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Bryson enjoys painting with watercolors for an assignment in the Library. Highland Terrace students integrate art into the curriculum throughout the year. |
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The Cape Fox Dancers and storyteller Roger Fernandes visited Highland Terrace to teach third graders about Northwest Coast Native Tlingit Tradition of dance, music, and storytelling. Third graders wore traditional clothing and danced together to the music. |
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We've finished another successful year of the HT Chess Club. Many thanks to Steve Pollak for leading the club, and to our ChessMates instructor who helped school the children in openings, mid game tactics, and the intricacies of the endgame. Thanks too to the club parents who contributed time as well. |
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Sixth grader, Lauren C., received the National PTA Award of Excellence for her poem titled My Tree in the Middle/Junior grade division, which includes students in grades six through eight. |
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In the spring of 2007, Ms. Barouri led fifth and sixth graders in a musical production of "Treasure Island." Relive the excitement with this short movie! |
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The Highland Terrace PTA and Library welcomed sports biographer Greg Brown for a full day visit to our school. Mr. Brown captivated students with his process of writing biographies on successful athletes as well as his stories about their lives. Click on the photo above to enjoy a short movie summarizing Greg's visit. Thank you Highland Terrace PTA! |
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Highland Terrace students have a long history of raising salmon in our library's salmon tank. The Highland Terrace community appreciates all of the time and energy that Mr. Ed Barnes has volunteered to teach students how to raise and release the salmon into Boeing Creek. Watch this short movie about our salmon raising project. |
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Congratulations to Mrs. Cameron and her fantastic math team who competed in Math Olympiad along with more than 500 Shoreline students. The team of Aden Nevler, Alex Payton, Liem Nguyen and Hayden Streitberger took home a 5th Place Team medal. Mathew Armstrong, Garrett Benofsky and 4th grader Devin Barrett took a 6th Place Team medal. Nice work against some very tough competitors! |
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Mrs. Edy uses one of our building's new document cameras and ceiling mounted projectors. The new projectors allow teachers to use their laptops and document cameras to maximize student learning. |
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Second Graders performed "Everybody Wants to be a Cat!" in a recent performance conducted by Mrs. Barouri. |
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Highland Terrace is home to a family of raccoons who enjoy climbing our Douglas Fir trees. You can learn more about raccoons by using Nettrekker! |
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Students from Ms. Bayle's class in Room 4 read "The Big Hungry Bear" with Mrs. Hedelund. |
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Highland Terrace fielded a small team to compete in the Meridian Park Elementary Chess Tournament this past Saturday, Jan. 13th at Meridian Park. Aden Nevler, Alex Payton, Joe Schermer and Violet Schermer all faced a large group of tough competitors on a snowy Saturday. Joe Schermer came home with a 10th place medal from amongst the 4th graders. The combined team score of Aden, Alex and Joe put Highland Terrace in 7th place in the 4-6th grade category. Good luck and nice job competitors. |
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Sixth graders help younger students make wise purchases at the Student Store. Student Store is open during scheduled times at lunch recess. All proceeds from student store help support ASB funded activities. |
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Mrs. Edy holds some of the wonderful teaching resources that were provided to her by the PTA. Highland Terrace teachers are very appreciative of all the PTA does to help teachers in the classroom. |
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Students from the Highland Terrace Chess Club won third place at a competition held at Seattle's Ingraham High School. Way to go chess champs! |
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Mrs. Severtsen, Ms. Tencate, and Mrs. Gronvold enjoyed our Halloween parade dressed as "The Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker." |
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First graders enjoy listening to an audiobook version of "Big Pumpkin" as Nina turns the pages. |
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Mr. Dennis Griner began teaching fifth grade at Highland Terrace in September, 2006! Welcome Mr. G! |
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Kindergarteners line up in front of the school for their first day of classes. We're off to a great start for the 2006-2007 school year at Highland Terrace! |
