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• Roosevelt Sixth Grade Students Ring in the Future
  June 18, 2013  
  Roosevelt sixth grade students celebrated the past and rang in the future in a ceremony witnessed by all Roosevelt students on Thursday June 13. » View Full Article
  
  
• Wheelchair Donated to Medical Careers Program
  June 18, 2013  
  Dr. Frank Jahns and his wife, Karen Jahns, donated a wheelchair to the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center Medical Careers program. Jim’s Pharmacy owner Joe Cammack and Sunny Perry, director of the Home Health Division of Jim’s, coordinated the purchase of the chair. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roosevelt’s Blue Thunder Celebrates Another Year of Running
  June 18, 2013  
  Blue Thunder runners have been running laps for fun and fitness at recess for over 20 years now - first at the former Fairview Elementary School - now the tradition continues at Roosevelt Elementary. Students and staff run at recess and non-class times for fun and fitness. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roosevelt Teachers Honored by KONP Radio and Sterling Bank
  June 13, 2013  
  KONP Radio Station Manager Todd Ortloff and Shenna Straling, manager of Sterling Bank in Port Angeles, surprised Roosevelt teachers Paula Epstein and Mark Mitrovich during this morning’s school-wide end-of-year assembly with an announcement they will share Teacher of the Month honors in the KONP-Sterling Bank recognition program. » View Full Article
  
  
• Thank You, Port Angeles School District Retirees! Congratulations!
  June 13, 2013  
  The Port Angeles School District – its School Board Directors, administrators, teachers and staff - thank our 2013 retirees. » View Full Article
  
  
• Port Angeles Student Enters Phase Two of Washington Aerospace Scholars Program
  June 7, 2013  
  Port Angeles High School student Madison Kuss has qualified for Phase Two of the Washington Aerospace Scholars program. She is among 160 juniors from Washington State whose academic performance during WAS Phase One qualified them for the WAS Summer Residency. » View Full Article
  
  
• First Step Partners with Sodexo to Offer Free Summer Lunch Program
  May 31, 2013  
  First Step Family Support Center is partnering with Sodexo Food Services to provide a free summer lunch to our community's youth, ages one through 18 years of age. The program is offered through the Summer Food Service Program, administered by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and funded by the USDA. » View Full Article
  
  
• Hamilton Paraeducator Chosen as Teacher of the Month
  May 31, 2013  
  KONP Radio Station Manager Todd Ortloff and Shenna Straling, manager of Sterling Bank in Port Angeles, surprised Hamilton paraeducator Rebecca Currie during this morning’s school-wide assembly with an announcement she is the Teacher of the Month in the KONP-Sterling Bank recognition program. » View Full Article
  
  
• Stevens Students Honored as May Students of the Month
  May 30, 2013  
  Thirty-three Stevens Middle School students were treated to lunch at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center on Wednesday. The seventh and eighth grade students were recognized by their teachers as May Students of the Month. » View Full Article
  
  
• Student “Young@ Art” Show in Downtown Port Angeles
  May 28, 2013  
  The Port Angeles Arts Council, Juan De Fuca Foundation of the Arts, Port Angeles Downtown Association, and Port Angeles School District partnered to sponsor the Third Annual “Young@Art” Exhibit for Port Angeles students in locations throughout downtown Port Angeles. » View Full Article
  
  
• Students Honored at Career and Technical Education Awards Ceremony
  May 28, 2013  
  Student awards and graduation honors, 155 awards in total, were presented Thursday, May 23 at the Annual Career & Technical Education Awards Ceremony at Port Angeles High School. » View Full Article
  
  
• All-City Spelling Bee Held At Vern Burton
  May 23, 2013  
  Forty-seven students from Port Angeles School District elementary and middle schools - Franklin, Jefferson, Dry Creek, Hamilton and Roosevelt Elementary Schools and Stevens Middle School - and Queen of Angels and Olympic Christian Schools, participated in the city-wide bee Tuesday, May 21 at the Vern Burton Community Center. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roughriders Sign Letter of Intent to Attend College, Participate in Athletic Programs
  May 22, 2013  
  Port Angeles High School seniors Eric Wahl and Brian Cristion signed letters of intent on Tuesday to attend college and participate in their respective intercollegiate athletic programs. » View Full Article
  
