School Briefs

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  • Monday, March 3, 2008 9:59am

Back to the books for public schools

Students enrolled in the Edmonds School District will be returning to school Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Grad receives scholarship

Snohomish County Christian High School graduate Rylee Wallace is one of 25 United States students to receive an $8,000 scholarship award from the Johnson Controls Foundation, the Philanthropic arm of Johnson Controls, Inc. Wallace plans on majoring in business and design at Seattle Pacific University.

This scholarship is competitive and based on a combination of academic, leadership and civic achievements. A panel of professional educators from public and private university-level institutions selects the recipients.

Learn English at EdCC

Edmonds Community College has room in its ESL 36 classes for non-native speakers wishing to improve their abilities. Qualified students will have high-school level abilities, and the class will focus on American culture, communication skills, career preparation and community resources. There are day (10:30-12:20 p.m. Monday-Thursday) and nighttime (7:30-9:20 p.m. Monday and Wednesday) classes, and the fee is $25. For more information, call 425-640-1478.

Childcare available at night for EdCC

On-campus evening childcare is available from 4-8:30 p.m. for Edmonds Community College students with children ages two and a half to 11 years at the Center for Families.

Childcare for the evening costs $16 for Edmonds Community College students or $21 for Central Washington University students or staff of either school. There is also an application fee, $25 per quarter for the first child ($15 per additional child).

Edmonds Community College offers evening classes in subjects including accounting, art, astronomy, computer information systems, computer science, construction management, English as a second language, fashion/retail, geology, GED, horticulture, Japanese, math, music, photography, physical education, paralegal, political science and Spanish this fall. Fall quarter begins Sept. 19. Call 425-640-1459 to register. See the complete class schedule at http://schedule.edcc.edu.

For more information about childcare at Edmonds Community College’s Center for Families call 425-640-1662, e-mail childcare@edcc.edu or go to http://families.edcc.edu.

Learn more about Girl Scouts

Come check out the adventure of Girl Scouting, and hear how Girl Scouting can benefit your daughter’s development. Everyone is invited to attend an information session and find out how to discover the fun, friendship and power of girls together. Girl Scouts offers enriching activities solely for girls, grades K-12.

What do Girl Scouts do? Girl Scouts hike and bike, Girl Scouts play sports, and Girl Scouts help the community with service projects — plant flowers, clean up beaches and visit senior citizens. Girl Scouts learn leadership and decision-making skills. Girl Scouts ride horses and go on cool overnights at the zoo even. Girl Scouts build bridges and birdhouses and weave baskets. Girl Scouts enjoy enhanced self-esteem. Girl Scouting is about values. Girl Scouts have fun.

Join the 1,100 Girl Scouts already in Edmonds School District-area troops and discover how much fun for yourself.

Choose one of two registration meetings to start the adventure – bring your daughter to check out the activities while you meet with the adults. Bring a friend; bring two as troops will be formed at these sessions. Both start at 7 p.m.

Sept. 13 — Edmonds Lutheran Church: 23525 84th Ave. W. Edmonds

Sept. 15 — St. Thomas More Church/School – in Dalton Hall: 6511 176th St. SW. Lynnwood

Interested but cannot attend? Call the local Girl Scout Service Unit office at 425-348-6244.

EdCC offers 9/11 event

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. “The college library continues to be a place for arts, culture and civic engagement in the community.”

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 http://campus.edcc.edu.

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