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Starting off on The Good Foot — Local organization educates youth on healthy relationships

June 16, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In 2005, about 30 young artists gathered in the basement of a Seattle home. They shared a vision of starting a more positive hip-hop scene for young people—wanting a scene with more purpose than what was there at the time.

Filed Under: Features, Education, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 25 | JUNE 18 - JUNE 24

A brighter future ahead for Denise Louie

June 9, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After over two years of going dark, in theater terms closing for business, the Denise Louie Education Center held its first in-person gala since October 2019 on June 4—almost 1,000 days apart.

Filed Under: Features, Education, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 24 | JUNE 11 - JUNE 17

EDI rebounding from existential threat

May 19, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly When Ted Yamamura asked Vanna Novak if she wanted to start a nonprofit to train Japanese American professionals, she prayed she would have the strength to refuse. “Please, please, let me have the strength to say no,” she remembered. “That’s what I was thinking. What I heard me say […]

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 21 | MAY 21 - MAY 27

Shouan Pan resigning in August

May 19, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Colleges (SC) Chancellor Shouan Pan announced on May 12 that he will leave his post on Aug. 1—two years before his contract is up in 2024. The college system’s board of trustees voted to terminate the contract early in agreement with Pan, who shared in March that he’d begun seeking jobs elsewhere. He was […]

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 21 | MAY 21 - MAY 27

The high school seniors guide to college apps

May 19, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“At least 80% of the work that goes into college apps is already done before your senior year. Writing the college application is about just compiling that work into something that another person can understand.”
— Delaynie McMillan, class of 2022

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Education, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 21 | MAY 21 - MAY 27

AAPI teens face college admissions stress

May 5, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“My mental health took a hit, like lots of my classmates,” says Emilea Okayasu, a high school senior at University High School in Fresno, California. “I was isolated, so my junior year was largely me just cooped up in my room being confused and stressed about what I was going to do for the next four years.”

Filed Under: Education, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 19 | MAY 7 - MAY 13

Hullabaloo over Japanese program at Lindbergh High School

April 28, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Right below a photo of him in military fatigues holding an automatic weapon is a caption that he served in Korea “circa 1994.”

Filed Under: Education, Community News Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 18 | APRIL 30 - MAY 6

Seattle Preschool Program expands

March 17, 2022 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Denise Louie Education Center in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, Mayor Bruce Harrell, and Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) Director Dwane Chappelle announced the opening of Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) applications for the 2022-2023 school year on March 15.

Filed Under: Education, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2022, VOL 41 NO 12 | MARCH 19 - MARCH 25

Higher education and COVID-19 vaccination policies

September 16, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Higher education, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and racist violence of 2020 and 2021, was the topic of discussion at the Sept. 8 meeting of the Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC). Co-chairs Erin Okuno and Michael Itti facilitated, while Dr. Mia Tuan, Dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington (UW), and Dr. Shouan Pan, Appointed Chancellor of Seattle Colleges,

Filed Under: Education, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 38 | SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 24

Summit Sierra’s recipe for continued success

July 29, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Despite having a full year of virtual learning, the Chinatown-International District’s Summit Sierra charter school provided the necessary resources for their students to succeed and graduated their third senior class.

Filed Under: Education, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 31 | JULY 31 - AUGUST 6

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