Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 7, Issue 1, January 2003
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Education Briefs
Career workshops at NSCC
Looking for a new job or new career? The North Seattle Community College Career Planning and Development Center is presenting a series of Wednesday and Thursday afternoon workshops starting in late January. All of the sessions begin at 1 p.m. Registration is required for the sessions by calling Janet Sekijima at 527-7656. More information is available online at www.northseattle.edu/services/career.
Rogers PTA seeks auction items
The John Rogers Elementary School PTA is seeking items for its annual fundraising auction, set for Saturday, April 19 at North Seattle Community College. Businesses and individuals are encourage to donate items or services to the auction. No item is too small, as several items can be combined into a single auction lot. Funds raised will be used to assist in school events and programs, such as the Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math Programs and the Teacher's Enrichment Fund. To donate, contact Dana Boyd at 367-1215.
Picking kindergarten workshop
"Choosing A Kindergarten" workshops will be presented in Lake City and Greenwood in early January.
Led by educators Debbie Kosman and Regan Wensnahan, the workshops will outline the Seattle school selection process and include a discussion on how parents can best choose a school program that fits their child's needs. The program is sponsored by the Seattle Public Library.
The Lake City presentation is Tuesday, Jan. 14 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave. NE (enter from Lake City Library parking lot).
The Greenwood presentation is Saturday, Jan. 25 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Greenwood Library, 8016 Greenwood Ave. N.
For more information, call Betsy Kluck-Keil in the library's Early Childhood Office at 684-4209.
Mayor honors scholar students
Mayor Greg Nickels honored 15 middle school students from throughout the city, including four from North Seattle, for both outstanding scholastic achievements and community service, at a Scholars Awards Ceremony Dec. 10. The North Seattle winners are Laura Gough, an 8th grader at Whitman Middle School; Melody Hirsch, an 8th grader at Ballard's Salmon Bay School; Carlos Rufin, an 8th grader at Whitman Middle School; and Claire Smith, an 8th grader at Eckstein Middle School. They each received a Mayors' Scholars letterman's jacket and $500 to contribute to the charity of their choice, or to further their education.
Kiwanis aids school
The Northgate-Lake City Kiwanis continued a longstanding tradition of helping the Northwest School for Hearing Impaired Children by presenting school co-director Judy Callahan with a $600 donation check at the group's Dec. 3 luncheon.
The school serves 60 hearing impaired children from five different counties, including Seattle School District students.
"I cannot express how grateful we are to Kiwanis Clubs," says Callahan, who founded the school 21 years ago with co-director Karen Appelman. The nonprofit school relies on private donations for about 30 percent of its $1 million annual budget.
Over the life of the school, both the Northgate-Lake City Kiwanis and the University Kiwanis have been generous donors, says Callahan. "Those two clubs have funded us and helped us in all the years we've been in existence," she says.
The check was presented by club President Madeline Childers. The money was raised by members through selling entertainment coupon books and selling mixed nuts.
The next Northgate-Lake City Kiwanis fundraiser is a bowling tournament, set for March 1, 1 p.m. at Greenwood's Leilani Lanes. For more information on the tournament, call 524-2135 ext. 146.