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Rainier girls lead Crashouts to top-3 finish at 3-on-3 tournament
The Crashouts, a 3-on-3 basketball team led by Rainier High School seniors Brooklynn Swenson and Janess Blackburn, took third place in the girls high school bracket of the Capital City 3-on-3 ...
Tumwater Schools project increasing enrollment at budget hearing
At its July 29 meeting, the Tumwater School District (TSD) Board held a public hearing on the proposed 2024-25 budget and extended its General Fund budget for the current year. In the same boat as every school district that needs to adopt a budget to open schools, TSD’s budget adoption...
Summer's when The Little Red Schoolhouse gets busy
The summer will be over before we know it. As the new school year looms, class supply lists start popping up everywhere. This can cause anxiety for those on a tight budget. Thurston County has an answer in the Little Red Schoolhouse Project. Founded in 1991, the Little Red Schoolhouse...
Sequoia’s Farm School Now Enrolling for Fall 2024
Yes, we are deeply immersed in summer, and yet, it’s time to make plans for your children when school resumes in September. Due to parent requests, Sequoia’s Farm School in Olympia started offering an option for half-day school last year from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along with their full-day option from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Farm School has 2-day, 3-day, and 5-day options for care and accepts children from 3.5 to 7 years of age.
Estonian college student making mark on Yelm community during summer internship
Mattias Tammekänd, a student at the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia, was unexpectedly placed in Yelm for his summer internship with Southwestern Advantage to sell educational books to ...
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