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Seattle Schools Community Forum: This and That And Good News in our District

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This and That And Good News in our District

Tomorrow, Sunday, April 1, Seattle Children's Hospital will be giving away bike helmets on a first-com, first-serve basis.  They have 400 helmets to give away and your child must be present to be fitted properly.  This is happening at the Ballard Commons Park from 10 am to 1 p.m.

Salmon Bay's Leo Pfeifer won first place in C-Span's documentary video contest.  He won $3,000 and his video will be aired on C-Span on April 25th.  This is the second year in a row Leo has placed in the top tier of this competition.  Students in grades 6-12 created videos with the theme, "The Constitution and You."  They had to select any provision of the Constitution to work on.  Over 1200 videos were submitted. 

Congrats to Leo, his parents and his teachers at Salmon Bay.

In the Global Reading Challenge competition, two Seattle teams have advanced to the next round: Alki Elementary and Adams Elementary.  Those two teams will compete against a Canadian team in video conference competition on April 13th.

Adams was the city winner with Alki also qualifying.   The competition is between teams made up of 4th and 5th