Ferris to offer Big Band swing dance Saturday
Jump, jive and boogie to music of the 1930s and ‘40s at Ferris High School’s third annual USO swing dance at 7 p.m. Saturday in the school’s gym, 3020 E. 37th Ave.
The Ferris Jazz Orchestra will be playing tunes from the Big Band Era.
Don’t know how to swing dance?
No problem. There will be free instruction.
Tickets are $5, available from a Ferris music student or at the door.
Students to show their work
Libby’s Tessera and Odyssey students will display their work from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Libby Center, 2900 E. First Ave.
Tessera students’ work includes projects from their current study of the Middle Ages.
Also on display will be independent creations and work by Odyssey students; and skill-building class projects from the special education vocational programs and independent programming activities used by the Designed Instruction students.
An Odyssey students’ musical performance will take place at 5:30 in the gym, and there will be a holiday bake sale sponsored by Odyssey Parent Teacher Group.
Wood shop creations will also be available for purchase.
Food drive competition
For the third year in a row, students at Brentwood Elementary in the Mead School District are challenging students at Mullan Road Elementary on the South Side to see who can collect the most pounds of food, based on the average per student.
The food drives run Monday through Dec. 13 and will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Cash or checks made out to Second Harvest Food Bank will also be accepted, with each dollar equaling 1 pound of food.
Each school has previously won one competition, so this is the year of the tie-breaker.
St. George’s wins math title
Two teams of St. George’s School math students defended their “Math Is Cool” state championships by winning repeat titles at the statewide competition in Moses Lake Nov. 19.
The four-person team representing the eighth-grade and the combined ninth and 10th grade team each had the highest point totals among Division II small schools at the state championships.
The combined 11th- and 12th-grade team finished fourth in state in its division, and the school’s seventh-grade team placed sixth overall.
The school’s high school students also excelled in the Division II individual competition.
Nate Wynn won the individual title among all ninth- and 10th-graders in the state, with Johnny Cambareri placing fourth, Michael Cambareri placing fifth, and Britton Stamper finishing seventh overall.
Among 11th- and 12th-grade competitors, Daniel Copeland placed second, Sam Wagstaff was eighth, and Elisabeth DeLeeuw finished ninth in the individual competition. Hal Halvorson also competed on the 11th- and 12th-grade team.
Several St. George’s students also won Division II individual titles or scored high in the competition.
Jordan Newton placed fifth among all seventh-grade competitors. Other members of the seventh-grade team include Helen Belay, Thomas Willson and Ryan Jacobsen.
Matthew Alexianu placed second and Austin Henderson was sixth among all eighth-graders at state. Other members of the winning eighth-grade team include Richard Caulkins and Jordan Dickson.
Ferris orchestra to play at MAC
The Ferris High School Orchestra presents “Music at the MAC” at 7 p.m. next Thursday at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Ave.
Tickets for the benefit concert are $8 and may be purchased by calling Carol Pederson at 354-6035. Proceeds for the event will help finance the orchestra’s upcoming spring tour of Italy.
The orchestra will perform in Cremona, Florence and Venice.