Award-winning art will be on display tonight at the annual Mercer Island PTA Reflections awards ceremony tonight at 7 p.m. in the MIHS Auditorium.
Local art and musical student talent will be on display at 7 p.m. tonight in Mercer Island High School of the National PTA Reflections Art Program Mercer Island PTA Council Awards. The Reflections Program is a National PTA and WSPTA cultural arts competition. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. This year's theme is "Diversity means ... ". "We were proud to send many of the outstanding winners to represent our district to the state competition," said MI PTA Council Reflection co-chair Ivy Suzuki-Jaecks. "The students have done an amazing job with their entries." The MISD Reflections Award Ceremony is at 7:30pm inside the MIHS …
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Mercer Island High School
9100 SE 42nd St, Mercer Island, WA
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Three local organizations bring Island residents together through food.
The Mercer Island Community Harvest Dinner put on by Mercer Island PTA group MI Food Revolution, TENDER: farmers, cooks, eaters, and Experience Food Project on Thursday, Sept. 22, brought a huge turnout. So much so, in fact, that the event at Islander Middle School, which was prepared to serve 200 people, filled to capacity almost before they were done prepping the food. Doors opened for dinner at 6pm and by 6:25pm, families were being turned away by droves. According to Linda Floyd, PTA volunteer with MI Food Revolution the Community Dinner is a way to "spur a culture change on the Island with kids and foods." Their ultimate goal is to get fresh, local, organic food into the school cafeterias. Chef Tom French, director of Experience Food …
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Islander Middle School
8225 SE 72nd St, Mercer Island, WA
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The Mercer Island Band Boosters Club hosted Tournament of Roses President Richard Jackson and First Lady Sharon on a tour of Mercer Island from the sundeck of a custom 73-foot yacht.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Mercer Island Band Booster Club members played host to Tournament of Roses President Richard Jackson and First Lady Sharon Jackson last week aboard "Mollie" — a custom 73-foot yacht — on a Lake Washington cruise. Mercer Island is Jackson's third visit of 21 villages, towns and cities around the globe who have pledged to send a marching band to take part on the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 2, 2012. It is estimated that travel costs for the trip from Seattle to Pasadena, which bands or band members must pay, is $1,500 per person. The boat, skippered by owner Sam LeClercq, embarked from the Mercer Island Beach Club and circumnavigated the Island and paused briefly near the lakefront estates of Microsoft high-tech…
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Mercer Island Beach Club
8326 Avalon Dr, Mercer Island, WA
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