I don’t think I know any­one who works hard­er for the schools than Elisa Howard, or with bet­ter heart. After the suc­cess of the fundrais­er this week­end (here’s more), the Pur­ple & Gold prez had a ton of folks to point out as the ones who made it all happen…here’s more: It was a suc­cess­ful  Con­tin­ue Reading

The final num­ber will prob­a­bly change, but Pur­ple & Gold’s Elisa Howard told me this after­noon that we raised over $53,000 at last night’s BBQ fundrais­er & auc­tion. When the final tal­ly is in, it may even exceed that, after expens­es are backed out & new dona­tions are backed in. The evening was a fun  Con­tin­ue Reading

FHHS Ath­let­ic Direc­tor Rod Turn­bull has pulled togeth­er a list of what’s hap­pen­ing in the com­ing play­offs for our spring sports — here’s the scoop:

FHHS Ath­let­ic Direc­tor Rod Turn­bull has pulled togeth­er a list of what’s hap­pen­ing in the com­ing play­offs for our spring sports — here’s the scoop:

I just got this nice list from Mary Elford of what they have at the Sports Fundrais­er & BBQ that’s over at Beaver­ton Val­ley Busi­ness Park at 5pm on Saturday…there are 128 things  on the list, which you can see by click­ing here: Hi!  As you know On Sat­ur­day, May 2nd Pur­ple and Gold is  Con­tin­ue Reading

I just got this nice list from Mary Elford of what they have at the Sports Fundrais­er & BBQ that’s over at Beaver­ton Val­ley Busi­ness Park at 5pm on Saturday…there are 128 things  on the list, which you can see by click­ing here: Hi!  As you know On Sat­ur­day, May 2nd Pur­ple and Gold is  Con­tin­ue Reading

I asked FHH­S’s Pur­ple & Gold why folks should come to this week­end’s fundrais­er (here’s more on the San Juan Cal­en­dar), which hopes to raise $45K to keep sports hap­pen­ing until the Novem­ber 7th vote rein­states the programs…Elisa Howard says it’s going to be a good time: It is our goal to raise $45,000 at the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Quick notes: The base­ball express rolled on, as the boys thumped Gran­ite Falls Fri­day night 9–0 before sweep­ing two at Orcas on Sat­ur­day. The soft­ball girls lost their dou­ble­head­er at Orcas Sat­ur­day, while the soc­cer boys near­ly jumped Wash­ing­ton High in Taco­ma Fri­day night, rid­ing Conor Lan­phere’s goal to a 1–1 tie till the hosts  Con­tin­ue Reading

Just received this note from schools super­in­ten­dent Michael Soltman.…as you know, the school board cut the fund­ing for school-fund­ed sports last week. Now, the schools are look­ing for anoth­er enti­ty to work with on this, so they’re get­ting a cam­paign ready to reach their goals, with Island Rec. Here’s more: Island Rec and SJISD Announce  Con­tin­ue Reading