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Powerful Schools Gets $100,000 Grant to Help South-End Students Succeed

11.21.2011 Education

MT. BAKER – Powerful Schools – the Rainier Valley organization dedicated to helping kids develop strong foundational skills during elementary school – has been awarded a grant of $100,000 from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to help children in Seattle and south King County develop strong foundational skills during elementary school. Reading proficiently by the end [...]

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Columbia City Theater to Host Benefit Show for Aki Kurose Middle School

11.07.2011 Arts/Living

COLUMBIA CITY – On Thurs., Nov. 10, at 6 pm, Columbia City Theater will host “A Show for the People” – a benefit show featuring the 6th, 7th & 8th graders of Aki Kurose Middle School’s choir, glee club and string ensembles. “These talented young musicians will be collaborating with (older) local musicians for a [...]

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South Lake Educator Named New Teacher of the Year

11.02.2011 Education

RAINIER BEACH – South Lake High School teacher Michelle Green was recently selected as the 2011 New Teacher of the Year by Washington Family and Consumer Sciences who says Green was chosen because, “although she has only taught for three years, her impact on the school and its students is great.” Green started working for [...]

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MathFest Seeks to Make Math Fun for South-End Students

10.30.2011 Education

MathFest 2009 from Barking Dog Productions on Vimeo. COLUMBIA CITY – On Thurs., Nov. 3, from 5 to 8 pm, Explorations in Math will host MathFest, a festive event designed to help kids build confidence in and enthusiasm for math through interactive games in a carnival-like setting. More than 1,000 elementary-age students, parents, teachers, [...]

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Two South-End Schools Named 2011 Schools of Distinction

10.21.2011 Education

Five Seattle public schools, including two in the south-end, have been recognized for outstanding academic improvements in math and reading that put them in the top 5% of the highest-improving schools in the state. Mercer Middle on Beacon Hill and Orca K-8 in Columbia City have won the award three years in a row, from [...]

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Powerful Schools Chief Appointed to State Board of Education

10.20.2011 Education

Tre’ Maxie, the executive director of Powerful Schools – a Rainier Valley organization dedicated to reducing the achievement gap in Seattle’s public schools – has been appointed to the Washington State Board of Education (SBE). The SBE provides advocacy and strategic oversight of public education, and is comprised of 16 members: five are elected by [...]

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Rainier Beach Neighborhood Academy Offers Community Classes for Kids and Adults

10.19.2011 Arts/Living

RAINIER BEACH – The Rainier Beach Neighborhood Association recently announced the development of the Rainier Beach Neighborhood Academy – a variety of classes and workshops for children and adults that will be held at various neighborhood locations. Topics include art, cooking, gardening, financial management and more (see schedule below). Organizers say that the program is [...]

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Obama’s Jobs Act Could Mean Much Needed Repairs for Two Southeast Seattle Schools

10.18.2011 Development

Two Southeast Seattle public schools – Aki Kurose Middle in the Brighton neighborhood and Van Asselt Elementary on Beacon Hill – are among several Seattle schools in desperate need of construction, renovation, modernization and maintenance, says the Council of the Great City Schools – a coalition of large urban public school districts. And if President [...]

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Kindergartener Left Wandering Rainier Beach After School Bus Mix-Up

10.12.2011 911

Q13 Fox News: A mix-up at a school left a five-year-old boy wandering alone in a Rainier Beach neighborhood Monday. His mother is at a loss on how it could have happened – and angry that the school responsible still has not apologized for its massive mistake. “My stomach was in knots,” said Natalie Davis [...]

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Seattle Audubon Seeks Volunteers for Environmental Education Program

10.07.2011 Education

Seattle Audubon’s Finding Urban Nature (FUN) program needs volunteers to help at Graham Hill Elementary School in Seward Park. The free program is an environmental education program for 3rd and 4th graders that introduces students to the natural world in their own schoolyard habitats through observation, discovery and scientific inquiry. Volunteers are trained and then [...]