  
• Stevens “Blanketeers” Continue Tradition for Project Linus
  May 22, 2013  
  Stevens Middle School student “blanketeers” have recently completed twenty-four blankets for the Project Linus Washington Peninsula Chapter. » View Full Article
  
  
• Schools Invite Parents, Families, Community to End-Of-Year Concerts
  May 22, 2013  
  Port Angeles School District music programs are wrapping up a year of learning and presenting concerts through the end of the school year. All concerts are free and open to the general public. » View Full Article
  
  
• Port Angeles High School Students Awarded Letter in Service
  May 22, 2013  
  You’ve heard of athletes lettering, academics lettering, musicians lettering?! What about service, those students who volunteer, lettering? Two Port Angeles High School students - Sydney Roberts and Mercedes Harris – received their letter in service under the auspices of Youth United at the Monday, May 20 School Board meeting. » View Full Article
  
  
• Pollanz Promise Scholars Announced at Stevens Middle School
  May 17, 2013  
  Denzel Loghry and Wesleyanne Rayment, Stevens Middle School eighth grade students, were announced as this year’s Gladys Christopher Pollanz Promise Scholars on Wednesday. Both received the promise of a $32,000 college scholarship - $8,000 per year for four years - providing they meet scholarship criteria and graduate from Port Angeles or Lincoln High Schools on time. » View Full Article
  
  
• Graduating Seniors Receive 1.7 Million Dollars in Scholarships
  May 16, 2013  
  Port Angeles High School staff recognized 118 graduating high school seniors during the May 14 Scholarship Recognition Night. Community donors and local organizations gave approximately $403,900 in award money, which combined with college awards yielded $1,733,000 for Port Angeles High School students. » View Full Article
  
  
• Cadet Ashlee Reid Accepted to Coast Guard Introduction Mission Program
  May 15, 2013  
  Cadet Ashlee Reid has been accepted to attend the United States Coast Guard Academy Introduction Mission (AIM) this summer. AIM is a one week program that gives participants the opportunity to explore whether the Academy is a good fit for their future. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roughriders Receives Distinguished Unit with Honors Award
  May 15, 2013  
  For the seventh year in a row Port Angeles High School Roughrider Company has received the Navy’s highest award for the 2012-2013 school year, the “Distinguished Unit Award with Honors.” » View Full Article
  
  
• Port Angeles High School Artists Create Art as Fundraiser
  May 14, 2013  
  Port Angeles High School teachers – John Casey, Jennifer Duncan-Taylor and Kathleen Knisely - and art students used their pottery-making skills as a fundraiser to benefit Serenity House of Clallam County. This is the fifth year for the fundraising project started by former PAHS art teacher Jenny Steelquist. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roosevelt Elementary Students Plan for "Blasts from the Past...And a Few that are New!"
  May 14, 2013  
  Roosevelt Elementary students are preparing for the Annual Roosevelt Spring Music Review scheduled for Friday, May 17, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. » View Full Article
  
  
• High School Thespian Society Presents Shakespeare’s Macbeth
  May 10, 2013  
  The Port Angeles High School Thespian Society will present its version of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Macbeth - Macbeth: A Crown of Gold, A Throne of Blood - May 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at the PAHS Auditorium. » View Full Article
  
  
• Roughriders Sign Letter of Intent to Attend Olympic College
  May 10, 2013  
  In a joint ceremony on Wednesday, May 8 in front of family, friends, coaches and Port Angeles High School staff, seniors Mariah Frazier, Shayla Northern and Macy Walker signed letters of intent to attend Olympic College in Bremerton. » View Full Article
  
  
• Stevens Middle School and Jefferson Elementary Receive 2012 Washington Achievement Awards
  May 3, 2013  
  Stevens Middle School and Jefferson Elementary School were two of the 381 schools state-wide receiving 2012 Washington Achievement Awards at a ceremony April 30 at Kentwood High School in Covington. » View Full Article
  
  

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