Through silence, Renaissance students lift up homeless voices
NEW – 3:55 p.m., Nov. 18, 2015 Most middle-school teachers can relate to the verbal overload that comes from working with groups of preteens for several hours each day. At Renaissance School of Art and...
View ArticleLWSD students earn state music honors
NEW — 2:36 p.m. Nov. 24, 2015 Forty-seven Lake Washington School District high-school music students have been accepted to the 2016 Washington Music Educators Association’s high school all-state honor...
View ArticleMead Elementary teacher named Symetra Hero in the Classroom
NEW — 4:15 p.m., Dec. 1, 2015 On Nov. 23, representatives from the Seattle Seahawks and Bellevue-based insurance company Symetra visited Mead Elementary School to honor Stacy Jeremiah as a Symetra Hero...
View ArticleSkyline cheerleaders named to all-state team
NEW — 4:35 p.m., Dec. 1, 2015 The Washington State Cheer Coaches Association held its first All-State Cheerleading Competition Nov. 12 at Mount Si High School, and eight Skyline High School competitors...
View ArticleLake Washington earns place on Advanced Placement district honor roll
NEW — 5:15 p.m. Dec. 1, 2015 For the second year in a row, the College Board named the Lake Washington School District to its Annual AP District Honor Roll. Lake Washington is one of only 425 public...
View ArticleIssaquah receives school board of the year honor
NEW — 12:31 p.m. Dec. 8, 2015 Issaquah was one of three school boards recently honored by the Washington State School Directors’ Association as a 2015 School Board of the Year. The awards were...
View ArticleIssaquah School District on College Board’s honor roll
NEW — 12:37 p.m. Dec. 11, 2015 The Issaquah School District was selected as one of 425 districts in North America to make the College Board’s annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll for...
View ArticleSpartabot smart: Skyline High School robotics club molding students in...
NEW — 10:40 a.m., Dec. 15, 2015 The robotics club at Skyline High School has come a long way in the seven years since it built its first robot in the garage of one of its mentors. The club, known as...
View ArticleTwo Eastlake teachers complete national certification
NEW — 10:38 a.m. Dec. 18, 2015 Two Eastlake High School teachers recently earned their National Board Certification. Kate Agnew earned her national certification in Physical Education/Early Adolescence...
View ArticleNew federal education law does away with No Child Left Behind
NEW — 2:17 p.m. Dec. 29, 2015 The main problem with No Child Left Behind was its punitive nature, said Lisa Callan, Issaquah School Board director. “It set a level of standards nobody could meet,” she...
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