Snoqualmie Valley Record, April 03, 2013

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Changing image for Mount Si Principal seeks to transform perceptions of school as lax and poor By Carol Ladwig

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Staff Reporter

Ski slopes are the place for Valley teen’s glory Page 12

There are two different versions of Mount Si High School in the Valley. There’s the “phenomenal school” that Mount Si Principal John Belcher describes, with steady growth and ever-improving student test scores. Then there’s the academically lax, racist ‘hick’ school that seems to persist in common memory. The latter Mount Si doesn’t really exist any more,

John Belcher Mount Si High School Principal

Belcher said at a March 27 meeting of the Mount Si High School PTSA. The purpose of his presentation there was to start putting an end to that image. “On all measures, Mount Si is really growing,” Belcher said. “We have the expectation of our student body that they can achieve at much, much higher levels.” See IMAGE, 18

In search of Easter treasures

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Seth Truscott/Staff Photo

Snoqualmie actors help bring classic ‘Secret Garden’ tale to life Page 19

Index Letters 5 6 Schools 7 Movie Times On the Scanner 8 Classifieds 14-17 19 Calendar

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Katie Remick of North Bend finds candy-filled treasures in the youngest age group’s circle, taking part in the Snoqualmie Valley Moose’s Easter hunt on Saturday, March 30, at the freshly mowed Little Si Links layout at Mount Si Golf Course. Hundreds of families gathered there, some walking a few hundred yards to Centennial Fields for the official Snoqualmie hunt an hour later. Several families complimented the Moose lodge’s layout, held at a new site this year. View more Valley Easter photos on page 3 or online at www.valleyrecord.com.

Police visit puts school on lockdown Precaution on health check spurs brief closure at Cedarcrest By Valley Record Staff

Cedarcrest High School briefly went into lockdown mode Wednesday afternoon, March 27, due to a police operation a few blocks away. According to a statement from Riverview School District, at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, Duvall police notified staff at Cedarcrest High School and the Eagle Rock Multi-Age school that an incident was in progress on 147th Court. See LOCKDOWN, 2

Jimmy Mac’s memorial sports fund gets a boost James Michael McKiernan loved his team. As a teenager, ‘Jimmy Mac’ had to hustle to make the varsity football squad his senior year. But this member of the Mount Si class of 2006, son of Jim and Karen McKiernan, worked hard and became the heart of his team in ways his ex-teammates still remember. A college graduate, James McKiernan with a promising job as a seed broker in Eastern Washington, the young McKiernan’s life ended in a tragic highway accident in 2011. But his potential lives on in the scholarship fund that will soon give promising Mount Si athletes a leg up.

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