Applications are now being accepted for a vacancy on the Bethel School Board. This is an appointed position. To be eligible, an individual must reside within director district boundary #1. Applicants must also be citizens of the United States and registered voters. To view director district boundaries, visit Bethel’s Director Boundaries page. The deadline to apply is…
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School Board meeting date changed; Secondary Boundary Hearing set for Nov. 20
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Bethel School Board has moved its regular meeting from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20. The meeting will be held at 7p.m. at the Bethel Learning Center. At the meeting, the community will have an opportunity to comment on a proposal to change secondary boundaries. This will be the first…
Bethel High ASB Fundraiser, Nov. 14 at Applebees
Bethel High School invites you to dine with them at Applebees – TONIGHT- Wednesday, Nov 14. The Dine to Donate will be at the Applebees location next to Walmart, 16518 Meridian East. Fifteen-percent of the profits from the event will go to the Bethel High ASB.
Bethel Board contemplating aquatic center idea
The Pierce Prairie Post wants to make sure you caught the story in The News Tribune about a proposed Aquatic Center for the Bethel School District. Here’s the link http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/11/12/2364237/bethel-discusses-prospects-for.html The Bethel School Board is currently investigating and exploring the idea. With the recent issues of adequate funding of schools from the sate level, the…
PLU’s 61st annual Sankta Lucia Fest, Dec. 2
Pacfic Lutheran University’s Sankta Lucia Fest is December 2 in Lagerquist Hall. Admission is free for PLU students & children under 10. Scandinavian Cultural Center members & Senior Citizens are $5. General Admission is $7. The highlight of the program is Lucia and her attendants who enter the dimly-lit auditorium by candle light, singing the Sankta Lucia song…
PLU, A Child is Born, Christmas Concerts
The time for awe inspiring music is coming this December. Please join Pacific Lutheran University’s Choir of the West, the University Chorale and members of the University Symphony Orchestra in what has become one of the region’s most inspirational Christmas celebrations. Students spend hundreds of hours preparing for the five concerts they perform each holiday…
PLU Fall Lecture: Peter Altmann’s “Adele’s Wish” Nov. 15
Pacific Luther University — November 15, 2012, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Anderson University Center, Scandinavian Cultural Center. Peter Altmann, a longtime Tacoma resident, will present a special viewing of the film “Adele’s Wish.” This one-hour film tells the story of Peter Altmann’s mother, Maria. A Holocaust survivor, Maria Altmann recently fought all the way to the Supreme…
Bethel FUTURESCHOOLS visit Tuesday, Nov. 13
The next FUTURESCHOOLS visit will be on November 13. They will board a bus at 7:45 am. From the Bethel District office. Visits include Spanaway Lake High School, Pierce County Skills Center and Clover Creek Elementary schools. These schools all feature recent construction and the latest in classroom technology. It shouls be fascinating for administrators, board…
Bethel Fall orchestra mini-festival Nov. 6
Bethel Middle School (formerly Jr. High) will be the site of the Fall orchestra mini-festival on Tuesday, November 6 at 7 p.m. This is a district wide event.
Holiday Craft Fair competition at SLHS
This year when you attend the Spanaway Lake Holiday Craft Fair, your entrance fee goes to help support the school’s Associated Student Body (ASB). Once you are inside, you will notice students with signs taped to their backs and walking around trying to sell you pizza, cinnamon rolls or other delectables. These students are in…
Can you identify vandals at Cedarcrest Middle School?
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is hoping the public can help identify those responsible for two vandalisms at Cedarcrest Middle School in Spanaway. Three children were caught on surveillance cameras twice – Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 28, both times around 3 p.m. The vandals rode bicycles onto school grounds and used sticks to bust…
4 day school week signs are NOT about Bethel
By Marianne Lincoln I was out of town a few days in October. When I returned, a new and different campaign sign had appeared all over the neighborhood. The signs belong to a local political candidate, but on first glance, it looks like it might have something to do with the school district. In fact, so…
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