Natalie Place, Senior Manager, Programs & Education at City Fruit, a Seattle based non-profit that promotes the cultivation of urban fruit in order to nourish people, build community, and protect the climate was our guest speaker today.
Natalie discussed how City Fruit is working with various urban fruit tree owners to utilize the fruit that would otherwise go to waste. Natalie is a fruit enthusiast with degrees from Bastyr University and James Madison University. With her combined education and work in public health and holistic design, she is passionate about healthy environments and happy people.
If you have fruit trees and are interested in engaging with them for fruit stewardship or to learn more about their programs including educational opportunities visit City Fruit (https://www.cityfruit.org/).
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Dr. Michelle Reid, the new Superintendent for the Northshore School District paid a visit to the club today.
Superintendent Reid spoke about the current state of the school district and how district growth and an increase in languages spoken are changing the overall composition of the district. She also talked about the new high school which opens next fall, grade shuffling to move 9th graders into the high schools and the beginnings of a comprehensive strategic plan.
It was a pleasure to have her visit and share some stories about herself. The club had lots of questions for Dr. Reid and the hope is she will plan another visit to the club in the near future.
Dr. Reid was formerly the superintendent of South Kitsap School District. Prior to becoming South Kitsap’s superintendent, she served as deputy superintendent, district athletic director and high school principal in the Port Angeles School District. She is known regionally and nationally for instructional leadership and crafting sustainable systems for district support of the instructional core. She has been a conference keynote presenter, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) panel participant and has been a leadership facilitator at both the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership and the Harvard Institute for School Leadership.
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