School Briefs

Board candidate forums are tonight and July 31

Two separate forums where the public can meet and hear from candidates for the Shoreline School Board will be held this month. The date of one of the events has been changed.

• The 32nd District Democrats, 32nd District Republicans and Sustainable Shoreline are jointly sponsoring a debate of Shoreline School Board candidates from 6:30-9 p.m. today, Friday, July 27, in the Shoreline Room at the Shoreline Center. The event date was changed from an earlier date.

The public is invited to suggest questions for the candidates and incumbents by sending e-mail to: July27forum@hotmail.com.

• A Shoreline School Board Candidate’s Forum will be Tuesday, July 31 at the Bethel Lutheran Church, 17418 Eighth Ave. NE in Shoreline. From 6:30-7 p.m., attendees can meet the candidates. The forum is from 7-8:30 p.m. For information, contact Krista Tenney at 206-367-8688 or tenney@earthlink.net; or Mary Bannister at 206-542-4053 or info@booksforbeginners.org.

Cascade Symphony Scholarship awarded

Cascade Symphony gives three $1,000 scholarships annually to high school seniors to continue their studies in music. This year’s winners include Sarah Stone of Shorecrest High School.

Stone will attend the Sheppard School of Music at Rice University. She is a cellist who played in her school orchestras and Cascade Youth Symphony, and has been a member of Seattle Youth Symphony. Stone has won honors in several performing arts festivals and competitions, including being principal cellist of the All-Northwest Orchestra. She has also performed solo concertos with local orchestras. Her goal is to be principal cellist in a professional orchestra or to play in an orchestra in Europe.

The other two winners were Andrea Brannman of Inglemoor High School and Elliot Gray of Edmonds-Woodway High School.

SCC recognized for International programs

Shoreline Community College was recently recognized by NAFSA: Association of International Educators for its campus-wide internationalization efforts, earning a “Spotlight Mention” as part of the 2007 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization.

The college won in part for its International Programs Advisory Committee, a grant-awarding body of faculty, staff, administrators and a student representative. IPAC grants support study abroad programs.

The college also won for its strong international emphasis, as reflected in Study Abroad programs, international student retention efforts, eight levels of English as a Second Language, and its High School Completion program for international students.

Shoreline CC was the only community college in the nation to be recognized by the award’s selection jury.

SCC student wins scholarship

The Professional Photographers of Washington has named incoming Shoreline Community College student David Kasnic of Wenatchee as the winner of the 2007 Student Photographer of the Year Scholarship Award.

He was selected from applications submitted by student photographers representing schools throughout the state and will receive a $1000 scholarship.

The Professional Photographers of Washington creates, fosters and promotes the exchange of thoughts and ideas among photographers to advance the profession.