Ja, sure, you betcha! On Saturday April 25 from 11:00am to 3:00pm in the University Center at PLU, the Scandinavians are taking over with booths, costumes, music and delightful cuisine. Sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, this event is sure to delight. Welcome to the 39th annual Norwegian…
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Schools including Franklin Pierce, Bethel and PLU
39th annual Norwegian Heritage Festival – April 25th
Ja, sure, you betcha! On Saturday April 25 from 11:00am to 3:00pm in the University Center at PLU, the Scandinavians are taking over with booths, costumes, music and delightful cuisine. Sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, this event is sure to delight. Welcome to the 39th annual Norwegian…
Keithley Middle School Students to Receive Musical Instruments
National Foundation Awards Grant to Outstanding Local Music Program Tacoma, WASHINGTON (02 April 2015) — Perry G. Keithley Middle School in Parkland will soon receive several musical instruments, thanks to The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. An application for support was submitted by Perry G. Keithley Middle School and the foundation found their program to be…
Help Brookdale Elementary School Garden fundraising
Brookdale Elementary School in Parkland is in the middle of a fund-raising and garden-building frenzy. Repairs have been needed to dilapidated garden boxes for years, and during mid-winter break an improved garden was installed with hours of volunteer labor. But we’re not done yet! Fundraising is still needed to close the gap of last minute materials,…
Franklin Pierce plans for future schools
FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT — FPS 2030 is a planning process that began in 2010. It is a committee comprised of parents, staff, and community members — everyone is welcome to attend and participate. The charge of the FPS 2030 committee is to develop capital facilities recommendations to the School Board of Directors. The Capital Levy…
Nordic Journey’s Organ Concert March 1
Jim Hicks will play unique organ selections from all five of the Nordic countries, and the Faeroe Islands, some new compositions and some rarely heard classics at 8 p.m. Sunday March 1 at PLU’s Lagerquist Hall. This event is sponsored by the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The music selection have been recorded in cathedrals all over Sweden.
Bethel Tech Fair and Art Show memories
Here are a few photo memories from the art show and technology event held at Spanaway Lake High School Saturday February 21, 201 5.
March 1st Organ Concert at PLU
Nordic Journeys is an organ concert upcoming on Sunday night, March 1st, 8 p.m. at PLU. The organist will premier one new composition and several others rarely heard. He has been recording organ concerts in Scandinavian cathedrals for several years, as part of a multi-volume music project. Compositions come from all five of the Nordic countries,…
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…
Emigration from Snertingdahl – PLU presentation
February 10 at 7pm, Finn Brobakken, a native of Snertingdahl, Norway will be at the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU. He will be discussing the people who left Norway for the united States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In less than 40 years time, almost half of the residents of this valley emigrated, mainly…
Pierce Prairie Post 