Possibilities 2015 will focus on art and technology

Bethel School District will hold the Sixteenth Annual All-District Art Festival at Spanaway Lake High School on Saturday, February 21, in conjunction with the annual Technology Fair. Celebrate Learning: POSSIBILITIES 2015 will run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, and focus on technology and art from around the district. There will be five categories for adjudication…

Bethel Schools to launch new academic program

Spanish Dual Language Immersion begins this fall at Thompson Elementary Starting next fall, Chester H. Thompson Elementary in the Bethel School District will offer Spanish Dual Language Immersion. This will be academically challenging and enriching program targeted on developing student bilingual and biliterate proficiency in Spanish and English. As the district’s first immersion program, the…

Superintendent calls on Pierce County to reconsider zoning changes

BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — Superintendent Tom Seigel has taken a stand against Pierce County’s efforts to make land zoning changes. By designating more property as Agricultural Resource Lands (ARL) there will be an adverse impact Bethel and several other county school districts.  Today, in a letter to the County Executive and County Council, Seigel outlined the problems…

Ticketing begins in Bethel SD Feb 9 – Know your bus rules

Ticketing begins in Bethel SD   District warns drivers to ‘know the law’ Starting Monday, Feb. 9, Bethel School District will go live with a new initiative aimed at keeping students safe. Approximately ten district buses have been outfitted with special cameras from American Traffic Solutions that will capture drivers who pass school buses illegally….

Graham Kapowsin Band fundraising marathon Feb 6-7

The Graham Kapowsin Band Parent Association has announced  the band will be holding its first ever Music Marathon on February 6-7, 2015…18 hours of music.  The bands will start playing at 2:30 Friday afternoon and won’t stop until 8:30 Saturday morning! The students will collect pledges (either hourly or a flat rate) for their playing time and…

District celebrates new facilities

Dedication ceremony planned for Central Kitchen and Transportation Center Bethel is getting ready to celebrate the grand opening of the first school-based design-build projects in the State – the district’s new kitchen and transportation headquarters. The Central Kitchen and Transportation Center opened this fall. Now, administration will mark the occasion by inviting the public to…

Expressions #9 – Bethel District Arts News

January: 7 Late Arrival for Students 9 – 10                   Northwest High School Honor Band Clinic  PLU 10 5:00 & 6:30pm       Northwest High School Honor Band Concerts  PLU’s Lagerquist 12 – 23                Student work for Puget Sound ESD Regional High School Art Show may be delivered to 800 Oakesdale Avenue SW in Renton 12 T.B.D.                   Broadway Center…

Open enrollment for Vivace! Choral Program

The Vivace! Choral Program invites students in fourth through twelfth grade to attend their mid-year auditions. “We just finished our holiday season and in January we’ll be doing auditions again for this next season, which will culminate in the big district festival,” said Vivace! artistic director Andrea Klouse. The Vivace! Choirs practice on Monday evenings…

Bethel’s Visual and Performing Arts Calendar

Bethel’s Visual and Performing Arts Newsletter EXPRESSIONS Vol. 25  No. 8             December 10, 2014 December: 10 7:00pm                   Holiday Band & Orchestra Concert  CMS 7:00pm                   Winter Choir Concert  CMMS 7:00pm                   Holiday Band Concert  FMS 7:00pm                   Holiday Choir Concert  SLHS 11 2:15 & 5:30pm       Holiday Music Program (Grades 1/2 & Choir)  SM 6:30pm                   Winter Voices (4th Graders)…

Buy an extra toy and help “Stuff the Bus” – Dec 6

A message from BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT 403 Good morning, Bethel SD families,  We hope you are enjoying the Thanksgiving Break! If you are out doing your holiday shopping this weekend, please consider picking up a gift for our annual holiday giving program. Next Saturday, December 6th, our transportation staff will be ‘Stuffing their Buses’ to…