Week in Review September 17-21

September 22, 2018

By Natalie Chen, Isabel Funk and Hannah Whobrey

MIHS News

Mercer Island School Board’s Student Representatives, Meghana Kakubal and Caroline Atkinson, were announced this week.
The 2019 National Merit Scholar semifinalists were announced on Thursday, September 13. MIHS has 11 semifinalist students: Alex Benson, Alan Bi, Theo Copley, Nico Galvin, Thomas Horton King, Albert Lam, Andrew Motz, R. Grady Short, Damien Snyder, Chris Toda and Ethan Torok.
This year’s Homecoming theme, Blast to the Past, was announced at the Welcome assembly on Friday, September 14.
Beginning Monday, September 24, the MIHS schedule will include Connections, a five minute passing-time during which students can talk to their teachers after seventh period. The schedule was adjusted to endure that MIHS would comply with state requirements for student-teacher contact time. School will get out at 3:05.
On Friday, September 14, Mercer Island Football won their first home game against Newport with a score of 33-20. The team is currently 3-0 in wins-losses.

The Washington State Fair in Puyallup is open through this weekend, September 23 to September 24. This is the last weekend to attend this year’s fair.
Last week, on Wednesday, September 12, Seattle Storm won the WNBA championship.
On September 19, a 51-year-old woman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Burien.

Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Ford claims that Kavanaugh assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s. Kavanaugh has denied Ford’s accusation.