9/3/2010No School 9/3, 9/6School will not be in session on Friday, September 3 or Monday, September 6 in honor of Labor Day.Read More 9/2/2010Parkland Pace or Race this Saturday!The second annual Pace or Race is this Saturday! Running or spectating - everyone is welcome!Read More 9/2/2010FPHS band students take their talents to larger venues, even abroadFour FPHS band students recently returned from Europe, while three others were just accepted into the Tacoma Youth Symphony.Read More 9/1/2010It was a rainy day but that did not stop spirits from being high on the first day of schoolEven as unusual and unpleasant it is for the first day of school to be rainy, students and staff alike were in high spirits as another school year kicked off to a great start.Read More 8/31/2010Newly hired teachers receive greetings and gifts of welcomeSupt. Hewins spent the first day of school traveling to all elementary schools and Keithley Middle School to personally welcome newly hired teachers and give them a gift bag of merchandise donated by local Starbucks stores. Read More 8/30/2010District staff come together to kick off another school year!On 26 August, nearly all of the district's 1,000 staff gathered at Clover Park Technical College's McGavick Student Center for an annual event known as Superintendent's Day.Read More 8/25/2010School Delay/Closure InformationRead More 8/22/2010New teachers welcomed with breakfast by the business community54 newly hired teachers of Franklin Pierce Schools and a number of new hires from Bethel Public Schools were welcomed at an annual event coordinated by the South County Division of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Pacific Lutheran University.Read More