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City and Issaquah schools anticipate better planning for new school

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Staff from the city and the Issaquah School District say the district’s new elementary school should open in the fall of 2010, on time.

The issue of improved communication and timing for the school’s completion, currently known as Elementary 15, or E15, popped up briefly in a meeting between the Sammamish City Council and Issaquah School Board Nov. 17. Read more »

Sports

Skyline grad makes all-conference

Skyline High School graduate Nick Rocco was recently selected to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference football all-star team, according to a press release from Western Washington University.

Schools

The revolution will be a multi-media presentation

Pine Lake class teaches students about cutting edge technology

Pine Lake Middle School eighth graders Ally Blakley, left, and Shayna Wilson laugh at a segment of video as they edit clips for a class music video project. Photo by Christopher Huber

Anyone who attends Pine Lake Middle School while teacher and instructional technology specialist Eric Ensey works there might want to think about taking his multimedia design class. It could give them a leg up in this constantly advancing technological age.

“It’s as much of a fine arts class as a tech class,” said Pine Lake principal Roy Adler.

It’s an elective that has been offered at Pine Lake for the past three years and teaches students various skills, such as communicating an idea through effective visuals and multimedia use. It’s not just “how to build a Web site,” Ensey said, but the real-world application of selling a concept. Read more »