WASABI robotics, the finest in the land!

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Just got back from a screening of the movie Race to Nowhere sponsored by the Medina Elementary PTSA at Sammamish High. After the screening,  a nice panel, including psychiatrist Laura Kastner and self-styled, education reformer Scott Oki took questions.Very thought provoking evening… Not many answers but, lots of things to consider.

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Mindstorm Masters on TV

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The headline says it all. This is incredibly good news. Given all the resistance from parents and the legal trouble of Seattle School District after they selected the Discovering, I had wondered how the committee could ever even consider not choosing Holt but, apparently it was still a close call. The write-up at Bellevue Math Parents Blog has the nitty-gritty of the evening. I’m glad that finally someone pointed out how difficult it is for students to do homework and parents to support them when the books are not useful as reference materials…

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Here in Bellevue School District, we are fully involved in college application season. Most schools require applications to be mailed by January or February. Before sending them off, make sure the following has been completed, ideally before your winter break.

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Sammamish High School’s Operation Smile Club and Tutoring Club will be putting on a charity practice SAT tomorrow 10/27/09 at Sammamish High. The Tutoring Club will be providing the test and professional analysis of each participant’s results at no cost. All proceeds will go toward correcting cleft lips and palates in Third World countries.

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Very interesting poster about the costs (and benefits) of a college education. The site it comes from isn’t much. Mainly general information about college funding (obviously, an excuse for making money out of Google adwords listings… but, at least they contracted for this cool poster!!!) As we parents try to figure out how to pay for college for our students, it’s nice to see evidence that our investment makes a economic sense, in addition to the philosophical benefits. I don’t know if there are any statistics currently available on what percentage of students from Bellevue School District go off to college but the percentage seems high. Consider this:

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