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Only the beginning Snoqualmie’s 2nd sister city status paves the way for new exchanges in education, ideas By Seth Truscott
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Mason Lodge goes dark, then back to life for second century Page 2
Above, Seth Truscott | Below, Carol Ladwig/Staff Photos
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Science teacher Kevin Knowles starts settling into his new classroom, Dave Cruz’s former room, at the new Freshman Campus. Knowles, who is excited about the new opportunities here, gets wider tables, behind him, and new chairs to accommodate older students. They’re among many tweaks to this former middle school, such as, below, red-accents on the building entrance, new commons and a modified front sign, putting the emphasis on its new high-school role.
Mom and daughter bond through paint endeavors Page 7
Index Letters 4 5 Obituaries 6 Calendar 11 Puzzles Classifieds 12-14 On The Scanner 15
Campus of change
Chaclacayans are a generous people. Celebrating the moment last Monday, Aug. 26, when their big Peruvian town became an official sister city to Snoqualmie, the delegation from Chaclacayo handed out gifts. Snoqualmie gave a city flag and key to the city. Chaclacayo responded in kind, but the gifts kept coming— commemorative key rings, a tiny, tooled leather hat, a replica stone head from their indigenous culture, and a full-size flag of the city, which reads “Sun, Friendship and Peace.” Mayor Matt Larson and Chaclacayo’s deputy mayor, Jose Calvo, jointly put their signatures to the document linking two continents, then proudly sat for photos. See SISTER CITIES, 10
Once a middle school, Mount Si’s new freshman campus coalesces for a pioneer year By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter
Lava lamps and cushy chairs began appearing in classrooms last week, but Animal, the drummer in “The Muppet Show” band, looked like he’d always been at the new freshman campus of Mount Si High School. Perched on a wall-mounted projector in one of the science rooms, the stuffed toy, looked ready to welcome the district’s largest freshman class in years, maybe ever. About 475 students start their
freshman year September 4 in the Snoqualmie Valley School District’s first freshman-only high school campus. That’s roughly the same number of students who were in the building last year, but then, it was a threegrade middle school, and one of three in the district. For the 2013-2014 year, the former Snoqualmie Middle School is the new Mount Si High School Freshman Campus, the product of three years of research and ongoing discussions. See campus, 3
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Jose Calvo, deputy ‘alcalde’ or mayor of Chaclacayo, Peru, embraces Snoqualmie Mayor Matt Larson after signing the official sister cities agreement between both governments. The deal is meant to spur more international ties and tourism.
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