Children Section

VIDEO: Kids, Bunnies, Tarantula (!) & More Mark Burien Spring SpEGGtacular

VIDEO: Kids, Bunnies, Tarantula (!) & More Mark Burien Spring SpEGGtacular

Saturday’s Spring SpEGGtacular event, brought to you by Burien Parks at the Community Center, was a full, sold-out house, with lots of happy kids, good food served up by the Lions Club and other... [Read more]

Burien’s Hi-Liners Holding Auditions For ‘Willy Wonka Jr.,’ ‘Chicago’

Burien’s Hi-Liners Holding Auditions For ‘Willy Wonka Jr.,’ ‘Chicago’

Burien’s Hi-Liners will be holding auditions for the DownStage Center production of “Willie Wonka, Jr.” on April 21 and April 23, and for the Mainstage production of “Chicago, the... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Advertiser West Seattle Montessori Collecting Blankets & Coats For Needy

Advertiser West Seattle Montessori Collecting Blankets & Coats For Needy

Friend of the blog and Advertiser West Seattle Montessori and West Seattle Academy have been reaching out to the community each month this school year. “February marks our Blanket Drive,” says the... [Read more]

Former Highline School District Employee Facing Numerous Charges

Former Highline School District Employee Facing Numerous Charges

The King County Prosecutor’s Office has charged Jayson Boehm, formerly employed by the Highline School District as substitute stadium manager at Memorial Field, with four counts of unlicensed practice... [Read more]

Holiday Fundraiser Party For Camp Waskowitz Is Sunday, Dec. 12th

Holiday Fundraiser Party For Camp Waskowitz Is Sunday, Dec. 12th

A holiday fundraiser party for Camp Waskowitz will be held from Noon – 3pm this Sunday, Dec. 12th, at the camp in North Bend. All proceeds from this event will go to a scholarship fund set up to help... [Read more]

Highline School District Announces Snow Make-Up & Conference Days

Highline School District Announces Snow Make-Up & Conference Days

Highline School District announced that the make-up days for last week’s snow days will be Friday, May 27th and Monday, June 27. Elementary school conferences have been re-scheduled for Dec. 16th... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Advertiser Dr. Jim Coleman’s Annual Stuffed Animal Drive Starts

Advertiser Dr. Jim Coleman’s Annual Stuffed Animal Drive Starts

Friend of The B-Town Blog and advertiser Jim Coleman, DDS, and crew are holding their annual Stuffed Animal Drive for children who visit the Highline Medical Center Emergency Rooms, and they’re looking... [Read more]

UPDATED: Highline Public Schools Closed Tuesday (2010)

UPDATED: Highline Public Schools Closed Tuesday (2010)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is from 2010: Highline Public Schools are now closed due to weather on Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Monday afternoon (Nov. 22nd) at 4:30pm, Highline Public Schools announced... [Read more]

Orphan Relief & Rescue’s 1st Annual heART Show & Auction Is Dec. 4th

Orphan Relief & Rescue’s 1st Annual heART Show & Auction Is Dec. 4th

Orphan Relief & Rescue’s First Annual heART Show and Silent Auction is coming Saturday, Dec. 4, from 6pm – 8pm, and will feature “evening of great art, good food, amazing stories... [Read more]

For Just $5, You Can Get A Letter From Santa Sent To Just About Anyone

For Just $5, You Can Get A Letter From Santa Sent To Just About Anyone

Discover Burien is sponsoring its annual “Letters to Santa” campaign, which is a great opportunity for Santa himself to communicate directly with your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, spouse,... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From St. Francis Of Assisi’s Harvest Festival

PHOTOS: Scenes From St. Francis Of Assisi’s Harvest Festival

BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke dropped in to Burien’s St. Francis of Assisi School’s annual Harvest Festival Friday night, which looked like a lot of fun for kids, as well as... [Read more]

Why Waldo The Wonder Blog Dog Will Win Saturday’s Wiener Dog Race

Why Waldo The Wonder Blog Dog Will Win Saturday’s Wiener Dog Race

This Saturday, Oct. 30th at 4pm, there will be a new entrant with an unfair advantage running in the wildly popular Wiener Dog Race in Olde Burien. His name is Waldo, and he will be the first differently-abled... [Read more]

Highline Public Schools Holding Two “Math Listening Tour” Parent Nights

Highline Public Schools Holding Two “Math Listening Tour” Parent Nights

Highline Public Schools will be holding two “Math Listening Tour” nights for parents and guardians of K-6 graders, on Thursday Nov. 4th or Monday, Dec. 6th from 6pm – 8:30pm at the ERAC Boardroom... [Read more]

REMINDER: “Night Of The Pumpkin” Is Friday Night At Community Center

REMINDER: “Night Of The Pumpkin” Is Friday Night At Community Center

REMINDER: “Night of the Pumpkin” will haunt the Burien Community Center and Dottie Harper Park from 6:30pm – 9pm this Friday night, Oct. 22nd. At this event, you can Learn the THRILLER... [Read more]

Hi-Liners Booster Club’s Open House/Costume Party Is Sunday

Hi-Liners Booster Club’s Open House/Costume Party Is Sunday

The Hi-Liners Booster Club will be holding an Open House and Costume Party on Sunday, Oct. 24th from 5:30pm – 8:30pm at The Annex, which is located on the corner of SW 144th and 4th Ave SW. According... [Read more]

Evergreen Campus Library Seeking Help To Purchase New Books

Evergreen Campus Library Seeking Help To Purchase New Books

White Center’s Evergreen Campus Library is seeking donations to help raise $2,000 for its library to provide students and teachers with the resources they need for reading, research and curriculum... [Read more]

Beware The Creature: Toxic Algae Still At High Levels In Lake Burien

Beware The Creature: Toxic Algae Still At High Levels In Lake Burien

Looks like the Creature from the B-Town Lagoon is still hanging (or should we say swimming) around – Miller/Walker Creek Steward Dennis Clark reports that this week’s tests of Lake Burien shows... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Highline Schools Foundation’s Oktoberfest Raises $36,000

PHOTOS: Highline Schools Foundation’s Oktoberfest Raises $36,000

Last Saturday night (Oct. 2nd), the Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence’s Oktoberfest (we were a sponsor) filled the hall at the Normandy Park Cove with festive people (some in costume), German... [Read more]

Burien Eagles Jr. Drill Team Open House Is Wednesday Night

Burien Eagles Jr. Drill Team Open House Is Wednesday Night

The Burien Eagles Jr. Drill Team will be holding an Open House from 6:30pm – 8pm on Wednesday, Oct. 6th, and girls ages 7–20 are invited to come learn about them. This will take place at Seahurst Elementary... [Read more]