Let’s see what’s going on, around the island…. • It’s a quiet wedding, but a cool deal – Aaron King (he runs the Palace Theatre) and Ashley Wright are getting hitched this weekend…congrats, you two! • Jenny at the Whale Museum tells me that actor Tom Hanks & his family dropped by the museum yesterday….cool.  Continue Reading

The Band sounded great in the parade on Sunday! Kudos to Janet Olsen for pulling it all together – and Janet has folks to thank, too! Here’s more: The Community Band’s participation in this year’s 4th of July Parade could not have happened without a lot of help. Thank you high school and middle school  Continue Reading

Looks like we got a good one – I enjoyed listening to new superintendent Rick Thompson last January when he met with the community as part of the search process, and had a chance to visit with him yesterday at the end of a long day that saw him sworn-in at noon & diving into  Continue Reading

It’s a great way to end a high school career – to grow up on an island, and then go through graduation here and review all the teachers, parental love, and friends who help send you on your way. Saturday night was the 98th installation of the ritual for Friday Harbor High School, and it  Continue Reading

Towards the end of this month, it’s time for Leisha Holmes’ Club Mud workshops for kids…these have been going for years, as you can tell by the pictures here. So, for fun, I put together some photos from past years that I got from Leisha, which include some kids who are sophs & juniors in  Continue Reading

It takes a lot to get organized for our fall sports – when there is over 250 kids who need to get set into teams & uniformed & all that. Our soccer board (The San Juan Island Soccer Association) does a super job year in & year out getting things going…and there’s one small thing  Continue Reading

Did you know that graduation for Friday Harbor High this year is going to be at 5pm on June 12th (that’s a Saturday!) It’s mostly been at 6pm the last few years…don’t come late!

You may have noticed the sign above at Friday Harbor High – it was erected in recognition of our being named as a high achieving school by OSPI, the state folks who oversee school performance. I checked with FHHS principal Fred Woods (who I believe is a big part of our having an effective academic  Continue Reading

This adds a little bit to Rod Turnbull’s report from mid-week last week for the playoff picture for the spring sports, based on last weekend’s results – softball, soccer, baseball, golf, girls’ tennis, and track, with soccer in their playoff game today at Nooksack at 4. Here’s the scoop: Friday Harbor Wolverines Spring Playoff Update  Continue Reading

Spring Street International School‘s annual “Spring Fling” auction and community celebration is held at the San Juan Island Yacht Club. This year’s event will be May 8th, 2010, 5:00 to 8:30 pm. Here’s the scoop, from the San Juan Island Events Calendar. Here’s more about the auction items – see ya there! Here’s  a bit  Continue Reading

Couple of weeks ago you might have seen truckloads of baseball & softball players parading through town…Update reporter Sophie Rice did, and shot some photos that we put into a little slideshow for you….here’s the pictures of the kids, and the rest of the story from Kris Brown at Printonyx: Friday Harbor Baseball & Softball  Continue Reading

The Community Dinner is today – see ya there! I asked Liz what was on the menu – here’s the scoop: Please come join us on Tuesday, Cuatro de Mayo for a great meal and entertainment! The Chef 1.0 and 2.0 students will be serving up tacos, the Culinary Arts students will be making fresh  Continue Reading

The Children’s Festival this past weekend was another reminder why this is a great place to raise kids – this free event has been going on since 1991, and brings together the children of the island to play & get painted & dress up & explore & dance with each other & with their parents  Continue Reading

Twelve-year old Adora Svitak addresses the topic: What adults can learn from kids. Dig it!

The cooking classes at FHHS are at it again – this is gonna be great! See ya there!

You know how you use Microsoft Word every day (or everybody in your office does) and you could use a little brushup, or maybe even training from the very start? Same with Powerpoint & Excel… At Skagit Valley College (San Juan Center), I teach three-hour workshops that get you up to speed with the programs  Continue Reading

Yep, it’s time for kindergarten signups next week – here’s more from Marty Robinson: Kindergarten Registration Friday Harbor Elementary School welcomes the Kindergarten class of 2010-2011! Registration for next year’s Kindergarten class will be held on Tuesday and Wedneday, April 13 and 14 in the school office. Parents who wish to enroll their children for  Continue Reading

It’s cool – the Fire Department helps the Easter Bunny hide dozens of eggs, and then hundreds of island kids race to find the Easter eggs as well as the prize eggs. It’s a gathering of the tribe each year at Jackson’s Beach overlooking Griffin Bay on San Juan Island in Washington state in the  Continue Reading

Yesterday our young soccer team took on Cascade Christian from down below Seattle… the visitors took a 5-0 lead in the first half to cruise to a 6-0 victory. Our Wolverines wrote the story for the second half, though, as they allowed an early goal before shutting down CC the rest of the way. It  Continue Reading

Just visited with FHHS tennis coach Dick Barnes to see how the season’s going…he’s liking what he sees. At present, he has Rebecca Leff at #1 singles, with Emma Ytander at #2; in doubles he has Hannah Snow & Jenny Dunn (#1) and Shanti Neff-Baro & Alex MacDonald (#2) as he heads into spring break  Continue Reading

You know Forks – yep, that’s the place the “Twilight” movies were filmed… Well, the Friday Harbor boys soccer team got to finally get their season underway with Forks Friday afternoon after their first three opponents postponed matches till later in the year…and they got off on the right foot for the first three quarters  Continue Reading

Click here to see the evening. You know it’s fun – to make a little coin for the PTA at the elementary school, last year they held the first Mr. San Juan Contest, which John Sable won. This year’s contest featured Bob Benz, Patrick Minney, Scott Zehner, Geody Howden, Donny Galt, and Dan Deshon as  Continue Reading