By Eileen Kelliher Almost 89 percent of high school students in the Edmonds School District are on track to graduate this spring, Assistant Superintendent Patrick Murphy told the Edmonds School Board during their meeting earlier this week. Murphy provided a statistical snapshot view of projected graduation rates using May data for the class of 2013, reflecting those students who have met state tes... »
Congratulations to the winners of the City of Edmonds Arts Commission “Best Book I Ever Read” poster contest for third graders. This year’s Outstanding Award Winners are Mei Brown, Chase Lake, Sara Cambronero, Westgate, Cadence Entermille, Seaview, Yocelin Espino, Chase Lake, Rileigh Hanson, Chase Lake, Myles Heckman, Seaview, Nathan Holt, Holy Rosary, Maya Kidder, Holy Rosary, Amanda Ly, Seaview,... »
Five Edmonds-area high school students have been awarded scholarships of $3,000 each from the Lynnwood Rotary Club based on their academic and vocational achievements. Those honored are Edmonds-Woodway High School students Katelin Kobuke, Sophie Shanshory, Srip Ouk and Isabelle Yalowicki and Meadowdale High School student (and My Edmonds News columnist) Caitlin Plummer. Funding for the scholarship... »
A reminder that you can watch the rest of the school bands perform, and the announcement of finalists, via this link on My Edmonds News. By Bruce Laven Saturday, May 12th found the members of the EWHS Jazz Band on the biggest stage of their lives. In front of a packed house at the Rose Theater, Lincoln Center’s “House of Jazz,” the Edmonds Warriors had to bring their “AR... »
By Bruce Laven Brushes with celebrities are part of the classic New York City experience and so it goes for the jazz band from Edmonds-Woodway High School at this weekend’s Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival. At a concert Thursday night, E-W jazz band members were invited to hang with world-class bass player Ron Carter. And on Friday afternoon, after a celebrity parade-type welcome to the j... »
Come support the Meadowdale High School seniors at a car wash fundraiser for their senior grad party — a chaperoned, all-night fun event to celebrate their 2013 graduation. The fundraiser is Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Chevron Station on the intersection of 168th Street Southwest and 52nd, just east of the high school. Donations are very much appreciated. »
Story and photos by David Pan Lynnwood Today Students at Meadowdale High School got a first-hand look at the dangers of drinking and driving during the annual Prom Mock DUI event Monday afternoon in the school parking lot. Students with gory blood makeup acted out the consequences of a head-on collusion with two crashed cars. Real police and fire personnel also were a part of the presentation, res... »
Can you help two Meadowdale Elementary teachers attend a Washington , D.C. conference on special education and the arts this summer? Jennifer Martin and Kelly Hui are both special education teachers at Meadowdale Elementary School in Lynnwood: Martin is the Primary Intensive Support teacher (grades 1-3) and Hui is the Intermediate Intensive Support teacher (grades 4-6). These students have signifi... »
The Edmonds Rotary Daybreakers recently presented a $1,000 check to the Edmonds-Woodway High School Jazz Band, to help with expenses for their trip next week to the Essentially Ellington Jazz competition in New York City Only 15 schools are selected nationwide for this competition every year. The Edmonds Daybreakers have long supported student jazz programs through the annual Edmonds Jazz Connect... »
By Eileen Kelliher On April 30, the Edmonds School Board heard from Assistant Superintendent Ellen Kahan and an involved parent from the Equity Alliance for Achievement Committee (EAACH). They raised the issue of “reclaiming students” as their committee’s priority. Kahan explained that term meant striving to keep students of color, those with limited economic resources and those with disabilities ... »
The legislative session and its impact on students is the topic at the Edmonds School District’s Superintendent’s Roundtable at noon on Wednesday, May 1 at the Educational Services Center in Lynnwood. Dan Steele, Assistant Director for Government Relations for the Washington Association of School Administrators, will be speaking. The roundtable will be held in the board room. The Educational Servi... »
Edmonds Heights K-12 Student Name: Benj Parrilla Mother’s Name: Ian Rose Parilla Father’s Name: Benjamin Parrilla Clubs & Activities: Speech and Debate, Violin Athletics: Basketball Student Name: Rachel Bragg Mother’s Name: Jennifer Bragg Father’s Name: Thomas Bragg GPA: 4.0 Clubs & Activities: I belong to two dance groups at local churches, and attend youth group. I have also ... »
April/May April 30 – Tri-M Meeting during advisory April 30 – Jazz I Combos -playing at Romeo’s May 2 – Wesco Battle of the Bands – 6 to 9pm May 9-12 – Jazz I Going to Essentially Ellington May 17 – Big Band Dance – all jazz groups Click Here to see the EWHS Music Calendar ———————————&... »
Story and photos by David Pan Lynnwood Today The champion defended his title. Mountlake Terrace’s Erik Hartzog, along with new partner Jeremy Hargiss, took first place at the 2013 Iron Chef Edmonds School District Competition Tuesday afternoon at Edmonds Community College. Hartzog won the competition last year with a different partner. Having participated last year helped calm Hartzog’s nerves com... »
Meadowdale High School’s choirs had “a fantastic weekend” at the CBC Jazz Unlimited Festival in Pasco, Wash. according to a report from MDHS Booster Club Secretary Rebecca Petriello. “Six groups performed and all received excellent feedback from the festival’s clinicians and were recognized by the festival’s director for their support of the other ensembles thro... »
By Janette Turner Imagine a world where high school kids help elementary students they’ve never met. Such a project was set up by local writing instructor Kim Votry with Edmonds Woodway High School NaNoWriMo Club members editing books by students from the Home Education Exchange, a home school resource center in the Shoreline School District. To say the teens are enthusiastic about editing works b... »
Updated to include video. Story and photos by Annie Wilson UW News Lab Students, teachers and family members gathered together to watch the On Ensemble perform at Chase Lake Community School’s assembly Thursday afternoon. Their presentation, along with a student performance, was the finale to a four-day music educational outreach put on by the Edmonds Center for the Arts, and funded through the ... »
Here’s your chance to Celebrate Teachers. The Edmonds Public Schools Foundation and Alderwood Mall sought nominations for top-notch teachers and the following have been nominated: - Elizabeth Donnelly, Terrace Park Elementary - Xiang Foster, Edmonds Woodway High School - Karen Rautenberg, Meadowdale Elementary - Darin Fauls, Mountlake Terrace High School - Wendy McDermitt, Sherwood Elementar... »
By Eileen Kelliher On April 16, the Edmonds School Board met and learned from an amendment to the agenda that changes are afoot in the delivery of special education in the district. Learning Support staffer Tim Garberich explained to the board that to more efficiently use special education funds, the district chose to close Edmonds Elementary School’s primary intensive support classroom next year,... »
Important dates: April 16 – Music Booster Meeting April 19-21 – Mello-Aires to the Columbia Basin Festival April 25 – Masterworks Concert Click here to see the EWHS Music Calendar —————————————————————————————... »
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