Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Today students will mark the private Sammamish school's "Peace and Justice Day" by doing service projects in the community.
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Tuesday, March 27
If you see a mob of teens doing good work today, they are probably from Eastside Catholic School. About 600 high school students from will leave their classrooms this morning and descend on local charities and organizations for some real world experience in paying it forward. Today is the school's Peace and Justice Day, and students will head out this morning to 28 different charities and organizations in the greater Seattle area to work on service projects. The types of projects range from yard work to being in classrooms with elementary school students to sorting. "On Peace and Justice Day we gather to live our Christian identity, which requires us to be peacemakers and advocates for social justice to allow for the seeds of change to…
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A number of local athletes placed in state, and the action continues with girls' basketball regionals coming up this weekend.
Eastlake High School sophomore Edward Kim smashed the competition in the mens 200-yard freestyle competition at the WIAA championships, finishing more than four seconds in the lead. He brought home the mens' 100-yard backstroke title as well. Meanwhile, a number of local athletes placed in the state competitions in swimming and wrestling. The Skyline Girls' Basketball team won the KingCo District Tournament and takes on the Stanwood Spartans tonight at Stanwood at 7:30 p.m. in competition for a berth at regionals coming up this weekend. If the Spartans win, they'll play Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. at Auburn High School against the winner of district 3/4 matchup, also playing tonight. The Eastlake Girls' Basketball team have already secured a spot at…
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Crusaders Varsity Boys Basketball team won WIAA Scholastic honors, and a number of Eastside Athletes are competing in state finals today and tomorrow.
Eastside Catholic is wrapping up its winter sports season with some impressive finishes. The Crusaders Varsity Boys Basketball team tied with Mt. Spokane High School to win top academic honors from the WIAA in the 3A Division of the Scholastic Awards Program, which recognizes the team with the highest grade point average among all Washington high schools in their enrollment classification. The winning teams will be presented with a special plaque at the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Championships. Crusaders Wrestling is being represented at the WIAA state Wresting Championships today and tomorrow, Feb. 17-18, by five wrestlers: Roberts, Stoutt, and Obernesser all finished second in the Regional 31 District 2 …
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Lake Washington and Issaquah school districts have announced they will hold classes tomorrow; no official word yet from Eastside Catholic.
School's open for students tomorrow! Lake Washington School District From LWSD, Sunday, Jan. 22: At this time (6:30 p.m., Sunday evening), Lake Washington School District schools are expected to open on time tomorrow morning - Monday, January 23. However, overnight weather events may impact school again, so be sure to check this website or media reports in the morning. No message means that our schools will run on schedule. Due to the weather, many meetings were cancelled and some have been rescheduled. Here is a list of the new schedule for those meetings that have been rescheduled: School Information Nights Board of Directors The Lake Washington School District Board of Directors has made adjustments to its meeting schedule for the next …
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Paintings and drawings by AP Studio Art and Painting students at Eastside Catholic will be on display at the Starbucks on 228th Avenue NE throughout January.
A class of artists from Eastside Catholic descended on Starbucks Thursday morning to celebrate their monthlong show there. Art teacher Megan McDermott, also an Eastside Catholic alumna, said she might rotate the pieces throughout the month, and that there will be future opportunities for student shows at the popular coffee house. Most of the students in the AP class are juniors and seniors, with a few sophomores in the mix as well. The pieces hanging currently are acrylics, oil paints, pen and ink, and figure drawing studies. Click through the gallery here to see the individual works.
Friday, December 2, 2011
A national movement to push back school start times is gaining popularity locally
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include comments from Skyline High School Principal Lisa Hechtman American children do not get enough sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Teenagers in particular need sleep—lots of it, according to the medical research. The problem is their bodies don’t always want to hit the sack early, making it difficult to rise in the morning. But most high schools, including all but one in theLake Washington School District, start earlier than 8 a.m., making it difficult for teenagers to get the full allotment of sleep that's recommended for their age group. In Sammamish, Skyline High School, in the Issaquah School District, starts at 7:25, Eastlake High School, a LWSD school, begins at 7…
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Don't miss Sammamish varsity soccer and football as local teams advance in State 3A and 4A competition this weekend.
Show your support of local athletes by attending the state quarter final football games played at home, or the girls soccer state tournament Girls Soccer State Tourney Both 3A and 4A Girls State Soccer Championships will be held at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. Football State 4A Quarter-Finals The semifinals will be played Nov. 26, and finals Dec. 3.
Jeanne Gustafson
6:03 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
As of 6 p.m. Jan. 22 from the Issaquah School District: Everyone is wondering about school tomorrow! Fortunately, power is on and facilities are ready everywhere except at Briarwood Elementary, Maple Hills Elementary, and Maywood Middle School. We are working with PSE and hope to have power restored there ASAP. We will let families at individual schools know if anything changes, but are planning … more ›