The Senate released its proposed 2009-2011 Budget yesterday, and the House just released theirs a few minutes ago. I am proud to annouce that both Budgets maintain current funding levels for Highly Capable Education! Thank you for your advocacy! Without you speaking for your children, we would not be in this position. This is a [...]
Our second ice skating night will be April 9th from 6:30 to 8:00 at Sprinker Recreation Center. Last year’s event was a huge success! Admission and skate rental is only $1 per person. For driving directions, see the Sprinker website.
The news in Puyallup this week was good, but we’re not out of the woods yet. The proposed new program still relies on state funding for highly capable education. Should the state elect not to fund highly capable, the district will need to find another source for that money. Other districts are being faced with [...]
Welcome to the new ABC website! We hope that you like our new look and feel. The first thing I’m sure you’ve noticed is that things look a lot different. That’s absolutely true, but the changes we’ve made are more than just cosmetic. We’ve added a new events calendar to help keep you up to [...]
The first grade read-a-thon runs from March 28th through April 5th. Collect pledges per hour read, or a flat amount. Every student that participates will get a treat and a bookmark. Every student that collects at least $40 will be entered into a drawing for one of four reading gift packs. The two students collecting [...]
Some of you may have been at Monday night’s school board meeting, or may have seen the article in the paper Tuesday morning saying that QUEST was losing three full-time teaching positions. You might also have made the connection between the elimination of three full-time positions and the QUEST pull-out program. It’s true the pull-out [...]
