Highline Schools

Former Highline School Board President Sili Savusa has won a regional Community Recognition Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA). ​

Former Highline School Board President Sili Savusa has won a regional Community Recognition Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA).

Sili Savusa accepts the 2012 Community Recognition Award from WASA Metro President Mike Nelson.

Sixteen school districts from across the Puget Sound area nominated individuals or organizations for the award.

Savusa was praised for her leadership on the school board which led  to adoption of a groundbreaking equity policy.  Highline is one of the few districts in the nation with a board policy specifically aimed at ensuring equitable educational outcomes for all students.

While on the board, Savusa pushed for elimination of the achievement gap. She set high expectations for involving parents in all aspects of the school system.

Savusa is currently the executive director of the White Center Community Development Association, a major partner of the school district. She serves on the state Achievement Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee, the core leadership team for the White Center Promise Neighborhoods Initiative, and co-chairs the Community Center for Education Results’ Community Network.

​​Two boxes of brand-new running shoes arrived at Cascade just in time for 18 track athletes to put them to use for their second track meet this season. A $600 Excel Grant from the Highline Schools Foundation was behind this exciting event.

Submitted by:  Claudia House/Cascade

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Two boxes of brand-new running shoes arrived at Cascade just in time for 18 track athletes to put them to use for their second track meet this season. A $600 Excel Grant from the Highline Schools Foundation was behind this exciting event.

Track athletes from Cascade showing off their new running shoes.

After students had applied for shoes and knew they had been selected as a recipient, they could barely wait to try on those much-needed running shoes.

Cascade was able to partner with Brooks, a local company who generously provided high quality running shoes for a low price, making the grant money go farther.

After students tried out their new shoes during track practice there were a lot of comments like, “I really like them, I can run better now."  

From all track athletes at Cascade a huge thank you to the Foundation and Brooks!

​On May 11 Seahurst Elementary School's Math Club hosted 170 of Highline's top 4th - 6th grade mathematicians for the annual Math Bonanza.  Read more about the event and see the results in the B-Town Blog.

The public is invited to attend the Arts and Academics Academy’s Arts Extravaganza, 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 4, at the Highline Performing Arts Center. 

The public is invited to attend the Arts and Academics Academy’s Arts Extravaganza, 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 4, at the Highline Performing Arts Center. 

​Ninth-grader Valerie Blakeslee will travel to Yangzhou, China, this summer as part of the Kent Yangzhou Sister Cities cultural exchange program. This is the first time a student from Mount Rainier has been selected for this program.

​Ninth-grader Valerie Blakeslee will travel to Yangzhou, China, this summer as part of the Kent Yangzhou Sister Cities cultural exchange program. This is the first time a student from Mount Rainier has been selected for this program.

Valerie Blakeslee

Valerie will spend three weeks with the family of a teen counterpart who will then spend three weeks in the U.S. with Valerie's family.

This opportunity is especially exciting for Valerie as Yangzhou, in the Jiangsu Province, is just a two-hour drive from her birthplace of Changzhou.  She will have an opportunity to see where she came from.