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Volunteers save school rifle team program

TUMWATER - John Stines, the parent of a Black Hills High School student, was willing to forgo pay this year to coach the school's rifle team.

Timberline celebrates end of Berlin Wall anniversary

The Timberline High School German Club marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 9 at Timberline High School, 6120 Mullen Road S.E., Lacey.

New Catholic high school to hold Information Night

Prospective students and their parents may attend an Information Night at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 to learn more about Pope John Paul II High School, the new Catholic high school slated to open in Lacey next September to freshmen and sophomores.

Land bought for Hawks Prairie school

LACEY - North Thurston Public Schools' 14th elementary school will be in Hawks Prairie, the result of a purchase that was completed this week by the district.

Schools spread word: 'It's OK to be sick'

South Sound teachers, students and schools have had to be more flexible as most districts have experienced elevated levels of student absences because of flulike symptoms in the past few weeks.

Student Spotlights for Oct. 25

Age: 17

Bill Gates influences federal education dollars

WASHINGTON – The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates.

Puget Sound used as classroom

OLYMPIA - A little thing like plankton was part of a new world for some Komachin Middle School eighth-graders.

Saint Martin’s professor wins engineering award

The Society of Women Engineers named Saint Martin’s University professor Amanie Abdelmessih as the 2009 recipient of the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award. She is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Saint Martin’s, where she received tenure in 2001.