The Mercer Island School District is currently conducting a Math Curriculum and Program Review. The district’s goal is to evaluate the program based on newly adopted standards, school, district and national assessment data as well as teacher, parent and student survey information. A committee, which consists of teachers, parents and administrators, will use this information to evaluate the current curriculum. The Parent Survey can be accessed at: www.surveymonkey.com.
The Nestlé company may think about suing the Mercer Island High School football team. The Islanders infringed on the company’s trademarked Butterfingers candy bar with seven turnovers on Friday when they lost at Interlake High School, 14-8.
After a big showing at the Thunderwolf Classic in Arizona, where the Islander girls swim team took second against 20 of the nation’s best teams, Mercer Island came back to Washington state and lost its first in-league meet in three years to Juanita High School, 95-88, on Sept. 23 at Juanita Pool.
A showdown between the top two teams in 3A KingCo resulted in Mercer Island taking the lead in the chase for the league title with a 7-2 win over Bellevue, Tuesday.
The No. 1-ranked Mercer Island High School men’s water polo team took its 5-0 record to Newberg, Ore., losing only to the host team, 9-6, during the finals of the tournament last weekend. The 20th annual event included the best 16 teams from Oregon and Washington.
The Mercer Island volleyball team has picked up where it left off in 2007, when it cruised through the regular season with an undefeated record. The Islanders pushed their record to a perfect 5-0 in league play and 7-0 overall with a dominating 3-0 victory against Seattle Prep, Friday, at Mercer Island High School.
A voter education evening focused on Mercer Island’s two park ballot measures to be decided by voters in the Nov. 4 general election will take place at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Mercer Island Library. There will be presentations both for and against the measures by members of the community. The event is sponsored by the Friends of Luther Burbank Park. For information, call either Sue Stewart, 232-7402, or Marguerite Sutherland, 232-5945.
Two Mercer Island teens were injured in a deadly boating accident that killed a Bellevue music teacher on Saturday night.
A tragedy of domestic violence that involved the deaths of two former Mercer Island High School students took place last week in Virginia, near the nation’s capitol.
For Cadet Lt. Col. Christie Plackis, Army ROTC boot camp was a time to prove herself. During four weeks of intensive training in skills ranging from navigation to weapons, as well as physical fitness, Plackis met the challenge. She emerged from “Operation Warrior Forge” on top, ranking as No. 1 out of 268 cadets in her regiment and the No. 1 female cadet nationwide.
A growing number of Mercer Island students are attending off-Island private schools, with more than 200 students at Catholic schools this year. The reasons why Island parents are choosing private schools over public are numerous and individual; from smaller class sizes, to individualized instruction, to a more Christian classroom environment.
King County officials announced on Tuesday that a dead crow found in Kirkland on Sept. 15 tested positive for West Nile Virus.
Police arrested a 50-year-old Seattle man with a misdemeanor warrant around 1 a.m. on Sept. 22 at the North Mercer Park and Ride.
