On February 3, 2024 Caring for Kids is holding its annual Happy Hearts Dinner Auction fundraiser. It will be held at the Clover Park Technical College McGavick Center starting at 5:00 P.M. Buy your tickets now Sponsors also needed Caring for Kids helps thousands of kids and families every year with basic needs in Clover […]
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Letter: A Bar of Soap for Christmas
No, the soap wasn’t for that. So, let’s just move along here and make a clean break with what you were thinking. I opened a lovely little package tied with a bow, a gift to me from one of my wife’s sisters. It was a literal bar of soap. Tears formed instantly. My sister-in-law knew, […]
Across the Fence: Chances and Changes
Another year is about to end. It was filled with ups and downs, pretty much like a roller coaster ride. For me, it was also filled with an extreme amount of writing in order to catch up with the schedule I set myself as a novelist. I’m finally back where I wanted to be and […]
Its not too late to Invest in Impact
We have an special opportunity to access a CIS National investment to benefit our students right here in Lakewood, and we are already half of the way there. However, we need our community’s support to make this investment sustainable for the next 30 years. As we come to the final days of 2023, we hope […]
Letter: When You No Longer Have A Script
Snow White, Prince Charming, Geppetto, Grumpy and many, many other fictional fairy tale characters are ripped from the pages of every child’s bedtime reading and relocated to a fast-forwarded future where they no longer know how their plot is supposed to end. Their lives are interrupted. They no longer have a script to follow. It […]
Clover Park School District December 2023 Board Review
At its Dec. 11 meeting, the CPSD Board of Directors welcomed three new members. Krissy Kim (left above) joins as director of district 1, Bryan Thomas (middle above) joins as vice president and director of district 2, and Janet Caldwell (right above) joins as legislative representative and director of district 5. Alyssa Anderson Pearson continues as president and director of district 3, […]
CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Oakbrook Elementary School
Each week, Clover Park School District (CPSD) will highlight a school or profession in our district on our social media pages with a #SuperSchoolShoutout where we celebrate the students and staff that make our district beam with pride. Earlier this month, we celebrated Oakbrook Elementary School! Oakbrook is one of the smallest schools in CPSD, […]
Letter: Weary World
“It needs to be standing up Grandpa!” My little granddaughter reached out her hand to right the Christmas Tree. “No. Please. Leave it down.” “Why?” I was unable to respond. Threatening tears got in my way. It’s tradition in our family on my wife’s side to share hosting responsibilities on Christmas Day. This Christmas was […]
CPSD Hosts CTE Classroom Tour
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Clover Park School District (CPSD) hosted local business leaders, politicians and educators for a tour of some of its Career and Technical Education (CTE) classrooms. Tour participants visited the some of district’s anatomy and engineering classrooms and heard from teachers and students. The tour was an opportunity to demonstrate the types of hands-on […]