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Budget Shortfall Anticipated for
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The district is facing a general fund budget shortfall
of approximately $3.1 million for the 2006-07 school
year. A portion of the shortfall is due to the increased
costs of utilities, fuel, and insurance. A portion is
due to contractual pay and benefit increases. Another
part is the result of pay raises granted by the
legislature this session to state-funded classified and
certificated employees. (The district is obligated to
fund equivalent pay raises for positions funded out of
local levy dollars.) The shortfall is outlined in
greater detail in John’s Journal.
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Microsoft Job Shadow Program |
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Tyee Campus Chosen to Participate
“What a fabulous opportunity – and our kids were amazing!”
That’s how Colleen Brandt-Schluter of the Tyee Campus
Community Engagement office summarized the recent
Microsoft Job Shadow day.
 Organized by B.A.M. (Blacks at Microsoft), the students
from Odyssey, Global Connections, and A.C.E. had a chance
spend the day with a Microsoft employee whose job matched
the student’s area of interest based on their application
and essay. They also attended a presentation entitled Key
Factors in Peak Performers.
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Little Known Fact |
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Cherrie Smith of the Gifted Program found this little
tidbit…
Aviation High School is listed in the Farmer's Almanac as
the best high school to go to if you want to be an
engineer or a pilot.
How great is that?
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Getting an Early Start |
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College Prep a Life-Long Focus
Like administrators and staff around the district,
McMicken Heights Principal Chris Larsen recognizes the
need to prepare our students for college, career, and
citizenship and is working hard to make sure the
curriculum offered her students supports that. And, now,
Chris and her staff have taken it a step further.
Being academically prepared for college is one thing –
being financially ready is a whole different deal. So, the
McMicken Heights staff is starting early to help educate
students and parents about the process and financial
options available.
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Sylvester Student Recognized for Volunteer Service |
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Prudential Spirit of Community Award
 Cheryl P., an eighth grader at Sylvester Middle School,
has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with
a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The announcement of
Cheryl’s award arrived at the school along with a
certificate signed by President Bush!
The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have
volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve
their communities and their country, was presented by The
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of
the President’s Council on Service and Civic
Participation. Cheryl participated in the Spirit of
Community program this year as a representative of
Sylvester Middle School, where she is a student, and the
Burien Teen Leadership Council, where she is a board
member.
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SW King County Chamber Teacher of
the Quarter |
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Lori Box Teacher of the Quarter, December 2005 –
February 2006
 Lori
Box is the Executive Counsel and ASB Advisor for
Highline High School. She has been in that capacity for
the past two years. Lori possesses the personal
characteristics that lead to the development of a strong
and community climate that emphasizes student
leadership.
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Burien 9th Grader Wins National Invention Contest |
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 Look for Roof Runners to Hit the Market
Highline High School student, Andrew H., was recently
announced as first place finisher in the 2005 Invent
America contest. Andrew will receive a $1000 savings bond
award for his first-place finish.
Andrew’s invention was created as a result of a month-long
invention unit in the spring of 8th grade at Sylvester
Middle School.
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details...>
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Evergreen High School Students Show Work |
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 Regional Art Show Accomplishment
“Just getting into this show is a significant
achievement,” says Evergreen High School Art Teacher Carol Skvorak. “With each art teacher in King and Pierce
counties allowed only four entries, the student work has
already been subjected to one level of jurying.” So, when
Carol learned one of her students, Juan A., had received
an Outstanding Achievement Award, she was very excited for
him!
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story and a photo of the winning work...>
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Evergreen Concert Choir Outstanding at Districts |
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Captures First Place
The competition was tough – and the judges meticulous in
their evaluation of the performances for the West Central
District III league choir competition recently held at
Hazen High School. Judging on musical interpretation,
projection, tone, quality, and phrasing, points were
awarded ranging from a high of 14 points – considered
“perfect” - to a low of 70 points.
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Local Students in Spelling Bee |
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 “What’s that word?”
