News Archive
KING-5 News airs follow-up on school crowding
To view a follow-up story that was broadcast on Dec. 15 regarding school crowding in the Tahoma School District, click on this link.
School board receives student housing report
The citizen ad hoc committee on student housing presented its report to the Tahoma School Board at its Tuesday, Nov. 8 meeting. The report offers a range of suggestions on how to deal with overcrowding in Tahoma schools. To read the full report, click here (this is a pdf document).
Discovery Program application period begins
Tahoma School District is opening the nomination period for participants in Discovery, a program that serves exceptionally intelligent, intellectually gifted elementary students whose needs may not be easily met in the general classroom. The district screens nominees for placement in the full time Discovery Program. Anyone may nominate a student for the program. Nominations open on November 14 and close December 16, 2011. For more information about the Discovery Program and selection process, please see these frequently asked questions or contact Kristin Edlund at 425-413-3445. Click here to download a nomination form.
Proposed changes could prohibit school construction
A proposed change in land-use regulations in King County could effectively prohibit Tahoma School District from building a new elementary school on land the district owns adjacent to Tahoma Junior High. To read more about this issue please click here to reach the Maple Valley Reporter Web site. A public meeting was held at 4 p.m. on June 29 in Seattle to hear comments about the proposal. The Growth Management Planning Council postponed voting on the proposed changes until its Sept. 21 meeting.
Incoming 6th graders need immunization update
State law requires that students who are at least age 11 and entering the sixth grade in September must have current immunization status for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (Tdap) along with varicella (chickenpox). Students without current immunizations or a legal exemption will not be permitted to attend school. For details, please click here.
Channel 5 news reports on Tahoma's crowded schools
KING-5 television news presented a series of reports on the Sept. 6 morning news about the challenges faced by students, staff and parents at the district's crowded schools. To see a Web version of the story, please click here.
Menu change: no more chocolate milk
Stop by a Tahoma School District school at lunchtime and you are likely to find lots of healthy eating choices, including fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain bread, chicken, cheese and milk. What is no longer found on the menu is chocolate milk, which has led to both complaints and compliments from students and parents. To read more, click here.
Summer Learning Connections keeps students engaged
Tahoma School District is again offering Summer Learning Connections to provide ideas that parents can use over the summer to help reduce summer learning loss for students. These are being e-mailed to parents approximately every two weeks throughout the summer. Click here to learn more about Summer Learning Connections and our other summer programs.
Vision process looks at how, where to add classrooms
A vision of how Tahoma schools could look is the goal for two committees that are working to create educational specifications that will guide remodeling and expansion of Tahoma High School and Tahoma Junior High. Read more >>>
