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• Preregistration Now Open for May Young @ Art Show
  February 7, 2012  
  The Port Angeles School District is partnering with the Port Angeles Arts Council, Juan De Fuca Art Festival and the Port Angeles Downtown Association to sponsor the Second Annual Young @ Art Show scheduled for May 21 through 31 in downtown Port Angeles. » View Full Article
  
  
• Students Participate in Jump Rope for Heart Event
  February 6, 2012  
  On Saturday, February 11 Port Angeles School District elementary students are participating in a district-wide Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart event. Jump Rope for Heart is open to all students in grades kindergarten through six. Hoops for Heart is offered to grades four through six. » View Full Article
  
  
• Price Ford Drive One 4 UR School Earns $7,260 for Career Technical Education
  February 6, 2012  
  Price Ford Lincoln of Port Angeles teamed up with Port Angeles High School for the Drive One 4 UR School event in early October 2011 to raise $7,260 for the Career Technical Education Department. » View Full Article
  
  
• Franklin’s Claire Rausch Receives KONP Teacher of the Month Recognition
  February 3, 2012  
  KONP Radio Station Manager/Announcer Todd Ortloff paid a visit to Franklin Elementary teacher Claire Rausch to announce she’s January Teacher of the Month in the radio station’s monthly recognition program. » View Full Article
  
  
• Leadership Students Sponsor Talent Show Fundraiser
  February 1, 2012  
  The PAHS Leadership Class will host its Annual Benefit Talent Show Friday, February 10. Long-time Port Angeles resident and paraeducator Camille Frazier will be the beneficiary of the show’s proceeds. » View Full Article
  
  
• Stevens Middle School and Dry Creek Elementary Are Recipients of 2011 Washington Achievement Award
  February 1, 2012  
  Stevens Middle School Principal Chuck Lisk and Dry Creek Elementary Principal Kate Wenzl were notified by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and Jeff Vincent, chair of the Washington State Board of Education, that both Stevens and Dry Creek Schools are recipients of the 2011 Washington Achievement Award. » View Full Article
  
  
• Swim and Dive Team Honored for Undefeated Seasons
  January 31, 2012  
  The Roughrider Boys Swim and Dive team, coached by Rich Butler, was recognized for its undefeated 2011-12 season. Seniors were recognized for four years of undefeated seasons! » View Full Article
  
  
• Band Boosters Sponsor Annual Scholarship Event on Valentine’s Day
  January 30, 2012  
  The Port Angeles High School Band Boosters have announced the annual Scholarship Italian Dinner and Auction on Tuesday, February 14 in the high school’s cafeteria, 7:00 p.m. » View Full Article
  
  
• Fifth Annual Elementary Culinary Competition Planned for March – Entries Due February 10
  January 30, 2012  
  Sodexo Food Service Director Kathy Crowley has announced the Port Angeles School District’s 5th Annual Future Chef’s Culinary Competition for students in fourth and fifth grades is scheduled to be held on Friday, March 9 at the Port Angeles High School cafeteria. » View Full Article
  
  
• Feiro Marine Life Center Staff Announce Fish on the Fence Event
  January 30, 2012  
  Director Deborah Moriarty has announced the Feiro Marine Life Center’s annual fundraiser will be held on Friday, February 3 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles. “It is that time of year again at the Feiro Marine Life Center – Fish on the Fence Gala time!” » View Full Article
  
  
• Senior Signs Letter of Intent to Play Peninsula College Soccer
  January 27, 2012  
  Paxton Rodocker, a senior at Port Angeles High School, signed her letter of intent today to play for Peninsula College Pirates women’s soccer team starting fall 2012. » View Full Article
  
  
• Education Foundation Awards 2011-12 School and Teacher Grants
  January 24, 2012  
  The Port Angeles Education Foundation proudly announces the awarding of $12,948.41 for School and Teacher Grants for the 2011-12 school year. » View Full Article
  
