High school students from throughout the Lake Washington School District will be calling the district’s 16,000 families Feb. 23-26 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to raise funds for enhanced science education in the District’s secondary schools.
The City of Redmond will host a facilitated workshop beginning the public process for the rewriting of the zoning code from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 at Redmond City Hall, 15670 NE 85th Street.
Representatives of Tent City 4 and SHARE/WHEEL (self-help organizations for homeless men and women) addressed a small and respectful gathering of citizens at St. Jude Catholic Church on Education Hill Thursday evening. Pastor Dave Rogerson welcomed attendees to the neighborhood forum which was held to gain input about Tent City’s possible return to the church grounds this spring.
Kirkland police arrested two robbery suspects Feb. 12 for allegedly robbing several Eastside and Snomomish County Hispanic businesses, including two from Redmond, over the past three months.
Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will open its own line of retail stores with David Porter at the helm. Porter, whose title will be corporate vice president of retail stores, comes to Microsoft from DreamWorks Animation SKG, where he was head of worldwide product distribution.
Reunion at Redmond Ridge, America-At-Home Real Estate and Vision House will host a community housewarming to benefit homeless mothers and children in need of household items for transitioning into their own homes.
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State Rep. Mark Miloscia proposed legislation that would add an 18.5 percent tax on pornographic materials in Washington state.
The Redmond Police Department will offer a free Identity Theft class at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.25 in the Public Safety Building (PD) training room at 8701 160th Ave. NE.
When lunch bells ring at Redmond Elementary School, it now means “together time” for a greater number of students.
No matter how hard he tried, The Overlake School’s Athletic Director John Wiley just couldn’t believe it.
A woman claiming to be Sheryl Swoopes, a three-time MVP of the Women’s National Basketball Association, had responded to his advertisement in early November in the hopes of getting a job as a middle-school girls basketball coach at a small private school high in the Redmond hills. Passing it off as perhaps a practical joke, it wasn’t until Wiley met Swoopes in person the next day that he realized the opportunity his young athletes could have.
Honor Society students from Stella Schola Middle School in Redmond recently heard about the wish of a 14-year-old boy from Sea-Tac. Siiuta Fola, whose nickname is Chuka, has been fighting leukemia for the past year and often does not feel well enough to do normal teenage things.
Change is good, according to Pacific Music owner Gary Weyand.
The Redmond Police Department will offer a free Identity Theft class at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the Public Safety Building (PD) training room at 8701 160th Ave. NE. RSVP by e-mail at jbove@redmond.gov. Seating is limited, so reply only if you are sure to attend.
Ready for a field trip to Olympia? Advocates of the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) are rounding up community members to travel to the Washington State PTA (WSPTA) Focus Day Rally on Thursday, Feb. 26.
The New Poet’s Society is launching its second annual poetry contest for students from six high schools in the Lake Washington School District: Redmond High School, Lake Washington High School, Juanita High School, Eastlake High School, BEST High School and the International Community School.
Upper School journalism students from The Bear Creek School are preparing for the WJEA (Washington Journalism Education Association) state conference on March 14, where they’ll test their skills in a “Write-Off.” They’ll listen to speakers or panels on a variety of topics, participate in short question-and-answer sessions and have 70 minutes to write/rewrite their stories of no more than 350 words.
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) Superintendent Dr. Chip Kimball announced an initiative to change the configuration of grade levels within schools, shifting away from the current K-6, 7-9 and 10-12 model and turning high schools into grades 9-12 at a press conference Friday morning.
For the first three quarters, Friday night’s 4A Kingco boys’ basketball matchup between the visiting Garfield Bulldogs and the Redmond Mustangs at Reiger Gymnasium was like any other heated league rivalry.
The two schools’ student sections were trading derisive cheers and chants back and forth throughout, while the young athletes on the court were playing with the purpose and intensity of the playoffs.
And in the blink of an eye, everything went downhill.