School Briefs

Grant buys phtos for class project

Krista Swenson, a Spanish teacher at the Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center, recently was awarded a grant from the Polaroid Corporation. The grant will provide her classroom with six Polaroid One Step cameras and film for 200 images. Students will use the cameras to learn the present progressive verb tense in Beginning Spanish classes. Students will snap pictures of people doing certain actions, and then write a description of the photo in Spanish underneath each picture. The project will end with a bulletin board display of all of the images.

Grant to help pay for child care

Edmonds Community College recently received a $19,750 grant that will help the college to ensure that low-income students have access to on-campus child care at the college’s Center for Families. The grant, given to the college by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, will pay for two years of funding for the college’s goal of working toward making sure child care remains affordable and available day and evenings for all students. The college’s Student Government Association and Edmonds Community College Foundation also have provided matching funds to support the college’s goals. Childcare prices for EdCC students range from $5.50 an hour for infants to $2.75 per hour as well as a $25 registration fee per quarter. Rates vary for Center Washington University-Lynnwood students and college staff. For more information about childcare at the college, call 425-640-1662, e-mail childcare@edcc.edu or go http://childcare.edcc.edu.

Parenting classes offered at EdCC

Edmonds Community College will host infant and toddler parenting classes beginning in January at the new Center for Families on campus. The classes offer an opportunity for parents and their young children to interact together in a safe environment and participate in age-appropriate educational games, share successes with other parents and learn what typical behaviors are for young children and how to set realistic expectations. The classes, led by a parenting instructor and teacher, include 10 two-hour sessions and cost $96.

For more information call the Family Life Education Department 425-640-1665, e-mail

fled@edcc.edu or go to http://families.edcc.edu.

Lynnwood choir open for auditions

The Lynnwood location of the Columbia Children’s Choir is taking interview appointments for boys and girls, grades one through eight, who are interested in being members.

Interviews will be conducted through December. Students need to demonstrate ability to concentrate and carry a tune by singing “Happy Birthday” or “My Country ‘tis of Thee” or another song of their own choosing. No experience is required. To reserve an interview/audition time, call 425-486-1987 or e-mail choirs@mindspring.com. For more information go to www.columbiachoirs.com.