BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — Graham-Kapowsin High School athletes apparently have what it takes to be successful both on and off the field. Six of the school’s fall teams recently were given WIAA State Distinguished Team Awards for maintaining high grades in the classroom. The Washington Dairy Farmers and Les Schwab Tires, in partnership with the WIAA,…

There’s a new catch phrase in education, if you are listening only casually, you might miss the meaning and implications. The term is “Blended Learning.” At Tuesday’s Bethel School Board meeting, a presentation was given by the committee responsible for its study and implementation. Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student…

Sixth grade students at Cascade Christian School’s Frederickson campus held a peanut butter and jelly drive to benefit the Bethel Family Center. Kim Sando is a Cascade parent and also volunteers at the BFC. She helped to organize the drive. “The sixth graders at Cascade Christian decided to do a service project. I told them about the…

District to host three community forums in January The Bethel School District will host three community forums about the district’s upcoming School Programs and Operations Levy and School Technology Levy. These meetings will provide the community with information about the each of these initiatives and relative impacts to the district’s budget. The School Programs and…