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Voters leaned toward known quantities in most contested South Sound school board races Tuesday, favoring incumbents or active school volunteers in early returns.
To school psychologist Angie Jennen, her black Labrador retriever Mick is a four-legged teacher, helper and built-in reward system for the kids she works with every day.
The private Seabury School, which teaches gifted children, is hosting an open house Sunday.
Cindy L. Knisely, a teacher at Key Peninsula Middle School, is the winner of the Stanley O. McNaughton Golden Apple Award.
Auburn Senior High School will host the 23rd annual Auburn Veterans Day Marching Band Competition from 1 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Auburn Memorial Stadium.
The public is welcome to attend the groundbreaking of the new Pierce County Skills Center on Thursday.
Vickie Lackman has been appointed acting president of Bates Technical College in Tacoma. She will serve as the college’s president until the board appoints an interim president later this year.
The only contested race for the Clover Park School Board pits incumbent J. Paul Wagemann against challenger Juanita Daniels.
A Sumner High School teacher received the statewide Oustanding Young Educator Award for 2009.
Communities In Schools is seeking volunteer reading tutors for four elementary schools in Tacoma: Edison, Fern Hill, Sheridan and Sherman.
Two Puyallup schools were among the top fundraisers in Olive Garden’s 15th annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Sumner High School is hosting its first field show competition Saturday, featuring student bands across South Sound.
The state Department of Early Learning, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Thrive by Five Washington are sponsoring an Early Learning Town Hall Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Tacoma Community College. The event will be at the college’s Early Learning Center classroom in Building 2-114.
WASHINGTON – The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates.
Tacoma police officer Bryce Clother makes his Monday morning rounds at Lincoln High School. He approaches several knots of straggling students and herds them toward the door, while reminding others to put out their cigarettes.
In a tough economy, school officials hoping to modernize or replace old buildings face difficult choices. Do they try to sell the public on the idea that building now is a bargain? Or do they wait until voters are in a better mood to raise their taxes?
The four candidates running for the Bethel School Board are far from strangers. In fact, relations between the opponents are downright cordial.
The four candidates for two seats on the Tacoma School Board say they’re concerned with everything from math curriculum to fostering more communication with families.
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