The Mercer Island Little League All-Stars traveled north for a consolation game against a Canadian little league team in Vancouver,…
The results are in from the recent “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” enforcement campaign conducted from Aug. 14 through Sept. 7….
The Seattle Times published a map on its Web site earlier today, illustrating primary election results for King County executive broken down by precinct.
Irene Fleming was the center of attention at Sunrise Senior Living on Sept. 3 as pieces of cake were being…
Islanders woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of rain and thunder. The weather stations at Islander Middle School…
Next spring, students across the state will embark on a new state standardized testing journey, leaving the WASL far behind.
Under the Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program, the state will test students in order to determine their proficiency, as well as to assess progress. High school students will be required to take and pass the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE), which will be administered in March and April. Students in grades three through eight will take the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) exam in May of 2010. The test will measure student progress, while the high school version will test a student’s proficiency on basic skills, such as reading, writing, math and science.
The adult men’s 5.0 tennis team, from the Mercer Island Country Club, emerged as USTA League Pacific Northwest champions on Aug. 9 in Portland, Ore., after a three-way tie was decided by a one-game margin.
For the first and second time, two Mercer Island residents gave triathlons a try, testing the water and road to see if it might become a lifelong love.
Misha Terentjev is one dedicated and enthusiastic swimmer. After swimming all the way around Mercer Island last week for charity, those working at the Children’s Institute for Learning Differences (CHILD) thinks so, too.
The Youth and Family Services’ summer VOICE and SVP program, a volunteer camp for Island high school and middle school students, commemorated the end of another “great” summer, said program leader Michelle Morse. More than 300 volunteers contributed to projects as varied as making sandwiches for Northwest Harvest, delivering books to King County prisoners and volunteering at the Mercer Island Farmers Market. Two-hundred and thirty volunteers were from Mercer Island High School (working in the VOICE — Volunteer Opportunities in Communities Everywhere — program) and 80 students were from Islander Middle School (working in the SVP — Summer Volunteer Program).
Islander Allison Ross, 16, is the winner of a $25,000 Davidson Fellowship award for her literature portfolio exploring the relationship between classical Western and African hero mythologies. The Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in Reno, Nev., which supports profoundly gifted youth, gave the award.
Outside California, high school water polo rarely makes waves. But Mercer Island High School junior Eugene Chong was again honored with an opportunity on July 19 to compete internationally with the U.S. Water Polo Junior National Team.
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released its 2009 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report, part of the federal government’s No Child Left Behind requirement, last week.