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Rainier Valley Organization Gets $450k to Help Foster Kids Graduate From High School

10.06.2011 Business

Treehouse, a Rainier Valley nonprofit serving kids in foster care, has recently received nearly half a million dollars to help achieve graduation equity for high school foster kids in King County. According to the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, the average graduation rate for foster students in King County is about 35%, compared to [...]

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South-End Schools Beg for Books & Basic Supplies, Get Pizza & Ice Cream Instead

10.05.2011 Education

By Amber Campbell, RVP Editor/Publisher On Wednesday, thanks to a gift from the Gates Foundation, all King County Starbucks stores are handing out free $10 DonorsChoose.org gift cards that anyone can use to make a donation toward a classroom project posted on the online charity site. This is great news for any school in need, [...]

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Second Student Attacked at Rainier Beach After School Officials Failed to Call 911 for First Attack

10.04.2011 911

the Stranger: RAINIER BEACH – As we reported earlier today, an assistant football coach at Rainier Beach High School intervened last Tuesday when four people assaulted a student near the football field (causing the student to suffer “contusions to the head and face” and get briefly knocked unconscious), but the coach—who works for the school [...]

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Mayor McGinn to Walk South-End Kids to School This Week

10.04.2011 Education

SEWARD PARK – This week, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn plans walk some south-end kids to school in celebration of International Walk to School Day. On Wed., Oct. 5, the mayor will join Graham Hill students and parents, as well as representatives from Safe Kids Seattle, Seattle Police Department, Feet First, FedEx and Seattle Department of [...]

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Franklin High School Kicks Off Centennial Celebration

10.03.2011 Arts/Living

Seattle Times: MT. BAKER – With official proclamations, break dancing and a star-studded list of surprise guests, it was equal parts pep rally and hip-hop concert at a unique birthday party for the city’s oldest operating high school. A special assembly Friday kicked off a year of events that will celebrate Franklin High School’s 100th [...]

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Garden Educator Workshops Coming to Rainier Valley

10.03.2011 Education

RAINIER BEACH – This fall, Seattle Tilth and Rainier Valley Eats will offer garden educator workshops at South Shore School (4800 S. Henderson). “The informative, hands-on classes are for teachers, school administrators, parents, childcare providers or anyone who wants to garden with children and youth,” said Liza Burke, Community Relations Manager with Seattle Tilth. The [...]

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School News: Franklin Student in Semifinals for Nat’l Achievement Scholarship + More

10.02.2011 Education

Franklin student named Semifinalists in National Achievement Scholarship program: Three students from Seattle Public Schools – including Alexandra N. Ricks from Franklin High School in the Rainier Valley – have been named as Semifinalists in the 48th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. The Seattle students share this recognition with around 1,600 scholastically talented Black American [...]

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Free and Low-Cost Preschool Spots Available to Southeast Seattle Families

09.05.2011 Education

There are currently more than 250 free or low-cost, high-quality preschool spaces available at numerous sites throughout Southeast Seattle to four-year-olds from low- to moderate-income families. The Seattle Human Services Department is enrolling kids in Step Ahead and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), which offers both half-day and full-day instruction to children [...]

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Rainier View Elementary Preparing to Reopen Next Week

08.30.2011 Education

Four years after Rainier View Elementary was closed due to budget cuts, Seattle Public Schools is preparing to reopen the Southeast Seattle school. More than 100 parents and children attended the school’s orientation last Saturday, where principal Anitra Pinchback-Jones introduced the new staff and answered questions from families looking forward to starting back to school [...]

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Graham Hill Neighbors Hope Giant ‘Whale’ Will Make Kids Safer

08.29.2011 Education

By Elizabeth Dinh/KOMO (RVP news partner) People in one Rainier Valley neighborhood are making a few changes they hope will get drivers to slow down near an elementary school where children walk along the street. The most eye-catching change is a huge painting of a whale – right in the middle of the street – [...]

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Comment of the Week Goes To…

08.27.2011 Education

kristen on “Struggling Rainier Valley Middle School to Get Two Teach for America Teachers”: TFA was founded to place teachers in areas where there is a shortage of educators – ie not enough teachers to fill classrooms. I fully support this aspect of TFA. No such shortage exists in Seattle. In fact, as I understand [...]