The subject: Education, work after high school

Tahoma High School will hire a Post Secondary Night Oct. 8 for students and parents interested in learning about education opportunities after high school.

The event, open to students of any grade and school district, will start at 6 p.m. and focus on colleges, technical schools, college courses while in the military and apprenticeships. Information on going straight into the work world also will be available.

More information is available at careercenter@tahomasd.us.

$7 million from state for construction

Here’s some good financial news for the Kent School District: The state is sending about $7 million to the district for major construction projects.

The allocations include $4 million for a new Panther Lake Elementary School, about $2.2 million for a partial replacement and modernizing of Mill Creek Middle School, and $748,000 for an addition to Kent-Meridian High School.

The money, in the form of matching grants for school districts that passed bond measures, is part of $354 million in capital construction funds being released to 37 districts throughout Washington. A combined 58 projects are involved.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson, who announced the funding in July, said the state funding and nearly $690 million in capital bonds approved by voters will bring more than $1 billion into the state’s economy.

Tahoma Robotics Club sets meeting

Students interested in how robots work – and how to make them – can attend an after-school meeting of the Tahoma Robotics Club Oct. 7 in portable 12 at Tahoma High School.

Anyone interested in helping the club with its organization and public relations also is invited, a club spokesman said.