As concerns grow about Vashon High Schoolers’ struggles with math, teachers at McMurray Middle School are spearheading programs they hope will better prepare their students for the rigors of high school math.
An unusually high number of players were injured during Friday night’s home football game. One injury halted play for 45 minutes.
King County officials say they will likely move forward with their proposal for a shortened hunting season at Island Center Forest, a plan that got mixed reviews at a public meeting last week.
When Cliff Goodman donated a case of his home-brewed beer to Vashon Community Care’s Labor of Love auction last year, he felt he was simply doing a good deed for the care center, where his wife Cara Aguilera works. However, when his various homemade ales — which had always been popular with his friends — quickly garnered top bids, Goodman began to think.
As the school year drew to a close last June, Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) began to hear from a handful of teenage girls who were already dreading their return to high school in the fall.
As organizers prepare for the Vashon Sheepdog Classic, which will take place at the end of this month, they’re hoping to again raise funds for Partners in Education (PIE) through a dog sponsorship fundraiser that’s part of the three-day sheepherding trials.
Vashon’s girls varsity soccer team, which has a history of success, won its first two games of the season last week. The girls beat Charles Wright, 4-1, at a home game on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Two days later they took down Cascade Christian in a shutout away game, 1-0.
Islander Chris Barnes’ road to drag racing began at a California art school in the late 1980s. As the publisher of a “zine” — a small photocopied magazine — Barnes went to a drag race thinking he’d write an article. Instead, he got hooked.
This school year a full-time substance abuse counselor will work to address an issue that has generated increasing concern on Vashon: the Island’s high rates of teen alcohol and marijuana use.
Vashon High School’s young football team took another tough loss in its second game of the season, falling to the Lakeside Lions, 48-7, at an away game last Friday.
King County officials will take feedback on a recent proposal to close Island Center Forest to everyone but hunters for two weeks next month at a public meeting next week.
The county hopes to close Island Center Forest to everyone but deer hunters for 17 days in October.
When Dan Kaufman and a small group of Islanders organized Welcome Vashon last winter, they had no idea how many people would show at the group’s kickoff event — where they hoped Vashon residents would brainstorm projects to make the Island a more welcoming place.
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