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Harbor Montessori to offer 10 merit-based scholarships

Published: 05/09/12 13:15:33

Harbor Montessori School is offering 10 merit-based scholarships to students in grades five through eight who are new to the school.

State high school radio conference to be at PHS

Published: 05/09/12 13:15:32

Peninsula High School, home of KGHP-FM, will host the annual Washington State High School Radio Awards and Conference on May 17.

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Art club students refurbish room, create gallery at school

Published: 05/09/12 13:15:24

They call it “Gallery 607.” It’s bright and cheerful. Last month, it was filled with a moving stream of Peninsula High School student artists their friends, teachers and families for the school art club’s grand opening.

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Zoe Steiner, 8, of Fox Island, holds up her new piggy bank Friday while attending a class on finance at the Gig Harbor Boys and Girls Club. LEE GILES III/Staff photographer. (Lee Giles III/Staff photographerThe Peninsula Gateway)

Youth learn skills for money management

Published: 05/02/12 15:50:11

Elementary school-age children got a chance to learn about the more practical aspects of reading, writing and arithmetic as part of Umpqua Bank’s participation in the American Bankers Association’s 16th annual Teach Children to Save event.

Kids' Corner: Evergreen students pick out books in favorite reading program

Published: 05/02/12 15:28:42

The curtain recently came down on Evergreen Elementary’s popular RIF program for this school year. RIF is program called Reading Is FUNdamental in which kids, one class at a time, file into the Evergreen library to be greeted by tables loaded with age- and class-appropriate titles. Each youngster is free to select one to take home.

Report: Terry Bouck finalist for Billings School District superintendent

Published: 05/01/12 10:12:29

According to a Tuesday report on KTVQ.com, Peninsula School District Superintendent Terry Bouck is one of five finalists for the job of superintendent of Billings School District 2 in Montana. Bouck is retiring at the end of the school year.

Adults, Christine Duchesneau, Julie Miller, Shaylee Petersen and Katie Duffey play

Kids' Corner: Vaughn students release Chum salmon into Minter Creek

Published: 04/27/12 13:34:19

The weather was on-again, off-again on the Thursday prior to Peninsula School District’s spring break. But that didn’t deter Vaughn Elementary’s Doug Smith as he led students to the Vaughn Creek site where the annual salmon release occurs on Jim Bosch’s property.

Peninsula High School student Olyvia Poelvoorde is hoping that fund raising efforts will help buy an automatic external defibrillator for the school. (Lee Giles IIIStaff photographer)

PHS student helping to raise money for special medical equipment

Published: 04/27/12 13:33:52

An incident at a local lake that occurred nearly four years ago inspired Peninsula High School senior Olyvia Poelvoorde to take action.

Meghin Spencer, a 2008 Gig Harbor High School graduate, is studying
astronomy at the University of Washington. (Meghin SpencerCourtesy photo)

Research Foundation Fellowship awarded to GHHS graduates

Published: 04/27/12 13:30:23

Two Gig Harbor High School alumni were among 10 students to receive a Washington Research Foundation Fellowship for advanced undergraduates who are working on sophisticated science and engineering research under the guidance of University of Washington faculty.

Gig Harbor High football coach Darren McKay's backers speak out

Published: 04/13/12 09:11:33

An overflow crowd packed the Peninsula School District school board meeting in a show of support for embattled Gig Harbor High football coach Darren McKay.

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