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Third Grader Jakwon Walker Got an Apple Out of His Best Friend Jose Lopez's Throat at Lunch in Yakima, and Adams Elementary Gave Him Its First Save a Life Award
Jakwon Walker, a Yakima third grader, helped best friend Jose Lopez clear a piece of apple at lunch and got Adams Elementary's first Save a Life Award. The post Third Grader Jakwon Walker Got an Apple Out of His Best Friend Jose Lopez’s Throat at Lunch in Yakima, and Adams Elementary Gave Him Its First Save a Life Award appeared first on parentdiaries.com .
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Pasco students building 27th Team Pasco House to gain hands-on trades experience
COPYRIGHT 2026 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. Students from all four Pasco School District high schools are building a home that will soon belong to a local family. The 27th "Team Pasco House" is a career and technical education project that gives students real-world experience in the skilled trades.
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Teachers, parents ask Kennewick schools to investigate Fuerza leadership
Parents and teachers are asking Kennewick School District to investigate leadership at Fuerza Elementary School amid concerns of changes to its two-way dual language programs. Earlier this month, the Kennewick Education Association teacher’s union rallied at the school to demand “better working conditions and a more respectful and supportive environment.” Allegations have surfaced online that teachers are being intimidated, and their concerns are being dismissed by building leaders. The accusations, while unspecific at the moment, add tension to a school serving 610 K-5 students living in southwest Kennewick and home to the district’s first fully dual language program . Concerned parents also created a Facebook page, and have so far gathered hundreds of signatures in support of district intervention and removing Principal Dora Johns, who has led the school for four years . That group, Fuerza Unidos, plans to speak more about their issues publicly at the Nov. 4 meeting of the Kennewick School Board . In a statement, Kennewick School District administration said they were “aware of concerns on social media about the school.” “District leadership is listening, taking these concerns seriously and actively working through the district’s established processes to address them,” it read. “While we cannot discuss