School Briefs

Cedar Wood to have new principal

David Jones will transfer from Eisenhower Middle School to be principal at Cedar Wood Elementary for the 2007-08 school year. Principal Jill Tokumoto announced last month that she is stepping down from her position as Cedar Wood’s principal as her family is relocating to Texas.

Jones joined Everett Public Schools in 1994 as a high school counselor at Jackson High School. In 1999, he became principal at Eisenhower Middle School.

Mystery dinner benefits JHS drama program

The Jackson High School Drama Boosters are presenting a 1950s-themed mystery dinner at 7 p.m. May 18 in the high school’s Commons. Proceeds benefit the drama program.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for students. Call 206-423-5356 or 425-344-3712.

Public review of textbooks for EvSD

The public may review the eighth-grade Social Studies textbook “American History: Beginnings to Reconstruction” published by McDougall Littell. The books will be on display from 4-6 p.m. May 14 at the Longfellow Large Annex, 3715 Oakes Ave., Everett.

Ugandan students perform at local schools

The public is invited to a free song and dance performance by The Children of Kajjansi, from St. Mary Kevin Orphanage in Kajjansi. They will perform at several area schools and organizations in an evening of song and dance.

The performances benefit Sister Schools, a Seattle based non-profit that connects American school children with school children in war-torn Uganda. Last fall, through the Sister Schools program, Maplewood K-12 Co-operative school in Edmonds donated school supplies, books, clothing and other needed items to children in Uganda.

While here, the Ugandan students will have the chance to meet and thank the students that supported them.

Their touring schedule in Edmonds and Mill Creek is:

• 7 p.m. May 17 at p.m. Gateway Middle School in Everett

• 7 p.m. May 23 at Maplewood K-8 in Edmonds

For information, visit the Sister Schools web site at www.sisterschools.org, or call Sister Schools at 206-447-6962 or Selden Prentice at 206-283-1804.

Foundation Fair To Benefit Students

The Everett Public Schools Foundation Fair will be held at University Book Store in Mill Creek Town Center on May 18, 19 and 20. The book store will donate 15 percent of qualified purchases to the Everett Public Schools Foundation. Proceeds will support programs that benefit students and educators in Everett and Mill Creek public schools.

Local can present a flyer when they make their purchase so that 15 percent will be returned to the Everett Public Schools Foundation. The flyer, weekend event schedule and a map to the University Book Store is on the Foundation’s web site at www.epsf.org.

The Everett Public Schools Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop and provide community support to strengthen academic achievement in the Everett Public Schools.

For information, call 425-385-4187.