Earlier today (Thursday, August 18, 2011), Seattle Public Schools (SPS) requested that families enroll their students by Tuesday, August 30. “The enrollment team at Seattle Public Schools wants to make sure all students have a school assignment by the first day of school,” a press release from SPS reads. School starts in Seattle this year on Wednesday, September 7. Families new to Seattle Public Schools who want to change schools or who have not yet enrolled can do so at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (JSCEE) at 2445 3rd Ave S. Enrollment hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, although the…
August 2011
August 18, 2011 at 11:58AM
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Seattle Public Schools urges families to enroll students by Tuesday, August 30
August 17, 2011 at 8:52PM
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Roosevelt High School Thriller Club available for October events
Margaret Kahn, the president of the Roosevelt High School Thriller Club, says that the club is looking for haunted houses, schools, parties, festivals or trick-or-treat events that will need entertainment this fall. The RHS Thriller Club is comprised of approximately twenty students that learn and perform Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance in full zombie regalia. In addition to performing at events, the students participate in a yearly worldwide simultaneous Thriller dance that has broken world records. The group is available on Friday afternoons, Friday evenings and weekends during October, 2011. There is a negotiable $25 charge per performance. For more information, contact Margaret at madgetown [at] gmail.com.
August 17, 2011 at 10:52AM
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Early returns from yesterday’s Primary and Special Election
Early returns from yesterday’s Primary and Special Election in King County became available last night (Tuesday, August 16, 2011) shortly after 8 p.m. Here are the early results on positions and measures that were before Green Lake voters: City of Seattle Council Position No. 1 Jean Godden 30347 45.59% Bobby Forch 15814 23.76% Maurice Classen 10926 16.41% Michael Taylor-Judd 9044 13.59% Write-in 431 0.65% City of Seattle Council Position No. 9 Sally J. Clark 45523 71.40% Dian Ferguson 14274 22.39% Fathi Karshie 3295 5.17% Write-in 666 1.04% Court of Appeals, Division No. 1, District No. 1, Judge Position No. 2 Michael Spearman uncontested…
August 16, 2011 at 4:40PM
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Green Lake has saved almost 1,000 miles in SDOT’s Walk Bike Ride Challenge Neighborhood Competition
Earlier today (Tuesday, August 16, 2011), we received an update from the Seattle Department of Transportation on Green Lake’s participation in the Walk Bike Ride (WBR) Challenge Neighborhood competition. The WBR Challenge is an effort to encourage people to walk, bike or ride public transit more often to get active and connect with the community. The Seattle neighborhood(s) with the most car trips saved or car miles switched to walking, biking and riding will win the neighborhood competition. Over 1,200 participants across the city have switched to other ways to travel and have so far saved over 150,000 miles of driving, representing about 75…
