An upcoming student exchange program, sponsored by the Snoqualmie Sister Cities Association, will again bring students from Peru to study at Mount Si High School. Five boys from Chaclacayo, Peru, are still in need of host families in Snoqualmie. That exchange will be from January 24 through February 25. During the exchange, the SSCA will host field trips during the students’ stay, such as Seattle tours, a Boeing VIP tour, a day in Olympia, and snow tubing. Transportation is provided by the SSCA and sometimes the host family. Weekends are free to be with host families as the exchange students submerge themselves into host family life. All exchange students will have insurance and spending money. If you would like more information about being a student’s home away from home, contact Tina McCollum at valent6222@ aol.com or (253) 468-9744.
Fall City’s Avery Hamann makes straight As at Oregon State Avery M. Hamann of Fall City, a junior studying chemistry, earned a straight A average and made the honor roll at Oregon State University at Corvalis. She was one of 228 students earned straight As. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.
With the impending gloom and damp of fall, parents of toddlers everywhere are getting in their park time while it’s still dry and sunny. For those ‘in the know’, though, there is a dryer place to play. The Sno-Valley Indoor Playground is open from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, during the school year. Located in the gym of the Si View Community Center, the Indoor Playground is convenient to the activities that the Community Center has to offer. It is open to all children, up to age 5, and is volunteer-run. Donations are requested at a $1 per child and parents are strongly encouraged to help volunteer. There is a baby zone with age and development appropriate toys, a tumble zone with extra thick tumbling mats and balance beams, a foam block building zone full of large soft building blocks and a fast zone filled with trikes and bikes and wagons. Families are encouraged to come, play and check it out. Volunteers are needed, so if you are interested in finding out more about volunteering, or have questions about the Indoor Playground, send an email to svindoorplayground@gmail.com. You can also learn more at the website, svip.wordpress.com. The Indoor Playground will be closed if school is closed or delayed.
Two DMW instructors earn Macaroni Kid’s teacher award for October “Did you know you’re awesome?” asked a parent to one of the instructors at DMW’s Martial Arts Class. In October, two of their instructors, Chris Buyagawan and Jake Hart, were awarded the “Teacher of the Month” award by the Macaroni Kid website, published by two moms that are dedicated to delivering the scoop on all the familyfriendly events and activities happening in the local community. Nominated by the parents of students, both instructors were recognized for their commitment to teach-
The dictionary project: Words for Thirds
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Students in Shari Myers’ classroom get their first dictionaries in November, when North Bend Elementary School was the first to receive the books in Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club’s Words for Thirds program. The Kiwanis have provided dictionaries for a decade, and every third grade student in the Snoqualmie Valley School District gets a book each autumn. Kiwanian Dave Humphrey distributed 100 dictionaries throughout four classrooms. Students are always excited and appreciative in receiving their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries stay in the classroom for the duration of the year, so that teachers can organize study experiences using the dictionaries frequently. At the end of the year, the dictionaries go home with the students. It is their personal property, and children use them for years to come. Kiwanis raises money to finance this project through the sale of fireworks at stands in North Bend and Snoqualmie each year. ing martial arts in a multiple of ways to help every student, for taking extra time with her students, and for celebrating their successes, as described by Dan Cartan, Chief Instructor at DMW. Both Buyagawan and
Hart were emotionally moved by the nomination and wanted to thank express their gratitude for the award. DMW is located at 7712 Center Blvd S.E, Snoqualmie Ridge.
Jake Hart and Chris Buyagawan
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