Princess-Nyosha McWilliams, an eighth grader at Pathfinder K-8 School, won the Mayor's Leadership Award and a $2,500 college scholarship.
The scholarship was the culmination of the Mayor's Scholars Awards, given this year to 19 students from Seattle schools.
Come celebrate the Brandon Trail Renovation, an east/west trail section of the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail. This section of trail is now a usable trail connecting Camp Long and Longfellow Creek and the rest of Delridge. Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association and the Longfellow Creek Watershed Council and their volunteers played a key role in getting this trail completed.
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association will be distributing a new West Seattle Trails/Neighborhoods on Foot map.
On the first Sunday of June I convinced my Golden Gardens walking partner to attempt eight real estate Open Houses with me, none of them close to home. No, these were part of what was billed as a Ballard Tour of Homes set up by local realtor Deborah Arends of RE/MAX. Each house was open for just one hour and the locations ranged from Phinney Ridge to Crown Hill.
For starters we should have left the block before the clock started on the first stop, not after. "Amazing 1912 Craftsman" read the postcard mailing that was our itinerary.
Meet Diane Lange Jones
She is some kind of saint to thousands of parents and kids. A Burien-area musician, Diane teaches violin, cello and viola and has for over 30 years. She currently teaches 80 private lessons in her home studio every week.
Self-taught from age 8, Diane once played professionally with the Rainier Symphony Orchestra.
In 2002, she formed the Normandy Park Youth Orchestra, a string program that supports three youth orchestras of elementary through college age students.
The other day, my seven year-old son asked me what I did for a living.
When you are seven, there are livings that are easy to understand, of course. Teacher? Easy. Firefighter? Cool. Dentist, doctor, store-owner. All graspable.
Try explaining to a 1st grader that you do public relations.
This challenge has been bouncing around my mind as I read the flap over Scott McClellan's book. The former White House spin doctor now admits he lied on the job.
I am writing on to say that I am disappointed that our Highline School District is going to cut several wonderful school counselors because of "budget cuts".
Our school counselors are the "HEARTS AND SOULS" of our schools. The students, teachers, and parents desperately need them.
In the past two years, one of my students has lost a father. Last year, James Peckenpaugh died of cancer.... leaving behind 3 children. One of his children was in my class.
The $3.5 million Highline School funding shortfall does not make sense. Did the Legislature or Governor shortchange Highline? What is the School Board doing wrong?
Bellevue has four high schools in the top 100 high schools in the nation. By contrast, Highline has a 30% drop out rate.
The Legislature changed the law and now only 50% plus one is required to pass school levies. Renton's school levy passed with a landslide 59% last week.
The progress of the new Burien Town Square is coming along nicely and will be a welcomed improvement to the overall ambiance of Burien.
It will provide a wonderful selection of residences and commercial possibilities to our area.
There is one problem that I see looming in the near future, given the fact that parking for this area will be at a premium, is the plan to relocate the Burien library to the southeast corner of the town square.
For the past 8 months or so there has been revision activity regarding the Tree Retention ordinance in the city of SeaTac. The current ordinance is 15.14.160-- Retention of Significant Trees.
I have attended most City Council meetings where presentations have taken place and also a couple of Planning Commission meetings, all regarding the new tree retention policy. There were only 2 or 3 other citizens at these Planning meetings, and the same at the Council meetings.
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Highline's Step 5 school
By Donna Stefanik
Chinook Middle School in SeaTac may be a Step 5 school in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) formula-but it won't stay there for long if first-year principal Evie Livingston has anything to say about it.
"All of the kids are very intelligent, and it's my job to make sure they know that," she said. "Every child, no matter where they come from, has something important to give this world.
