Posted on November 21st, 2008 by Elaine Smith
From John Garrett, SLMS technology teacher:
Over the years I have heard many excuses of why one can’t do things on a computer, but today I heard a first.
“Mr. Garrett I can’t do the excel lesson.”
“Why?”
“Because the headphones annoy me. My hair gets in the way.”
“Then put your hair up or over the head [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
Stop by our WOW Refrigerator; it’s currently been updated and features the work of the students in Mr. Roger Scott’s classes at SLMS. Please leave a comment here for these young scientists and their teacher!
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
Fife High School has been named by King 5’s “Best in Washington” contest as the school with the most school spirit! Their vote totals surpassed the U of W, WSU, and a host of other high schools around the state. Click here to read some of the comments left by voters during the contest! Be [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
Here’s a great story from Andrew Giddings, English teacher at Fife High School:
A former College English student of mine, Resa Sanderson, stopped by to visit today during my prep period. She’s currently a sophomore at St. Martin’s University. Among the various personal updates, she told me that the College English course she took here was [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
The following story comes from Annie Sherman’s first grade class. It is reprinted here with permission of both the student and his mother, who sent the original email to Ms. Sherman.
Hi Ms. Sherman!
I thought you might enjoy hearing about another funny thing Denny said yesterday. He says he’s not embarrassed if I tell you. We [...]
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Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
Congratulations to FHS Senior Tierney Kuhn who has earned a perfect 2400 on her SAT! She excelled in all three sections of the test – math, critical reading, and writing.
She also recently was named as a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program; representing less than 1% of the seniors nationwide.
Tierney has been a student in [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
It doesn’t get any better than listening to the voices of our youngest students. Discovery Primary School is home to approximately 570 Preschool – First Grade students.
As these eager learners began their first days here are some of their comments shared by Debbie Hartigan, school counselor:
One student told one of our male teachers, “You smell [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Elaine Smith
Fife High School students Tierney Kuhn, JunHo Lee, & Jessica Colburn, recently represented the State of Washington at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) 2008 National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Competing in FBLA’s national awards program, the three students placed 10th in Emerging Business Issues against state representatives from across the United States and worldwide.
The competition [...]
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