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,…
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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…
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…
Frozen Exhibit at PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center
PLU — Disney’s Frozen is a world-wide success, but did you know the film makers studied Norwegian history and culture extensively while working on the film? And did you know it is based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale? Come find out these tidbits and many more at the Scandinavian Cultural Center! The exhibition opened…
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…
Information on the New Keithley Commons
The project cost is $8.5 million. The project was made possible by the voter-approved Capital Levy in 2012 Some additional details Project Team: Erickson McGovern Architects (architectural design) BCE Engineers (mechanical, electrical, and low voltage engineering) PSE Engineering (structural engineering) AHBL (civil engineering and landscape architecture) Clevenger Associates (kitchen design) Associated Earth Sciences (geotechnical design)…
Pierce Prairie Post 