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Good News September 25, 2018

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Good News September 25, 2018

Christ’s Church hosted a back-to-school BBQ for scholars at Sacajawea Middle School

We would like to thank Christ’s Church for hosting a back to school BBQ for scholars at Sacajawea Middle School! Scholars received a BBQ lunch, school supplies, uniforms, and haircuts. This is in support of strategic plan Goal 2 The Whole Child: Thriving, Confident, Responsible Individuals.

An estimated 55 families attended the event and were supported with over 150 bags of supplies.

Would the following individuals please come forward to be recognized:

  • Dory Bronger, Outreach Director
  • Deborah Hong, Volunteer Youth Outreach Leader

A huge thanks to all who collaborated to make this event a very fun and positive experience for students as they kicked off a new school year!

The Multi-Service Center of Federal Way’s hosted a Back2School Resource Fair 

We are grateful for the Multi-Service Center of Federal Way’s support of our scholars with the Back2School Resource Fair! The Federal Way Public Schools Office of Equity for Scholar and Family Success partnered with the Service Center to support this event through the School House Washington Grant. Our kindergarten through twelfth grade students who attended the event received school supplies, clothing and other helpful resources to start the year ready to learn.

Over 175 families attended the event and over 450 scholars were provided with backpacks and school supplies. 

Will the following individuals please come forward to be recognized?

  • Linsay Foster, Scholar Support Navigator
  • Maju Qureshi, Employment & Education Supervisor

We appreciate the Multi-Service Center’s commitment to our scholars. Efforts like these support our strategic plan Goal 2 The Whole Child: Thriving, Confident, Responsible Individuals.


CAMSS Shelters donated $5,000 to Lake Grove Elementary to help support enrichment opportunities 

We would like to thank CAMSS Shelters for their generosity in donating $5,000 to Lake Grove Elementary to help support enrichment opportunities for our scholars! These funds will help our scholars attend field trips and purchase materials for their classrooms.

Would Kayla Euker, Program Manager for CAMSS Shelters, please come forward to be recognized for this effort?

Schools can’t do it alone and we appreciate your support of strategic plan Goal 3 Active Learners: Engage, Empowered, Critical Thinkers. Thank you for your support of our scholars!

Mirror Lake Elementary Back-to-School Bash led by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church

The Mirror Lake Elementary Back to School Bash led by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church was a big success! St. Luke’s provided backpacks, food, school supplies and haircuts. This is in alignment with the district strategic plan Goal 2 The Whole Child: Thriving, Confident Responsible Individuals.

An estimated 300 families attended the event and were supported with over 220 backpacks and 100 bags of supplies.

We would like to recognize St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Pastor Dan Weber for this support.

This is a great example of what can happen when schools and community groups work together to make great things happen for kids.

Federal Way Open Doors Graduation

Tonight we would like to recognize our Federal Way Open Doors graduates who have persisted to graduation — Goal 5 of our strategic plan. We are so proud of them and are excited to recognize this great achievement now. I will first read bios of all graduates. After I have read the bios, graduates will then come up individually to receive their diplomas in the order their bios were read.

Tiger  has an amazing story of resilience and strength. He has overcome many obstacles and risen to the top with tenacity that is inspiring. Tiger is an amazing artist whose dream job is to be a self-employed tattoo artist. He plans to attend college next year, and currently is working two jobs to set himself up for success financially so he is ready to take on college.