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]

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…

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 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]

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]

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]

Highline School District Expecting To Save $40,000 In Energy Costs This Year

The Highline School District announced Friday (Sept. 30) that its facilities department expects to save “at least $40,000 on energy costs this school year by employing a new energy conservation plan.” The... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Aviation High School Breaks Ground For New Permanent Campus

In a ceremony held just north and across the street from the Museum of Flight, VIPs today (Aug 23) broke ground at the new home of Highline School District’s Aviation High School. Founded in 2004,... [Read more]

Farewell Event For Highline School Superintendent Welch Is Aug. 24

Community members, parents, and Highline Public Schools staff are invited to a program honoring Superintendent John Welch on Wednesday, August 24, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. at the school district central office... [Read more]

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New Advertiser Tyrone Curry Sr. Running For Highline School District Board

Please welcome our latest Advertiser, Tyrone Curry, Sr., who is running for Highline School District Board Director, District #1. As we do with all our Advertisers, we’re giving Tyrone a forum to... [Read more]

Former Highline School District Athletic Assistant Sentenced To 13 Months

On Friday, July 22nd, former Highline School District Athletic Assistant Jayson Wayne Boehm was sentenced to 13 months for “conducting medical exams on students without a license.” According... [Read more]

Highline Schools Foundation Chimes In Its Support For ‘Music4Life’ Program

The Highline Schools Foundation announced this week that they have “joined the growing list of community organizations supporting the new Highline Music4Life™ program.”   In case you’re... [Read more]

Highline Public Schools Does Some Serious Re-Branding, Releases New Logo

Highline Public Schools recently re-designed their logo and messaging after holding numerous ‘branding committee’ meetings that began in late 2010 and continued through early 2011. The new... [Read more]

‘Odyssey: The Essential School’ Will Open To Students In Grades 9-12 Next Year

Beginning this fall, ‘Odyssey: The Essential School’ will be open to all students from throughout the Highline School District in grades 9 – 12. To prepare for this, they will be holding... [Read more]