Leaning against the wall of Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on May 10, I watched with pride as my Inglemoor High biology teacher of two years, Sue Black, strode confidently onto the brightly lit stage, greeting reporters and audience members at a President Obama campaign fund-raiser. I listened, enrapt, as she told of her battle with cancer and I cried as the President embraced her, the emotion of the past week overwhelming me as I sat witness to my teacher turning the floor over to the most powerful man in the world.
April 20. The Day of Silence. A day where we remember all those who have taken their lives as a result of bullying related to their sexual orientation. A day I am glad I can still take part in.
The Associated Student Body leadership for Inglemoor, Bothell, Woodinville and Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) schools received a unique opportunity on March 27 when they attended a Northshore school-board forum at the district offices in Bothell.
In the midst of a glacial economy and skyrocketing tuition costs, it seems logical that students and schools would devote greater time and resources in developing strategies to pay for college.
They aren’t.
Every April, students receive crisp letters of acceptance from universities, the culmination to years of hard work and dedication. Inglemoor High does quite a lot to prepare students for going to college, but when it comes to paying for it, there’s room for improvement.
Kathleen Hughbanks, a Boeing flight inspector, might very well have been correct when she said that introducing President Barack Obama would be the “most exciting introduction of my life.” Certainly, this has been the most exciting story I have covered to date.
