School Briefs

Meadowdale principal to retire

Principal Norm Hoffman will retire at the end of the school year.

Hoffman was first hired as an assistant principal in 1994, then was named acting principal in 1995 and took over on a permanent basis in 1996. One of his first challenges was changing the school mascot from the Chieftains to the Mavericks.

Hoffman informed the school district of his intention to retire in January to give plenty of time to find his replacement. The new principal is Dale Cote, who is now an assistant principal at Kirkland Junior High.

EdCC open house set for April 14

Edmonds Community College hosts an open house from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, April 14 in Triton Union Building, 202, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood.

College staff will provide key information about advising, financial aid and enrollment. Also, find out more about earning university transfer degrees and a variety of student services.

There also will be representatives from the following college programs: Allied Health Education, Computers, Electronics and Networks, Culinary Arts, Early Childhood Education, Engineering and Materials Science, Hospitality and Tourism, Literacy, Running Start, Tech Prep and Theatre Arts.

High school students and parents interested in Running Start can join staff members for a “fireside chat” 7-7:30 p.m. also April 14 in Triton Union Building 202.

For more information about the open house call 425-640-1354 or go to http://get started.edcc.edu. For directions to campus visit http://campus.edcc.edu.

Brighton kids eat for tsunami

For the last 10 weeks, the Kids Care Club at Brighton School has held weekly bake sales, each hosted by a different grade. The program ended last week with the final sale hosted by the teachers. The students, faculty and parents raised more than $4,000 to donate to UNICEF to assist in tsunami relief. The project was so successful the club plans to make this an annual fund-raiser with a different recipient each year.

Kids Care Club is a community service club that is open to all students at Brighton in Lynnwood. Last week it kicked off its next project, in which students will run a coin drive for the Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition. A representative from the coalition will be at Brighton April 22 to accept the donation.

Speaker addresses race, gay issues

Keith Boykin, award-winning author and president of the National Black Justice Coalition, will speak on how coalitions break down barriers of racism and homophobia at 12:30 p.m. April 20 in the Triton Union Building at Edmonds Community College. This lecture is part of EdCC’s brown bag series and is free to the public.

Entries sought for photo contest

The Arts Council of Snohomish County recently announced the 2005 Black &White Photography Contest, which is sponsored by Crown Image. The contest is open to all Snohomish County high school students, grades nine through 12.

Photographs will be judged in two categories, traditional analog prints and digital output prints. The photography contest will be running concurrently with the “Beyond Borders: A Celebration of our Ethnic Diversity” exhibit at the Historic Monte Cristo.

Entries will be juried and prizes awarded in the following categories:

• Grand Prize, $150 gift certificate

• First, second, third place in the Traditional Analog Print Category, $25 gift certificate

• First, second, third place in the Digital Output Category, $25 gift certificate

Judging will be based on creativity, composition, and presentation. Contact Nancy H. Bell at the Arts Council for an entry form at 425-257-7372. All entries must be delivered by Wednesday, April 27 to the Arts Council, 1507 Wall Street, Everett. Winners will be honored at an Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 at the Historic Monte Cristo.

EdCC hires housing director

Luke Botzheim is the housing director at Edmonds Community College responsible for the college’s homestay program and the 44 rooms of student housing opened in 2003 at Somerset Village across from campus.

The college hopes to be able to build some of its own student housing on campus by 2007. Botzheim’s other key projects will be to develop residential life programs for students living on campus and programs to keep homestay students connected to the campus.

Botzheim was previously manager of the International Living Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Before that, he was an international student life coordinator at Eastern Washington University where he earned his master’s degree in international communications and student development and his bachelor’s degree in psychology.