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Soldier suicides: The U.S. Army and grieving loved ones struggle for answers about the rising rates of suicides and what can be done to prevent them. Four families share their stories.
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Elbow room was at a premium Tuesday as students and faculty at Tacoma’s new Gray Middle School paint a giant rock that was left behind at the site when Mount Tahoma High School moved into a new building. Micayla Smith, Kapua Lane, Hilary Vo, assistant principal John Paul Colgan, Principal Yvonne Bullock and Zack Young, from left, add the school’s colors. The newly painted rock will also be coated with an anti-graffiti sealer.
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Published November 26th, 2008 - 12:05AM
A gigantic potato-shaped rock that was a Mount Tahoma High School icon for more than 40 years has become Gray’s Rock. Under the gentle guidance of artist Miles Cooper, five Gray Middle School students took up paintbrushes Tuesday to help create their own school tradition.
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Published November 25th, 2008 - 12:50AM
Clover Park High School teens could hold a real human heart, watch nematodes squiggle under microscopes, and sample beef stick, soda crackers and other fermented foods Monday.
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Published November 25th, 2008 - 12:05AM
Could there soon be a Barack Hussein Obama Middle School in Tacoma? There’s talk of that – but it might be only that. Talk. Plenty of other names are in the running for the campus under construction on the city’s East Side.
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Published November 24th, 2008 - 12:35AM
On-duty, uniformed Tacoma police officers could be roaming the halls of two city high schools in a few months. The patrols would be part of a new school resource officer program by the Tacoma Police Department and the Tacoma School District. The agencies are close to signing a five-year deal that calls for up to five on-duty police officers and a sergeant helping the schools.
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Published November 24th, 2008 - 12:05AM
Tacoma had its first enrollment bump in seven years, Puyallup saw its student numbers decline for the first time in at least four years, and a couple of small school districts led the way in growth.
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Published November 24th, 2008 - 12:05AM
Tacoma police officer Reggie Roberts is always moving.
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Published November 22nd, 2008 - 12:05AM
Terry Bergeson is asking Washington state education leaders to continue her efforts as she leaves her job as superintendent of public instruction.
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Published November 21st, 2008 - 12:05AM
Shooting hoops from the back of a donkey is one way to raise money for a good cause. And few would argue that awarding teachers $300 grants for classroom projects or after-school activities is not a good cause.
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Published November 19th, 2008 - 7:00AM
Tacoma police have stepped up their presence at two high schools after separate shootings last weekend in which teens were killed. Two off-duty officers are stationed throughout the school day on the campuses of Lincoln and Mount Tahoma high schools. Two traffic officers are patrolling at each high school and in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Published November 19th, 2008 - 6:16AM
They’re called the C17 kids – the 20 University of Washington Tacoma students pioneering the branch campus’ first residency program. Read more...
Published November 19th, 2008 - 12:05AM
American Indian students will represent their small numbers in a big way when the Federal Way School District has its first powwow this weekend.
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Published November 19th, 2008 - 12:05AM
The Puyallup School District has won a court case involving a student whose father has been picketing the district over special-education practices.
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Published November 19th, 2008 - 12:05AM
Bates Technical College President David Borofsky received a 2 percent raise and a one-year contract extension at the college’s Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT LACKS FUNDING FOR DISABILITY ACCESS
Published November 18th, 2008 - 12:05AM
Imagine sitting in a wheelchair, heaving open a steel door with one hand and moving your seated body across the threshhold before the door shuts.
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Published November 17th, 2008 - 12:05AM
At least one person on campus has done OK as the economy has declined: Public university presidents’ salaries climbed 7.6 percent last year.
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Published November 15th, 2008 - 12:05AM
American Indians chanted. An Australian aboriginal didgeridoo boomed hauntingly. Scottish bagpipes wailed.
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Published November 14th, 2008 - 12:05AM
A change of assignment in the military often means a change in schools for a service member’s children. And with a half-dozen or more such moves in a child’s youth, the disruptions are many.
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EACH FAMILY SEEKS BETWEEN $800,000 AND $1.5 MILLION
Published November 13th, 2008 - 12:30AM
Four current and former Emerald Ridge High School students and their parents are suing the Puyallup School District, alleging the school newspaper invaded the teens’ privacy by disclosing their sexual histories to the entire student body.
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STUDENTS FIRST, ATHLETES SECOND
Published November 13th, 2008 - 12:30AM
Grades are even more important than touchdowns for the Clover Park High School football team. For players, that means mandatory study hall, motivational speakers and help applying for college.
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Published November 13th, 2008 - 12:30AM
At least $14,588 in public money was misappropriated from Tacoma Community College’s food services operation, a state audit released this week found.
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