Education

Daniel Mast: Dreams of being an announcer for the Mariners

Daniel Mast: Dreams of being an announcer for the Mariners

Evergreen named in list of cost-effective schools

The 2010 edition of the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” has named The Evergreen State College as one of the nation’s 44 “Best Buy” schools, according to a news release. These institutions were selected based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance, according to the news release. Fiske researchers combined cost data with academic and other lifestyle information about each college or university to determine what institutions offer “remarkable educational opportunities at a relatively modest cost,” the release stated.

Nisqually tribe gives grant to North Thurston

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Sports fees among options at Tumwater schools

TUMWATER – Tumwater School District athletes might have to pay sports fees for the first time as district officials grapple with a $1.7 million budget shortfall in the 2009-10 school year.

First day of school

LACEY - On Raj Manhas' first day as North Thurston Public Schools superintendent, he met a student who was having fun with math.

Class reunions

Rogers High School Class of 1979: 6 to 11:30 p.m. July 25 at Pierce County Fairgrounds, Frontier Park Lodge in Graham. Contact Teri VanCleave at 360-446-5044 or 360-507-2553, or rogershs1979@yahoo.com.

Deadline approaches for health care career camp

South Sound high school seniors considering a career in health care can explore that field at a Nurse and Health Care Camp sponsored by Capital Medical Center, Providence St. Peter Hospital and South Puget Sound Community College. The free event will be July 7 to 9.

North Thurston union honors teachers of the year

Fourteen North Thurston Public Schools teachers were selected by their colleagues as teachers of the year, according to the North Thurston Education Association.

Rochester, Chehalis students win scholarship

The Friends of Olympia Farmers Market has awarded the Robert J. Meyer Scholarship to Devin Dowell of Rochester and Alex VanTuyl of Chehalis. They will major in organic agricultural systems at Washington State University. Both are receiving one-year scholarships.

N. Thurston student wins essay contest on Holocaust

Elliott Appel, a recent graduate of North Thurston High School, is one of 10 national first-place winners of Holland and Knight Charitable Foundation’s 2009 Holocaust Remembrance Project Essay Contest. Winners joined six Holocaust survivors and educators to teach about the Holocaust in Chicago.