The Highline Schools Foundation recently honored King County Councilmember Julia Patterson during a presentation at Bow Lake Elementary School. Ms. Patterson was instrumental in securing $25,000 in King County funding to aid the Foundation in completing its multicultural books campaign, "A World of Books."

During the presentation, Ms. Patterson read one of the multicultural books to a class of fourth graders and shared memories from when she attended Bow Lake.

"A World of Books" put over $35,000 in books on the library shelves of all of the Highline Public Schools. The Foundation hopes that the addition of these new multicultural books will help create a sense of inclusion for students of all cultures and contribute to better success for all students.

Submitted by Dawn Elwell, Executive Director, Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence