By Erica Browne Grivas Rain, schmain. Unfazed by the inconvenient morning showers, more than 150 Daniel Bagley Elementary (7821 Stone Ave N) students walked to school yesterday (Wednesday, October 5, 2011) on International Walk to School Day. Excluding 5th graders, who were laden down with luggage for their annual camping outing yesterday, that is nearly 50% of the available students. The event was part of a global effort, comprised of 40 countries, to encourage walkable communities. Several other Seattle schools, including Green Lake Elementary School, are also taking part. Yesterday, dozens of dedicated Daniel Bagley parents and caregivers helped kids discover the fun, friendship, fitness and…
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Daniel Bagley Elementary students let their feet do the talking on International Walk to School Day
Seattle School Director, District 2 candidates Sherry Carr, Jack Whelan, Mark T. Webber and Kate Martin
Updated August 2, 2011 with a statement from Kate Martin. King County is holding an all-mail Primary and Special Election on August 16, 2011. Ballots have now arrived at most Green Lake homes. Green Lake residents will see School Board candidates on their ballots. The top two candidates in the Primary race will be on all Seattle ballots in November. There are four contenders for Seattle School Director for District No. 2, which represents Bagley, B.F. Day, Green Lake, Greenwood, Hamilton International Middle School, McDonald Elementary, Middle College @ Wilson Pacific, Olympic View, Sacajawea, Seattle Evening School, Stanford International School and Whittier. The incumbent for School Board, District 2 is Sherry Carr. Her challengers are Jack Whelan, Kate Martin and Mark T. Webber. A fourth challenger, Terrence…
Daniel Bagley Elementary School’s 2011 Art Showcase and Picnic
By Erica Browne Grivas Here’s a sampling of the artistic stylings of the students at Daniel Bagley Elementary (7821 Stone Ave N), courtesy of yesterday’s annual Art Showcase and Picnic (Thursday, May 26, 2011): The stubborn drizzle moved the potluck picnic to the cafeteria, and the art walk to the hallways, but the kids still enjoyed getting offhours use of the playground:
Bike to School Day at Daniel Bagley Elementary
By Erica Browne Grivas Neither whining, nor caffeine deprivation, nor frenzy-filled search for equipment shall stop us from biking to school 20 minutes early and getting our ‘I Heart Bikes’ stickers. That, plus some satisfaction of going green, was what kept many families of Daniel Bagley Elementary (7821 Stone Ave N) rolling this morning as they celebrated National Bike to School Day today (Friday, May 20, 2011). And – it didn’t rain! At about 8:45 a.m., three Bagley teachers led groups from locations triangulating Bagley: the North Seattle Boys and Girls Club, the Green Lake Bathhouse Theatre and the Green Lake…
New principal at Daniel Bagley Elementary School
By Erica Browne Grivas The wait is over for knuckle-biting parents at Daniel Bagley Elementary (7821 Stone Ave N). Erika Ayer, now Assistant Principal of Pathfinder K-8 in West Seattle, will be Bagley Elementary’s principal for the 2011-2012 school year. Bagley’s fourth principal in five years, Ayer replaces Anitra Pinchback-Jones, who began last September. (You can read more about Bagley’s background here.) Bagley parents learned the news today (May 19, 2011) in a May 18 letter signed by Susan Enfield, Seattle Public Schools Interim Superintendent, and forwarded via e-mail. “We’re going to miss her. Our loss is certainly your gain,” Linda Thomson, Pathfinder’s Administrative Secretary, told My Green Lake….
