CONGRATULATIONS to the staff at Arcadia Elementary for receiving a 2018 School of Distinction Award from Washington’s Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE). Now in its 12th year, CEE’s School of Distinction award honors the highest improving Washington State schools for [...]

  Approaching disability with a positive and inclusive mindset is a foundational element of healthy school systems. That said, the concept of “inclusion” has a far broader reach than placement in the regular classroom in a school setting. Schools with a desire to embrace and [...]

In October 2018, middle and high school students in Deer Park Schools will once again participate in Washington’s Healthy Youth Survey. This survey is a state-wide effort to measure health risk behaviors that contribute to morbidity, mortality, and social problems among youth in [...]

GO STAGS! As DPHS athletes hit the gridiron, court, field, course, and mat for the 2018-19 school year, we’d like to share some information about ticket pricing at “gate events” (i.e. –  football, basketball, and wrestling). Gate receipts at athletic events have long provided a [...]