The MIHS Islander Week Week
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April 16
Written by Isabel Funk Compiled by Isabel Funk & Ellie Gottesman
• The Science Olympiad team participated in the statewide Science Olympiad competition and placed 16th out of 22 schools. • Students voted Wednesday for next year’s ASB staff, and learned who won on Friday. The full list: President: Jon Na Vice President: Henry Weiker Treasurer: Thomas Lee Secretary: Kevin Chen PR Coordinator: Caroline Young Spirit Commissioner: Amanda Wion
• Mercer Island’s student run radio station, KMIH 889 The Bridge, won the General Excellence award for the second consecutive year. • Students returned Friday from Guatemala, where they participated in a Global Visionaries cultural immersion and community service program.
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• On Wednesday from 6 - 8 p.m., Caroline Lambright ran the Onelove Foundation’s Escalation workshop in the PAC. Attendants watched a film on abusive relationships. • On Friday, students participated in a write-in during lunch in the Commons, writing letters to representatives and senators demanding further action on gun law reform.
• Mercer Island’s Mayor, Debbie Bertlin, declared April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. • The Mercer Island Presbyterian Church built two tiny houses to provide housing for the homeless. These houses will be moved in April or May to Seattle as part of a Seattle project establishing a tiny house village operated by Low Income Housing Institute. • Mercer Island hosted a Leap for Green Fair to promote sustainability, focusing on greener and more sustainable forms of transportation. • A City Council meeting took place on Tuesday, April 17 in order to discuss increasing free parking on side streets near MIHS. Photo courtesy Rally List
• On Friday, students across the country commemorated the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre of 1999 with a national walkout protesting gun violence and the lack of common-sense gun control laws.
• Contrary to rumors, Seattle’s “Up” house will not be demolished. Photo courtesy The World is Fun
• After much public attention last year after being placed in deportation proceedings despite his participation in DACA, Daniel Ramirez, who now lives part-time in Washington state, was again arrested and had his status revoked. His lawyers are hoping to expedite his case and restore his status. • On Friday, students across Washington traveled to Olympia to protest gun violence in front of the Capitol.
• On April 12, two black men in Philadelphia, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, were arrested for sitting in a Starbucks. 8,000 Starbucks stores nationwide will close on May 29 to provide anti-bias training to employees.
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