Lake Washington Schools Foundation awards $300,000 to school district
NEW — 1:39 p.m. Sept. 25, 2015 Lake Washington students have online math support, and are able to build robots, use negative space printers and learn digital photography and moviemaking, with funding...
View ArticleSchool Facilities Task Force develops recommendations, asks for input by Oct. 11
NEW — 11:12 a.m. Oct. 1, 2015 The Lake Washington School District’s Long-Term Facilities Task Force has been studying the district’s overcrowding population since December. A smaller working...
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Beaver Lake Middle School teacher honored as Symetra Hero in the Classroom
NEW — 12:43 p.m. Oct. 1, 2015 Symetra and the Seattle Seahawks honored Beaver Lake Middle School earth science teacher Tasha Kirby as a Symetra Hero in the Classroom on Sept. 30, during a surprise...
View ArticleNonprofit challenges school officials to walk to school Oct. 7
NEW — 4:23 p.m. Oct. 1, 2015 The national nonprofit Start School Later is challenging school officials to recognize “Walk to School Day” on October 7 by walking to school or the bus stop with their...
View ArticleSocial media campaign promotes school hunger program
NEW — 4:14 p.m. Oct. 7, 2015 “There is an impression on the Eastside that we are all affluent,” said Janice Wilson Vache, a member of the Pantry Packs Leadership Team. “But everywhere, there are...
View ArticleVolunteers needed for math adoption committee
NEW — 5:06 p.m. Oct. 7, 2015 The Lake Washington School District’s adoption committee will review the high school math curriculum, and district officials are seeking parents/community members to serve...
View ArticlePTSA hosts Lake Washington School Board candidate forum
NEW — 2:51 p.m. Oct. 8, 2015 The Lake Washington PTSA Council is hosting a School Board candidate forum from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center, 17272 N.E. 104th St.,...
View ArticleLake Washington School District recognized for safety in pest management
NEW — 10 a.m. Oct. 12, 2015 Lake Washington School District was one of four school districts honored at a Washington School Integrated Pest Management event Oct. 1. The four districts were recognized...
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Local student awarded $250 for plastic pollution project
NEW — 11:02 a.m. Oct. 16, 2015 On Oct. 15th, Melissa Birchfield, a junior at Eastlake High School, won an Honorable Mention award and a $250 cash prize for her Prose submission to the 2015...
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Skyline orchestra plays for Irish president
NEW — 3:18 p.m. Oct. 25, 2015 By Melissa HeitkampSkyline High School’s Silver Orchestra plays for visiting Irish President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina Higgins. Skyline High School’s Silver...
View ArticleSammamish students save environment through recycling program
NEW — 2:02 p.m. Oct. 29, 2015 Students at Cascade Ridge Elementary School are saving the environment one applesauce pouch at a time. The school is making a difference this year by recycling their...
View ArticleIssaquah School District sends $533.5 million bond issue to April ballot
NEW — 11:43 a.m. Oct. 30, 2015 The Issaquah School District is asking voters to approve a $533.5 million bond sale that will appear on the April 26 ballot. The Issaquah School Board unanimously...
View ArticleEastlake High School students get financial reality check at BECU event
NEW — 2:27 p.m. Nov. 3, 2015 Eastlake High School sophomore Ashley Croshaw has “a greater appreciation for my parents because I now realize how much stuff they have to pay for.” She called the...
View ArticleJourney to the White House: Skyline’s Gretel Von Bargen is state’s 2015...
NEW — 2:45 p.m. Nov. 3, 2015 Gretel Von Bargen’s vacation plans took an interesting twist this past summer. One hundred and ten miles into a “lifetime bucket list” backpacking trip on the John Muir...
View ArticleDistrict to seek public input on school start times
NEW — 2:53 p.m. Nov. 3, 2015 The Issaquah School Board wants the public’s help in deciding whether or not any changes in starting and stopping times for the local school day are desirable. They also...
View ArticleLake Washington School District is state’s fourth largest
NEW — 1:34 p.m. Nov. 5, 2015 The Lake Washington School District serves nearly 28,000 students, making it the fourth largest district in the state. Only the Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma school districts...
View ArticleIssaquah School Board earns distinction honor
NEW — 1:58 p.m. Nov. 5, 2015 The Issaquah School Board was one of nine entities labeled a “Board of Distinction” by the Washington State School Directors’ Association Nov. 4. Issaquah joined school...
View ArticleConstruction bond may be ultimate answer for LWSD
NEW — 3:46 p.m. Nov. 17, 2015 After nearly a year of work by the Lake Washington School District Long Term Facilities Task Force, P.S. Reilly, a task force member and parent, called its recommendations...
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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...
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