Out of about 80,000 people who wanted to be the next American Idol, 2011 Mercer Island High School graduate Danny Lacker, made it to the Hollywood round in the 11th season of the popular singing competition.
What Valentine’s Day represents (like Thanksgiving or Christmas) is applicable every day of the year. Do you know where the tradition of giving and receiving valentines comes from? It can be traced back to a Catholic priest who was martyred in the third century and later granted sainthood.
Answer: I used to think that families should wait until winter or spring break of junior year, once they have a better idea of their student’s grade point average, scores and accomplishments. My opinion, however, changed dramatically after I returned from a college tour with my own daughter, a freshman in high school, who begrudgingly accompanied me to visit East Coast schools in Boston and New York as part of my consulting practice.
You think your family is crazy? Come meet the eccentric, artistic, creative and zany Sycamore family in the Mercer Island High School Drama department’s winter play, “You Can’t Take It With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.
Lorne Rubis defines highly successful people as those who work with character, in turn inspiring other people. This applies not only to one’s work, but to their personal life.
“Stone Soup” is a popular fable about a village that claimed it had no food. One day a woman decided to take a caldron, fill it with water, put it over a hot burning fire and plop it in a stone.
If you’re a woman and love to sing, and are thinking about joining a local chorus, the Spirit of Sound Singers might just be for you.
It seems like Dave Anderson has been hooked on grilling for a long time. Before he and his wife, Kathy, were married, she bought him a barbecuing cookbook because he already had three Webers. That really got him started.
Recent market turbulence has raised the anxiety level among many people either thinking about or approaching retirement. With the daily market gyrations, it is no wonder many folks have grown increasingly concerned they will not have enough money to retire.
The High Holiday season has begun for the Jewish people. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, was observed and celebrated on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29 and 30. Yom Kippur, the holiday of Atonement, was observed on Saturday, Oct. 8. However, a lesser-known, yet equally important holiday will begin on Thursday, Oct. 13: Sukkot, the holiday of booths.
The class of 1961 came together over the weekend of Sept. 9-11 with the class of ’81 right on their heels last weekend.
Spectacular scenery, the wind in their faces and time to get lost in their own thoughts, were just a few of the benefits three members of the “Mercer Island Retired Ones” (MIRO) motorcycle group gained on a seven-day ride earlier this month.
When Brian Bligh graduated from Boston College with a degree in finance in 2003, something didn’t feel right.