New Start Teacher Beverly Mowrer Takes Top Honors in Golden Apple Awards

Highline School District teacher Beverly Mowrer received the highest honor in the 2012 Golden Apple Awards sponsored by KCTS 9. Mowrer was awarded the Stanley O. McNaughton Award, which recognizes one... [Read more]

Majority of Highline School District Rated ‘Good’

by Jack Mayne The majority of the 36 schools in the Highline School District were rated as good, very good or exemplary, for the 2010-2011 school year by the State Board of Education. The remaining 15... [Read more]

Meet Three Finalists For Highline Schools Superintendent Job Feb. 22-24

The Highline School Board is inviting community members to give their input on three finalist candidates for Highline’s next superintendent, with open meetings being held at Burien City Council Chambers... [Read more]

USDA Officials Visit HighlineTo Recognize Healthy Schools

USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon and Regional Administrator Allen Ng visited Madrona Elementary School on Monday (Feb. 6) to recognize four Highline schools…

Get Your ‘Pirate’s Treasure’ At Highline/Sylvester School Auction Feb. 25

The Sylvester PTSA has joined up with Highline Booster Club and PTSA for their annual auction benefiting Highline High School athletics and activities to be held at South Seattle Community College on... [Read more]

UPDATE: Three Highline Schools Closed Monday Due To Power Outages

UPDATE 9 a.m. 1/23/12: Three Highline Schools are closed today (Monday, Jan. 23) due to power outages – Madrona and Shorewood Elementary Schools, as well as Big Picture Middle and High Schools. For more... [Read more]

Highline School District Will Use Wednesday, Jan. 25 As Snow Makeup Day

The Highline School District announced on its website Friday (Jan. 20) that, “due to weather-related school closures, the first semester will be extended through Wednesday, Jan. 25.” The second... [Read more]

Highline Schools Will Start 2 Hours Late Today; Kennedy High School Closed

Photo courtesy Jeff Simpson. UPDATE Tues. 1/17/12 8 a.m.: Highline Schools will start two hours late today (Tuesday, Jan. 17), and there will be no A.M. Kindergarten, no A.M. ECEAP. and no A.M. Preschool... [Read more]

Taxpayers Save $5.4 Million As Highline Public Schools Refinances Bonds

Highline Public Schools announced Thursday (Jan. 12) that they refinanced another portion of school construction bonds this week, saving local property owners $1.7 million in taxes. This is the second... [Read more]

Highline School District Wins National Award For New Logo

Highline Public Schools announced this week that they have received a MarCom Gold Award for logo development and design for their new branding: The competition, sponsored by the Association of Marketing... [Read more]

Highline School District Gets $20,000 Grant To Improve Burien’s Moshier Field

Young athletes will have an additional practice field at Burien’s Moshier Park, thanks to a $20,000 matching grant from King County as well as contributions from the city, the school district, and the... [Read more]

Local Teachers Go MAD Over Grants From Highline Schools Foundation

The Highline Schools Foundation awarded $31,608 in Excel/MAD grants to 54 teachers at 30 different schools at Highline Public Schools this week. The Foundation’s Excel Grant program was created to support... [Read more]

Highline School District’s CHOICE Academy Accepting Applications For 2012

Our friends at the Highline School District want our Readers to know that CHOICE Academy is now accepting applications for Fall enrollment for 2012, and is holding an Information Night on Thursday, Dec.... [Read more]

Marvin Hamlisch, Gerard Schwarz To Lead Music4Life Youth Peace Program

Composer Marvin Hamlisch and Gerard Schwarz, Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, have agreed to serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Music4Life Peace Initiative. The initiative is an annual... [Read more]

Highline Teacher Beverly Mowrer Honored With ‘Golden Apple’ Award

Beverly Mowrer (pictured above with some of her students), a teacher at Highline’s New Start program, is one of eight teachers in the state to receive this year’s Golden Apple Award from KCTS 9, Seattle’s... [Read more]

Highline Schools Foundation Kicks Off New Series With ‘Race To Nowhere’ Film

The Highline Schools Foundation announced on Wednesday (Nov. 2) the kick-off of their new Symposium Series, a bi-annual event at which the Foundation will bring education-related issues to our community... [Read more]

MAD Grants Deadline Nears For Highline School District Educators

Educators in the Highline School District have only a few weeks left to apply for this year’s MAD Grants program – the deadline in Nov. 4th. For ten years MAD Grants has funded a broad range of... [Read more]

Go To Starbucks & Donate To Highline Schools With Someone Else’s Money Wed.

On Wednesday, Oct. 5th, if you stop by a Starbucks store and pickup a FREE $10 DonorsChoose gift card, you can then spend that money on your favorite Highline school. But please note – “free gift... [Read more]