District News from Various Sources

March 2012

UPDATE: Mercer Island High School teacher Karen Sherwood has won Outstanding Teacher of United States History for the State of Washington

MIHS teacher Karen Sherwood was notified recently that she has been awarded Outstanding Teacher of United States History for the State of Washington! More info...

Land Acquisition Update

Representatives from Mercer Island School District initiated an inquiry with representatives of Redeemer Lutheran Church about a potential sale to the school district in October of 2011. More info...

Mercer Island’s Destination ImagiNation teams are top performers in the annual regional tournament

The Mercer Island School District sent eight (8) teams to the Destination ImagiNation Regional tournament this year on March 3, 2012 at Pacific Middle School in Issaquah. More info..

District authorizes superintendent to sign land deal

The Mercer Island School District’s Board of Directors voted on March 1, 2012 to authorize School Superintendent, Dr. Gary Plano, to sign a contract to purchase land known as Stevenson Property and to continue negotiations with the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Mercer Island for their property. More info...

Latest printed issue of the District News online now

This issue includes information about the special election on April 17, 2012 authorizing a $196,275,000 proposition to rebuild Mercer Island public schools. More info...

Mercer Island’s Destination ImagiNation teams are top performers in the annual regional tournament

The Mercer Island School District sent eight (8) teams to the Destination ImagiNation Regional tournament this year on March 3, 2012 at Pacific Middle School in Issaquah. More info...

Board to hold special meeting to consider land purchase and to reconsider district sponsorship of a Voter’s Pamphlet

Board President, Janet Frohnmayer, and Vice-President Adair Dingle met with Superintendent Gary Plano to finalize the March 1, 2012 special board meeting agenda. More info...

February 2011

MISD Administrator Jennifer Wright receives the Washington Music Educators 'Friend of Music' Award.

Most people know Jennifer Wright as the Mercer Island School District’s Director of Learning and Technology Services. Some know that she was a science teacher at the high school before her current position, but less known is her consistent and unwavering support for the district music program. More info...

Mercer Island High School’s International Entrepreneurship class welcomes delegates from Indonesia

On February 14, 2012, students enrolled in the International Entrepreneurship course at MIHS welcomed a delegation of eight leaders in enterprise and innovation from Indonesia. More info...

Mercer Island High School teacher Karen Sherwood receives an award for Outstanding Teacher of United States History 

On February 14, 2012, MIHS teacher Karen Sherwood received the Outstanding Teacher of United States History award from the Cascade Chapter of the National Societyof the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). More info..

School Board approves Bond Resolution No. 592 to modernize and expand facilities

By a vote of 3-1 (one member absent), the Mercer Island School Board formally approved bond resolution No. 592, providing for a ballot issue to be submitted to the Mercer Island community on April 17, 2012 in the amount of $196,275,000. More info...

Mercer Island schools are recipients of the 2011 Washington Overall Achievement Award

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education recently announced that Lakeridge Elementary and Island Park Elementary have been awarded the Washington Overall Achievement Award given to the top 5% of schools in the elementary, middle and high school categories. More info...

Mercer Island students storm the stage at area DECA competition

Fifty-five (55) Mercer Island High School students, who are enrolled in Marketing, Accounting, and International Entrepreneurship, qualified to compete at the 2012 DECA State Career Development Conference March 8th-10th at the Meydenbauer Center. More info...

Islander Middle School student Jasper Hugunin’s award-winning educational video game will be featured in the second White House Science Fair

“If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you're a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too.” These were President Obama’s remarks from the 2010 White House Science Fair. More info...