GRAHAM, WA — Graham Business Association invites you to its GBA Scholarship Auction to be held on Wednesday, November 19th, 7:00 A.M.at Silver Creek Retirement Facility (17607 – 91st Ave E, Puyallup – Off 176th at 91st). Proceeds will provide scholarships to graduates of Bethel School District through B.E.S.T. Dollars for Scholars. Breakfast by Silver…
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Franklin Pierce Youth First wins grant to address youth substance abuse
White House Drug Policy Office Awards $625,000 to Local Coalition to Prevent Youth Substance Use in Community Served by Franklin Pierce School District Tacoma, WASHINGTON (October 16, 2014) – Michael Botticelli, Acting Director of the Office National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced 680 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants, totaling $84 million, to communities across…
Franklin Pierce Schools and UW-Tacoma agree to “Pathway to Promise” Partnership
Tacoma, WASHINGTON (9 October 2014) Franklin Pierce Schools and the University of Washington Tacoma have agreed to a new “Pathway to Promise” partnership that will expand post-secondary educational opportunities for all Franklin Pierce School District graduates. The partnership will enable Franklin Pierce School District graduates to automatically be accepted as freshmen at the UW Tacoma…
Braves Homecoming all the sparkle, except the win
SPANAWAY, WA — Going into the game, the Bethel Braves were undefeated. At the end, it was 21 to 34 and Emerald Ridge took the win. Along the way it was all the bells and whistles of a Homecoming game. Booths were selling T-shirts and other logo items, balloons were tied to the stadium, new trucks…
Project Homeless Connect – cold weather is arriving
Community and School Leaders: As the weather turns to colder nights, we are reminded of those families and individuals in our community who are either homeless or lacking basic resources. I am hoping you can forward the attached flyers for these 2 events to all of your contacts who might be in need of resources…
CPTC to Host Middle School Students for Annual ‘Math is What You Do’ Conference
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – More than 800 eighth grade students will have the opportunity to learn how a variety of careers — including baseball — use math at Clover Park Technical College’s annual Math Conference Oct. 9. Ben Spradling, director of communication and marketing for the Tacoma Rainiers, is one of 24 presenters participating in the…
The LENS Project begins its 4th year in Bethel
Through Bethel School District’s partnership with the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma, we are able to offer for the fourth year an after-school theatre program called The LENS Project. LENS (Learning Empathy and Negotiation Skills) offers an arts-centered, extended after-school program that empowers students while developing self-esteem, a sense of community and…
News from Bethel Schools: Let’s Rock the Ridge with Digital Learning
Hi everyone, We really need your help! A teacher from Rocky Ridge, one of our elementary schools, is a national finalist in the Farmers Insurance $100,000 Dream Big Teacher Challenge. Elissa Dornan is competing head-to-head with proposals from Idaho and Montana. She needs as many votes as possible to win the contest. If she wins, the money…
Rock the Ridge for Rocky Ridge Elementary
Graham Business Association – Rocky Ridge Elementary of Bethel School District is the last school standing in Washington state in the Farmers Insurance ‘Dream Big’ contest. Watch as teacher and instructional coach Elissa Dornan is surprised during an assembly with the news that she is one of three teachers left in the running for a $100,000…
ABC Day 2014 at GKHS a fantabulous event
GRAHAM, WA — The All Bethel Community Day on Saturday, September 27 was exciting, well attended and a great deal a fun for everyone. The host school this year was Graham Kapowsin High School. The parking lots was filled with cars, wagon rides, fire engines, camel rides, goats, pigs and assorted other vendors. Inside, the…
Bethel District Arts Newsletter – Expressions
Bethel’s Visual and Performing Arts Newsletter EXPRESSIONS Vol. 25 No. 2 September 17, 2014 September: 17 Late Arrival for Students 4:00 – 7:30pm Instrument Rental Session GKHS 18 4:00 – 7:30pm Instrument Rental Session BHS 5:00 – 8:00pm Art Mingle Downtown Tacoma (http://downtowntacoma.com/happenings) http://downtowntacoma.com/events/1626/third-thursday-art-mingle 20 9:00am – 3:00pm September Workshop Evergreen Orff Chapter –…
FP District receives JWG grant worth $64,000
Franklin Pierce Schools recently learned that it was the recipient of a $64,000 grant to support its Jobs for Washington Graduates (JWG) programs. JWG is a school-to-career program that has a mission to keep young people in school through graduation. The focus is to provide work-based learning experiences that will to career advancement opportunities or to…
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