Amid high absence rates among staff and students, Peninsula School District Superintendent Krestin Bahr sent a message to district families Jan. 12 calling on parents and community members to … more

“May Peace Prevail on Earth” was the message celebrating the installation of Peace Poles at Evergreen Elementary School Dec. 10. The phrase is posted on the monument in eight different … more

Longbranch resident Ava Tisino, 10, won a first place trophy for mastery of the piano in her category at the annual Gig Harbor Music Teachers Association Music Olympics Nov. 20 at Harbor Covenant … more

The Peninsula School District officially welcomed its third of four new buildings this year with a formal ribbon-cutting and public tour at Evergreen Elementary. It is the first new school built on the Key Peninsula in decades. more

The Peninsula High School Seahawks defeated their perennial rivals and friends, the Gig Harbor Tides, 36-12 in the opening game of a resurrected season Feb. 19. more

Planning for the return of students to classrooms has been complicated. Logistics for transportation, meals, recess and passing from one class to another had to be taken into account. more

Communities in Schools of Peninsula, whose mission is to identify at-risk students and surround them with a community of support, has been serving students on the Key Peninsula and in Gig Harbor for nearly two decades. When the pandemic closed schools in March 2020, the organization had to adjust quickly. more

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

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

Peninsula School District is in the final stage of planning for a modernization of Key Peninsula Middle School. more

KP News asked three KP kids to describe their online class experience this year. more

In the pre-pandemic era, over the course of a year the Greentrike organization’s Play to Learn outreach program served tens of thousands of people across 23 regional sites, including the Key Peninsula Civic Center in Vaughn. The grant-funded early childhood education program is now being offered virtually over Zoom, including thematic circle time, project-based activity time, pajama time and STEAM-focused lessons. more

If only one could have floated on the scented air of that crisp fall evening now so distant, riding the smells of baking salmon and burning popcorn through clouds of green and blue hairspray. There … more

If only one could have floated on the scented air of that crisp fall … more

Hugh McMillan, KP News Ashley Olson, a senior at Peninsula High School, with a big assist from her mom, Theresa Gilmore, successfully fulfilled her senior project by adopting and providing holiday … more

In a world where books are everywhere, it’s difficult to imagine them as a scarce commodity. But when Minter Creek Elementary Principal Steve Leitz visited schools in … more

In the two years since its creation, Key Peninsula’s Two Waters Arts Alliance has built prominence, offering classes and lending the talents of its members for all … more