Annual Iowa Testing Opportunities

Iowa Testing info

@ Summit Park Bible Church ~ Anacortes
May 15th and 16th for 3rd-8th grade
May 17th all day for high school
-- Administrated by Bev Liddle

@ Emmanuel Baptist Church ~ Mount Vernon
May 10th and May 17th 3rd-8th grade
-- Administrated by Barb Peterson

May 30th-31st 3rd-8th grade
May 31st High school till 1pm 2
(2nd grade will be tested on the 30th and 31st, if needed)
--Administrated by Barb Peterson and Doug Peterson

Let Barb know what level and date you would like.
Barb Peterson
wafamilyfarm@gmail.com
360 202 4925

$20 mailed or paid at time of testing

Running Start Information: Where to Start?

If your high schooler is interested in Running Start (a program through Skagit Valley College allowing dual enrollment in high school and college), here is a quick run-down of the steps to take.  This is the time of year to start this process for Fall 2013.  :)

The Process for Running Start at the Mount Vernon SVC campus is:

1.  Submit the following 2 items (together in one envelope) and mail to:
Skagit Valley College - Admissions, 2405 E College Way, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

• SVC Application Form (including the "Information Release Form")
• these are available online (click link) or in high school counseling offices
• Official High School Transcript - showing a 2.25 GPA or higher

(If the student is a Home School student without an accredited transcript, the student must test into both College level English Writing (English 101) and College level Reading (Reading 107) in order to qualify to do Running Start.)

2.  The SVC Admissions office will email you a SVC Student ID#.
When you receive your student ID#, call the SVC Admissions office to set up a date and time to take the COMPASS Test - 360-416-7697 or 360-416-7600 ext 0.

3.  Take the COMPASS test at SVC.

4.  Right after taking the COMPASS test, go to the Admissions office to set up a "New Running Start Student Advising & Registration" appointment.  In the meantime, while you are waiting for the above mentioned advising & registration appointment time to arrive, do #5 below.

5.  See your high school counselor to get the "Running Start Enrollment Verification Form" filled out and signed.  This form will need to be filled out every quarter by your high school counselor prior to registering at SVC.  (If student is home schooled, you may need to go to the school district office for the signature on the Running start Enrollment Verification Form.  Home School students must also get a copy of the "Intent to Home School" form.)

6.   Attend the new student advising and registration session which you set up in Step #4 above.  Be sure to bring the signed Running Start Enrollment Verification Form from the high school with you to your SVC advising and registration apointment.  (If you are a Home School student without a transcript, you will also need to bring with you a copy of your "Intent to Home School" Form.

Play-Well Center Grand Opening in Kirkland - May 2nd

Play-Well Center Grand Opening & LEGO Engineering Camps! Play-Well Northwest Center opening in Kirkland, WA If you have been searching for a place where your child can create whatever they put their minds to, with more LEGO than they know what to do with.. Then Play-Well Northwest may be the place for you. Our Activity Center opens on May 2nd.  We will be running workshops, summer camps, classes, and birthday parties, exploring the world of engineering utilizing over 100,000 pieces of LEGO.    Click HERE for details on our May 18th Grand Opening Celebration and join us for the party!