Woodside names interim principal
With the resignation of Woodside Elementary Principal Judy Blum-Anderson this summer, the Everett School District has announced Eldon Allen as interim principal.
Allen, of Stanwood, will fill the duties for the 2005-06 school year, which begins Sept. 7.
Allen retired this spring as assistant superintendent of the Stanwood-Camano School District, where he also was formerly an elementary and middle school principal for 16 years.
Blum-Anderson is moving to be closer to her 93-year-old father. She was Woodside’s principal for seven years.
Staff from the Herald in Everett contributed to this report.
Jackson hosts Party Patrol workshop
Jackson High School is hosting a Parent Party Patrol workshop at 7 p.m. (light dinner at 6:30 p.m.) Sept. 21 in the Jackson commons. Linda Elliott, Parent Party Patrol’s founder, will present information about unchaperoned parties, common household items that kids use to get high and financial liabilities (for parents and adolescents). Linda shares useful tips on how to set limits for teens that she learned from her own experience with her teenage son as well as some interesting research she herself has completed.
EdCC offers 9/11 event for democracy
Edmonds Community College will participate in The September Project, a grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship, on Sept. 11 in libraries.
“After September 11, people gathered at local libraries to share a sense of community,” said the college’s reference librarian Monica Tobin.
EdCC, with the Interfaith Association of Snohomish County, will present a panel discussion by local religious leaders about ways to find common humanity in a world of religious and cultural difference. Panelists will represent Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Bahai and Buddhist faiths.
“A Faith-Based Discussion of Conflict and Humanity,” will be 1-3 p.m., Sept. 11 at the Edmonds Community College library, third floor Lynnwood Hall, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Co-sponsored by the Edmonds Community College Foundation, this event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information about this event at Edmonds Community College, call 425-640-1525 or to learn more about The September Project, visit www.theseptemberproject.org. For directions to campus, see campus.edcc.edu.
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