Skyline High School to reopen Friday after shooting threat
Issaquah School District administrators plan to reopen Skyline High School on Friday, a day after officials closed the campus in response to a shooting threat. Police plan to remain on campus...
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Discovery students take time to be kind
School has only been in session a few weeks, and already the walls of Allison Lehr’s fourth grade classroom at Discovery Elementary School are decorated with examples of a happy and helpful classroom...
View ArticleDigital classroom: more and more students take online courses
Matthew McSweeney spends a lot of time on the computer. So when the senior at Skyline High School failed geometry last year, his parents suggested he give the class another go, but this time online....
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Students tackle the issues in mock presidential debate
A week after President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have hung up their debate caps, another political contest will take place on the plateau when six local students will argue both party’s...
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Activity buses: catching a ride home when staying late
Monday through Thursday around the four o’clock hour, long after class has let out, 10 yellow school buses chug along area roads, helping middle school students with extracurricular activities get...
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Blackwell students pound the pavement for Walk to School Month
It’s a chilly Friday morning at Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary School and while the parking lot is pretty quiet, the sidewalks are pretty busy. It’s Fast Feet Friday and many of the students are...
View ArticleIssaquah Schools Foundation set to tune up band
When the Skyline High School Orchestra started this year it was short nine cellos. The arsenal for Issaquah Middle School band for years included a baritone saxophone from 1925. Instead of being in a...
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“Magic of the Moment” sparks student creativity at Endeavour
“Moments come and go in physical action/ But stay in our brain/ Never is there a time when moments aren’t happening/ Sometimes they are sweet/ Sometimes bitter.” So begins Shweta Narayanan’s poem about...
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Skyline student fights back against cyberbullying
New: Dec. 4, 2:55 p.m. Walking into Skyline High School last week the message “Pause Before You Post” was painted in giant letters across the school’s front windows. Inside, streamers and posters hung...
View ArticleStudent musicians selected to top performing groups
Dozens of local students are among the state’s top performers that have been chosen to participate in one of the Washington Music Educators Association’s 2013 All-State Honor or one of the National...
View ArticleSkyline players set to thrill audience with winter comedy “Rumors”
New: Jan. 5, 11:12 a.m. Jessica Karius struts across the stage at Skyline High School in six-inch red alligator print stilettos. Before being cast of the seductive Cookie Cusack in “Rumors,” a farcical...
View ArticleIssaquah District Superintendent to retire
New: Jan. 10, 10:12 a.m. Superintendent Steve Rasmussen intends to retire June 30 after leading the Issaquah School District for almost six years. The superintendent announced the decision Wednesday...
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Geography Bee puts young minds to the test
What Chinese river does the Three Gorges Dam span? The city of Baltimore is next to what large bay? In what city is the Suleymaniye mosque, which was built to honor the 16th century Ottoman ruler?...
View ArticleLocal teachers earn National Board certification
Sammamish has 16 more National Board Certified Teachers, according to an announcement made earlier this month by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The National Board certification...
View Article130 plateau business and marketing students headed to DECA state
Scores of plateau business and marketing students, working individually and in teams, recently competed in their regional DECA competitions where they won top honors. Battling it out in categories...
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Skyline alumni turn to old class for business help
Eight years ago, Jordan Reynolds was a student in Skyline’s video production class; now he’s a young entrepreneur working with the class to test his technology start-up, Clipcopia. Designed to help...
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Creekside hosts international celebration of diversity
New: Feb. 11, 1:48 p.m. Hola, Hallo, Salam, Dia dhuit, An-nyung and Alo are all ways to say ‘hello,’ and as children made their way around the 34 different booths Feb. 8 at Creekside Elementary...
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Eastlake debate team sends 9 members to state
The Eastlake Speech and Debate club is wrapping up a successful season by sending nine of its members to the state tournament. Ryan Holmdahl, Nick Randolph, Andrew Lam, Ryan Lundberg, Wendie Yeung, and...
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Beaver Lake Middle School students devote mid-winter break to ice cream sandwich
New: Feb. 25, 2:31 p.m. Twenty-seven pounds of flour, 48 eggs, 9 pounds of white sugar, 9 pounds of brown sugar, 15 pounds of butter and around 10 gallons of vanilla ice cream – those are just some of...
View ArticleStudents to take part in Washington Aerospace Scholars Program
Five local students have been accepted into Phase One of this year’s Washington Aerospace Scholars Program at the Museum of Flight. Affiliated with NASA and the University of Washington, the program is...
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