The MIHS Islander Week Week
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June 8
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Review Written and Compiled by Isabel Funk
M I H S L O C A L
• Nineteen students competed at the Bio Expo Fair. They competed in eight categories against over 300 students from other schools and 11 Islanders were recognized with awards: Art: Evie Clarke, 1st place Career Pathways: Valentina Muti, 1st place; Tory Beutelspacher, 2nd SeaVuria Kenya collaboration: Lilly Evans-Riera and Isabelle Knowles, 1st place Molecular Modeling: Collette Li, 2nd place; Zach Leung, Honorable mention Journalism: Kayla Lee, 3rd place Creative Writing: Tess Ritcey, 3rd place; Shelby Shepherd, Honorable Mention Teaching: Hannah Sidney, 3rd place
• The Senior Assembly on Wednesday honored the graduating class and was a last chance for many seniors to be recognized and to celebrate their time at MIHS. Graduating ASB seniors passed down their positions to rising juniors and seniors.
• Wednesday was the last day of school for the Class of 2018, who graduated Thursday evening at Key Arena. • The Mercer Island Farmers Market began their 2018 season on Sunday. They will be open every Sunday morning until October 7. • A fourth-grade class at Northwood visited their penpals, residents at Aljoya on Mercer Island, with whom they have been communicating through monthly letters all year. • Michele Saunders, teacher at Mercer Island’s Sunnybeam preschool, was honored by the Mercer Island Preschool Association for being an Exceptional Educator. Photo courtesy MI Reporter
• On Thursday, Kim Kardashian West told Alice Johnson, a non-violent drug offender, that she would be freed from serving the rest of a lifetime sentence. Kardashian West pled Johnson’s case to Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, convincing him to pardon Johnson.
Photo courtesy MIHS
• The Washington State Supreme Court brought an end to the McCleary decision in a unanimous vote. The McCleary decision of 2012 found that Washington state had violated its constitution by underfunding K-12 schools, and forced lawmakers and the governor to pour billions of dollars into the school system. • Google stopped running political ads in Washington state following a lawsuit initiated by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who claimed that tech firms haven’t been following state laws on political ad transparency. • Over 200 new laws went into effect this Thursday, including a package of bills intended to address sexual misconduct in the workplace.
• On Sunday, Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man was shot and killed by police. • Trump arrived in Canada on Friday to partake in the G-7 summit, a meeting of America’s closest allies, where he argued that Russia should be readmitted to the G-7.
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