The next Superintendent’s Roundtable in the Edmonds School District will focus on “Challenge Programs and Student Achievement for All Students” with assistant superintendents Ken Limon and Tony Byrd leading the discussion.
The roundtable is noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Educational Service Center, 20420 68th Ave. W., in Lynnwood. The public is welcome to attend and encouraged to bring a lunch. Water, coffee, and cookies will be provided.
Local student wins award
Laura Hoover of Edmonds has won a “youngARTS Merit in Popular Voice” award, sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA).
NFAA’s mission is to identify emerging artists and assist them with their educational and professional development. The youngARTS program identifies gifted young artists and assists them financially and educationally.
The youngARTS program selected students from an applicant pool of 8,000 nationwide. The top 142 were named finalists and will gather in Miami, Fla. this month for a series of showcases and workshops with renowned artists.
Students to attend WMEA
Music students from across the state have been chosen to participate in the 54th annual Washington Music Educators Association All-State Band, Orchestra, Choir, Jazz Band and/or Jazz Choir. The students were selected through competitive auditions.
The groups will convene Feb. 13-18 in Yakima. The best musicians in each genre will rehearse together under the direction of world renowned conductors and present their final concert in Yakima’s historic Capitol Theatre and grand SunDome.
Students in the Edmonds School District who are participating include:
Katie Haney, Kaylee Jacobsen, Hannah Lake, Dannielle Simmons, Christine Hannan, Laura Hoover, Sarah Laven, Jacob Lee, Kelly Nichols-Hoppe, James Purcell, Kaylee Tilton, Devon Yesberger, Mikaela Elms, John Vogan, Angela Babbitt, Robert Blosser, Madison Caldwell Ibsen, Jennifer Carver, Sam Epstein, Michael Hendrix, Sol Im, Melinda Kraakmo, Kaitlin Kraakmo, Brugger Siobhan, Simon Wood, Tanya Zickefoose, Eli Blaisdell, Jessica Lindsay, Kelsey Van Dalfsen, Andrea Watson, Ciaran Ball, Rachel Koenig, Olivia Hall, Joel Steinke, Kevin Keogh, Nell Colyn, Mariah Lotz and Lauren Vandervort.
UW wants gifted students
The University of Washington’s Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars is conducting the 2008 Washington Search for Young Scholars (WSYS) to identify the top 3 percent of the state’s students.
The deadline for students to register is Jan. 25.
The program is designed to work with the students, their families and schools to improve opportunities for gifted youth.
By participating students receive certificates of achievement from the university and are invited, with their families, to a recognition ceremony on the UW campus.
They can also take online courses from Duke and Northwestern universities designed specifically for young scholars, among other honors.
The program is free.
It seeks seventh- and eighth-grade students who have taken either the ACT or SAT I.
Fifth- and sixth-grade students also can apply. They can qualify if they scored in the top 3 percent in reading/verbal or math/quantitative sections on a recent standardized achievement or aptitude test that compared them to students in Washington or nationally by grade level. These tests include the Cognitive Abilities Test, Educational Records Bureau, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, School and College Ability Test and Stanford Achievement Test.
High scores on the Washington Achievement of Student Learning, or WASL, of 440 in reading or 458 in math in the fourth grade and 452 in reading and 476 in math in the fifth grade also will qualify a fifth- or sixth-grade student. Students must submit new test results to be recognized in consecutive WSYS talent searches. Applicants also must provide the Robinson Center with photocopies of test results or written verification by a school official.
For information, see http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/programs/wsys/requirements/.
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