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Inslee, school officials hail Ilalko’s P.E. pilot program BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Auburn’s Ilalko Elementary is the only school in the state that has run a structured physical education pilot program, directing two third-grade classes into P.E. Everyday. That pilot program, which ended this week, paid off big time, said Ilalko P.E. teacher Dee Dee Goodspeed. Demonstrably paid off in
All smiles: Avery Wade and McKenna Wall stood out in many ways at Auburn High School. ROBERT WHALE,
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hen McKenna Wall graduates from Auburn High on Sunday, she’ll be one of the younger ones there to do so. Nothing odd about that. Wall, 17, has always been a step ahead of the pack, academically and on the pitch. “I’ve always been ‘The Young One’ on the team,” said Wall, who played varsity
soccer all four of her high school years, and was captain this year with two other seniors, Next fall this accomplished, unusually focused young woman is off to study business at the University of Washington. “I am a very academically-oriented person: with me, it’s grades before everything else,” Wall said.
The Reporter salutes some of the best graduating seniors from each of the Auburn School District’s four high schools, pages 9-13
Reaching greater heights at Auburn Mountainview BY MARK KLAAS mklaas@auburn-reporter.com
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Luke Lavine and Taylor Shirley found their way at Auburn Mountainview High School. For the standout students, it’s been a great ride, wonderfully worthwhile and challenging, a maturation process helped by influential faculty and caring staff. “Coming into my freshman year, I was really [ more MOUNTAINVIEW page 11 ]
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Amy Hulme, a health coordinator, has Chase Rylands run in the hamster ball at Ilalko. RACHEL CIAMPI,
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Lion leaders: Luke Lavine and Taylor Shirley excelled in and out of the classroom at Auburn Mountainview. MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter
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Class acts: Wade, Wall shine BY ROBERT WHALE
better test scores and a lower total body mass index for the kids who took part in the program than they had when they started. Those kids also had better test scores and lower BMI than the students who did not participate in the program. Students, parents and educators are already singing the program’s praises. On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee,
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Community, youth center project goes out to bid BY ROBERT WHALE rwhale@auburn-reporter.com
Auburn leaders scrapped their original plan to build a community center at the south end of the Les Gove Community campus last year when it threatened to burst its budget. On Tuesday its less pricey alternative, at the north end, adjacent to the activities center – went out to bid. “This is an important milestone for the City and for the design team of being
able to go out to bid. It has been a race to the finish,” Stan Lokting, principal of ARC Architects, whose firm began design work on the $9 million community and youth center only last November, told the Auburn City Council Monday. Construction starts in August, and the center should be open next June in time for KidsDay. [ more CENTER page 7 ]
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