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ShoWare stays ahead of budget BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
Mill Creek Middle School students, from left, Daniel Andersen, Brooke Roshon, Asia Tanis, Adria Sutliff and Jenna Yee recently captured a state future design competition. The team designed the West Lake Academy,
which focuses on preparing students for STEM careers and partners closely with local businesses. The Mill Creek crew represents Washington at the regional competition on Wednesday. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter
DESIGNING A SCHOOL FOR THE FUTURE Mill Creek students come up with state-winning concept – a STEM-focused academy BY ROSS COYLE rcoyle@kentreporter.com
A team of Mill Creek Middle School students wasn’t expecting to go very far when it started planning a futuristic high school for a major design
competition. But after the group presented their innovative ideas on April 4 to a jury of architects and engineers, they walked out of the competition as state champions. Mill Creek’s School of the Future Club will represent Washington at the Council of Educational Facilities Planning International (CEFPI) Pacific Northwest Regional Competition on Wednesday in Kent. The winner earns a berth in the international competition this fall.
Parents, teachers raising some concerns about disruptive students in classrooms BY ROSS COYLE rcoyle@kentreporter.com
More than 100 concerned parents and teachers crammed into the Kent School District’s bi-monthly meeting April 23 to express their frustration at the district’s lack of a solutions for disruptive students in elementary school classrooms.
The meeting came in the wake of numerous scratches, bruises, cuts and bites that kindergarten through third-grade teachers said they have endured when dealing with uncontrollable students. Jim Dawson, a Fairwood Elementary School parent, said that while he hadn’t heard of problems from [ more DISRUPTIONS page 3 ]
The team’s winning entry, the West Lake Academy, is a school focused on preparing students for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers and partners closely with local businesses. Daniel Andersen, Asia Tanis, Brooke Roshon, Jenna Yee and Adria Sutliff worked with Sierra Martin Architects Thomas Wadkins and Jason Romine on the design of the futuristic school. [ more DESIGNERS page 5 ]
A $34,956 operating loss for the first three months of this year at the city-owned ShoWare Center in Kent turned out to be good news. Arena officials had projected losses of $60,135 for the first quarter. But the losses were lower because three Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey playoff games and a sold-out Hispanic concert boosted revenue. “We are better to budget by about $25,000,” said Tim Higgins, ShoWare general manager, at an April 24 meeting of the arena’s Public Facilities District board. “It was a good quarter.” A March 23 concert by Dos Mundos Una Historia, featuring Gerardo Ortiz and Julion Alvarez, drew 6,800 people. [ more SHOWARE page 4 ]
Kent man killed in Louisiana drug deal BY STEVE HUNTER shunter@kentreporter.com
A dispute over stolen drugs reportedly resulted in the Louisiana killing of a Kent man and the arrest of four men for his death. Jamary Quincy Wafer, 27, was found dead on April 14 on a street in the small northeastern Louisiana town of Tallulah, according to a Monday media release from the Louisiana State Police. [ more MAN page 5 ]
Taking aim Federal Way’s Angel Thomas holds an M4 carbine used by the Washington National Guard 19th Special Forces Group during a seminar Monday at the Kent National Guard Armory. More than 300 local high school students experienced what it’s like to be a soldier in the National Guard. Story, more photos, page 9. ROSS COYLE, Kent Reporter