  
• DECA Members Place at Regionals and Advance to State
  January 24, 2012  
  Seventeen Port Angeles High School Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) students attended the regional DECA competition on Thursday, January 12 at the Tacoma Convention Center. Twelve members qualified for State competition March 8 through 10. » View Full Article
  
  
• Talent Show Auditions Rescheduled - Second Fundraiser Planned by Community Members
  January 23, 2012  
  Auditions for the PAHS Leadership Class Talent Show have been rescheduled for January 24, 25, and 27 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Long-time Port Angeles resident and paraeducator for the school district, Camille Frazier, will be the beneficiary of two fundraisers. » View Full Article
  
  
• High School Seniors Receive Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards
  January 23, 2012  
  The Port Angeles Education Foundation honored Port Angeles High School students with Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards Friday, January 13 - Cameron Braithwaite, Kelsey Coffman, Aaron Froese, Connor Gouge, Erika Olson and Abby Walder. » View Full Article
  
  
• PAHS Fifth Annual Pie “Bake-off” Winners Announced
  January 23, 2012  
  Port Angeles High School’s FBLA leaders announced “pie bake-off” winners for the club’s fifth annual contest - Emily Basden, Lynn Dee Watkins and Lincoln High School’s Leadership Class. » View Full Article
  
  
• Annual Racial Equality Essay Contest Deadline Extended
  January 19, 2012  
  Students in the Port Angeles School District can now enter essays for the 2012 Racial Equality Essay Contest. Essays are gathered from students by their teachers. » View Full Article
  
  
• Peninsula College Hosts College Goal Sunday for High School Students
  January 18, 2012  
  Peninsula College will again host College Goal Sunday on January 22, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the college’s Science and Technology Building for anyone who is considering applying to an institution of higher learning and needs help applying for financial aid. » View Full Article
  
  
• Cancelled Due to Snow - PAHS Senior Parent Meeting
  January 12, 2012  
  Port Angeles High School guidance staff and Peninsula College Director of Financial Aid Krista Francis will host a senior parent meeting on Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school’s library, 304 East Park Avenue. » View Full Article
  
  
• Hamilton Raises Funds for Relay for Life
  January 12, 2012  
  Hamilton Elementary’ s “Please Pass the Pie” fundraiser for the Hamilton Hawk Walkers Relay for Life team raised $290.77 in December. » View Full Article
  
  
• Mutsu City Junior Ambassadors Visit Port Angeles
  January 11, 2012  
  Stevens Middle School staff, students and host families welcomed 12 students and four adults from Mutsu City, Japan - Port Angeles’ sister city - as part of the Junior Ambassadors exchange program with the Port Angeles School District. The group arrived in Port Angeles on Saturday, January 7 and returned to Japan today. » View Full Article
  
  
• Governor Proclaims January as School Board Recognition Month – Thank You, Board Members, for Your Service!
  January 10, 2012  
  Governor Chris Gregoire has proclaimed the month of January as School Board Recognition Month in Washington State to give tribute to our elected officials in public education. The Port Angeles School District honored its five elected directors and appointed student representative at its January 9, 2012 School Board meeting. » View Full Article
  
  
• Fifth Annual Pie Bake Off on January 13 – Community Entries Encouraged
  January 3, 2012  
  Port Angeles High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) will be hosting its Fifth Annual “Pie Bake Off” Contest on Friday, January 13 during halftime at the boys and girls double header basketball games, Port Angeles vs. Sequim. » View Full Article
  
  
• Education Foundation Recognizes Outstanding Academic Achievement
  December 29, 2011  
  The Port Angeles Education Foundation honored fifteen Port Angeles High School students at its second annual Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards ceremony and reception on Friday, December 16, 2011. » View Full Article
  
  
• Port Angeles NJROTC Wins Competition
  December 14, 2011  
  The Port Angeles High School NJROTC competed in the Northwest Drill & Rifle Competition at Washington High School in Tacoma on Saturday, December 10 against ten other High School NJROTC units. The PAHS unit competed in Drill, Color Guard, Physical Fitness and Air Rifle events and took first place overall in the Puget Sound Division. » View Full Article
  
  

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