Recommendations for Class of 2013:

Organize a Shorecrest Blood Drive (two allowed per school year).

Lead a Literacy Awareness “Read Across America” endeavor.

Plan activities for Black History Month or other cultural study.

Conduct charitable, educational events to benefit Shorecrest, local elementary schools or the entire district.

Shorecrest History Project - potential book that would be of interest to former staff and alumni - oral history interviews and researched history - final project would be in essay/book form

History of Shorecrest sports teams - mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old annuals and newspapers to get pictures and names - final project would be in photo essay form. Examples would include the 1976 and 2009 Boys Soccer State Champions and the 1975 Boys Baseball State Champions.

History of Shorecrest ASB/leadership - mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old annuals and newspapers to get pictures and names - final project would be in photo essay form

History of Shorecrest drama - mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old annuals and newspapers to get pictures and names, also working with Linda Johnson, former longtime Drama teacher - final project would be in photo essay form

History of Shorecrest Loch - mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old annuals to get pictures and names - final project would be in photo essay form

History of Shorecrest Piper- mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old newspapers to get pictures and names - final project would be in photo essay form

History of Shorecrest music program- mostly in photographs with some explanation - would require going back through old annuals and newspapers to get pictures and names - final project would be in photo essay form

Organize alumni game (like alumni basketball old grad years vs. even grad years)- could be a number of students doing it, one for each sport

Buddy program of a varsity sport to little kids interested in that sport

Event that unites special needs students at Shorecrest with the rest of the school

Event that benefits student body/ Shorecrest culture

Johanna Phillips, Shorecrest Activity Coordinator, is interested in working with any students who are considering putting on an event for the student bodyy, in the realm of ASB/School Culture.

For 2011-2013: Senior Projects may NOT be partner projects (except for Mr. Shorecrest and the Candy Cane Dash). Creating new clubs and student groups are NOT suitable topics.

Johanna.Phillips@shorelineschools.org
Shorecrest Activity Coordinator

Passionate about art? Create a student art gallery to utilize the spaces in the attendance, counseling and main offices. Create or find the artwork, make a plan for an aesthetic way to exhibit the pieces (shelves, frames), and create a system to regularly rotate student art.

Kristi Queen
Kristi.queen@shorelineschools.org

Serve as the Shorecrest Homework Club Coordinator of tutors.

Kristi.queen@shorelineschools.org

Create a Shorecrest recycling process and station for old cell phones, calculators, and batteries.

Our on-campus Greenhouse and garden provide opportunities for a Senior Project. Create a sustainable garden or grow seedlings for spring fundraisers.

PTSA Embrace Shorecrest

Create a large, re-usable run-through sign for sports teams to use. Perhaps use a nylon material like the flags, add the SC logo, and divide into 4 sections attached by Velcro. Players could run through it, it would break apart, but it could be put back together again for later use. Another way to “go green” and save on supply and paper waste!

Assist Shoreline PTA Council Family Services with:

Fall Teen Gift Drive

Fall/Spring Shoe Drive for the WORKS or new shoes for teen gifts

Fall/Spring Collection of prom clothing and shoes for Prom Shop

Spring Collection of hygiene products for Back-to-School event

Co VPs Family Service
Mary Mehlert
shorelineptafs2@gmail.com
Jenny Brown
shorelineptafs1@gmail.com

Create an intramural league for Shoreline for one or more sports or ultimate Frisbee.

Kristi Queen
Kristi.queen@shorelineschools.org

Ridgecrest Elementary has a student garden. Opportunities for senior projects include art, plantings, a worm bin, compost station, and a rolling cart for handicapped students. Other ideas would be welcome like how to attract bees, butterflies, and birds, bird house, stepping stones, etc. Ridgecrest also would love help coordinating a game night, family dance, talent show, science fair, fundraising auction, spaghetti dinner/fundraising 6th grade camp, heritage or multicultural event, or an event around Dr. Seuss’ birthday, March 2nd.

Mary Sierchio
sierchiomary32@gmail.com
206-361-7931

Coordinate a schoolyard habitat program at Lake Forest Park Elementary. Organize volunteers, coordinate Embrace Shoreline, design recess outdoor programs, and get creative!

Terry Williamson, LFP PTA
Fishhawk4@comcast.net

Create a birdbath or water source for a wildlife habitat at Briarcrest Elementary.

Fleming_kathleen@msn.com

Organize and implement an event at Briarcrest Elementary, something akin to a carnival in the fall or spring (Harvest Bowl or Spring Fling) with booths, games, and prizes.

Kristi Queen
Kristi.Queen@shorelineschools.org

Holly Rodin
Hol.rod@comcast.net
206-774-0353

Coordinate a tutoring program at the Catholic Community Services After-School Youth Tutoring Program, Jackson Park Housing. The Youth Tutoring Program is an enrichment program for vulnerable first through twelfth grade students who live in the low- and mixed-income public housing communities in Seattle. Volunteers work with individual or pairs of students. In addition to offering academic support, volunteers serve as role models and friends to the students, and help them build skills in reading and math, get help with homework, and strengthen their sense of self-esteem and self-respect.

Sarah Waugh, Jackson Park Youth Tutoring Program Director, SarahWa@ccsww.org

Elizabeth Simmons-O’Neill jeezl@comcast.net

Help Shorecrest alum and soccer icon Michelle Akers rescue abused horses via her non-profit venture Horse Rescue and Outreach, Inc. Read the Seattle Times feature article from December 24, 2009, and visit the website.Hol.rod@comcast.net

Visit www.michelleakershorserescue.com/

Design a project to comfort children placed into emergency care via Survive the Night, a non-profit started by a 2000 Shorecrest graduate. Past support included the assembly of bags with pajamas, underwear, toothbrush, toothpaste and a small soft toy to comfort a child on the first night away from home.

