Education

Gig Harbor Now staff are proud to provide coverage of Peninsula School District, Tacoma Community College, private schools and home schools, emphasizing the value and experiences of learning here and beyond.

Clean out your closets for a good cause

Jul 14, 2025 | By:

Food Backpacks 4 Kids is now taking donations for its sixth annual Clothing Drive, which distributes items to families ahead of back-to-school season.

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State program examines alternatives to problematic chemicals in artificial turf, other products

Jul 02, 2025 | By:

The state departments of Ecology and Health are leading an effort to determine whether turf can be manufactured without hazardous chemicals.

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Aviation Academy in Peninsula School District gets $179,000 from Legislature

Jun 25, 2025 | By:

The new funding will expand access to field experience, industry site visits and additional program opportunities that connect classroom learning to real world careers.

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Altrusa, Food Backpacks 4 Kids team up on summer lunch program

Jun 25, 2025 | By:

The free Summer Lunch Program returns on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting July 8 at these Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula locations.

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Peninsula School District committee says high schools should be “highest priority” to upgrade 

Jun 23, 2025 | By:

Peninsula High hasn’t been upgraded since 2004, and parts of it were built in 1946. GHHS was built in 1978 and last renovated in 1991.

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Peninsula School District getting first new food service provider in decades 

Jun 16, 2025 | By:

Aramark takes over the contract from Sodexo starting next fall. Here’s what will be on the menu.

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Herons Key awards nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 16 local graduating seniors

Jun 12, 2025 | By:

Sixteen local graduating seniors received scholarships ranging from $1,250 to $2,500 from residents at the senior housing community.

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Legislation makes opening a child care a little easier

Jun 10, 2025 | By:

As Kimberly Shaw recalls her arduous four-year journey to open the first licensed child-care center on the Key Peninsula, she holds an infant boy in her lap. Getting a permit for a child-care center has been more difficult than Shaw, director of the nonprofit Key Peninsula Cooperative Preschool, initially envisioned. The process has been filled

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Being Neighborly | The No. 1 fan, and booster, of local sports teams

Jun 01, 2025 | By:

Some people call Pat Furman, owner of The Floatation Device in Purdy, the town’s unofficial mayor.

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Peninsula School Board suspends controversial staff expression policy 

May 22, 2025 | By:

The policy said that the district could fire teachers whose online speech “has an adverse impact on district operations.”

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