An educator with Tacoma roots was named the state’s school superintendent of the year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
An educator with Tacoma roots was named the state’s school superintendent of the year by the Washington Association of School Administrators.
Saundra Hill graduated from Sumner High School in 1972 and from the University of Puget Sound in 1976. She was honored for a decade of leadership in the Pasco School District.
The state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction recently released its list of statewide school performance in low-income schools, as required by the federal government. The list covers schools that receive federal Title I funding, which goes to high-poverty schools.
Nearly 100 schools across the state, including several in the South Sound, have been recognized as 2012 Schools of Distinction for improving student achievement.
A reminder to Kennewick students and their parents that schools in the Kennewick School District, as well as Tri-Tech Skills Center in Kennewick, will be in session today after the winter break.
Pasco and Richland schools, as well as Delta High School, reopen Monday.
HERMISTON -- Hermiston School District's annual musical festival is today.
The festival begins at 7 p.m. in the Hermiston High School gym, 600 S. First, Hermiston.
The event will showcase performances from the band and choir groups of the high school and Sandstone and Armand Larive middle schools.
Andrea Landes will be the new principal at Emerald Hills Elementary School this fall. She has worked for the Sumner School District since 2008.
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