yakima schools

ROTARIAN'S GIVE BOOKS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS Members of the Rotary Club of Yakima are spending the next three weeks in and out of elementary classrooms throughout the Yakima School District.  Before they are done, every kindergarten through third grade student in the district will have received a brand new book of their own to keep...

Discovery Presents Shakespeare The Discovery Players will be performing their 14th Annual Shakespeare play on May 17 and May 19 at 7:00 p.m. Fifty students from 3rd to 8th grade will be performing the classic tragedy in the Discovery Lab gym using Shakespeare’s timeless language...

Five educators in the Yakima School District were honored with John D. Mcalister Crystal Apple Awards today. The awards, along with $1,000 checks are given each year to educators nominated by fellow teachers, student, parents, and community members...

Eleven schools from South Central Washington were among the latest recipients to be honored with the statewide Washington Achievement Awards.  The annual awards were formally presented by the Washington State Board of Education and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on April 25, at Mariner High School in Everett...

Four Upper Valley school districts will award a $1,500 grant to sponsor students.

ALL-DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVALS THIS WEEK! . . . Get into the spirit of spring and attend the All-District Band Festival on Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m. in the Franklin Middle School gymnasium and/or the All-District Orchestra Festival on Thursday, April 12, 7 p...

The Yakima Police Department is bragging about one of the most successful programs it has to combat the growth of gangs. It’s the Gang Resistance Education And Training, or GREAT program.  The department currently teaches students in Wilson, Lewis and Clark Washington and Franklin middle schools, reaching a total of over 525 students with GREAT’s anti-gang message...

State-wide results show 42% of Washington’s public schools are low-performing. The new Washington Policy Center Public School Accountability Index shows the performance of schools in the Yakima area is falling behind state averages...

Major construction work continues in the Yakima School District with support beams for walls already up at the new Eisenhower High School at 40th and Tieton. District spokeswoman Mary Beth Wright says remodeling and expansion work is also ongoing at Davis High School, YVTech and Stanton Academy...

IKE RENAISSANCE FUNDRAISER . . . The Eisenhower Renaissance Club is sponsoring the 3rd Annual “Scrapbooking and Quilt Making Day” on Saturday, March 24 in the Ike Cafeteria from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The cost for the scrapbooking and card making is $25...