Tahoma High is now solar powered.
Well, part of it at least, now that an array of solar panels have been installed on the roof of the high school.
Having the panels installed is another piece of the Tahoma School District’s sustainability curriculum it has been integrating into its coursework from grade school through high school the past two years.
Alexandra Mayer probably could have kept filling out college applications between piano lessons and second year calculus homework when she read about the toxic flood of red sludge in Hungary in early October.
Coaches have voted for the top athletes in their respective fall sports with many local prep stars making the lists.
In football, Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma players all made the South Puget Sound League on offense and defense.
School records were falling left and right at the 4A state swim meet Nov. 12-13 at the King County Aquatic Center.
Emily Tanasse from Kentlake broke her own record in the 100-yard butterfly three times over the weekend.
And the Falcons 200-individual medley relay missed breaking the school record by one-tenth of a second.
Seth Dawson plans to stop Kentlake’s revolving door for boys swim coaches.
Dawson, who was coaching boys and girls high school swimming in Corbett, Oregon, last year, has taken over the Falcons boys swim and dive team this season after Diana Ekstrom decided not to return for a second season at the helm.
College basketball season is just starting but students at Kentwood High already have a serious case of bracket fever.
This is thanks not to hoops hysteria but the March playoff inspired Munch Madness food drive led by the ASB (Associated Student Body) and Leadership class which pits classes against one another with a goal to raise 30,000 by Dec. 4.
While Morgan Roberts has decided she wants to go into show business when she grows up her younger sister Sarah wants to see how her first play goes before she decides.
Kentwood split its matches at the West Central District 4A volleyball tournament Nov. 5 and Saturday, but punched its ticket to the state tournament.
In the first match Kentwood started the tournament with a dominating performance in a three game sweep over Emerald Ridge, 25-15, 25-12, 25-15.
It may look like a boring green metal box but for the Maple Valley Police Department it is the latest tool to fight drug abuse.
Maple Valley Police Chief Michelle Bennett unveiled the drug drop box Nov. 5, which is locked and bolted securely to the wall of the lobby in the police station.
Tahoma needs money to ensure that its students stay warm, safe and dry.
Those three words, which are the minimum threshold to house students, have driven a 2 1/2 year design and planning process that will lead to a construction bond measure likely to be placed on the April 26 ballot for about $120 million, give or take a few million.
This has been a season of change for the Kentlake girl’s swim team yet it has consistently been successful this season.
For starters, star swimmer Chelsea Bailey was forced to sit out her senior season due to an injury.
It was a chance meeting that led Kristy Fassion to Stroller Strides more than three years ago, but it’s no accident that she has taken over the Maple Valley franchise.
Jay Rodne and Glenn Anderson appear to win re-election from the 5th in the state house of representatives as does Pat Sullivan from the 47th but Joe Fain has a lead over Sen. Claudia Kauffman and Mark Hargrove is defeating Rep. Geoff Simpson in the first round of returns tonight.
Going green means much more to Tahoma School District officials than recycling more.
It means integrating the concept of sustainability into its curriculum and not just science classrooms but in history, math, and beyond.
On a rainy Monday morning the waiting room at Maple Valley Food Bank and Emergency Services is full as clients hang onto numbers, sit in hard plastic chairs and wait their turn.
As the economy sunk the demand for services went up while the support went down, explained Lila Henderson, executive director of the food bank.
Jay Rodne and Glenn Anderson appear to win re-election from the 5th in the state house of representatives as does Pat Sullivan from the 47th but Joe Fain has a lead over Sen. Claudia Kauffman and Mark Hargrove is defeating Rep. Geoff Simpson in the first round of returns tonight.
Kentlake’s girls swim team had another good weekend in the pool at Rogers High as it finished third in the West Central District meet Friday and Saturday.
It was the kind of Saturday that South Puget Sound League 4A North volleyball teams would probably like to forget.
Of the five teams the North pitted against its South counterparts at the league tournament at Todd Beamer on Saturday — Kentwood, Kentridge, Kent-Meridian, Tahoma and Auburn Riverside — only one team escaped with a win: Auburn Riverside.
Hundreds of volunteers spread out across Maple Valley, Covington, Black Diamond and surrounding areas to do something to make the community a little bit better on Saturday, Oct. 23.
Kentwood and Tahoma have a great deal in common on the volleyball court.
They both lost a number of seniors — eight graduated from Tahoma and seven from Kentwood — from teams that went to state last year. Both felt they were underestimated by opponents as a result. And both are looking to get back to the 4A state championships in Kennewick in November.
