Four seniors at Shorewood and two at Shorecrest have qualified as National Merit Finalists.
From Shorewood are Wilfred Chan, Frazier Mork, Claire Nieman and Virginia Wang. From Shorecrest are Travis Baseler and Anna Bowen.
As National Merit Finalists, these students have the opportunity to compete for Merit Scholarship awards. They had been previously announced as semifinalists last fall.
More than 1.4 million juniors in nearly 21,000 high schools entered the 2009 National Merit Program by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
To become a Finalist, a student must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
Student earns high test score
Andrew Deelstra, a junior at Shoreline Christian School, was a honored as a National Merit Commended student for scoring in the top 50,000 on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.
African art exhibit at Third Place
Shorewood High School will host its annual African Art Show on May 14.
Teachers have selected the best student-made African art pieces and performances to be showcased from 6-8 p.m. at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park Towne Centre.
Third Place Books is located at 17171 Bothell Way NE in Lake Forest Park.
First place at Reno Jazz Festival
The Shorecrest and Shorewood jazz bands placed first in their respective divisions at the 47th annual Reno Jazz Festival April 23 to 25.
Shorewood won its division for the fourth consecutive year. It is the sixth straight year that the Jazz Band, directed by Paul Harshman, has won a major national festival.
Shorewood musicians named outstanding soloists were Tory Brediger, bass; Kelsey Johnson, piano; Joe Gladow, tenor sax; Sam Cole, trombone; and Aaron Pederson, drums.
Shorecrest, directed by David Johnson, won the class C competition. Outstanding musician awards went to Sean Remillard, drums; Colin Chandler, trumpet; Sho Kato, alto sax; Daniel Baker, trombone; and Max Reikosky, trumpet.
Shorecrest and Shorewood joined more than 300 middle, high school and college groups participating in the Reno festival. World-class jazz artists, music educators and thousands of jazz students from throughout the West spend three days immersed in live-jazz performance, competitions and clinics. The festival closed Saturday evening with the Festival Showcase and Awards Ceremony in the University of Nevada-Reno Lawlor Events Center, which included encore performances by some of the best groups and soloists at the festival.
Shorewood wins History Day
Shorewood High School won the award for top high school in the state for a third straight year at the annual Washington State History Day competition held April 25 at Green River Community College.
Two Shorewood students have advanced to the National History Day finals, to be held in College Park, Md., in June.
Lilly Adams won second place in the state for her documentary, “Pablo Picasso: A Legacy of Innovation.” Tasha Tieu won second place for her exhibit, “Dorothea Lange: The Legacy of a Visionary Photographer.”
Other Shorewood students placing in the event were: Sorcha Connor-Boyle, third place (individual performance); Ellen Olsen, fifth place (individual Web site); Eric Ing, Gabe Trainer, Neil Gupta, third place (group Web site); Carly Backman, fifth place (individual documentary); Tori Lewis and Mary Buswell, fourth place (group documentary); Rachael Haensly, fourth place (individual exhibit); and Lindsey Trainer, third place (individual exhibit). Trainer also received a special award from Colonial Dames.
Register for North City Co-op
The North City Co-op Preschool, affiliated with Shoreline Community College, is now registering children who will be 3 1/2 to 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2009.
At North City Preschool, preschoolers learn from play-based activities. The children attend class Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 11:50 a.m. and learn self-regulation, independent decision making and problem solving skills, all necessary for success in school. Parents participate with their child once a week and attend parent discussion groups and lectures to learn positive discipline techniques.
Registration for classes is done at the preschool, located at 816 NE 190th in Shoreline, in the North City Education Center. Parents may visit the school by appointment and observe children involved in play-based learning.
To find out more about the school, call 206-362-4069 or visit www.northcitycoop.org.
Free parenting class offered
Parents and teachers of children 2-12 years old are invited to Sanity Circus, a free, award-winning, grant-funded series designed to help build happier, more effective relationships with children. The series presented by Stephanie Cross will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on six Sundays beginning May 10, skipping Memorial Day weekend, at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church at 14724 First Ave. NE.
Limited free childcare is available. Sanity Circus has been co-sponsored for 27 years by the Puget Sound Adlerian Society. For more information, call the Society at 206-527-2566.
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