Valley View Middle School student winner in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge
NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The winners are: “I’m so impressed by the creativity and knowledge of our Power to Explore winners,” said Carl Sandifer II, […]
Valley View Middle School student named finalist in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge
SNOHOMISH—Valley View Middle School 8th grade student Maggie Hou has been named one of nine national finalists in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge, a prestigious national writing competition for K-12 students that highlights the role of radioisotopes in powering space exploration. The challenge invited students to learn about NASA’s radioisotope power systems (RPS) – often […]
Kids’ Café summer breakfast and lunch program
All area children aged 18 and younger are invited to join the Snohomish School District at its Kids’ Café summer breakfast and lunch program. The program is free, and there is no pre-registration or sign-up. Any area child is encouraged to participate and enjoy a healthy breakfast and/or lunch. Kids’ Café will be held Mondays […]
Snohomish Asst Principal arrested following child sex abuse allegations
SNOHOMISH—Julian Parker, 37, an assistant principal at Centennial Middle School in the Snohomish School District remains on leave following his November 6 arrest after allegations of child sex abuse. Judge Tam Bui set bail at $50,000, and he was ordered to have no contact with minors. Parker was placed on leave after over a decade in […]
Learning Loss: Four years after the pandemic, student proficiency down nationally
More than four years have passed since Bothell High School became the nation’s first school to shut down during the pandemic in February 2020. Their closure set a precedent, one which generated controversy across the nation. During the pandemic, some states ordered schools to be closed, others allowed districts to decide, and a few states […]
Fewer than half of Washington students are hitting grade level
On September 10, OSPI released its K-12 Report Card for the 2023-24 school year. Following national trends, fewer than half of Washington students met academic proficiency. Testing was over grades 3-8 and 10. In Washington state, only 50.3% of students met ELA standards, 39.7% met math standards, and 43.5% met science standards in their spring […]
Snohomish School District Kids’ Café summer meal program returns
SNOHOMISH—The Snohomish School District announces the sponsorship of its annual Kids’ Café summer food service program for children. Meals are available at no charge to children 18 years of age and younger. Kids’ Café will be held Mondays through Fridays and runs from Thursday, June 20, through Friday, August 30. (There is no service on […]
Snohomish Book Cafe, delivering free books to a neighborhood near you
SNOHOMISH, Wash., August 10, 2023—During the school year, Danielle Coats, a sixth-grade teacher at Snohomish’s Machias Elementary School, instills in her students a love for reading. When the school year ends, she continues this passion as Coordinator for the Snohomish Book Cafe — a mobile book distribution van that delivers hundreds of books to kids […]
Snohomish County Schools: How the pandemic affected student achievement
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, July 25, 2022 – The first round of test scores since the pandemic is in for Snohomish County schools. Almost entirely across the board, fewer students met standards for English, Math, and Science, indicating how the last two years have affected public education. However, this decrease in the number of students that met […]
State’s Education Superintendent calls on DOH to remove state mask mandate for students
Below is a statement by State Superintendent Chris Reykdal on his recommendation to the Department of Health and Governor to make masks a local health department decision for students in K–12 schools. OLYMPIA—February 9, 2022—Throughout the pandemic, the Department of Health and Governor Inslee have set essential health and safety requirements for our schools using […]
