The Evergreen School

The Evergreen School

The Evergreen School (formerly known as "The Evergreen School for Gifted Children") is an elementary through middle school located in Shoreline, Washington that educates highly capable students from preschool to eighth grade. The school was founded in 1963 by Edith Christensen, with an initial enrollment of six children. Enrollment as of September 2005 was 392 students, with an average of 16 students per classroom. The Evergreen School is accredited by the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS) and the Northwest Association of Schools & Universities (NASCU).

As of 2007, the head of school is Margaret Wagner. The school offers a set of special programs that include French, German, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, as well as photography (darkroom and digital), computer literacy, music, art and drama classes.

Achievements

In 2000, The Evergreen School became the 1000th school in the United States to have created a certified school yard habitat, sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation. [cite news|last=Lovejoy|first=Ann|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/love231.shtml|title=Evergreen School project is a boost to a wetland -- and outdoor education|publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=March 23, 2000|accessdate=2006-08-03]

In 2001, Kyle Haddad-Fonda, who represented the school, won the National Geographic Bee, competing against 5 million students in the United States. Haddad-Fonda is also the youngest person to be used as a "lifeline" on the television game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" [cite news|last=Denn|first=Rebekah|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/33475_geography01.shtml|title=Geography whiz kid takes on the world -- one more time:Bellevue's Kyle Haddad-Fonda captains U.S. team in B.C. Olympiad|publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=August 1, 2001|accessdate=2006-08-03] [cite news|last=Royston|first=Reggie|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0523_geobeewinner.html|title=Washington State's Three-time Finalist Wins National Geographic Bee|publisher=National Geographic|date=May 23, 2001|accessdate=2006-08-03] [cite news|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/24437_bee24.shtml|last=Dlouhy|first=Jennifer A.|title=Shoreline teen ices it, taking top prize in national geography bee|publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=May 24, 2001|accessdate=2006-08-03]

In 2003, the school's kindergarten-through-third-grade chess team won the National Elementary Chess Championship in Nashville, Tennessee. [cite news|url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/121823_tl214.html|title=Evergreen kids win chess championship|publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=May 14, 2003|accessdate=2006-08-03]

In 2005, King County gave the school the Green Globe Award for being a community environmental leader with its food composting and worm bin programs. [cite web|url=http://dnr.metrokc.gov/dnrp/green-globe-award/|title=King County Green Globe Award Winners (2005)|accessdate=2006-08-03] The school is responsible for reviving neighboring wetlands and a nearby creek which flows into Thornton Creek. [cite news|last=Kohli|first=Dipika|url=http://www.djc.com/news/en/11161687.html|title=Students test skills on local projects|publisher=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce|date=October 5, 2004|accessdate=2006-08-03]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.evergreenschool.org/ The Evergreen School official website]
* [http://washington.schooltree.org/private/Evergreen-002761.html The Evergreen School profile at schooltree.org]


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