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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 School FYI The word from: Lynnwood High School "Right now a lot of the teachers are packing up for the new school. ... They're planning the new curriculum. They're bringing the new books." DANISHA LEE, sophomore Volunteers needed to review school budget The Monroe School Board is looking for about 20 volunteers to review the school district's budget. The board hopes that half of the group will be school employees, and half local residents. The committee is expected to dissect the operating budget with an eye toward increased revenue and where costs could be reduced. In addition, the group will look for programs that might need more money to support the school board's priority of increasing academic achievement. Orientation is set for 7 p.m. tonight in the Monroe Middle School library, 351 Short Columbia St. To join or for more information, contact Superintendent Ken Hoover at hooverk@monroe.wednet.edu or at 360-804-2503. Marysville play helps children's museum Drama students at Marysville Arts and Technology High School are performing a play to raise money for the Everett Children's Museum. The students are putting on a production of "The Robin Hood Caper" at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 13. There will also be a 1 p.m. show on Dec. 13. Admission is $7. All proceeds from the 1 p.m. showing go to the Everett Children's Museum. The play will be at the high school, 7204 27th Ave. NE in Marysville. Annual craft fair coming to Cavelero Mid High The Lake Stevens School District's community education program plans to host the 22nd annual Dickens Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 6 at Cavelero Mid High School, 8220 24th St. SE, Everett. Admission is a can of food or a donation to the Lake Stevens Food Bank. Donations are collected with help from Lake Stevens firefighters. More than 90 vendors, dressed in Dickens-era clothes, will be selling their hand-crafted wares while children from the community perform and sing carols. The fair is planned as a community event and all proceeds go to support the volunteer recognition evening in April. Performances by the Lake Stevens Middle School band, North Lake Middle School band, Cavelero Mid High School band and choir, Mt. Pilchuck Elementary school choir, HomeLink fiddlers and the Sunshine Generation are scheduled throughout the day. Along with homemade craft items, the Lake Stevens horticulture class will sell Christmas wreaths and swags and the Lake Stevens Kiwanis Club will sell 2-pound cans of deluxe mixed nuts. Mariner High School launches food drive Mariner High School's National Honors Society has started its an annual food drive that will end Nov. 24. "We are really excited to see how many cans we can collect this year. Our theme this year is to help the eCANomy," said Dhana Viswanathan, president of Mariner's National Honors Society. "From there all cans collected will be donated to the local Everett food bank." "We are hoping to reach our school goal of 2,500 cans," said Rachel Lee, a member of the National Honor Society. "That means just one can per student." Columbia PTA raffle to help pay for camp The Columbia Elementary PTA is having a quilt raffle to help support and sponsor fifth-grade students for the school's environmental camp in April. The trip to Camp Orkilla costs around $200 per child, and some families are unable to pay that amount, PTA organizers said. After all scholarships are met, the rest of the proceeds will go toward lowering the cost for the other students. The quilt was made by Pam Gompf and Kim Cunningham, who are parents of fifth-graders. Those interested in buying a $1 raffle ticket can mail their information to the school with payment made out to Columbia PTA. The raffle drawing will be Dec. 6 at the annual Columbia Elementary fifth-grade pancake breakfast in the gym, 10520 Harbour Pointe Blvd. Breakfast will be from 8 to 11 a.m. and the raffle drawing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. What's up at your school? Contact us at 425-339-3036 or e-mail schoolfyi@ heraldnet.com. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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