Auburn School District No. 408
915 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA  98002

1/17/06

NEWS RELEASE
Auburn School Honor
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The nation will honor Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday, January 16.  Auburn schools are commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with various activities:

• Gildo Rey Elementary School held an assembly on Monday, January 9.
• Evergreen Heights Elementary School held an assembly on Friday, January 13.
• Isaiah Johnson, Mt. Baker Middle School assistant principal, is speaking at Ilalko Elementary School on Tuesday, January 17 at 2:40 p.m.
• Hazelwood Elementary School is having individual classrooms recognize the work and efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during classroom studies.  A portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. completed by Mrs. Wright's class is a highlight.
• Lake View Elementary School will be having an assembly on January 17.
• Lea Hill Elementary School third graders will be performing in an original Dr. Martin Luther King production that music teacher, Sarah Samuelson, has written and is directing an evening performance on Tuesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. for families.  The production will be the school's Bully Prevention Kick-off week, January 17-20.  There will be two school assemblies on Friday, January 20, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.
• At Pioneer Elementary School, the school librarian, Mr. Hoskin, dedicates a week of library classes to educate students about the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Terminal Park used the closed circuit TV system to broadcast dedicated message about Dr. King on Friday, January 13.
• Washington Elementary School held an all-school assembly on Friday, January 6.  The highlight of the program was when several fifth grade students read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech.  Students in every grade will be doing classroom-based projects and activities before the holiday.
• Mt. Baker Middle School had a 45-minute assembly on Monday, January 9, that included a slide show tribute to Dr. King, and performances by the Mt. Baker choir, orchestra, and band.  A student leader shared portions of Dr. King's speech and a staff member gave a chronological report on Dr. King's life and accomplishments.
• On Tuesday, January 10, Cascade Middle School students in Literacy classes were involved in an activity that students segregation and special grouping of individuals.
• On Friday, January 20, an all-school assembly will be held at Olympic Middle School in which students will be presenting biographical information on Dr. King, presenting a poem recitation with a visual display, as well as music and choral recitation of I Have a Dream.
• Rainier Middle School will have an assembly that will present a multi-media commemoration of Dr. King's life.  Also, sixth grade students will develop a school hallway to commemorate Dr. King and another hallway entitled, It's My Life, will commemorate others who have also overcome obstacles such as Rosa Parks.
• Auburn High School will focus on encouraging students to have a Day On, not a day off, as The King Center requests.  There was a Martin Luther King, Jr., assembly on Friday, January 13.  The assembly included a memorial to Rosa Parks, a Latino youth band, a video, a slide show, and a skit, including a chronology of Dr. King's life.
• Auburn Mountainview High School held an assembly on Friday, January 13.

For more information, contact Superintendent Linda Cowan at (253) 931-4914.