Leschi Elementary students took cover under their desks during the 2019 Great Washington ShakeOut on Thursday.
The annual statewide drill is part of a larger push to get Washington residents thinking about and preparing for the next major seismic event. Western Washington has the second-highest earthquake risk in the country.

New Leschi Elementary principal Lisa Moland has lived in the neighborhood for the past 32 years, where she and her husband raised five children.
“And each of them went to Leschi,” she said.

The McGilvra PTA is packing this school year with fundraising and community outreach events.
There will be two in October.

Local celebrity Charles The Clown is shooting a new video at the Ravenna Eckstein Community Center on Sunday, June 30, and is in need of children 4-8 to attend the free performance.

New friendships were made and Epiphany School’s community expanded during its fifth annual Day of Caring on May 3. The newest addition to the event was the first Second Grade Summit, which brought together students from Bush School, the Valley School, Madrona Elementary and St. Therese Catholic Academy at Epiphany to participate in team-building exercises and color kindness rocks.