Education

Gig Harbor Now staff are proud to provide coverage of Peninsula School District, Tacoma Community College, private schools and home schools, emphasizing the value and experiences of learning here and beyond.

A photo of the front of Gig Harbor High School

Want a say in Peninsula schools’ future? Here’s how to weigh in on the district’s strategic plan

Apr 13, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Peninsula School District’s draft Strategic Plan 2022-26 is open for public comment through May 6

Chinese language students from Gig Harbor connect with school in Taiwan

Apr 11, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Peninsula School District will phase out middle school Chinese classes next year. Low enrollment cited.

Students eat lunch in the cafeteria of Kopachuck Middle School on Thursday, March 10, 2022, with a temporary wall visible in the foreground. The school and Key Peninsula Middle School are being upgraded with funds from the district’s 2019 bond.

Learning, construction happening simultaneously at Peninsula middle schools

Mar 17, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Kopachuck Middle School students ran in from recess on March 10 along a walkway bordered by a tall chain-link fence. On the other side, the metal framework of a large, new structure was taking shape day by day. The building, destined to become the new school entrance and administrative wing, is part of a $33

Students at Gig Harbor High School go without masks on Monday, March 14, 2022, the first day of school since Gov. Jay Inslee lifted the state’s indoor mask mandate. Pictured, from left, are Lola Hawkins, Courtney Myers, Emma Vandervort, Adrien Collier and Adrienne Anderson, all sophomores.

Covid masks come off in Peninsula schools … or not

Mar 14, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Gig Harbor High School students streamed into the commons Monday, most of them going without Covid-19 masks at school for the first time in almost two years. “I feel really good,” freshman Max Potashnick said. “I feel like I don’t have to worry about not bringing a mask. I feel a lot more free, if

Students at Artondale Elementary on Nov. 22, 2021, wear masks in compliance with the state’s school mask mandate. The state’s indoor mask mandate will expire March 12, 2022, including in schools.

Peninsula School District working way through mask-related records request

Mar 03, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

The massive request, largely about mask and vaccine requirements, is similar to other requests that have been submitted to school districts around the state.

Scholarships for women, summer camp for kids available

Feb 22, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Minerva offering scholarships for women who have been out of school for a while. Camp Seymour to host children of wounded military personnel.

Mason Litts, a seventh grader at Key Peninsula Middle School, prepares nachos for his family’s dinner.

Peninsula students’ ‘Cooking Crew’ going strong even as need for remote meetups is waning

Feb 19, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Middle school students hone culinary skills and connect with friends during twice-monthly Zoom sessions.

Peninsula students protest mask mandate

Feb 16, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Students, who gathered in the parking lot, planned to enter the school unmasked.

A look at Eddon Boatyard from the Bay in Gig Harbor

Good For You: Students make deans lists, graduate

Feb 12, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

13 local students make deans lists around the country and three receive their degrees.

Peninsula school officials affirm radio station’s future is TBD

Feb 07, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

District officials will weigh value to students of broadcasting classes (now suspended)

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