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Deborah Krishnadasan Ends Two-Year Term as PSD Board President

Deborah Krishnadasan stepped down in December after serving her two year term as president of the Peninsula School District Board of Directors, but continues in her second elected term on the board. … more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 1/27/21

On Pruning

In the dead of winter, at least for some homeowners, thoughts turn to pruning. Deciduous trees have shed their leaves, making it easier to see their structure, and growth is dormant. If you are Tim Kezele, though, you think about pruning all the time. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 1/27/21

Artist Chris Bronstad shows off his finished piece.

TWAA Brings Colorful Murals to Key Center

Board member Cathy Williams had read about the Downtown Storefront Mural Project in Seattle, a plan to transform boarded up storefronts into canvases. Although Key Center is not plagued by plywood windows, TWAA decided to run with the idea. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 1/27/21

Dramatic End to Attempted County Health Dept. Takeover

A Pierce County Council attempt to terminate the 48-year-old agreement governing the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and place it under its own control came to an abrupt end Dec 15. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/30/20

Many hands make light work as FB4K volunteers sort, pack and load food into waiting cars.

Backpacks for Kids Steps Up in Time of Need

Food Backpacks 4 Kids, now just over a decade old, transformed during the pandemic. In a matter of months, the organization more than doubled the amount of food going to families. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/30/20

COVID-19 testing includes the very youngest of Peninsula students.

COVID-19 Testing Puts PSD in Groundbreaking Role

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department launched a COVID-19 pilot testing program at three school districts in the county in December, including Peninsula, White River and Eatonville. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/30/20

Miracle of Seeds

By January gardens are put to rest. Beds are cleared, mulch is spread. In the comfort of winter life spent indoors, people begin to dream and plan for the coming spring. It is a time to cozy up with what, for an avid gardener, may be better than a good novel. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/30/20

Veteran PSD bus drivers Louise Wick (left) and Dee Hendrix await kindergartners and first-graders from Evergreen.

PSD School Opening Plans Continue on a Rocky Course

If there is one certainty about deciding how or if to open schools to students in the midst of a pandemic, it is this: Nothing is certain. The experience of the Peninsula School District has been no exception. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/2/20

Tree Therapy

This year has not been easy. A pandemic. Unprecedented partisan divisions. And now a holiday season, already fraught for many, made more complicated by COVID-related restrictions. Not to mention that the Pacific Northwest is deep in the dark days of winter. None of this bodes well for mental health. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 12/2/20

Emilie Marchio’s kindergarten class pledges allegiance to the flag with Principal Barabe via Zoom.

Vaughn Elementary Welcomes K-1 Back to School

Emilie Marchio, who has taught kindergarten at Vaughn Elementary School for six years, was delighted to welcome more than a dozen 5-year-olds to class. “I love it. As strange and weird as it … more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 10/29/20

Vaughn Elementary kindergartner Hanna Forseth walks to class Oct. 16.

COVID-19 Spike Forces PSD Back to Remote Learning, Closing Classrooms Again

The Peninsula School District plan to invite more students back to in-person learning in November stalled Oct. 23 when, in response to record-setting COVID-19 infections in the county, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department advised schools to cease classroom instruction. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 10/26/20

Hope Recovery Center Won’t Build on KP

The five-year dream of building a residential addiction treatment center on the Key Peninsula ended in August when the nonprofit Hope Recovery Center board of directors withdrew its application for a conditional use permit. more