The Mukilteo district school board will consider whether to OK a contract with the Mukilteo Education Association when the board meets on Monday, Sept. 13.

Everett Community College is seeking volunteers who can offer two or more hours per week to assist adults learning reading, writing, English speaking and basic math in its Adult Literacy Center.

The Mukilteo School District and the Mukilteo Education Association (MEA) have agreed to a new three-year contract.

Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon invites junior high and high school students to enter the “Living Evergreen” essay contest as part of the upcoming Evergreen State Fair.

The Mukilteo School District announces the sponsorship of the summer food service program for children. Meals will be made available at no charge to attending children ages 2 through 18.

ACES students celebrate exceeding their goals in the school's new Tame the Tiger reading incentive program. The bookworms enjoyed pizza and soda in their honor.

The Mukilteo Way Garden Club is pleased to announce it will offer up to $500 for a scholarship in the horticulture field to be used at Edmonds Community College.

Last year two students, Laura Pfeifer and Adanna Abakporo, took on a massive community service project as an assignment for French class. They worked with the nonprofit WaterAid to raise money for the creation of wells in the African country Burkina Faso.

After reexamining enrollment forecasts for the 2010-11 school year and comparing those with building capacities, the Mukilteo School District will lift an enrollment restriction at three elementary schools next fall. Those schools are Fairmount Elementary, Mukilteo Elementary and Serene Lake Elementary.

Overcrowded classrooms will cause 10 Mukilteo schools to limit new admissions next year to just those students who live within the school district boundary. It will be the sixth consecutive year that the Mukilteo School District has placed restrictions on admission to students who live outside of the school district.

No all-day program at Columbia next year

The public is invited to Explorer Middle School’s spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5.

Kamiak DECA Club is maintaining its winning ways, having competed at Area 2 Competition in Shoreline in January.

The Mariner marching band is one of 33 contestants in the third annual School of the Rock, Battle of the Bands, an event held in conjunction with the Bob Rivers Show on KZOK Radio where high school bands throughout the Puget Sound area are judged on their performance of rock music standards.

When tragedies like the Haiti earthquake occur, Americans show they are a compassionate people. They have been giving generously, even during a time of hardship here. But there are quiet tragedies taking place in our own communities that don’t garner attention but are, perhaps, no less heartbreaking.

High school students and their parents can learn about Everett Community College’s Running Start

To students at Harbour Pointe Middle School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on Monday, isn’t the only day of service. Every day is a day for helping others.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), National Arbor Day Foundation, and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) are calling on all fifth graders across the state to participate in the annual Arbor Day poster contest.