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Friday, May 24, 2013
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CKSD schools receive achievement awards
honoring the fallen
Brownsville Elementary School, Olympic High School and Klahowya Secondary School received a 2012 Washington Achievement Award for Closing Achievement Gaps. The schools were selected because their minority students (based on race and ethnicity) have performed as well or better on statewide assessments than their majority groups over the last two years. Esquire Hills Elementary School received a Special Recognition Award after being recognized as a high performing school in the area of science (based on two-year averages). Washington Achievement Awards, now in their fourth year, are sponsored by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. They were
created to celebrate the state’s top performing schools and to recognize achievement in multiple categories. Awards are based on each school’s performance according to the Washington Achievement Index, a comprehensive measurement of how schools in Washington are performing over time. “These awards are a formal recognition of the hard work of our students, teachers and support staff that I see every day in our district,” said Superintendent Greg Lynch in a press release. “I am so proud to see them recognized in this way. They deserve it.” This year’s schools were honored at an award ceremony on April 30 at Kentwood High School in Covington.
Pictured from left to right are Olympic High School Principal Bob Barnes, Esquire Hills Elementary School Principal Susan Zetty, Brownsville Elementary School Principal Toby Tebo and Klahowya Secondary School Principal Ryan Stevens.
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An honor guard of law enforcement officers stands at attention while a speaker gives a talk during the annual law enforcement memorial in Bremerton.
Spelling Bee raises funds for literacy programs Kitsap Adult Center for Education, formerly known as the Literacy Council of Kitsap, held its 22nd Annual Corporate Spelling Bee at the Olympic College Theater on May 10. After 18 grueling rounds of ever more challenging words, the Silverdale Rotary Team “We BEE Ducks” of Mike Gass, Elayne Burton, and Ed Ahrens spelled “picayune” correctly to win the Bee. Rotary of Port Orchard took 2nd place, after faltering on the word “ciguatera”, and “Debbie Macomber’s Rose Harbor Bees” took 3rd place after misspelling “numnah”. In addition, Bremerton Kiwanis “KiwaniBeez” won the prize for the best cheering squad, and the Rotary of East Bremerton “Trio in Bee Sharp” won an award for the Best Banner. Best costumes belonged to the Russ Hartman Spellz Anjels. Each team registers to compete with a $500 contribution to the work of KACE. Team participation and money raised at the silent and live auctions support the volunteer-based program of helping adult students with basic English and Math skills, GED prep-
aration, and English as a Second Language instruction. Gift certificates, theme baskets, and services from individuals and local businesses are generously donated for the auction tables. Other teams who spelled this year are the Bremerton Rotary ‘Word BEElders’, the
Kitsap Credit Union ‘The BEEutifuls”, KitCo Records “The BEE GEEZ”, Kitsap Bank “BEEber Fever”, and the Kitsap Sun “Ink Spots”. For more information about how you can become a student or volunteer as a tutor, please call KACE at 360-373-1539 or email info@kacewa.org.
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