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MERCER ISLAND REPORTER | www.mi-reporter.com
ICW construction update Island Park PE
Dancer, teacher Jesse Jaramillo has died
The repaving of Island Crest Way was completed last week when crews placed more than 4,000 tons of hot mix asphalt along the mile-long project area on Tuesday and Wednesday. Traffic delays on Tuesday were long at times, but the work was finished before the evening commute was over. Traffic was not as heavy on Wednesday, as many Islanders likely traveled East and West Mercer Ways to avoid the paving. On Thursday crews paved the side street connections along the project, with the exception of the east side of S.E. 47th Street and 90th Avenue. These two streets’ approaches will be paved as part of the 2012 Residential Street Overlay Project (which paves 88th Avenue, S.E. 47th Street and 90th Avenue), set to begin after Labor Day. This week the contractor will raise utility structures — manholes, catch basins and water valve
boxes — to the grade of the new street. This will require jack hammering some of the new pavement around these castings in order to raise them — a necessary part of the repaving process, as these utility covers provide access to sewer, water and drainage systems. Clint Morris, city street engineer, said that he usually receives at least one phone call stating something like, “You just repaved the street, and now you’re already digging it back up?” But it is all part of the process. Adjusting the covers ahead of the paving is problematic because that forces the paving crew to match them, which can lead to a bumpy or wavy riding pavement, as the paving machine dips or rises to meet them. Paving over these various utility covers and raising them up later produces a better riding roadway. However, this will leave some small patches in the new road. Some shoulder gravelling and other cleanup
activities will also take place this week. New pavement markings will be installed during the week of Aug. 27 and will likely take at least three days to complete. The mailbox drop-off area near 90th Avenue remains to be finished with some minor concrete curb and sidewalk work, in addition to a handful of asphalt sidewalk and driveway areas, and installing and moving some signs. The city expects that traffic delays will be minimal from now until the completion of the project, compared with the last two weeks during the pavement grinding and paving. The city intends to finish the paving project before the first day of school.
teacher, role model got students moving By Mary L. Grady
editor@mi-reporter.com
Dancer and physical education teacher Jesse Jaramillo, of Island Park Elementary School, died last Friday, Aug. 17, after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday. Jaramillo, 59, was a physical education teacher for 11 years at Island Park. But he taught more than exercises, basketball skills or tumbling. He was a professional dancer who coaxed and inspired the elementary students to think and feel with movement. Kathy Morrison, the former principal of Island Park, first learned of Jaramillo when he was hired as an artist in residence to teach dance at Lakeridge Elementary School. “It was a time when fine arts were beginning to be incorporated throughout public school curriculum,” Morrison said. Knowing those changes were coming, she kept her eye on Jaramillo, who taught in Woodinville schools. When the PE teacher at Island Park retired, Morrison hired in Jaramillo in 2001. Throughout his years at Island Park, Jaramillo integrated dance and move-
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ment with the music program and other curriculum, incorporating it into studies of different cultures and traditions. He collaborated with others to design unique learning experiences for students. He taught square dancing to students and helped start the school’s ‘Hoe Down’ evenings, when both students and families were invited to an evening of dance and music at the school. “Dance is a language students can use,” he told the Reporter in 2002. Jaramillo prepared students for the school district’s annual Fine Arts Showcase and brought in other artists in residence to teach and inspire students. After school hours, Jaramillo wrote grants to expand arts programs, earned a master’s degree in education and attained his National Board Certification in 2009. He also attended seemingly hundreds of his students’ performances, games and concerts. One grant awarded by the Mercer Island Community Fund was to help fund a dance program at all three elementary schools. Jaramillo, the instructor and coordinator of the program, said it would impact over 1,700 students. He knew movement was essential to learning. Jaramillo said then, “Children do better academically if they are provided with creative outlets and opportunities to engage in physical movement. They need the ability
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