Browse past news stories for Kopachuck Middle School in Gig Harbor, WA.

• ‘Festival of Trees’ Gets First Teen Participant (The Kitsap Sun)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 10:15:00 pm
  GIG HARBOR —For the last six months, Ben Weymiller has been making calls and collecting donations of everything from cash to lodge accommodations.In a few days, Weymiller will be one of dozens of people swarming the convention and trade center in Tacoma to create one of about 70 Festival of Trees displays.Weymiller is only 13 — and will become the first youth in the festival’s history to be a ...
• The wheels on these buses go round and round (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 08:36:15 pm
  The whole Peninsula School District school bus cadre poses before their unstabled yellow stallions on a beautiful day shortly before the opening of the school year.
• 8th-Grade Sydney Boy Reported for Making 'Death Note' (Anime News Network)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 04:43:21 pm
  The Daily Telegraph newspaper of Australia reports , in an article about "serious incidents" in schools during the six months ending this past April, that teachers found a "Death Note" in the bag of an eighth-grade boy in southwestern Sydney.
• No Penalties for Gig Harbor Schools Not Meeting AYP (The Kitsap Sun)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 01:02:10 am
  GIG HARBOR — Ten out of 15 Peninsula School District schools did not make “adequate yearly progress” last year as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The schools are mandated to create school improvement plans and those that receive so-called Title 1 funding have to offer certain alternatives as part of the sanctions. None of the schools on the Gig Harbor side that didn’t meet the ...
• Outdoors notebook | Prospects appear good for westside pheasant hunting (Seattle Times)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 10:17:09 pm
  The general westside pheasant-hunting season runs from Oct. 3 to Nov. 30.
• Preserve Our Parks to hold thank-you celebration (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 11:35:49 pm
  A family scours the beach at Kopachuck State Park on a sunny day. The community is invited to a party at the park on Sunday to celebrate the parks staying open.
• Kopachuck student scores in top 4 percent on ACT (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 10:13:52 pm
  Amanda Gordon, 14, poses with the medal she was awarded at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Gordon, an eighth-grader at the time she was tested, scored a 33 on the ACT, which is in the top 4 percent of college-bound seniors.
• GIG HARBOR: Voyager, Kopachuck among top teams (Tacoma News Tribune)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 07:19:25 am
  Teams from Voyager Elementary School and Kopachuck Middle School in the Peninsula School District were among the top finishers in the Destination ImagiNation’s 2009 Global Finals.
• Kopachuck Middle School students raise pennies for peace (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 07:43:33 pm
  Photo courtesy of KMS Assistant Principal Susan O’Leary. Kopachuck children Liz Fredrickson, Julia Lobdell, Bailey Salter, Tyler Fairbanks, Carolyn McCann, Avery Shaw and Claire Ayers counting pennies for “Pennies for Peace.”
• Guitar teacher strums along at the market (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 07:58:22 pm
  Musician and guitar instructor Billy Farmer gives pointers to his young student, Triston Bills.
• New events set for Maritime Gig (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 07:43:17 pm
  And they’re off! Kids of all ages give it their all during the annual “Kids Dash” on Judson Street at the Mari-time Gig.
• Education, Version 2.0 (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on March 11, 2009 at 11:33:44 pm
  Erik Nilson now takes four classes a day online through WAVA and two through Gig Harbor High School. He is no longer officially a PSD student; instead, he’s enrolled in the Monroe School District, where WAVA is based.
• Peninsula School District gains 15 National Board-certified professionals (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on February 19, 2009 at 09:01:19 pm
  The Peninsula School District’s cadre of National Board Certificated Teachers recently increased by 15 members.
• State needs to be creative to keep Kopachuck open (Peninsula Gateway)
  posted on February 19, 2009 at 07:46:29 pm
  I may be new this year to the Legislature, but I am not new to budgeting in government. As a former Kitsap County commissioner, I helped create and adopt budgets each year. It’s a matter of knowing how much you have to spend, setting priorities and making sure you do not spend beyond your means.