Recent Ballard High graduate Jaya Flanary will be screening her documentary entitled “Mega School” on Wednesday, August 24, at 7 p.m. in the Ballard High School Auditorium (1418 NW 65th St). Flanary, along with Ballard High School student co-producers Sophie DeGreen and Ruby Anderson, created the 30 minute documentary to inform the community about the […]
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Locals host rally to protest Loyal Heights Elementary expansion
Loyal Heights Elementary parents and students, along with members of the community, will host a rally to protest the expansion of the school. The rally will be held this Friday, June 10, at the school (2511 NW 80th St) from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Many locals have expressed their anger about the planned expansion […]
Loyal Heights Elementary to perform The Wizard of Oz
Loyal Heights Elementary is currently busy preparing for their fifth consecutive musical theatre production, The Wizard of Oz. The Loyal Heights Theater Arts Group has made a name for itself presenting professional performances that wow local audiences each and every year. This year’s performance is sure to be just as fantastic! The Wizard of Oz team […]
Ballard filmmaker releases “tween” documentary
Last June, My Ballard featured a post about local filmmaker and Loyal Heights Elementary parent Terence Brown who was producing a documentary featuring the story of local “tweens”. Brown has emailed in to report that the documentary, entitled Before, recently had its online premier. Before delves into the challenges that students face during the transition between elementary and middle school. […]
Group creates petition to save Loyal Heights Elementary playground
As the My Ballard team reported on Februrary 11, a group of parents, friends and neighbors from the Loyal Heights Elementary community have banded together to try and save the fate of the playground on the school grounds. Loyal Heights Elementary is set to undergo a major expansion starting in 2016 to accommodate the increasing demand of […]
Loyal Heights Elementary nominated for landmark status
Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board is set to consider nomination of the Loyal Heights Elementary School (2501 NW 80th St) for landmark status. The board will deliberate on the decision on Wednesday, February 4, at 3:30 p.m. in the Seattle Municipal Tower (700 5th Ave, 40th Floor, Room 4060). Locals are invited to attend the meeting and give their opinions on […]
Loyal Heights Elementary set to present Alice in Wonderland this weekend
Loyal Heights Elementary is excited to present Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr. this weekend at the Ballard High School Auditorium (1418 NW 65th St). The company has been working on the performance for months are are excited to present it to the local community. Producer/Choreographer Bret Ashlee Watson reports that the entire student body was invited to audition for […]
Ballard girl wins for 3-minute claymation
Loyal Heights Elementary student, Ellie Dynes is one of 11 winners of the 2011 Seattle Times / Seattle International Film Festival “3 Minute Masterpiece contest.” Times editors and SIFF staffers watched nearly 100 productions before narrowing down to the winning selections. Dynes piece is a claymation short called “Piggiepalooza.” Here is a little about the […]
Loyal Heights Elementary honored for overall excellence
Loyal Heights Elementary is one of ten schools in the Seattle School District honored this morning for winning the statewide Washington Achievement Award for overall excellence. The schools were selected based on their statewide assessment data for the three previous years. Loyal Heights won the same award in 2009. Other Seattle schools honored at a […]
Neighborhood schools score high marks
When Seattle Public Schools released a new ranking of all schools in the district this morning, two of the top 12 ended up being right here in the neighborhood. Loyal Heights Elementary and North Beach Elementary both received the highest ranking of 5. That ranking means a high number of students pass state tests and that […]
Loyal Heights Elementary Art Walk on Thursday
Loyal Heights Elementary (2511 NW 80th St) will be transformed into an art gallery on Thursday evening for the Loyal Heights Elementary Annual Art Walk. A Loyal Heights student works on a piece of the Artist-in_Residence project. From 6:30 to 8 p.m., the hallways and lunchroom will have art work on display from each classroom, […]
Loyal Heights hosts school boundary meeting
Loyal Heights Elementary will be hosting a meeting on the Seattle Schools’ new school boundary maps and I-1033 Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. School Board members Peter Maier and Sherry Carr have been invited to answer questions at the Loyal Heights Elementary Cafeteria (NW 80th & 25th Ave NW). The revised boundary […]
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