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The Bond Is Passing |
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Highline Public Schools’ capital facilities
improvement bond is passing with a 63.61% yes vote.
(This reflects the latest count at the time District
News was posted). All poll votes and all absentee
ballots received by March 14 have been counted.
The county will continue to tally ballots as they
arrive in the mail, and daily updates will be posted
at
www.metrokc.gov/elections. The election will be
certified on March 23.
Voter turnout was well above the number needed to
validate the election.
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Former Highline High School Student
Excels |
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 Katrina Morgan Recognized as Leader
"...A teacher told me to never let the price of your
dreams cause you to lose sight of them. ... Now I have the best of both
of my passions. I go to the premier school in the world
for aviation and I belong to the greatest family of
athletes I could ever imagine."
This is an excerpt from the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletes recent online magazine. To read
the entire article, click on this link:
http://naia.collegesports.com/champions-character/news/ERAUK.Morgan-Spotlight.htm
Read on...>>
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OSC Aviation Careers Class |
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Students Take Part in Historic Event
By Robin Lee, Aviation Careers instructor
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SeaTac OSC’s Aviation Careers class at McChord Air
Force Base, where students flew C-17 Globemaster III
simulators, checked out parachute rigs and the
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In 1982, Delta Airlines posted it's first financial loss
and the employees rallied around the carrier – raising
money to purchase the airline’s first Boeing 767-200,
which was named the Spirit of Delta. Now, some 24 years
later, the airliner is being retired and is making a
farewell tour around the country. The Aviation Careers
Class at the Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center (OSC) was
invited to participate in this historic event. The
students were included in a 45-minute flight on board the
plane – where they received commemorative pins, wings, and
certificates. They also had the opportunity to visit the
flight deck while airborne. Very exciting for aviation
students!
There's more...>>
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DECA Students Compete at State |
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Three Qualify for International Competition
What’s worth months of hard work and a weekend of lost
sleep? To Alana Vinther, the DECA teacher at Global
Connections on the Tyee campus, it was the delight of
seeing the students perform well at the recent state
competition!
Get the whole story...>>
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OSC Instructor Awarded Scholarship |
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 Robin Lee, Aviation Careers instructor at the Sea-Tac
Occupational Skills Center (OSC), has been awarded the
Elisha Hall Memorial Scholarship through Women in Aviation
International (WAI). The scholarship provides for flight
training instruction.
Get the details...>>
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First Annual Employee Walking
Challenge |
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 Join us for the first annual Highline May Madness
Employee Walking Challenge!
An ALL-district, month-long,
walking challenge
Learn more...>>
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The Highline Schools Foundation
for Excellence Gift |
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 What is an ORFF?
The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence has made
another generous donation to Highline Public Schools’
music education department. The purchase of two ORFF
instrument sets was made official at a Parkside concert
held at the Performing Arts Center on March 1.
Get the facts...>>
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Welcome Security Officer Stephan Derout |
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Please join us in welcoming Stephan Derout to the Security
& Safety Department. Stephan is working the night security
officer shift. Stephan was born and raised in France and
has been in the United States for approximately ten years.
He completed a seven-month police academy in California
and worked for the Bay Area Transit Police Department.
Stephen recently relocated to Washington where he worked
for the Tumwater Police Department and Retail Security.
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Board President Byers Enjoys
Reading to Elementary Students |
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In celebration of Read Across America, School Board
President Phyllis Byers appeared as Dr. Seuss’
Cat-in-the-Hat to read to students at McMicken
Heights, Bow Lake, Valley View, and Midway
Elementary Schools. |
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Midway Elementary Offers New
Program |
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Weekend Backpacks Meet Nutritional Needs
Some children spend the weekend waiting for Monday and the
chance to go to school because they love learning and the
socialization. Too many, however, have a different reason
for wanting to get to school...that's the only place they
get a meal to eat.
Learn how Midway Elementary is responding to this need...>>
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White Center Heights Program Makes
News |
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Chess Becomes a Family Event
 What
started out as a class project - funded by a grant from
the American Foundation for Chess - has turned into quite
the program! Last fall, staff at White Center Heights
Elementary applied for a grant through First Moves, the
complete curriculum and training program developed by
America's Foundation For Chess and funded in part by King
County. The grant includes representatives from the chess
foundation visiting the school once a week to teach the
second- and third-grade teachers how to teach chess and
the students how to play chess. Both Southern Heights
Elementary and White Center Heights Elementary are grant
recipients for this two-year grant. Ron Sims, King County
executive, highlighted this program on his Web site after
a celebratory inaugural visit last September.
Learn how this program made national news...>>
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Multicultural Books Funded by
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence and Washington
Mutual |
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 Washington Mutual, in conjunction with the Highline
Schools Foundation for Excellence, generously granted
funds to all Highline school libraries to purchase current
multi-cultural books that reflect the diversity of our
community and that engage students in literature.
Get the whole story...>>
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Insights |
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Get details regarding
Classified Employee Week, the process for nominations for
Classified Employee of the Year, expiring teacher
certificate notices, the Benefits and Wellness Fair, union
representation, bulletin boards, retirement seminars, and
the upcoming move of Flex-Plan Services, Inc.
in this
month's edition of
Insights.
March 2006 Insights... »
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Highline Schools Foundation Receives Grant of $1,274 from The Fred Meyer Foundation |
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Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence announced today
it has received a community grant totaling $1,274 from The
Fred Meyer Foundation for its Excel Grant program. Excel
Grants are offered by the Foundation annually to teachers
in Highline Public Schools. The Fred Meyer Foundation
grant will be used to inspire innovative teaching and
enrich student learning.
Get the full story...>>
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Board
Minutes |
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the date to read the minutes from the
March 8, 2006 board meetings.
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 Upcoming Events |
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3/21 |
Hooray! Planning for retirement!!! |
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3/25 |
Finding treasures at Evergreen |
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3/28 |
Social Security mysteries uncovered |
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5/3 |
CHECK MATE |
Get event details...>
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John's
Journal |
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Read the February edition of John's Journal - Reflections from the Superintendent
by John Welch,
click here.
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