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Northshore Schools Foundation
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Greetings!
Welcome back to the school year! While many of us are preparing for another great school year, many of us have also "graduated", but still feel the nostalgia that accompanies back to school time. For me, September is a time of making a commitment to my growth and learning, a habit instilled in me through my education in the Northshore School District. It's also a time of making plans for adventures, and of harvesting and celebrating the fruits of our labors throughout the year.
This newsletter is designed to support you in doing those things as well. Read on to find out what the Northshore Schools Foundation is embarking on in the upcoming school year, check in about your commitments to the Foundation and other areas of your life, and discover some of the "fruits" of our collective successes that have resulted from your support. Sincerely,
Carmin Dalziel, Executive Director
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Alejandra reads to Rover with First grade teacher Mrs.Booker |
Woodmoor's SOL (Summer Open Library) makes a big impact! What can we say? This summer program funded by a Foundation grant, impacted hundreds of kids and volunteers. As a result of having access to the school library and caring adults and dogs, students kept their reading levels strong and continued to stay engaged in learning. When Foundation volunteer Terri Malinowski visited the program this summer, she found out what students liked about the program. "[I like] all these books! I started reading in Kindergarten. I can't remember a time when I haven't been reading," said a second grade girl participating in SOL. We were really impressed when a 'non-reader' shared their confusion with the program before returning to reading a book about firetrucks. He said, "You know, I don't like reading and this program is all about reading. That's what is so confusing about it - because I really like the program." Congratulations to coordinator Melissa Riley and the myriad of teachers and community volunteers that made this program a success. Read more about the SOL program in local media coverage from Woodinville Weekly and the Bothell Reporter. The Woodmoor SOL Program is only one of 15 innovative classroom grants that your donation dollars funded this year. Stay tuned for future coverage of other ways your donations are making a difference in the classroom. |
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And that's what it's all about!
Foundation Board reviews
District Grant Applications and
announces results at upcoming Fall Kick Off
The Board of the Northshore Schools Foundation is excited to present the School District with funds to support excellence in Education. The Board is still deliberating on exactly which grants to fund, but come Tuesday, September 13th, the awards will be announced. The Foundation received a variety of funding requests that support new curriculum adoptions, teacher excellence, and advancements for career and college readiness.
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Special thanks to Hollywood Schoolhouse for hosting this event! |
If you have received an invitation to this event, please RSVP here. If you would like to find out more and consider attending click here!
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 The Pour for Northshore
This premium, charity wine tasting event and silent auction will feature a selection of well rated wines from some of the finest Woodinville Wineries. A selection of delectable food bites will be paired with the wine & spirits by some of the area's best food purveyors. Ticket price includes a glass! Limited Tickets available. Buy your ticket today! | |
Special thanks to: Elevation Cellars, NW Totem Cellars, Obelisco Estate, Patterson, Project V, Russell's & BHS Culinary Arts, Italianissimo, Foundation House of Bothell, Cabot Creamery |
 Q: How do you turn $50 into $600,000?
A: Participation!
Join our Calling for Kids Campaign!
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 Twelve great years Personal reflections on the value of a Northshore education by Foundation Co-president Karissa Webster.
Twelve years ago this summer, when our oldest child was gearing up for his first grade year, we were just settling into our new home in Kenmore. Prior to our move, we had lived in West Seattle, where the public schools were not fairing too well. We had ponied up big dollars for private school for our son's kindergarten year but we knew we couldn't maintain those bills, and so, lured by the outstanding academic performance of kids across the District, we had gratefully and eagerly made our move to Northshore.
Here we are, twelve years later, having just attended our son's graduation from Inglemoor High School. It is a natural time to reflect on the events that brought us here, but for our family even more so because of the recent Seattle Times article which spoke to the fact that it is now more challenging than ever for in-state students to gain admittance to the UW, where our son will go this fall. The article noted that the valedictorian of Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle was denied admission. Chief Sealth happens to be the high school our kids would have attended, had we stayed in our West Seattle home and enrolled them in the public schools there.
Our son is bright, but he's not top of his class--to gain admittance when a valedictorian did not really had me wondering. Superintendant Larry Francois had the answer: the UW keeps track of the academic performance of their students and where they came from--they know that a student from Inglemoor High School is prepared for the academic rigor of the UW, while even the valedictorians of some other schools may not be.
How incredibly grateful is our family for the Northshore School District? How different would our son's choices have been this fall had we stayed in West Seattle and settled for the public schools there? I share this story to let you know what a great choice you've made in the Northshore School District. So take a moment to congratulate yourself for choosing wisely for your children, then take another moment to share your gratitude with the community of administrators & educators who make it all happen. I, for one, cannot thank them enough.
Read the whole article by clicking here.
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