Auction to benefit B.F. Day

The third annual B.F. Day Auction will be held on Saturday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Adobe System Inc., 801 North 34th in Fremont. Proceeds from the event will benefit B.F. Day Elementary School, the city's oldest continually operating school and the Fremont neighborhood's only public elementary school.

Last year's gala auction, co-sponsored by the B.F. Day Foundation and the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, raised over $13,000 for the school. This year, the auction organizers have set a goal of raising $20,000.

The donations will support a number of programs at B.F. Day including an after-school tutoring program for at-risk students, the Multicultural B.F. Day Family Dinners, a safer and better-supervised playground, art projects throughout the year, supplies for homeless families whose children attend the school, the nationally-recognized School to Work Village program, and B.F. Day's volunteer coordination.

B.F. Day is located at 3921 Linden Ave. N. For more information, contact the school at 633-6470.

Coho Elementary to relocate

Coho Elementary School will be relocated in June, leaving a large opening at its current site, the former Wilson-Pacific school in the Licton Springs neighborhood, according to a report in the January issue of the Licton Springs Community Council newsletter.

The council is trying to get information from Seattle Public Schools, the owner of the Wilson-Pacific site, as to their intended use for it.

In addition to Coho, the Wilson-Pacific site is currently used by the Indian Heritage School, which will be staying, and offices for some school district personnel. There is talk of moving all school offices to a central location, probably north of downtown, according to the report. If and when this happens, a whole building will be empty.

The community council and Aurora-Licton Planning Group would like to see the school buildings become a multi-use site such as a community center.

For more information, contact Licton Springs Community Council president Liz Kearns at 525-5243.

Local schools play musical chairs

Chris MacKenzie, who publishes an e-mail newsletter called Wallingford E-News, reports that it was announced at a recent Latona Site Council meeting that all Latona Elementary School and pre-school programs will be moving to the site of the former Lincoln High School next year while the Latona building is remodeled, instead of to McDonald School (52nd and Latona) as previously announced. "While they get remodeled," MacKenzie reports, "Stevens Elementary will move into McDonald, where the TOPS program has been located for two years while THEIR school is being redone - UNLESS TOPS isn't done by fall, in which case Stevens will be co-located at Lincoln with Latona. (Are you lost yet?!)."

Head of Lakeside School to step down

The head of Lakeside School, Terry Macaluso, will step down in August to take a senior management position with The Ackerley Group. Macaluso, who will become Ackerley's Executive Vice President of Administration, has been head of Lakeside for the past seven years.

Located in the Haller Lake neighborhood, Lakeside is a prestigious private academy whose alumni include Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The school has not yet announced a replacement for Macaluso.

Noble named president of North Seattle Community College

Dr. Kathleen A. Noble, an award-winning president of Aiken Technical College in South Carolina, has been named president of North Seattle Community College.

Noble was chosen for the NSCC post following a national search that attracted more than 80 candidates from across the country. She will begin her new duties on March 1, replacing interim president Dr. Ray Needham.

Noble's career in education has spanned more than 20 years from the classroom to administration. She taught high school business and education courses in Ohio, was a graduate assistant at the University of Akron, and instructor and chair at Wayne College in Ohio, and later at Daytona Beach in Florida. She served as dean at two campuses in the Daytona Beach district before being named as president of Aiken in 1994.

Under Noble's leadership, Aiken increased enrollment, diversity and job placement for graduates by increasing community partnerships. The college secured more than $8 million in additional resources through a 25th anniversary campaign and state and local building bonds. Noble established a business and industry Customer Council to address educational and training needs, which resulted in development of more than 15 academic programs and 40 new continuing education courses.

In 1997, she received the Woman of Excellence Award in Education from the Central Savannah River Area Girl Scouts of America and the Martha Kime Piper Award in Education, the highest honor bestowed by South Carolina Women in Higher Education.

NSCC is located at 9600 College Way N., in the Licton Springs neighborhood.

Sacajawea Math Fair/Open House

Find out what makes Sacajawea Elementary School a great Seattle neighborhood public school! Join students, parents & teachers on Thursday, Feb. 4, for our annual Open House at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Sacajawea Science & Math Fair from 7-9 p.m.

Through exhibits, demonstrations and special projects created by Sacajawea families, scientific and mathematical principles are demonstrated in a way your children can really learn Š hands-on! Past fairs have featured fingerprinting, how to make your own electrical circuits, bee keeping, chemistry in a bag, virology and much more. It's fun for everyone! If you have a child starting or changing schools next fall, this event is a great way to get acquainted with Sacajawea. The school is located at 9501 NE 20th. Call 729-3390 for details.