The Vashon Island School District, buffeted by declining enrollment, a state funding formula that is wholly inadequate and a history of overspending, is facing another $246,000 in cuts, according to Superintendent Terry Lindquist.
GREG MCELROY: The Riptide staff this year works exceptionally well together.
Students at Carpe Diem Primary School just finished a month-long exploration of simple machines with a bang — they built an amusement park for stuffed mice.
During the past several weeks, a number of op-ed articles and letters to the editor have appeared in The Beachcomber debating the Israeli-Palestinian issues on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Memorial service on Monday
 High school to create volunteer directory.
Vashon Audubon will welcome University of Washington atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. His topic will be “The Great Windstorms of the Pacific Northwest.”
Pool is open at VIGCC
The Vashon Pool, operated by King County Parks and Recreation Division, will open Sunday, June 15, Father’s Day.
The annual performance of the Best of Open Mic, also known as B.O.O.M., will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, May 21, in the Vashon High School (VHS) theater.
McMurray Middle School “mathmagicians” did it again.
King County, the Vashon Park District, the Vashon Aquatic Club and the USA Swimming Foundation are teaming up to make water safety classes available to third and fourth graders at the county pool this summer.
