School Briefs

Students walk for a healthy cause

The Parent Faculty Teams from Lynnwood Intermediate and Cedar Valley Community School are using the end of the year to celebrate the schools’ fitness programs that all students have participated in this year by holding a family night/fundraiser walk. The event is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 19 at the Lynnwood High School track, located at 3001 184th St. in Lynnwood. The goal is to encourage healthy and fun family activity, and to raise money for P.E. and classroom equipment, emergency supplies, computers and field trips for the schools.

Community members and business partners are invited to sponsor a child or groups of children at a fixed rate. To do so, call 771-5215 and your sponsorship will be connected to a student walker. You may designate the school of your choice. The group also will accept donations for prizes or volunteers to help with the event.

MLT student’s story gets kudos

Local kindergartner Keegan Mathias of Mountlake Terrace recently was named as one of the winners in the tenth annual KCTS Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Mathias’ story was titled, “The Shark Story.” In January, students ages K-3 were asked to submit stories they had written and illustrated. KCTS received approximately 800 entries from children in Washington state and British Columbia, officials said. Stories could be real, imagined, fantastic, whimsical or humorous. The entries were judged by a panel made up of librarians and family literacy providers, including representatives of the King County Library System and Page Ahead. The winners were selected based on criteria that included originality, creative expression and integration of copy and illustrations. Winners will each receive a prize package of books and activities and an opportunity to read their story for broadcast on KCTS Television.

College Place kids off to D.C. event

Two students from College Place Elementary School recently attended and placed first in their category at the National History Day State competition in Ellensburg. Laurie Carroll and Kira Perle-Ojala, both sixth graders, will go to Washington D.C. in June to compete at the national level. Both Carroll and Perle-Ojala work under the instruction of dean of students Matt Elms.

Nobel nominee to speak at Ed-WW

Six-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Farlis Calle Guerrero will make a presentation from 9:10 to 10:40 a.m. Friday, May 21 in the Edmonds-Woodway High School theatre. Guerrero is the co-founder of the Columbian Children’s Movement for Peace. Community members are invited to attend this free event and make donations. For more information, call Daun Brown at 425-337-2660.

EdCC catalog now available

Edmonds Community College’s 2004-06 publication “Capturing the Future” has all the latest information about the college and is currently available. The catalog includes information regarding the college’s newest programs and services including childcare at the Center for Families and wireless access. It also describes new classes available in allied health education, American Sign Language, construction industry training, diversity studies, Korean, library research and materials science technology. To request a free copy of the catalog, call 425-640-1459, go to http//brochures.edcc.edu or e-mail info@edcc.edu.

Students to take over Safeway

Thanks to a partnership between Edmonds School District and Safeway, 15-20 highschool students will get to take over the duties of a local Safeway May 14. This educational experience is the second of its kind, and is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to noon. Over the course of the day, the students will be in charge of every task Safeway has to offer, from cashing out customers to cooking donuts for the bakery. There is even a student taking over the job of store manager- which takes a wide range of management skills.

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