Tiny school wins big

Cascade K-8 Community School, Shoreline’s smallest public school, won big this month in the Art of Education! Contest. Throughout the month of October, KRIS Wine ran the contest, which encouraged people to visit their Facebook page daily and vote for their school. At the end of the month, the Grand Prize of a $5,000 grant for Art Education would go to the school with the most votes.

In addition to the grand prize money, five 2nd place winners were granted $2,000 and ten 3rd place winners were granted $1,000 for arts education.

With only 153 students from Kindergarten all the way through middle school, Cascade K-8 definitely faced some steep competition. Schools all over the country were invited to participate—many with three, four or even five times the student population. But even though the school is small, the key to their success is right in the name. Friends and families of CK8 were able to gain more than 7,500 votes over the course of the contest.

“Cascade K-8 really is a community school. Without family participation, we’d never stand a chance!” Says Leslie Cheung, Fundraising Chair for Cascade’s PTSA. “We appreciate everyone that stepped up to help us out. Your votes made a very real and positive change in our education program this year!”

KRIS Wines are produced in the Alto Adige region of Northern Italy. Owners Franz Haas and Maria Luisa Manna Haas have dedicated their business to fine wine and art as evidenced by their labels featuring original drawings by the late Riccardo Schweizer. Thanks to their interest in education, Cascade K-8 Community School kids will have an excellent year in art class!