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Mobility the norm in Clover Park schools

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Mobility the norm in Clover Park schools

Working in the Clover Park School District is more than a job. It's a way of life.   In addition to long hours and ever-changing standards, teachers are faced with the prospect of ending the school year with an entirely different group of students than they started with.   In the face of increasing

Woodbrook teachers set sights on professional success

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Woodbrook teachers set sights on professional success

The workday doesn't end for teachers when students leave the classroom - or, often, even when the sun goes down.   And yet, the nine teachers in Woodbrook Middle School's Language Arts department are taking on even more to further their own educations. The group is working together on the Take One!

Caring For Kids lending a hand to more military families

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Caring For Kids lending a hand to more military families

Good help can be hard to find.   Fortunately for those who need it, there are people like Diane Formoso around.   Formoso, the founder of Caring For Kids, the nonprofit that provides such essentials as school supplies, food and clothing to needy students in the Clover Park School District, said she is seeing

JBLM Soldier actively involved in children's lives

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JBLM Soldier actively involved in children's lives

Feel free to call him Mr. President.   This year, Sgt. Robert Pangaro becomes the first active-duty Soldier to run Park Lodge Elementary School's Parent Teacher Association (PTA).   "I think it was my assertiveness they liked," he said, "because I'm so proactive and I stick to my guns."   This is the third year Pangaro

Lakewood girl proves soccer is not just for kicks

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Lakewood girl proves soccer is not just for kicks

Bianka Parrish is learning to expect the unexpected.   After all, when she took up soccer, she never anticipated she would still be playing seven years later. And she was definitely caught off guard by the news that she is one of eight youth across the United States to receive the 2012

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