Shoreline School Board candidate forum Oct. 16
A Shoreline School Board candidate forum will be Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the Bethel Lutheran Church, 17418 Eighth NE, Shoreline. At 6:30 p.m., participants can meet and greet candidates. At 7 p.m., the forum will be held.
For information, contact event sponsors Mary Bannister at info@booksforbeginners.org or 206-542-4053 or Krista Tenney at tenney@earthlink.net or 206-367-8688.
State will count student bus riders this week
More than 50 percent of the funding for transporting Shoreline School District students comes in the form of an annual allocation from the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI.
The district’s allocation is determined by a five-consecutive-day count of the regular services provided to students.
During the data collection period, each time a student boards a bus in the morning or during the school day, he or she is counted and the stop location is reported to OSPI using global positioning.
This year’s count will be today, Friday, Oct. 5 through Thursday, Oct. 11.
For information about the bus count, call the transportation department at 361-4275.
Jerry Smith joins SCC Board of Trustees
Gov. Christ Gregoire named Jerry Smith the newest member of the Board of Trustees at Shoreline Community College, effective Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 of 2012.
Smith, who resides in Shoreline, has worked in the automotive industry for over 30 years and has been involved with Shoreline’s automotive program since its inception in the late 1970s. He is the owner and president of Jerry Smith Chevrolet Buick in Anacortes, Jerry Smith Kia in Burlington, and Jerry Smith Kia in Bellingham. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in psychology in 1976.
Smith replaces Trustee Edith Loyer Nelson, whose term officially ends September 30, 2007. Loyer Nelson was on the board for 11 years.
Carnival a fundraiser for preschool
Shoreline Cooperative Preschool’s 20th annual Halloween Carnival and Silent Auction will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 to raise money for the preschool.
The event will feature pony rides, bouncy castle, food, games with prizes and other non-scary fun for kids 1- to 8-years-old. Admission is free with a small fee for games. Over 150 items are up for grabs in the Silent Auction. Participants can wear a costume and bring a non-perishable food donation for the food drive.
The carnival location will be 2545 NE 200th St., Shoreline, in the Grace Cole Education Complex gym. For information call 206-362-3257 or see www.shorelinecooperativepreschool.org
Shoreline Cooperative Preschool is a non-profit, non-discriminatory organization affiliated with Shoreline Community College. It is funded by co-op parents and by this single fundraising event.
SCC offers classes for parents, toddlers
The North City Cooperative Preschool, affiliated with Shoreline Community College, has hired Cathy Childs as a toddler teacher. Childs has a master’s degree from The Evergreen State College and will teach a toddler/parent group Wednesday mornings and Thursday evenings and a morning group for one-year-olds and parents on Friday mornings. She has 20 years experience teaching young children, parents and student interns.
The co-op preschools are a part of the college’s Parent Education Program which consists of a child-centered preschool laboratory and a curriculum of adult-centered lectures and discussion groups.
To find a co-op preschool in your area and for information about parent education classes, contact the Parent Education Program at Shoreline Community College at 206-546-4593 or see the Web site at http://www.shoreline.edu/parentcoop.
The North City Co-op is at 816 NE 190th at the former North City Elementary School in Shoreline. To call the co-op directly, call 206-362-4069.
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