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"I want to meet regularly with citizens to discuss matters that are important to our students, district patrons and community members," said Superintendent Fritz.

The first "chat”, held in August, was well attended and covered topics including transportation, educational improvement and school lunches.  In December, the session will move to the Saltar’s Point Elementary Library in Steilacoom. For questions or additional information, please call 253.983.2200.

Environmental Educator Ryan Misley from Pierce County Public Works talks to Chloe Clark and Pioneer Middle School about water quality issues.

By John Cohen, Director of District Communications

Sequalitchew Creek begins it journey to Puget Sound starting at Sequalitchew Lake located on Joint Base Lewis/McChord. It travels from North Fort Lewis into DuPont across wetlands, under Center Drive and down through a tree-lined canyon into the Sound. It is a living ecosystem mostly contained within the confines of the City of DuPont.

The creek is a great place for a local field trip focusing on scientific exploration.

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Preparation continues on the site for placement of the larger-than-life statue of Chloe Clark. Earlier this week about a dozen apprentices of Carpenters-Employers Apprenticeship & Training of Washington/Idaho and two instructors installed wood forms and removed them from the massive concrete platform once the concrete was set. The platform, on which the statue will be placed, has been set in a corner of Chloe Clark school property at Haskell and Palisade in Northwest Landing. The six-foot bronze statue of the early South Sound educator is scheduled to be dedicated at 11 a.m. on July 10. More details follow.

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Forty-three members and guests of the Steilacoom Chamber of Commerce enjoyed a "Spring Evening at The Bair" on Thursday, April 22.  Representing the Port of Tacoma, Connie Bacon was the featured guest speaker during the dinner.  She stated that the Port is currently conducting a "nationwide search for a new CEO who is trustworthy, who will tell us the right story in business for the Port of Tacoma, who understands strategic thinking, and is a go-getter." According to Bacon, the Port of Tacoma is "beginning to see a tiny rise in activity, but anticipates steady growth over the next five years."  She added that the Port has spent $170M to clean-up Puget Sound and Commencement Bay.  There are ongoing negotiations with the Puyallup Tribe about possibly operating a terminal, as well.  Bus tours of the Port of Tacoma are available to the public and scheduled every couple of months.

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The project which began on the first day of Spring Break draws on the talents of DLR Architects, Korsmo Construction and bncc construction--all of whom have played a part in other Steilacoom Historical School District projects--to prepare the site -- located at the corner of Haskell and Palisade, at Chloe Clark Elementary School -- for the scheduled July dedication of the bigger-than-life-size statue of Clark. Chloe was an early missionary teacher who came to the area in 1841 with a group of East Coast Methodist Missionaries. Watch for updates about the site dedication later this spring. Photo by Nancy Covert.

Teacher Mr. Mike Slater and students Grace Lemmon and Matthew Slater presented the American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter with their contributions to help the families and children devastated by the Haiti earthquake.

Students from Mr. Mike Slater's Second Grade Class at Chloe Clark Elementary School in DuPont helped organize a fundraiser to support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. Chloe Clark Elementary School raised an amazing $2,120.99 thanks to the generous contributions by students, teachers, staff members, and parents. After hearing the news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the students of Chloe Clark Elementary rallied together to help the families and especially the children left homeless by the disaster. Kudos goes out to the group for the global citizenship and compassion for helping others.

The American Red Cross has spent or committed more than $78 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors. The American Red Cross and its partners are producing almost 1 million liters of water per day, enough for 185,000 people to receive 5.4 liters per person per day. The global Red Cross network has distributed nearly 4.2 million liters of water in 115 sites. Red Cross distributions of food and relief items such as blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, buckets, water containers, laundry soap/detergent, and mosquito nets have reached nearly 20,000 families (or 100,000 people) to date with plans to increase this number.
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