Lori Gagnon
logagnon@gmail.com
Visit www.survivethenight.org

Work with Shoreline Soccer Clubs to plan an end-or-season celebration at Third Place Commons. Contact all the Shorelake teams, select a day in the fall after the regular season, coordinate with Third Place Commons, find a Master of Ceremonies, and coordinate refreshments.

Sarah Phillips
SPhillips@ci.lake-forest-park.wa.us
Shorelake Soccer

Organize, register and coach a U-10 youth soccer team. Coaching clinics are available during June and July and practices start in August. Games start after Labor Day and go through mid-November.

Patrick Taylor (former SC teacher)
816-6808
ptaylor@e-newmark.com

Help Lake Forest Park residents get easy-to-read house numbers in front of their homes so police, fire, and other emergency personnel can find the house. Create a brochure on how to make house numbers and house number holders, or provide materials so homeowners can make their own easy-to-read numbers. The LFP Community Services Commission is willing to work with a senior.

Sarah Phillips
SPhillips@ci.lake-forest-park.wa.us
Community and Government Affairs

Work with the City of Lake Forest Park to build a Rain Garden on your parents’ or citizen volunteer’s property. The City would provide specifications and instructions on how to construct the Rain Garden and might use the project as an example of Low Impact Development techniques. Students can create a brochure and apply for a mini-grant for their construction.

Sarah Phillips
SPhillips@ci.lake-forest-park.wa.us
Community & Government Affairs

The Hepatitis Education project promotes awareness, improves prevention, and increases testing and access to care for those who are infected by Hepatitis C which is the most prevalent blood borne infection in the U.S. Explore opportunities to provide education and outreach in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.

Therapeutic Health Services
Ben Ross, 206-546-9766
Center for Human Services
206-362-7282

Hopelink Shoreline-LFP had their interior painted and long expanses of wall are begging to be decorated. An artist could paint a food-related mural to spruce up the site.

Megan Sheridan
mailto:megans@hope-link.org

You have the power to make real, lasting social change! Youth Venture Seattle would like to support you in making your dreams for a better community a reality, helping you to craft and launch your own sustainable social venture. We provide training, support, and up to $1000 in seed funding to get you started, and are building a local (and global) movement of young change-makers for you to join. If you would like to take your senior project to the next level, check us out at http://genv.net/seattle or contact us (206.323.1848 or yvseattle@youthventure.org) today!

Alan Blickenstaff
ablickenstaff@youthventure.org

Apply for a community grant in the “Be Big in Your Community” contest. $75,000 in community grants will be awarded to BIG ideas that best demonstrate Clifford’s BIG ideas which are Share, Be King, Help Others, Be a Good Friend, Play Fair, Have Respect, Be Truthful, Believe in Yourself, Work Together and Be Responsible. Submit your idea not through June 30, 2010. Entry forms and official rules are on the website.

scholastic.com/cliffordbebig/contest

Assist a Shorecrest grad with a UNICEF Tap Project. Every 15 seconds a child dies from water-related diseases, ranking as the second-highest cause of preventable child death in the world. Host an event or activity to promote the Tap Project.

Sheela Bowler
tapprojectseattle@unicefusa.org
www.tapproject.org

Are you a high school student with a great environmental stewardship idea for your senior project? The Washington Foundation for the Environment (WFFE) hopes to encourage student participation in local environmental stewardship projects and enhance student understanding of community service and philanthropy. Multiple $500 grants are awarded annually to support student-initiated or student-implemented environmental projects meeting local community needs.

Visit www.wffe.org/StudentStewardship.htm

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has created a Kids For Wish Kids program to encourage students to develop, plan and lead fundraisers to support a local chapter. A packet with project ideas and guidelines is available.

Dayna Russell
dayna@northwestwishes.org
http://www.northwestwishes.org

Make a difference in one village in Sudan. Thuch Malual-Deng, Shorecrest grad 2004, is one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Help Thuch build or supply a school in his home village. Support cultivation efforts with tools or container gardening equipment. Their mud hut medical clinic has only very basic supplies.

Visit www.bike4sudan.com
LFP Rotarian, Craig Sternagel  
362-2419 lfpcraig1@msn.com

Interested in media production and want on-site training and studio opportunities? Intern with SCAN Community Media in Seattle, organized to develop outlets for diverse expression and community development through access to training, media tools and distribution channels.

Stephanie Brown
stephanieb@scantv.org
www.scantv.org
206-522-4758 ext. 102

Fundraise to purchase a traveling shower to take to places like Tent City. The cost to make one is $2000. Visit Seattle Times article, “UW Students Come Clean with ‘Traveling Shower’ for Homeless” at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com
/html/localnews/2008210554_homeless28m.html

Travel to Zihuatanejo and work with the schools there.

Siri.Hulbert@shorelineschools.org

Interested in international devt, water issues/rights, poverty alleviation, international education? Get involved with non-profit organizations to fundraise or create unique ways of getting involved. Visit www.katundu.org for info.

Kristin Higgins
higginskristin@hotmail.com

Organize or participate in a peace project, teaming with Neve Shalom, a village of Palestinians and Israelis living in peaceful coexistence. Learn about cultures and traditions while connecting the two cultures.

MaSanda LaRa Gadd
425-402-1457