Kent School District staff are no longer talking about shutting down two elementary schools for the 2012-2013 school year.
Officials announced a new recommendation to look into keeping all schools open at the Feb. 8 meeting of the district’s Board of Directors.
The Kent School District is considering closing Jenkins Creek and Cedar Valley elementary schools for the 2012-2013 school year.
The Kentlake High School gymnasts took home the All-City Championship for the sixth year in a row.
Many educators in Kent and Tahoma say they can’t wait until 2018 to receive the funds they need to properly educate their students.
Oywak just returned from the Republic of South Sudan. He is a manager for the Sudan Microfinance Institution (SUMI) stationed in South Sudan and he works there for six months every year.
Oywak, who now lives in Covington, travelled by foot, train and plane to many places including Egypt, Italy and Iraq. He arrived in Washington state in 1998.
Seattle Thunderbirds players told around 400 elementary students bullying wasn’t cool.
Bailey Wheeler, 13, is no longer afraid to stand up for herself because of what she learned during one of many workshops at a youth conference in Kent.
Gymnasts will tumble, flip and vault their way across local gyms this winter season.
At Kentlake the Falcons have a new leader.
At Kentwood, the team is young.
The number of homeless students in the Kent School District is growing every year.
After only three months of school, 158 students are seeking services for homelessness.
Park Orchard Elementary School PE teacher Trudy Schug doesn’t just motivate students in the gymnasium.
