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.

A photo of the front of Gig Harbor High School

Student assaulted by outsiders at Gig Harbor High

Oct 13, 2021 | By: Ed Friedrich

The victim was assaulted by five teens, who fled, but he wouldn’t cooperate with the police.

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Students get off a bus at Gig Harbor High School.

Peninsula school bus drivers get a raise. What about the paraeducators?

Oct 04, 2021 | By: Christina T Henry

Bus drivers in Peninsula School District, some of whom complained to the school board in August about low wages and tough working conditions, are getting a 7.5% raise. “Kids have messes on buses, they throw up on buses, they rip our bus seats. There’s all kinds of stuff we deal with, but the majority of

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Four grade-schoolers learn about engineering by building towers

Kids reconnect safely through outdoor library programs

Sep 21, 2021 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Story time for the youngest and a STEAM program for grade-schoolers are both held in a big field next to the library’s parking lot.

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Exterior of Swift Water Elementary School in Gig Harbor

New Peninsula School District chief focused on students’ reentry, healing

Sep 05, 2021 | By: Christina T Henry

Peninsula School District Superintendent Krestin Bahr takes charge amid a persistent surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant.

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Kindergarten teacher Kelli Willson sets up her classroom at the new Swift Water Elementary School in Gig Harbor on Aug. 19. Classes for gra

Peninsula schools to reopen amid rise in COVID cases

Sep 04, 2021 | By: Christina T Henry

Students will be returning to school, though in masks, five days a week: “That will be our moment of celebration,” one teacher says.

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exterior of pioneer elementary school in gig harbor

New Peninsula schools completed ahead of schedule

Sep 03, 2021 | By: Christina T Henry

Three new Peninsula schools will be ready for students on Sept. 7 and the fourth, Artondale, will open later in the fall.

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