September 2014

Starting this fall, students at two Highline Schools will be able to get online to use web-based learning programs anywhere they are, without the need for a standard Wi-Fi connection.

Highline is the first district in the nation to provide students with direct access to school-selected educational programs on mobile devices using a safe 4G connection. Internet access is limited to the selected learning tools, so students do not have unsupervised access to the internet.

The online access is being provided to about 1,000 students at no cost to their families as part of a pilot program at Cascade Middle School in White Center and Midway Elementary in Des Moines. All Midway and Cascade students are receiving HP Chromebooks loaded with online curriculum, including a variety of math and reading programs. Students will be able to log on to use the curriculum and access class assignments over a 4G mobile broadband network.

“With this innovation, we are bridging the digital divide and providing our students with access to the online learning tools they need to be competitive and successful in school and beyond,” said Superintendent Susan Enfield.

By Tim Robinson

If you were 5'1", 97 pounds, and a boy who read comic books before schoolwork, you might understand how I became a late bloomer. In the ninth grade everyone I knew was taller than me. Even the girls. My dad was the same way. He told me but he thought it was because he grew up in the depression in Portland, Oregon and rarely had anything but cold potato soup to eat.

In the back of the comic books and often in publications like Popular Mechanics, there were ads for body building. Charles Atlas offered a course on dynamic tension where you push or pull heavy items or even clasp your own hands together and try to separate them with your fingers intertwined. His ad would show a skinny kid getting sand-kicked in his face by a bully who then stole his girlfriend. The idea was that you did not have to be a weakling.

I didn't have a girlfriend. I blamed it on being weak. The ad worked. I bought it hook, line and sinker. I sent away for the plan and eagerly waited each day by the mailbox, to see what $4.95 would bring.

Courtney Steinke, 82, of SeaTac, recently returned from the Washington State Senior Games, held in the vicinity of Olympia, July 24-27.

Steinke competed in bowling, long jump,standing long jump and a 50 meter race, garnering a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal for his efforts.

The games are open to all senior participants (men and women) For more information, write to the address listed below.

Washington State Senior Games
P.O. Box 1487
Olympia, WA 98507-1487

Burien, WA– Highline is going green by launching a paperless flyer distribution system that not only saves money and staff time, but ensures families receive important information directly in their email inboxes.

Schools distribute flyers about school menus, club activities, after-school enrichment programs, and community events to students on a weekly basis. In the past, staff have had to spend time at the end of the school day distributing paper flyers to students to carry home in their backpacks.

Now families are able to view flyers online. They can subscribe to get email alerts when new flyers are posted.

“This green initiative will save reams of paper and reduce the workload on teachers, office staff, and volunteers,” said Chief Communications Officer Catherine Carbone Rogers. “By going paperless, we are also making sure that this important information goes directly to parents instead of getting lost in the bottom of a backpack.”

Each Highline school has a website where families can see every eFlyer posted. Parents can click on each eFlyer to learn more and sign up for activities immediately. They can also share eFlyers on social media.

Saturday, Sept. 13
Girls soccer
Sammamish 13, Foster 0
The Lady Bulldogs were slammed by Sammamish on Saturday.

Friday, Sept. 12
Football
Highline 34, Nathan Hale 12
The Pirates plastered the Red Raiders on the road this past Friday to even their record at 1-1.
Kennedy 18, Seattle Prep 3
Kennedy Catholic ran tis non-league record to 2-0 with Friday's victory over Seattle Prep at Seattle Memorial Stadium.
Rainier Beach 34, Chief Sealth 8
Chief Sealth journeyed to the Southeast Athletic Complex in Rainier Valley this past Friday and took a loss to Rainier Beach.
Fife 41, Evergreen 8
Fife finished off the Wolverines of White Center in Friday's action.
Sammamish 40, Foster 20
Foster took a non-league loss on the road Friday.

Volleyball
Chief Sealth 3, Cleveland 0
The Seahawks scored a 25-13, 25-17, 25-21 victory Friday.

Boys tennis
Kennedy 7, Highline 0
Kennedy Catholic cruised past the Pirates on Friday.

Boys golf
Bainbridge 132, Chief Sealth 25
Bainbridge got the best of the Seahawks in Friday's match.

information from King County

King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a partnership with the City of Seattle and Planned Parenthood to preserve critical health services for women, children, and families in White Center and surrounding areas.

