Grant provides FP another resource officer

Pierce County Sheriff receives school resource officer grant, officer to serve Franklin Pierce Schools PARKLAND, WA — On Sept. 27, the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) division announced that Pierce County Sheriff’s Dept. received a COPS hiring grant for $125,000. The grant award is in partnership with Franklin Pierce Schools. The grant…

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BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — families who have subscribed to SchoolReport.org for closure messages via email and/or cell phone text message will need to create a new, free account in FlashAlert’s Messenger service to continue receiving closure messages and other news. Please check your email for instructions on how to set up your new account. We…

ABC Day and car show photos

SPANAWAY, WA — Was it a camel? A zebra? A moose? Yes, it was all that and, it was ABC Day at Spanaway Lake High School. There was food from Challenger’s catering program, robots, balloon art, spinning wheels for prizes, free toothbrushes and many, many other interesting things to see. At the 723 Networking booth, a big…

BETHEL TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER

All Bethel Community Day at Spanaway Lake High School  BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT  — Come join us for the fifth annual All Bethel Community Day on September 28, 2013.   ABC Day, sponsored by the Boeing Company, Bethel School District, Bethel Community Services, Umpqua Bank, Bethel Area Council of PTA’s, Pierce County Fire & Rescue, Air…

Bethel Board approves M&O and Tech Levies for ballot

Tonight’s (9/24/13) Bethel School Board meeting included several significant items including, 1)      District Goals 2)      An amended Superintendent’s contract 3)      M&O Levy to send to ballot 4)      Tech Levy to send to ballot The remainder of the meeting was more procedural and those items follow these four. ESTABLISH 2013-14 goals for the district as presented…

The Letters About Literature contest is underway!

BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT —  The Letters About Literature contest is underway! Celebrating its ninth year in Washington, Letters About Literature encourages 4th-12th grade students to write to their favorite authors, living or dead, explaining how their work influenced the student’s view on the world or themselves. Students can write about works of fiction, non-fiction, or…

Centennial Elementary – modified lockdown

BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — On Tuesday, Sept. 24, sheriff’s deputies apprehended a suspect for allegedly communicating threats against a Centennial staff member. The threats prompted a modified lockdown of the school on Monday, Sept. 23, which lasted the entire school day. The police investigation was very fluid, as officers followed up on leads. As reported…

Oct. 17 Earthquake drills

At 10:17 a.m. on October 17, 2013, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” in The Great Washington ShakeOut, the state’s largest earthquake drill ever! All K-12 schools and districts are encouraged to participate in the drill (or plan a more extensive exercise). Major earthquakes may happen anywhere you live, work,…

In the Bethel District, community is important

ABC Day is about community All Bethel Community Day at Spanaway Lake High School Come join us for the fourth annual All Bethel Community Day on September 28, 2013. ABC Day, sponsored by Bethel Community Services, Bethel School District,Umpqua Bank, Bethel Area Council of PTA’s, Pierce County Fire & Rescue, Air National Guard, Camp Murray…

Bethel is conducting an Online Community Survey

SPANAWAY, WA — What are your thoughts about our schools? Bethel School District is conducting an online community survey and wants local input. This survey will help them keep improving schools and the way the schools communicate with you. All families and community members are invited to participate. If you have children in multiple schools, you’re…

High School football scores Sept. 19-20

Curtis over Bethel, 23 to 27 SLHS over Todd Beamer,  27 to 17 GKHS over Federal Way, 39 to 21 Franklin Pierce over Orting, 23 -21 White River over Washington, 43 to 14 Yelm over Stadium, 47 to 21