and literary anthology was selected from submissions from community colleges in California, Alaska, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and other states. “Spindrift” has won several awards from CCHA and other associations in past years. A plaque in honor of the award was scheduled to be presented at the national CCHA convention in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 12.

Since its first printing in 1966, the annual publication is designed, edited and produced by students, and it is printed on campus as a training project for the Visual Communication Technology Program. “Spindrift” includes the work of Shoreline students and staff and that of regional and national contributors. From hundreds of submissions, “Spindrift” staff culls final selections for publication with the assistance of a juried show and several literary reading events throughout fall and winter quarters.

For questions about submitting works for this year’s edition, please e-mail Spindrift@shore.ctc.edu or call 206-546-5864. The 2005 edition of “Spindrift” can be purchased at the Shoreline Community College Bookstore and at Third Place Books, Elliott Bay Company and University Bookstore in Seattle.