Vaughn Elementary School has a new principal, Abbie Barabe (pronounced “bear-a-bee”), with an extensive background in the field of elementary education.
After earning her …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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8/27/20
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The Peninsula School Board voted 4-1 to open schools without students Sept. 8, approving the Remote Learning 2.0 plan proposed by Superintendent Art Jarvis.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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8/6/20
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The Peninsula School District is moving forward with plans to offer the Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC) program at Peninsula High School in 2021. The Peninsula NNDCC was given the …
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Matthew Dean, KP News
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7/30/20
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Much was celebrated May 20 when 166 Peninsula High School graduating seniors, 62 from the Key Peninsula, were awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships from the Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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7/29/20
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A small but excited group gathered June 5 as Peninsula School District Superintendent Art Jarvis, Principal Hugh Maxwell and the five school board members put feet to shovels to break ground for the new Evergreen Elementary School.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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6/26/20
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We in the Peninsula School District join the rest of our nation in sad recognition that many children and families are in pain right now, but especially our black children and …
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Dr. Art Jarvis
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6/26/20
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Students, teachers, staff and parents had to team up to face an unprecedented challenge. Students and teachers entered a new learning world when schools closed suddenly …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/29/20
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Solid leadership and energetic volunteers backed by a generous community combine to meet the challenge of rising childhood food insecurity.
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Staff Report
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5/29/20
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Amidst a pandemic, a teacher and her students strive to learn about humanity.Vicky Schauer, eighth- grade English and Language Arts teacher at Key Peninsula Middle School, is passionate about her final unit, Voices of the Holocaust.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/29/20
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Praise and encouragement for the first senior class to graduate under the constraints of a pandemic.
I am so proud of the graduating …
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Staff
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5/29/20
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Congratulations to this sample of tomorrow's leaders, parents, voters, neighbors. We join your classmates, parents, teachers, friends and potential employers in celebrating your achievements. Have a …
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Staff Report
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5/29/20
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Teachers and staff keeping students connected, fed and learning in a changed world. Sheri Ahlheim was teaching her sixth period math class at Peninsula High School March …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/1/20
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Young children, their parents and teacher work together to adapt to social distancing. During this era of COVID-19, preschoolers and their …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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5/1/20
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PSD is one of several potential partners with the county to install fiber optic cable througout the district.
Peninsula School District recently signed a new contract …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/1/20
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Kids are grieving the loss of opportunities while staff work to support them. Despite starting on the other side of the world, the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, reached Washington state and the city of Gig Harbor.
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Daniel Shurr, Special to the KP News
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5/1/20
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Voters approved a Peninsula School District Educational Programs and Operations levy Feb. 11 to replace a levy that will expire at the end of 2020. The final tally was 21,054 …
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Staff Report
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3/1/20
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It was a tough year, but both teams kept the faith and …
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Daniel Shurr, Special to the KP News
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3/1/20
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Just wanted to thank Lisa Bryan for the terrific article on the Communities in Schools reading program. (“Tutors with Tails Help Young Readers at Vaughn Elementary,” KP News …
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2/1/20
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The growing 80-girl program, modeled after Toastmasters International, …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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1/2/20
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The ever-popular Communities in Schools of Peninsula's Tutors with …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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1/2/20
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