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Pasco Schools Announce First Day of School

Quick note for parents with kids in the Pasco School District: The District has announced that the first day of school for the 2010-2011 school year will be August 30, 2010. The district recently revised next year’s calendar, and you can download the new one here. (PDF)

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Food Prices Going up at Pasco Schools

The economy seems to be getting better these days, but this isn’t the kind of news a lot of parents will want to hear: The Pasco School Board voted this week to raise prices for school meals starting with the 2010-2011 school year. I haven’t seen any information about this on the district web site, [...]

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CBC Running Start Info Night

Columbia Basin College will host an info night about its “Running Start” program next Tuesday, March 16th. If you’re not familiar with Running Start, it’s a program that allows high school juniors and seniors to take college-level classes at no charge. Students who will be high school juniors or seniors in the 2010-2011 school year [...]

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Pasco School District adds a day of school

Thanks to the snow day that let kids stay home from school back on December 16, the Pasco School District is pushing back the end of the school year. The last day of school was going to be Friday, June 11. PSD has announced that the last day of school will now be Monday, June [...]

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TC Prep star in Sports Illustrated

Congrats to Will Hoppes of Tri-Cities Prep — his amazing accomplishments on the football field, which included a state championship for the Jaguars, have earned him a spot in the current issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. He appears in the “Faces In The Crowd” section, which honors amateur athletes of all ages. You can see [...]

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Congrats to Tri-Cities Prep: State Champs!

How about them Jaguars??!!! We have to say congrats to Tri-Cities Prep for its record-setting state championship win on Friday in Tacoma. The Jaguars beat Lummi by a score of 80-40, with quarterback Will Hoppes throwing an amazing 10 TD passes. Wow! The Jags set nine 1B-level records in winning their first 8-man football title. [...]

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Tour Chiawana High School on Monday

Got any plans on Monday night? If not, why not head over to Chiawana High School for a guided tour of the new facility? The Pasco School District will host tours this Monday at 7pm and 8 pm. They say the tour will last about an hour. It’s free and open to the public and [...]

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Tour of Chiawana High School

Meant to post this a couple days back, but only getting around to it now. The Pasco School District opened up the doors of Chiawana High School last week for some media tours and such, and I thought KNDU did a nice job showing the insides of a really beautiful facility. Have a look for [...]

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