It took 17 rounds but sixth grader Elizabeth Zhang,
representing Kelsey Creek Home School Center in Bellevue,
finally prevailed to win the King and Snohomish Counties
Regional spelling bee, correctly spelling “ephedrine.”
Highline had four finalists participating in the Regional
event. They are: Joshua W. a sixth grader representing
Manhattan Homeschool Center, Luwam A. a sixth grader from
Beverly Park Elementary, Erick L. a sixth grader from
Bow
Lake Elementary, and Cosmo C. an eighth grader from
Sylvester Middle School. Each finalist had an alternate
and they are: from Manhattan - Caly H., Beverly Park – Leo
T., Bow Lake – Sandeep R., and from Sylvester – Christina
J.
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Bilingual Books a Homerun |
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 Beverly Park Library Receives Grant
At a recent Community Engagement evening at Beverly Park,
about 25 families gathered with Principal Kathy Anderson
and Mauricio Ayón to discuss ways to improve reading
scores among Latino students. The discussion was lively
and productive. To cap off the evening, a new collection
of bilingual books was introduced. The book collection was
purchased with funds from a Title III grant recently
received by Beverly Park Elementary.
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Students Donate Funds to Children’s Hospital |
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Michael Sita with
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Leadership Class Offers Powerful Lessons
Evergreen High School ASB Vice President Catherine R., and
Senior Class President Vesna D., spearheaded a project
that turned a school garage sale into a community event.
Complete with music and snacks to share, the students sold
used clothing and other items to one another – with 100%
of the proceeds going to the Children’s Greatest Needs
program at Children’s Hospital.
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Nurses – Salute to Nursing |
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In attendance were
(left to right):
Shirley Carstens, School Nurse Corps supervisor;
Janice Doyle, president of School Nurse Organization
of Washington; Aimee Denver, School Nurse
Supervisor, Highline Public Schools; Barbara
Timeus, Mary K. Myers, Barbara Vail, all Highline
Public Schools.
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Representatives of the Highline school nurses recently
participated in the Johnson & Johnson Salute to Nursing
dinner at the Westin Hotel. The event raised over a half
million dollars for nursing scholarship in the state of
Washington.
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OSC Instructor Receives Harvard Scholarship |
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 Our Loss – The World’s Gain
Raz Ewing Mason, math consultant and DigiPen instructor at
SeaTac’s Occupational Skills Center (OSC) has been
selected for a Williams Fellowship at Harvard Divinity
School beginning this fall.
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Bragging Rights |
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Every spring, we like to
take the time to acknowledge educational accomplishments
of staff members and their families. We will include the
Bragging Rights column in the May 4, May 18, and June 1
District News. If you have educational information to
share, please e-mail the following information to Judy
Balko
(balkojl@hsd401.org):
For staff member recognition please include employee name,
worksite, school, and degree.
For a family member’s
recognition please include employee name, worksite, family
member, school, and degree.
Last day to submit Bragging Rights is Tuesday, May 30.
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Insights |
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Get details regarding
Classified Employee of the Year award process, expiring teacher
certificate notices, leave share, and the 2006 Benefits
and Wellness Fair
in this
month's edition of
Insights.
April 2006 Insights... »
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Health Matters |
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Find
facts regarding pandemic influenza, yoga, May Walking
Challenge and get a recipe for apple, cheese and walnut
salad and the details on
April's trivia contest in this
month's edition of
Health Matters.
April 2006 Health
Matters... »
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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
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Board
Minutes |
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the date to read the minutes from the
April 5, 2006 board meetings.
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 Upcoming Events |
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4/25 |
Project-Based Learning Seminar |
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4/29 |
Burien Clean Sweep |
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5/ 3 |
CHECK MATE |
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4/25-on |
Sign
up for free UW matinees |
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John's
Journal |
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Read the April edition of John's Journal - Reflections from the Superintendent
by John Welch,
click here.
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