City press release:
Mayor and school district to announce new investment in arts education
Please join Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle Public Schools tomorrow afternoon for an announcement about a new investment to build on their existing partnership on arts education.
WHEN: 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
WHERE: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106
Highline nonprofits are anxiously waiting for the big day on Wednesday, May 15.
That is when the Seattle Foundation is holding its Give Big Day. Donations to your favorite Highline nonprofit may reap more big money from the foundation. Various Highline nonprofits are holding events to promote the day of giving.
Information on Give Big in general can be found here:
http://www.seattlefoundation.org/givingcenter/GiveBIG/Pages/default.aspx
Friday, May 10
Fastpitch
Holy Names 9, Chief Sealth 1
Chief Sealth took a loss to Holy Names in a Metro League playoff Friday.
The Sea-King tournament runs Wednesday and Thursday at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle.
The West Seattle-Interlake winner plays Bainbridge at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Fife 19, Evergreen 0
The Wolverines dropped their first of three West Central District sub-district games Friday, losing to Fife by a 19-0 score.
Foster 12, Evergreen 6
Evergreen lost a high-scoring game to the Bulldogs of nearby Foster High School this last Friday.
Orting 17, Evergreen 4
Evergreen's stay at the sub-district tournament ended with Friday's 17-4 loss to Orting.
Track and field
Metro League meet
The Metro League sub-district meet ended on Friday at the Southwest Athletic Complex in West Seattle, which will also host the Sea-King District meet this Wednesday and Friday.
West Seattle and Chief Sealth both scored 14 points on the boys side of the Metro League meet to tie Eastside Catholic for eighth place.
Thursday, May 9
Fastpitch
SCS 21, Bellevue Christian 1
Seattle Christian concluded its regular Nisqually League season by blasting Bellevue Christian, 21-1, this past Thursday.
The Warriors will take part in the 1A Tri-District tournament at the Kent Service Fields on Saturday.
Friday, May 10
Boys soccer
SCS 4, Lynden Christian 1
Seattle Christian captured the 1A Tri-District championship with Friday's victory over Lynden Christian at Sammamish High School.
Grant Fremmerlid scored two goals and one assist to lead the way for the Warriors, who will host Cascade Christian for a 7 p.m. state opening match at French Field in Kent this Tuesday.
Fastpitch
Franklin Pierce 13, Foster 3
Foster opened the second day of 2A sub-district fastpitch softball tournament action at the Boise Creek Six-Plex in Enumclaw with a loss.
Fife 19, Evergreen 0
Evergreen was both blanked and clobbered by the Fife Trojans in its first game of the second day of the tournament.
Foster 12, Evergreen 6
Foster prevailed over the Wolverines as Friday's action continued, earning its way into this coming weekend's 2A West Central District tournament.
Information from SDOT
Beginning May 15, southbound traffic on Delridge Way Southwest in West Seattle will be detoured at Southwest Holden Street and the currently detoured stretch from Southwest Thistle to Southwest Trenton streets will be reopened. The closure will allow the contractor working for the Seattle Department of Transportation to reconstruct the roadway and install storm drains. The new detour, from Holden to Thistle streets, is expected to remain in place through mid July. This work is Phase 3 of the project that is rebuilding much of Delridge Way Southwest.
Traffic will be redirected (see attached map):
· West on SW Holden Street
· South on 35th Avenue S
· East on SW Thistle Street
· South on Delridge Way SW
Delridge will remain open to northbound traffic except for intersection work. Local access to businesses and residents will be maintained.
This is a five-phase project. At the end of the Phase 3, construction activity will move north to Phase 4, between SW Orchard and SW Holden streets.
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent José Banda has shared a letter that outlines decisions he has made regarding the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing that has been under review for the past few months. Here is the Superintedent's letter:
Good afternoon,
In February we formed a Task Force on Assessments and Measuring Progress to review our testing policies and explore concerns about the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. This group, comprised of principal, teacher, student, family and community representatives, met eight times and developed a list of recommendations for the 2013-14 school year.
I want to thank this group for their time and efforts. This proved to be an effective and productive opportunity to work together to develop constructive solutions that put students first while addressing the concerns raised by some of our staff. I look forward to ongoing discussions about the use of assessments to support teaching and learning in our district.
Based on this Task Force’s feedback, I am making the following decisions regarding the MAP assessment for the 2013-14 school year:
Born July 20, 1948 to Lily and Robert Martin, the youngest of three children, “CB” passed away May 2, 2013. A great lady who was faith driven and strongly family oriented.
In the early morning hours of May 12, the driver of a convertible lost control of his vehicle traveling nortbound on the 2700 block of Harbor Ave. S.W. in West Seattle and hit a tree, ejecting the occupants and resulting in serious injuries. Police are investigating whether the driver was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
Here are the details from Det. Jeff Kappel with Seattle Police:
Preliminary investigation indicates that on May 12th at approximately 3:31 a.m. a 21-year-old male driver was travelling northbound in the 2700 block of Harbor Avenue SW in his maroon 1997 Chrysler Sebring convertible. There were three adult passengers in the vehicle, two females and one male. For reasons yet to be fully determined, the driver lost control of his vehicle, struck a tree and overturned. As a result of the rollover, both female passengers were ejected from the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
Keep those windows closed
In the precautionary tales file from a May 8 daytime burglary on the 4000 block of 45th Ave. S.W., the victim decided to leave a few windows slightly opened to keep the house cool during the day while temperatures rose into the 80s. When she returned, she found someone noticed her kitchen window was slightly ajar and used that opportunity to creep in and steal high quality camera equipment along with vintage jewelry.
New mother struck by rock
On May 4 along the 2500 block of S.W. Barton St., a new mother was spending time with her mom and son and loading items into the car when she felt a sharp pain as something struck her back. She whirled around to see four young teenagers ducking behind a nearby vehicle and realized she had been struck by a rock. She watched the kids weave through several cars before getting into a silver sedan with two young adults driving. The victim approached the adults to explain what she believed the young men had done, to which they acted dismissive and threatened to sue as they drove away.
Good Samaritan turns in drugs
