Tape, laughter and a massive amount of newspaper surrounded Harry Toulgoat’s class of fifth-grade students at Hillcrest Elementary School Wednesday.
The class has been working on a math unit about area, perimeter and volume and Toulgoat decided to give his students some hands-on engineering experience to make the lesson memorable.
Nearly 100 students, parents, teachers and community members attended the Oak Harbor School Board meeting Monday night to show their support for a future tax levy to fund activities and athletics programs at Oak Harbor schools.
Newly elected Oak Harbor School Board directors Peter Hunt, Christine Cribb and Christine Abbott took the oath of office at the school board meeting Monday night.
This is Hunt’s second term on the school board and Abbott’s and Cribb’s first terms.
Give the gift of a slice of Whidbey Island with locally made art found at the “Made Right on Whidbey Art Show,” to be held at the Coupeville Recreation Hall Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
At Christmas, magical memories of childhood live again, and Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, played by Oak Harbor High School choir director Darren McCoy, brings out the child in everyone through his nostalgic, amusing and musical Christmas memories.
Children dashing among fir trees and imagining the beautiful decorations that will adorn the branches makes for timeless holiday memories. North Whidbey Island offers a variety of locations to find the perfect Christmas tree.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County held their major fundraiser, Festival of Trees, Dec. 2. The event features an auction of decorated trees as well as dancing, dinner and socializing.
The first place Izaak Ellison saw after birth was the inside of his parents’ 2009 Jetta TDI. He just couldn’t wait until Stephanie and Travis Ellison made it to the hospital to come into the world.
“He was delivered just past Sidney Street going 100 miles per hour,” said his father, Travis.
“It was the craziest experience of my life,” said his mother, Stephanie.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Coupeville as small-town holiday spirit filled the streets for the annual Greening of Coupeville celebration Saturday evening.
Colorful crows holding the letter “C” now fly across the entrance to the children’s section of the Oak Harbor Library, accompanied by gulls with a “G” and urchins with a “U” in an art installation meant to promote early literacy skills.
Some memories of childhood Christmases always remain close to the heart: receiving the action figure or stuffed animal at the top of your Christmas list, playing with brand new toys beside a Christmas tree and sitting on Santa’s lap. For some children on Whidbey Island, these memories aren’t possible.
The timeless adventure of “The Nutcracker” will dance into Oak Harbor on the slippered feet of Ballet Slipper dancers in time to warm hearts for the holidays.
Watch Clara’s magical dream come to life with the dancers’ gravity-defying motions like “grand jete” and “pique attitude” to the tunes of “Waltz of the Flowers” and “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.”
Tickets are on sale now for performances at Oak Harbor High School on Saturday, Dec. 10 and Sunday, Dec. 11.
When Amy Conner, 17, came to Jones Accounting to visit her Big Sister, Kathy Jones, they both lit up and fell into familiar conversation reserved for close friends.
