Category: Schools

Schools including Franklin Pierce, Bethel and PLU

Franklin Pierce Schools 2012-13

 Estimated Student Population: 7,500 (estimate)  School Start Day: Tuesday, August 28  School Last Day: Tuesday, June 18  What’s New: Head Start program will be temporarily moving to the old Spanaway Elementary in the Bethel School District, located at 415 165th Street South in Spanaway. The program will still be operated by Franklin Pierce Schools, but…

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Franklin Pierce Foundation

August 20, 2012, Franklin Pierce School District The Franklin Pierce Foundation is proud to announce the addition of the Blue Steele Coffee Company Scholarship to the long list of scholarships administered by the Foundation Courtney and Oliver Marshall, owners of Blue Steel Coffee Company, have established an annual scholarship for a Washington High School student…

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Bethel 1950’s classes reunion at Frontier Park Aug. 25.

Bethel High School classes from 1950 to 1959 will have a potluck picnic at Frontier Park in Graham on Saurday, August 25. If you are connected to Bethel in any way, student or teacher, bring your stories, photos and favorite dish and join us at the park. The party is set to begin around 11am.

New way to bring books to children in low-income neighborhoods

By Mary Getchell, Communications Director, Pierce County Library System As of Aug. 31, 2012 Pierce County Library System’s Explorer Kids’ Bookmobile will stop serving schools and in mid-November the Library’s family bookmobiles and Explorer Kids’ Bookmobile will stop going to communities. This month the Library’s Board of Trustees agreed to a new way to bring…

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