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Plan ahead for your student's future, learn about post-graduation opportunities, and get your questions answered at the 2022 College and Career Fair.

• The first fair event is from 5 - 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Gig Harbor High School.
• The second fair event is from 5 - 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Peninsula High School.

PSD is hosting the college and career fair twice this fall for all families with 6th through 12th grade students. Over 50 colleges and vendors will be available to offer assistance, information, and answer your questions.

Join PSD and Goodman Middle School for a presentation titled "Digital Wellness - Helping Children Succeed in an Increasing Digital World" from  6 - 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27. 

This presentation will share ideas and strategies you can use to help your children build the skills necessary to grow up in a digital world.  

PSE will be performing a natural gas system improvement project that, once completed, will increase service reliability for customers throughout the greater Gig Harbor area. A postcard will be sent to the community from PSE detailing when construction work is expected along the route, as construction progresses.

Traffic delays from ongoing construction may impact student drop-off and pick-up at Swift Water Elementary and Harbor Ridge Middle School starting in September.

Scott Yingling, current assistant principal at Gig Harbor High School, has been chosen as Harbor Ridge Middle School’s new assistant principal. HRMS assistant principal, Brian Wickens, was promoted to HRMS principal earlier this month when principal Mike Benoit was hired to be the principal at Peninsula High School.

The Peninsula School District is happy to announce a new principal at Harbor Ridge Middle School (HRMS) was chosen to lead the middle school into the 2022-2023 school year and beyond. 

Brian Wickens, who served as the assistant principal at HRMS since 2004, has been chosen to replace principal Mike Benoit. Benoit was announced as the new principal of Peninsula High School on Aug. 3. 

As the school year closes, we are already looking forward to welcoming students for the next school year! Peninsula School District will be in-person, full-time with optional mask choice and no required COVID-19 immunizations.

The 2022-2023 school year starts Wednesday, August 31, for students in grades 1-12. Kindergarten students start on Tuesday, September 6.

Families of new and formerly enrolled students are encouraged to learn more and register online for fall today.

Read Superintendent Bahr's March letter to the Peninsula School District community with a message about focusing on Spring renewal, classified employee recognition, Kindergarten registration, a mask update, and more! Read here - https://psqr.io/X1JbhPxXld 

Students entering 9 -12th grade in the fall of 2022 and their families are welcome to attend an upcoming virtual info session about Peninsula School District’s (PSD) Navy JROTC Program.

Today during a press conference, Governor Inslee announced the statewide mandate will lift at 11:59 p.m. on March 11.

This means that beginning Saturday, March 12, barring a new requirement from our local health department, masks will become optional in our school buildings and on school buses.

Over 100 days have passed since Krestin Bahr became the new superintendent of PSD, and she is sharing her 100 day report with the PSD Community. 

View the full report here.

🗓️  Friendly reminder: Next week (Feb. 21-25) is Mid-Winter Break in the Peninsula School District, including observance of Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 21.