Schools

The Wurst is yet to come, neighbors. In fact, it’s this weekend! The 31st annual Great Wallingford Wurst Festival takes place Friday and Saturday (September 13-14) on the grounds of St. Benedict School (4811 Wallingford Avenue North). The festival is family-friendly, featuring lots of kid bouncies, games, crafts, a Biergarten, tons of homemade goodies for sale, plus lots of live entertainment on the outdoor stage. On Friday night, The Dudley Manlove Quartet will be playing for folks 21 and over in St. Ben’s Auditorium from 9:00pm…

B.F. Day families will be treated to a new playground  on school campus this fall, thanks in part to Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, King County Parks, private donations, the Fremont community and Chamber of Commerce, and the B.F. Day PTSA. While construction officially began on August 1, the playground committee is seeking a few volunteers to help with the equipment installation during the weekend of September 14-15. If you want to lend a hand, contact Kristin Anderson at [email protected].

Two Wallingford families have put out a "Call To Action" asking folks to join them in a protest/sit-in on the John Stanford Center grounds (not the school but Seattle Public Schools' downtown administrative offices, 2445 3rd Ave S ) on Thursday, August 8 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The protest is in response to their incoming Kindergartners being denied assignment to their older siblings' school, John Stanford International School (JSIS). In a letter to the community, Parnel Lettunich writes: Both the Lettunich and Cisero…

Shannon Conner, Assistant Principal for 8th Grade at Hamilton International Middle School, will take leave of her post so she can serve as Principal for McClure Middle School. In a letter to the Hamilton community, Shannon writes: Dear Hamilton International Community: I am writing this letter to you with very mixed emotions. Hamilton International has been such an ideal place for me to land and to begin my new career as an administrator.  Here I learned so much about the intricacies and…

Earlier in the year, we told you about the rise in the number of kids attending Hamilton in the 2013-14 school year. Initially, there was some speculation that the district would open an annex for incoming 6th graders at the John Marshall site on Ravenna Blvd. in Green Lake; however, that idea was taken off the table. Still, there are capacity management issues that remain, which will not only impact the school building, but also the traffic and parking around the…