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.
Bagged goods: A employee at a business in the 17200 block of Redmond Way reported that a man entered the store with nothing and then was seen a short time later exiting the store with a bag full of items slung over his shoulder. The suspect was described to officers.
Katherine Grace Bond will be at SoulFood Books and Cafe, 15748 Redmond Way, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, reading her book “The Legend of the Valentines.”
Attorney General Rob McKenna joined 50 Attorneys General in sending a letter Wednesday urging Congress to restore federal funding for crime and drug enforcement efforts.
Several Redmond High School students excelled at the Washington state Regional Drama Competition held last month at Redmond High.
Pride and prejudice often get in the way of well-meaning, seemingly rational parents. Who among us hasn’t been present at a PTA or boosters meeting where “suggestions” turned into harsh criticisms of others’ ideas or parenting styles?
Redmond Mayor John Marchione said the city will work hard to ensure public safety if Tent City 4 returns to Redmond.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, St. Jude Catholic Church, 10526 166th Ave. NE in Redmond, will hold a neighborhood forum regarding the possible return of Tent City 4 this spring.
Kids love to munch on cereal. And knowing that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, sixth graders at Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School conducted a Breakfast Buddies drive and collected 365 boxes of cereal for clients of Redmond-based Friends of Youth.
The Redmond Historical Society will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 14 at The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street. Jerry Hammersberg, the first walking postal carrier in Redmond, will describe “how the Post Office used to be.”
Eastside volunteers braved the cold weather and counted 158 homeless people in Redmond, Kirkland and Bellevue early last Friday morning.
For the second Saturday evening in a row, an armed robbery occurred at Tienda Mi Mazatlan, 16720 Redmond Way, Suite D.