"Through innovative partnerships like this we can keep providing the important health services our clients need, despite cuts to the federal and state funding that supported those services," said Executive Constantine. "I want to thank Mayor Murray and our partners at Planned Parenthood for helping us ensure that children are born healthy and able to reach their full potential."

Due to continual and sharp declines in the federal and state funds that support public health, the Public Health Center at Greenbridge was proposed by the department earlier this summer for closure.

Sports Roundup

Thursday, Sept. 11
Girls soccer
West Seattle 0, Blanchet 0
The Wildcats battled Blanchet to a scoreless tie Thursday.
Ballard 6, Chief Sealth 0
Chief Sealth was shut out by the Beavers.
Sammamish 12, Evergreen 0
The Wolverines of White Center took a lopsided loss Thursday.
Volleyballl
TJ 3, Evergreen 2
Thomas Jefferson outlasted Evergreen in a non-league match.
Lake Washington 3, Mt. Rainier 2
Lake Washington edged its way past the Rams.
Boys tennis
Mt. Rainier 5, K-M 0
The Rams rallied for a victory Thursday.
Boys golf
Mt. Rainier 50, K-M 12
Mount Rainier was a winner in a road match.

Wednesday, Sept. 10
Volleyball
West Seattle 3, Franklin 0
West Seattle won in Metro League action Wednesday.
Washington 3, Foster 1
Foster fell to the Patriots on Wednesday.
Boys tennis
Kennedy 7, Foster 0
Kennedy Catholic cruised past the Bulldogs.
Renton 6, Highline 1
Renton posted a victory over the Pirates.
Curtis 3, Mt. Rainier 2
Curtis edged out the Rams of Des Moines on Wednesday.

Tuesday, Sept. 9
Girls soccer
King's 2, Kennedy 0
Kennedy Catholic was dealt a defeat Tuesday.

by Tim Clifford

Robbery at gunpoint
On Aug.25 at a bus stop heading south on S.W. Brandon St. / Delridge WY S.W. a young woman was robbed at gunpoint. The victim stated to police that shortly after 7 p.m. while she was waiting for the bus a mixed race (possibly black and white) male around 18 years old with a thin build and wearing a blue rain jacket asked the victim for the time. After she gave him the time the suspect walked over to a bus schedule sheet and then began walking back towards the victim with a gun drawn and pointed.

FOREST GROVE, ORE. – A solid week in the net for Pacific's Leyton Thommasen (Fr., Des Moines) has earned the freshman goalkeeper selection as the Northwest Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week. The award, selected by the conference's sports information directors, was announced Monday night.

Thommasen paced the Pacific defense as they went 1-1-0 last week. In Thursday's 2-0 victory over Oregon Tech, Thommasen earned his first collegiate shutout as he made four saves against eight shots. The freshman saw one ball get past him in the 89th minute of Sunday's loss to the Univ. of Dallas, but also made four saves against nine shots taken by the Crusaders.

"Leyton has been solid thus far this season," said Pacific head men's soccer coach Eric Mild. "The NWC recognition is a just reward for his hard work and performance. We are excited about his future in our program."

With four non-conference matches under his belt, Thommasen leads the NWC with a 0.57 goals against average. In 315 minutes of action, Thommasen has allowed just two goals while making a league-leading 15 saves.

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

A well-played second half could not make up for a fairly lethargic first half that led to a 3-0 loss in a girls soccer game against the Thomas Jefferson Raiders that opened up South Puget Sound League North Division action at Federal Way Memorial Thursday.

The Raiders opened the SPSL North season with a 1-0 record while the Rams dropped to 0-1 and 1-1-1 overall, having tied Rogers, 0-0, and beat West Seattle, 1-0, in non-league games prior to this game kicking off the regular season.

But this first regular season game against the Raiders is the important one as winning these type league games is what determines making the playoffs, or not, when November arrives.

"It was a slow start," said Rams head coach Michelle Mohn. "We couldn't connect any passes together, a little chaotic. I don't have much else to say about the first half. We were not energetic, no urgency."

The Raiders controlled the game from the beginning, keeping the ball on the Rams' half of the field for the majority of the first half, not to mention keeping possession of the ball a lot of the time.