Seattle Sun Newspaper - Vol. 8, Issue 7, July 2004

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Seattle Sun education briefs

Hale breaks ground on auditorium

Nathan Hale High School held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 3 to kick off a $10.1 milion project to build a new 17,000-square-foot auditorium. The new theater's main house will seat 430 people, allowing for whole class presentations. Two forums at the wings of the theater will provide seating for approximately 50 students each, in a less formal setting for class presentations. The project architect is Mahlum Architects, and the general contractor/construction manager is Sellen Construction. Construction is expected to be completed in the summer of 2005. The neighborhood will also benefit from extensive improvements to the public right-of-way and a model stream improvement project for nearby Thornton Creek.

High School students named 'Future business leaders'

Students and teams from Ballard, Ingraham and Nathan Hale High Schools won a total of nine event awards at the recent Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Conference. The events matched some 1,500 students from 160 public and private schools in several business-related subjects.

Nathan Hale's Eric Wang won first place in the economics division, while the Ingraham team took first place in the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit and the Ballard team won top honors in the category of Local Recruitment of Chapters.

Other individual winners were: Joshua Sachs of Ingraham, who took second place in Java Programming and fourth place in C++ Programming; Patrick Lennon of Ballard, who took fourth in International Business; and Kristen Dwyer-O'Connor of Ballard, who took third place in Banking and Financial Systems.

The Ingraham team took third place in the Network Design competition and fifth place in the Annual Business Report division.

Day camp at Carkeek

Carkeek Park will present an environmental education summer day camp for children, ages 6 to 12. The Earth Keepers Summer Day Camp will feature park exploration, activities, experiments and nature-based art and drama. Each week features a different theme and focus. The camp runs through Aug. 20 and lasts from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Each weekly session is limited to 40 campers. For more information, call 684-0877.