WHS strives to
provide widespread curriculum
If Principal Stephanie Leitz is anyone to go by, administrators and staff
are continually striving at Wahkiakum High School to provide students with
a quality education and prepare them for what follows. ... The school
is working alongside Lower
Columbia College to implement a program called “College in
the High School.” When students complete their english courses, they will
be awarded college credit.
Wahkiakum County Eagle, Jan. 22, 2015
Does Washington
AG's plan to raise smoking age make sense?
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants to curb teen smoking
with a new bill that would make Washington the first state to raise to 21
the legal age for purchasing and possessing tobacco and vapor products.
... At Lower
Columbia College, students were slightly more
optimistic. “It would certainly encourage younger adolescents not to
smoke, because tobacco is targeting that younger age group,” said nonsmoker
Madison Studer, 18. “To our generation, it’s pretty clear to us it’s a
gross thing to do.”
Longview Daily News, Jan. 22, 2015
Video: What free
tuition could mean for local community colleges
We sit down with Dr. Tonya Drake [special assistant to the president for
equity and inclusion at Edmonds
Community College] to discuss what free tuition could mean
for local community colleges.
KING 5, Jan. 21, 2015
Editorial: Long
time coming
Jefferson County is about to get a permanent, full-time college
center. On Friday, Jan. 16 an agreement was signed by Luke Robins,
president of Peninsula
College, Port Townsend Mayor David King and the board of
the Fort Worden Public Development Authority (FWPDA) that shifts this
long-discussed, long-delayed project into high gear. You can see our
college-center-to-be by driving into Fort Worden and parking in front of
the second barracks building to the right of the four-way-stop
intersection. Look for the sign that reads, “Future home of Peninsula
College.” It brings us more than a building. It brings a fully wired
college center housing existing and new college courses. It makes it more
likely that Jefferson County residents can obtain a degree without leaving
the county.
Port Townsend Leader, Jan. 21, 2015
Free college:
It’s already working for South Seattle grads
Two weeks ago, President Obama outlined an ambitious proposal to make two
years of community college free to students across the nation. And although
the proposal may have little chance of success in a Republican-controlled
Congress, the idea has taken on a life of its own since the president first
outlined it — a fresh idea that higher-education experts and pundits alike
have been debating, and that Obama talked up again during his State of the
Union speech Tuesday. But it has some precedents, such as the year of
free college at South
Seattle College. Called the 13th Year Promise Scholarship,
it is the only program of its kind in Washington and is privately funded by
Seattle-area businesses that say it helps local kids get better jobs. It’s
open to all students, regardless of grades or family income, who graduate
from Sealth, Rainier Beach or Cleveland high schools.
The Seattle Times, Jan. 20, 2015
CPTC:
Congratulations to the President’s Unsung Hero for January
Winter break is typically a time when things slow down on Clover Park Technical College’s
campuses. That was far from the case for the college’s Information
Technology and Facilities Departments last month. For their tireless
work and effort to relocate Student Services in preparation for Building
17’s remodel, the two departments were selected as the President’s Unsung
Hero for January.
The Suburban Times, Jan. 20, 2015
Pierce College
alum nominated Entrepreneur of the Year
Growing up, Nikki Jackola learned the value of hard work from her parents,
but the idea of going to college was never part of the conversation.
... She was forced to file for unemployment for the first time in her
life, but soon learned about the PierceWorks career transition program. It
wasn’t long after enrolling in the program that PierceWorks Program Manager
Evelyn Brooks encouraged her to become a college student and complete her
degree. Jackola pursued her associate degree after completing the PierceWorks
program, and credits her experiences at Pierce College for the success she
has enjoyed since achieving her degree.
The Suburban Times, Jan. 20, 2015
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