Randy Dorn, the newly-elected Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will lead a panel discussion with the community about “educational enhancement during a time of economic distress” beginning at 7 p.m. in the Shoreline Room of the Shoreline Conference Center on Jan. 29.
Others on the panel will be Tom Mesaros, President/CEO of The Alford Group, one of the five largest fund raising consulting firms in the U.S., and Frank Minton, nationally prominent executive in planned giving and endowment programs. The event is free and open to the public.
“We’re thrilled to launch this discussion and to have these prominent officials help guide our community with this issue,” Ken Noreen, a retired educator and Founding Chairman of the Shoreline Education Alliance said. “Other than basic personal safety, there is no greater duty we have to our children than to provide them the best possible education, from early learning right up through trade schools and college.”
The event is presented by the Shoreline Education Alliance and co-sponsored by Shoreline Public Schools and various Rotary clubs in the area. The Shoreline Education Alliance is a new program of the Education Committee of Forward Shoreline and is designed to bring education providers and consumers together to plan for the education needs of Shoreline for the next 25 years. This ongoing program includes both private and public schools, as well as citizens who understand that “education” is now a life-long learning process.
“We hope that everyone interested in education will turn out for this meeting. The economy is forcing some very tough choices on us that we need to discuss with one another,” Noreen added.
Calling all skiers to Stevens Pass
Want to go skiing mid-week? Don’t want to drive? How about putting on those chains?
Again this year, the Patty Wagon ski bus will head to Stevens Pass for eight weeks ending Feb. 26. The price is $191 for the eight weeks or $29 for a single week. Bus starts from 185th and Aurora Avenue, to Lake Forest Park, on to Bothell and last stop in Monroe.
Coffee and snacks are served on trip up and also trip down.
Those who do ski touring or snowshoeing can ride the Patty Wagon and then transfer to a shuttle bus that services the Nordic Center, further down the highway to the east. Same offer applies. For full information and a brochure, call Patty Price at 206-546-6717.
A trip to Tahoe is also scheduled for March 2-6, 2009.
For information on this trip, call Grete Dixson, 425-486-8809.
Volunteer at Hopelink
Hopelink’s Adult Education and other programs are constantly looking for volunteers to give hope to people in need in Shoreline. Hopelink’s Shoreline center at 15809 Westminster Way N. currently needs volunteers to:
• Help adults learn basic reading, writing or math skills or earn a General Education Development (GED) diploma;
• Drive to deliver food to home-bound clients;
• Sort gifts, stock gifts and help as “personal shoppers” for clients in the Shoreline Hopelink’s gift room during the holidays when they come to select gifts for their children or grandchildren (days and hours vary).
Training for all volunteer positions is provided. Volunteers must be comfortable communicating in English.
For more information about volunteering, please call 206-440-7300.
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