West metro school briefs

Board member resigns Wayzata school board member Gary Landis resigned at a recent school board meeting.

Landis cited changes in his professional and personal life, including the possibility of moving out of the district, as the reasons for his decision. He's served on the school board since 2003 and was reelected to a second term in 2007. His last day will be June 30.

Wayzata school board members met last week to discuss the resignation and will appoint someone to fill Landis' term through Dec. 30, 2009. The rest of the term will be up for election in November 2009.

Bob Noyed, a spokesman for the school district, said board members will discuss the appointment process further or move forward with filling the vacancy at a meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 14, at Wayzata City Hall, 600 Rice St.

Instrument sale The Wayzata Music Education Boosters will hold an instrument consignment sale from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 26 at Wayzata East Middle School, 12000 Ridgemount Drive, Plymouth.

Anyone looking to sell an instrument can take it to East Middle School between 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on June 25. Instruments will be evaluated by music vendors for price and necessary repairs.

Sellers may set a minimum price and then return after the sale to pick up either their instruments or their proceeds from the sale. The music boosters will charge a small commission for each sale, which will be donated to the Wayzata School District's music programs.

For more information, visit www.wayzata.k12.mn.us or call 763-745-5017.

Fundraiser for teens in crisis is Saturday Teens Alone will host its "Surf's Up" fundraiser to celebrate the longest day of the year from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the St. Louis Park Aquatics Park, 3700 Monterey Drive.

Tickets cost $3 per person or $7 per family. Children age 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

All proceeds will benefit Teens Alone, a Hopkins nonprofit agency that provides free crisis counseling and referral services to west-suburban youth and their families in partnership with the Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Orono, St. Louis Park and Wayzata school districts.

For more information about the event or Teens Alone, call 952-988-TEEN (8336) or visit www.teensalone.org.

Girls get their geek on Westonka Community Education will host the Best Buy Geek Squad Summer Academy for Girls next Monday through Thursday at Mound Westonka High School, 5905 E. Sunnyfield Road, Minnetrista.

Best Buy launched the three-day camp in Chicago last year as part of an effort to inspire more girls to become involved with technology.

Students will learn about building personal computers, websites, system networks and various multimedia tools.

The Geek Squad camp also will include a Nintendo Wii Olympics, a Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) Dance Off, and other activities. It's open to girls who will enter sixth through 12th grade next fall.

The deadline to register for the camp is 5 p.m. Thursday. For more information or to register, visit www.westonkace.org or call 952-491-8169.

PATRICE RELERFORD