The Kent School Board is considering a plan to put partial days into the school year. This plan would shorten up to 30 school days in order to carve out more time for "teacher collaboration." It's yet another instance where students and parents are being unfairly shortchanged to accommodate adult interests.
In his letter to the editor, Eric Thornton raised several questions about the city of Kent's decision to implement school zone speed cameras. I would like to respond in turn.
Get your dancing shoes on. The Kent International Festival opens with a World Dance Party on Friday, June 21 at the Kent Senior Center.
Kent native Patrick Dawson competes in the Emerald City Beardo's Facial Hair Club Northwest Regional Beard and 'Stache Competition last Saturday at Studio Seven in Seattle.
Park Orchard Elementary School students – grades 4-6 – host a Young Entrepreneur Show from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday.
I attended a Kent School District Board meeting last week with other concerned teachers, parents and community members. The issue of concern being discussed was late start days.
After reading the article in the May 31 edition of the Kent Reporter, I'd like some answers to a few things:
It was with great concern that I read the article "City to consider selling Riverbend par 3 course" (Kent Reporter, May 31).
Elizabeth BarthaElizabeth Bartha passed away on May 31 at the age of 84, after a long and hard fought battle with cancer. Elizabeth is survived… Continue reading
Kent Farmers Market: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 28, Town Square Plaza Park, corner of Second and Smith. Kent Lions community service project. Vendors offering a variety of fresh locally grown farm-based foods, hand-crafted items, live entertainment and more. Free admission. Information: 253-486-9316, www.kentfarmersmarket.com.
Highline Community College's Marine Science and Technology (MaST) Center celebrates two special occasions on Saturday, June 15 – its fifth birthday and annual octopus graduation.
The ShoWare Center has been holding free indoor walks for about three years now, and the community has shown a very strong liking to it.
Late start days for Kent School District students could become a weekly event rather than monthly. The Kent School District Board of Directors is considering adding more shortened days to the school calendar to give teachers additional time for professional development. The district, which currently has nine late start days throughout the school year, could up that to as many as 30 days.
iGrad, a partnership between the Kent School District and Green River Community College, will be graduating its first class of students at the ShoWare Center at 7 p.m. Friday, as part of the GRCC graduation ceremony.
A field of 60 cars lined up for the Torklift Central RV Center's second annual Classic Car and Motorcycle Show in Kent last Saturday. More than 400 attended the show, a benefit for Soldiers' Angels, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sending care packages to U.S. troops overseas.
Jaylin Miller, a fifth grader at Star Lake Elementary in Kent, was inducted into the AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame last Friday in recognition of her dedication to safety, community stewardship and leadership.
The VCA Kent Animal Hospital's third annual Furfest, a pet festival, is Saturday, June 15, behind the hospital, 10834 SE Kent-Kangley Road. It is free to the public.
Organizers of the Kent Parks Resident Camp at Waskowitz will host a pair of parent/camper informational meetings – June 12 and July 10 – from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Kent Commons, 525 4th Avenue N.
The team of seniors Ray Maung, 17, Kentwood High School, Jake Hecla, 18, Aviation High of Des Moines, and Rian Chandra, 18, Capitol High of Olympia, won the second-place grand award in physics and astronomy at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair on May 12-17 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Technical rescue teams from several fire departments combined efforts on Friday afternoon to rescue a woman who had fallen and had been injured along a remote road along the Green River.
