School Briefs

School briefs can be e-mailed to entschools@heraldnet.com or mailed to 4303 198th St. SW, Lynnwood, Wash. 98036. E-mail is preferred. Briefs can include announcements of public events, class reunions, awards, scholarships, and community news items. Information is published on a space available basis. Please include a contact number with area code.

Belly dancing

The Shaia Tribe Wild Tribal Belly Dance will be performing at a benefit to raise money for the Room Nine Program at 8 p.m. (the auction begins at 6 p.m.) Sat., March 29 at the Shoreline Community Center Main Campus “PUB,” 16101 Greenwood Avenue N. in Shoreline.

The auction will raise money to pay for environmental camp, attendance to The Seattle Children’s Theatre and other local arts programs, special guest speakers, and additional classroom supplies.

For more information on the auction, contact Laura Brewer at 206-364-5772. For more information on tribal belly dance classes in Seattle and Shaia Tribe, contact Sharon Moore at 206-359-9124 or http://www.mandalatribal. com/classes.

Foundation invites public to lunch

The Shoreline Public Schools Foundation invites the community to join them at the Annual Community Breakfast &Luncheon, “Banking on Education.” Breakfast will be held from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and Luncheon will be offered noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2003 in the Shoreline Room of the Shoreline Center, 18560 First Ave. NE, Shoreline. Individual tickets for either event are $40, tables for eight are $320. Contact the SPSF office at shoreline.foundation @shorelineschools.org or 206-368-4107 for reservations.

SCC internship coordinator hired

Dennis Williams was recently hired at Shoreline Community College as Internship Coordinator. Williams brings many years of experience to his job. He has taught Business Management and set up an internship program at Northwest College in Wyoming for 15 years, counseled native entrepreneurs at reservations across the western U.S., taught Business Management in China for a year and worked as a freelance writer and as an intern for NBC News.

Math Olympiad winners correction

There was an error in the March 14 edition of School Briefs regarding the 2003 Math Olympiad.

There was a tie for first place in the fourth grade Team Event at the Shoreline Math Olympiad, and one team was not mentioned in the winner list.  The missing team is Meridian Park team 4-3; Rich Ramsey, Tori Lewis, Spencer Ward and Mackenzie Bang.