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Your calendar for area school events. You also can find events by school.
The effort in Tumwater to save the sixth grade overnight trip to the Cispus Learning Center was mentioned in an article in the Wall Street Journal about field trips getting cut because of district budget cuts and family financial hardships. Clayton Lundstrom, a Michael T. Simmons elementary sixth grader, told the Journal about his disappointment, illustrating the dashed hopes of thousands of kids nationwide who will have fewer field trips to go to.
The Wall Street Journal cites an American Association of School Administrators survey, which found an increasing number of schools having to cut trips. Check the story out to get that national picture.
-- Venice Buhain, Olympian education reporter
Is the handshake a thing of the past? A business etiquette consultant explores the issue.
The Hands On Children's Museum treats every day like flu season when it comes to sanitizing its displays, but there could be a few new ways to help their young visitors avoid nasty bugs, officials say.
We now have an easy link to our education listings on our events listings system. Now, what we need are education events.
South Sound districts announce some recent successes.
Terry Borden, superintendent of the Tumwater School District, announced his retirement Thursday afternoon, after 23 years in the district.
Update on the Olympia School District Education Foundation's Principals Checkbook program. How did they spend the money?
Students in Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey aren't in school until Wednesday. So, how can they tune into President Obama's address to students on Tuesday?
The power and reach of Facebook is being harnessed in the attempts to save the outdoor school programs in the Tumwater and Olympia districts.
Tumwater parent created a Facebook page to support the Cispus program.
Local family Charlie and Clint Carden took to the Capital Lakefair stage to raise money and awareness for the Wyatt Holliday Foundation.
The museum also has activities related to the NASA exhibit that's on the Capitol Campus lawn. Also -- meet the stars of my video of the exhibit.
A breakdown of how much it cost Tumwater and Olympia to hold outdoor school in 2009 at the Cispus Learning Center.
Seattle Public Schools board member Cheryl Chow spoke with The Olympian Tuesday morning about what it was like to work with North Thurston's new superintendent.
A list of how the OSD board voted on each of the proposed amendments to the budget.
About 41 parents, teachers and students addressed the board at Wednesday night's Olympia School District 2009-10 budget public hearing. Many more were in attendance.
Olympia and Timberline make top 6 percent of public schools in the country, according to Newsweek
The Olympia School District proposes no rise in base pay for district administrators, and a furlough of up to 1.8 percent in the 2009-10 year.
As of 5 p.m. June 1. who on local school boards has filed their paperwork to run for school board.
Updates on the Catholic high school, slated to open in fall of 2010.
Readers need to submit their items by the Sunday before in order to get their items into the Education Page. Plus, information on how to nominate a great student for Student Spotlights.
The timing is coincidence, B&G of Thurston County executive director says.
Olympia School District and the Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County considering starting a new clubhouse at Garfield Elementary School. If this were to happen, it would open in about three years.