School Briefs

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  • Monday, March 3, 2008 9:59am

MTHS classof ‘70 celebrates

The Mountlake Terrace High School class of 1970 will celebrate its 35th reunion Sept. 23-25, with events taking place each day of the weekend. Members of Terrace’s class of ‘6, ‘69, ‘71 and ‘72 are invited as well. For information, visit the reunion’s Web site at http://www.geocities.com/mths1970.

Schools get new administrators

With various shifts and retirements, the Edmonds School District schools and offices will see new faces during the summer and into the start of next year.

Here are the names, positions and schools of the new administrators, as of June 23: Dale Cote, Meadowdale High principal; Rob Baumgartner, College Place Middle School assistant principal (served as interim for 2004-05); Christine Kessler, Sherwood Elementary principal; Greg Willis, Oak Heights Elementary principal; Rod Merrell, Mountlake Terrace High School assistant principal (served as interim for 2004-05); Michelle Trifunovic, Edmonds-Woodway High School assistant principal; Debbie Custer, Lynnwood High School assistant principal; Craig Baldwin, Madrona K-8 assistant; Tam Osborne, Human Resources director, certificated staff; Sue Venable, assistant superintendent; Colin Ryan, Terrace Park part-time interim assistant principal; Tony Byrd, currently Beverly Elementary principal, moving to become Cedar Valley principal; Lynne Behrendt, Beverly Elementary interim principal; Shelley Habenicht, College Place Elementary principal.

Area principals retire, move on

Along with Meadowdale High School Principal Norm Hoffman, who’s retiring, and College Place Elementary Principal Sue Venable, who will be the school district’s new assistant superintendent, there are four other school principals who are retiring or have decided to take positions in other school districts.

Rich Kincaid, the principal at Sherwood Elementary, is retiring. Kincaid taught in the Lake Washington School District and the Edmonds School District before becoming principal of Sherwood Elementary in 1990.

Craig Madsen is retiring from his post as principal at Oak Heights Elementary. He has been in education since 1974 as a teacher in other districts, then was hired in 1985 as principal of Cedar Valley Elementary. In 1990, he was chosen to open Edmonds Elementary as the principal and was there until 1992, when he went to Oak Heights.

Gayle Everly is leaving her position as principal at Cedar Valley Community School to become a principal in the Seattle School District. She was a K8 and elementary principal in Montana and Oak Harbor before coming to Edmonds. She was a teacher from 1974-1978 and became the principal at Cedar Valley in 1991, where she has served until the present.

Andy Rogers, College Place Middle School principal, is leaving Edmonds to become the special education director in the Marysville School District. Rogers has a background in special education.

Edmonds residents get WWU funds

Anne Elizabeth Riordan, daughter of Chris and JoAnn Riordan of Edmonds, has been awarded a $500 President’s Scholarship from Western Washington University. She attended Edmonds-Woodway High School where she earned a 3.82 grade-point average. She was a member of the National Honors Society and the International Baccalaureate program. Riordan is interested in studying elementary education at Western. The President’s Scholarship is awarded to the top 8 to 10 percent of the incoming freshman class and is based on academic record, test scores and extracurricular activities.

Leah Kathleen Wilson, daughter of Lawrence and Kwi Suk Wilson of Edmonds, has been awarded a $2,000 MAP Scholarship. She earned a 3.56 grade-point average at Meadowdale High School. She plans to study art at Western. The MAP Scholarship is awarded to a freshman or transfer student who demonstrates an ongoing commitment to multiculturalism and/or diversity.

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