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Meetings to be held on Saturdays at various locations. Jan. 12 is an orientation. Jan. 26 includes a facilitator from the Institute for Civic Dialogue in Washington, D.C.will give a presentation. Food, transportation assistance provided . School staff will coordinate credits for eligible students . The group plans to propose the formation of the Tacoma Youth Commission by July 2019. Tacoma teenagers have the opportunity for an interesting civics lesson beginning next year. In November, Mayor...

Peninsula Hands on Art brings art instruction to public elementary schools in the greater Gig Harbor area. GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Fifteen years ago Marla Morgan was a mom who wanted her own kids to have more art in school. Today, she leads Peninsula Hands On Art , a nonprofit that provides art instruction to more than 4,000 students in Pierce County each year. Reaching every elementary student in the Peninsula School District, it is the program's foundational belief that students across all...

Wilson High School for the first time is training staff to provide executive-style coaching to students with executive function challenges often experienced because of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or trauma, attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and/or non-traditional learning styles. Wilson High School is the sixth school in the Tacoma School District to use a coaching program designed and administered by the non-profit Edge Foundation . Other Tacoma schools that are...

On Thursday volunteers and local government employees fanned out across Thurston County for the annual “point in time” count of people who are homeless. It’s a task that’s challenging, important and never quite complete. No matter how hard they try, census-takers can’t find every tent camp hidden in the woods, every family living in their car, or every person who sleeps under a bridge or in a backyard toolshed. Census takers also can’t be sure why the people they’re counting are homeless.