Teachers glean 'Sound' advice at local conference

The new semester at La Conner Schools picked up STEAM on several levels last week.

Teacher Steve DeLeon’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) class was part of the equation at the 19th annual “Storming the Sound” conference here on Jan. 25.

The regional event drew at least 177 environmental educators, journalists, artists, college faculty, students and state agency personnel to La Conner.

An overflow crowd, including the La Conner High contingent, gathered at Maple Hall to hear keynote speaker Ginny Boadhurst, now the inaugural director of the Salish Sea Institute at Wester...