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Cascade Middle School recently received beautiful stained glass work by artist Jack ArchibaldThumbnailClick Here

Each time a new school or public facility is built, the State of Washington Arts Commission grants money to be used to commission an art project for the building. Cascade chose artist Jack Archibald who worked with an advisory team from the school and created a stunning stained glass piece at the end of the main hallway. Archibald also created a smaller piece that has been inset above the main entrance to the school.

Cascade Middle School Principal Gary Price said, "We were very impressed by Jack and his commitment to middle school education. He is in very high demand across the country and even so he took the time to provide even more glass and a bigger project than he was commissioned to undertake because of how impressed he was with the school and the beauty that the natural lighting would create."

Image Elementary School celebrated diversity with their annual Culture DayThumbnailClick Here

Songs, dances, games and food representing the cultures of people from around the world were featured at Image Elementary School’s Culture Day on Thursday, June 12. Culture Day is an annual event where students learn about and appreciate the diversity of all people.

Every homeroom class had chosen a country to feature. The students created decorations for their room appropriate to their chosen country. Parents and volunteers helped out in preparing ethnic or traditional food, music and other exhibits. Students then received “passports” to gain entry to “countries” throughout the school. In each class they had the opportunity to taste the food and complete a craft and literacy piece.

Two assemblies were held in the afternoon Representatives from each “country” will march into the assemblies, present a flag made by the students, and say a welcome in their chosen language. Songs and dances will be performed, group songs sung, and cultural games played.That evening, parents and others family members are invited to the school for a mini world tour.

“Culture Day has a special meaning for us at Image,” says Principal Lauren Hopson. “We have great diversity in heritages among our students whose families speak 26 different languages at last count. It gives students a better appreciation of our differences as well as learning how much alike we are. Our school is a microcosm of the diversity of America.”

Ellsworth Elementary's trash audit encourages students to "recycle more, throw away less."ThumbnailClick Here

Ellsworth Elementary School students from Angelina Yelverton's fifth grade class recently completed a waste audit as part of their fifth grade exit project. The waste audit assessed how much trash was being thrown away, versus how much was being recycled. The state mandates that a recycling program be in place, but the students in Yelvertno's class determined that Ellsworth's was not that effective.

Students came up with a slogan "recycle more, throw away less" and began to proactively educate classes on what could be recyled and which recycle bins to put them in. At the end of the year, they did another audit and the difference was significant. "We truly had reduced the amount of garbage substantially!" said Yelverton. "Teachers constantly commented on how much was being recycled and how little there was being thrown away. It was like receptacles switched places, instead of having a full garbage bin, we had a full compost bin every day. There has been talk about switching the sizes of the bins due to the amount being thrown away in them."

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