School Briefs

District seeks feedback on LHS

The Edmonds School District invites all community members to a meeting to see and comment on the design-in-progress for the new Lynnwood High School, which will be built on North Road, east of Interstate 5, with support from voters during a special election to be held in February. The meeting will be held from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Martha Lake Elementary School Gym, 17500 Larch Way. School district and Snohomish County staff will present information about: the project, the proposed bond/levy, and transportation planning and improvements in the area.

There will be opportunities to pose questions and make suggestions about all aspects of the project. The district will hold a second meeting in November to respond to questions and issues raised at the Sept. 28 meeting that require research and design.

Any questions and comments from people unable to attend the meeting can be directed to Edward Peters, capital projects director, at peterse@edmonds.wednet.edu or 425-670-7170. The school’s design can be previewed on the district Web site at http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/capitalprojects/.

Reading tutors needed

Powerful Partners is looking for volunteers to help students learn to read with more confidence. Reading tutors are needed to work with a child for one to two hours or more each week. The next training session will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 28 and 29 at Lynndale Elementary School, 7200 191st Place SW. Interested persons must attend both sessions. Contact Chris at 425-670-7350 or alejanoc@edmonds.wednet.edu for more information.

PEF hosts auction tomorrow

The Edmonds Public Education Foundation will host its second annual Autumn Auction at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Lynnwood Convention Center. Proceeds from the auction will help support student learning in the district, which serves Edmonds, Lynnwood, Brier, Mountlake Terrace and Woodway. Tickets are available for $75 and may be purchased by calling 425-670-7260.

Board welcomes student members

The Edmonds School Board welcomed the student advisers to the board for 2005-06 at its meeting Sept. 20. Each student will represent students’ voices for a three-month term.

Tucker Weston, a senior at Meadowdale High School, will serve now through December. Weston is Meadowdale’s Associated Student Body treasurer and also is active in the debate club, National Honor Society and on the track and tennis teams.

From January to March, Lynnwood High School’s Kristen Mitre, a senior, will be the student adviser. Mitre is the class of 2006’s treasurer, and she is involved in music, National Honor Society, the swim team and her church.

Grace Pratt, a senior at Edmonds-Woodway High School, will represent students on the board from April until June. Pratt is a leader in Edmonds-Woodway’s Link Crew, a representative on the district’s Interhigh Council and a volleyball player.

EdCC hosts business seminar

A one-day seminar, “Doing Business With China,” with Shanghai attorney, David Z. Mao a senior legal consultant with Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP and a keynote speech by former Gov. Gary Locke, will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11 at Edmonds Community College’s, Edmonds Conference Center, 201 4th Ave. N., Edmonds. The seminar will cover information appropriate for businesses of all types interested in exploring markets in China. The cost is $139, box lunch included. To register, call 425-640-1243 or go to http://www.edcc.edu/artsnow

National Merit semifinalists

The names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program were announced last week. These high school seniors have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered next spring. Students qualified by taking the Preliminary SAT in 2004, and to move on to finalist status, they must fulfill a number of additional requirements.

Local semifinalists are: Julia Boubel, Eric Mar and Alex Riggs (Edmonds-Woodway); Hailey Harroun and Stephen Steward (from Lynnwood); and Steven Reeber (from Mountlake Terrace).

Students make state band, choir

These students were accepted into the 2005 All-State West Band and Choir and will participate in the Washington Music Educators Association’s Junior All-State West Concert in Olympia on Oct. 15. The band and orchestra concert begins at 4:30 p.m. at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. The vocal concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at the North Thurston High School Performing Arts Center. Students auditioned for this honor. Those named to All-State, along with their school and position, include: Christian Haberman, viola; Michelle Nelson, cello; and Kristiana Waxham, violin 2 — all from College Place Middle School orchestra. Abbie Gustafson, alto; and Jonathan Lewis, bass — both from Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center mixed choir.