When land needs to be cleared in an environmentally friendly way, who should be called? The ruminant renter.
During the 30th annual Mercer Island Fine Arts Showcase, “Creative to the Core,” students from around the Mercer Island School District exhibited their artistic talents through sculpture, ceramics, photography and many other mediums.
Mercer Island High School students continued to earn accolades last month, picking up honors at the state debate championship and being chosen as aerospace scholars.
The McDonald family likes to play host; it is in their genes. Even 5-year-old Ian has the bug, putting into motion a perfect storm event which brought together family, friends and neighbors to the first ever Tra La La Musical Jam Extravaganza.
Spring break in the Mercer Island School District officially started four days ago, as soon as students stepped out of their classroom doors, if not a little sooner. Often, the break is a chance for families to get away, but this year traveling is taking a back seat to spring’s other recurring theme: the recession. Despite good deals to be had, families are choosing to put that money toward other expenses, or simply save it — just in case.
For much of the past year, parents, teachers and administrators with the Mercer Island School District have taken it upon themselves to ruthlessly review the district’s math curriculum, focusing on K-5 math in 2008-2009.
The Mercer Island School Board will be hosting a special meeting to honor teachers.
Education bills in the legislature have yet to make it through the final voting process, but the future does not seem bright after Gov. Chris Gregoire said she has no plans to sign the bills without the funding to go along with it.
Mercer Island School Board members Janet Frohnmayer, Lisa Strauch Eggers and Islander Middle School principal Mary Jo Budzius traveled to San Diego to tour a school system seen as the school of the future.
Rarely do classroom topics jump from discussing photography to preparing for a half marathon and then to creating a graphic novel. When it comes to a senior’s culminating project, the sky is the limit.
Hannah Zhao, 5, a student at Lakeridge Elementary, entered her original piano composition, “The Dragon and the Bird,” into the annual PTA Reflections contest earlier this winter after receiving encouragement from her older brother and piano teacher. Now her piece is heading to the national competition after Zhao earned first place in the primary musical composition category for outstanding interpretation at the state level.
Music floated around a common room in a local retirement community as the audience, scattered on couches and chairs, relaxed and listened to the musical renditions of local high school students.
Until the end of the month, the Mercer Island School District will not have a clear idea of how the economy is going to affect the school funds next year, but that has not stopped the district from planning for every possible scenario.
