The Tahoma School Board has asked the district to come up with some alternatives to the proposed Monday late start in response to teacher and parent concerns. “From the comments that I’ve read [online] and heard, Monday late arrival certainly isn’t very popular,” said board member Mary Jane Glaser in front of a packed room [...]
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Junior High wins U.S. Green Schools award
Tahoma Junior High is among just 66 public schools in the nation and three statewide to be named a U.S. Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. “These schools are engaging in some of the most innovative school reforms anywhere,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday in announcing the list of [...]
Tahoma teen works to save stream
One Maple Valley teenager is so committed to cleaning up streams and helping wildlife that she enlisted dozens of volunteers and even found some federal money to rip out blackberries — starting in her own backyard. Himalayan blackberries are invasive, pushing out the more beneficial plants that belong in Western Washington, said Tahoma High School [...]
Tahoma High commended for advanced courses
The Tahoma School District has been named to the national AP Honor Roll for both increasing the numbers of students who take Advanced Placement tests and improving their scores. “In everything we have to look at, the academic performance of your students is stellar,” Nancy Potter of the College Board told the Tahoma School Board [...]
Superintendent trying to cut cost of high school proposal
Tahoma’s superintendent is suggesting what might happen to other grade levels as the district takes early steps toward the vision of building a new high school — and he has come up with some possibilities for keeping costs down. School District Superintendent Mike Maryanski told the school board last night that he already has architects [...]
School board to consider late starts every Monday
The Tahoma School Board is considering a proposal to change the school calendar next year so that Tahoma schools start late every Monday. Principals in conjunction with district administrators created the proposal, which will be presented to the school board for discussion at tonight’s meeting. It could come up for a vote as early as [...]
Tahoma Junior High nominated for national ‘green’ award
Tahoma Junior High is among just four schools in the state to be nominated for a first-ever national award for environmental programs. “I’m pleased for the people who have put in a lot of work on this,” says Rob Morrow, junior high principal. This is the pilot year for the “Green Ribbon Schools Award,” created [...]
Superintendent: Let’s build a high school in the Donut Hole
As the Tahoma School District looks for ways to solve its overcrowding problem, Superintendent Mike Maryanski is proposing the biggest idea yet: Why not build a showcase high school right in the middle of town? Maryanski envisions using a piece of the undeveloped Donut Hole for a state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable high school. But he can’t [...]
State: Tahoma high can’t delay testing
This morning’s two-hour delay in Tahoma schools has prompted an unexpected complication at the high school. State officials decided this morning not to allow Tahoma Senior High School to postpone the first day of statewide testing, even though overnight snow caused a delay in school start times. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction [...]
Architects: Junior high could become high school
Architects suggest swapping the populations of Tahoma Junior High and Tahoma High School to help solve the district’s severe overcrowding problem. Architects from the DLR Group, who had been asked to offer creative ideas for using existing space or offer new building concepts, presented three options to the Tahoma school board during a study session [...]
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