Pierce College at JBLM’s Interim Dean of Instruction Elysia Mbuja has been accepted into the New Leadership Academy (NLA) 2025 Fellows Program and STEM Track at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) Resource Hub. The New Leadership Academy Fellows Program (NLA) was founded as a partnership between the University of Michigan […]
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Letter: Every Minute of Every Hour
My plane arrived exactly twelve minutes after ten. In commemoration of my arrival, she set the hands of the old clock on the mantle at exactly that hour and minute as a forever reminder of the first time we would meet in person. Previously we had spent tens-of-hours facetiming and laugh now that if we […]
CPSD Learning in Motion – Thomas Students Win Governor’s Art Contest and Visit the Capitol
Clover Park School District’s Learning In Motion video series peeks inside schools to see what students are learning across the district. In this feature, we take a trip to the state capitol with Thomas Middle School art students. Thomas art teacher Margie Scala entered student artwork in the “Ornaments for the Holiday Tree at the Governor’s Mansion” […]
Letter: A Gloomy Holiday
Submitted by Paul Nimmo. I have heard a lot about this being a gloomy holiday. At first I thought people were talking about an economic forecast. It was also safe to say it is about our late fall/early winter weather. But in driving around Lakewood retail areas, primarily the Towne Centre, that there are no […]
Notice of Lakewood Police Department Online Auction
In compliance with RCW 63.32.010 of the Revised Code of Washington, notice is hereby given that the Lakewood Police Department and Police Chief Patrick Smith will hold an online auction of unclaimed property from the Lakewood Police Department Property Room. The auction will commence on or after January 1, 2025 on www.propertyroom.com.
2024-25 CPSD #SuperSchoolShoutOut – Park Lodge Elementary School
Recently, we showed our #CPSDPride by giving a #SuperSchoolShoutout to Park Lodge Elementary School with reading interventionist Cassandra Bieker and fifth grader Erick Alcantara. Bieker began her teaching journey at Park Lodge in kindergarten before shifting to reading intervention. “Reading has always been my favorite part of teaching and I felt that I became an […]
Lakewood City Manager December 20 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) December 20 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Let’s Talk! – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. Can you hear this waltz faintly playing at the background of whatever you are currently thinking? Because it is such an earworm? It’s the most wonderful time of the […]
Clover Park Rotary hits another Christmas home run
LAKEWOOD – Clover Park Rotary was once again busy providing for those who need a little help this Christmas season. Club President, Mike Killen reported that ten members gathered on the morning of December 18th got together early at Carr’s Restaurant to package supplies obtained by club members Elle and Chris Carr. Twenty-five food baskets […]