Archive for June 6, 2012

  • Opportunities Available for Volunteers During Summer

    Opportunities Available for Volunteers During Summer

    The summer months are a great time to earn some extra cash or to accumulate community service hours.  Whether helping people, teaching swimming lessons, or shelving books, many options exist to keep busy. YMCA The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has openings for volunteers to help with maintenance, or the sports programs and day camps [...]

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  • Wa-Hi Dress Code Reflects Workforce

    Wa-Hi Dress Code Reflects Workforce

    At the beginning of the year, one of the first things students watch is a PowerPoint on the dress code. According to this PowerPoint, the purpose of a dress code is to “reduce disruptions to educational process,” “promote a healthy and safe learning environment,” and “develop school to work transitional skills.” Most students seem to [...]

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  • New School in College Place: Step Forward or Setback?

    New School in College Place: Step Forward or Setback?

    Pro by Taylor Anady: The voters have decided: College Place is getting its own high school. College Place citizens have finally sighted the long-awaited College Place High School  on the horizon, and anticipation is thrumming through parents and students alike. This development will revamp both school districts by shortening lines at lunch, giving more athletes [...]

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  • Proposed Skills Center to Provide Specialized Opportunities

    Proposed Skills Center to Provide Specialized Opportunities

    Graduating seniors, looking out over a sea of royal blue caps, seemingly feel a sense of expectation. Their futures lie ahead of them, vast and shining like the expanse of smiling faces stretched out in all direc­tions, here to celebrate their achievements. Whole educational preparations leading up to this day, this diploma. But there is [...]

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