This year the four Kent School District high schools are coming together to reach their goal of collecting 100,000 pounds of food to donate to local food banks.
Maple Valley City council members and city staff continue to move forward on finalizing the city’s contribution to the Ravensdale Park Foundation.
A group of moms from Maple Valley have formed Maple Valley Family Circle to continue Toddler Time and Family Movie Night at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center on a short term basis while they search for a long term solution.
So it hasn’t been all that terribly long since I was in high school myself, but in the last year and a half or so that I’ve been writing about schools in Maple Valley and Covington I’ve definitely noticed a shift.
Girls swim team members from Kentlake, Tahoma and Kentwood finished the 2013 season by placing in the top 16 at the state championship meet and breaking school records at King County Aquatic Center on Nov. 15 and 16.
Kentlake’s Kyndal Phillips is the No. 2 seed in the 100 backstroke and the No. 3 seed in the 100 butterfly going into tomorrow’s finals of the girls swim and dive state meet at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
With the passage of the $195 million school bond by voters, Tahoma School District officials are turning their attention to next steps and going forward with the long list of projects.
The city of Maple Valley is projecting that jail costs will finish the year up 144 percent over 2012 while court costs are estimated to be nearly 70 percent higher.
Kentwood and Tahoma football were both knocked out of the playoffs in their respective games Nov. 8.
Kentwood and Tahoma volleyball are playing in the district tournament this afternoon. Kentwood is playing Eastlake tonight in the first round of the playoffs at French Field. Kick off is at 7 p.m.
Enrollment has declined at three of the four Kent district high schools in recent years, with Kentlake shrinking the most.
Kentlake girls swim and dive came up big again with a second place team finish at the West Central District swim meet Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Curtis Aquatic Center.
District’s proposed $195 million construction bond garnered 68 percent of votes in first round of ballots counted Tuesday
Community members gathered for the Trick or Trunk featuring large trucks and a school bus at the Greater Maple Valley Community Center Oct. 31.
Students at Kentlake High School are donning purple today in honor of domestic violence awareness month and the school’s domestic violence awareness week.
Precinct 3, also known as the Hicks-Raburn Precinct or Southeast Precinct, is slated to return to its former home located off state Route 169 in Maple Valley.
The Falcons were led by a win in the 200 individual medley by junior Laura Williams with a state qualifying time of 2 minutes, 14 seconds, edging out Megan Kawaguchi of Mount Rainier who finished in 2:14.01.
The Falcons went 5-0 this year under the direction of first year coach Brad Williams after going 3-2 last year.
Gabriella Sciuchetti skipped a grade, participated in the Kent School District’s highly capable program, and for fun in fifth grade she taught herself Calculus from her dad’s college textbook.
That effort included having a presence and being available to answer questions at the Maple Valley Farmers Market this summer and fall, as well as at each school’s open house, being in front of local stores, encouraging residents to register to vote, door-belling, and sign waving.
