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    Articles by Sarah Kehoe
    Members of the Friends of Renton High School pose with members of the school’s DECA Club in front of the Wall of Fame at Renton High School. The kids
    RHS Alumni honored on Wall of Fame
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 29, 2013 6:12 pm

    The group hopes the honor wall will provide role models to students currently attending Renton High and represent the school’s values of pride, tradition and excellence.

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    Santa counts down to the Landing tree-lighting Nov. 23.
    Let the holiday fun begin
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 27, 2013 5:24 pm

    Many family-friendly activities are starting up around Renton in celebration of the holidays.

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    Nelsen Middle School students debone turkeys to give to homeless people in Seattle and Renton.
    New latina group at Nelsen Middle School preps...
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 27, 2013 5:17 pm

    With a heart for community service, Love started feeding the homeless 20 years ago when she was a school counselor in the Tacoma School District.

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    Renton's Leilani Akiyama won the gold medal at the World Judo Championships.
    Renton woman brings home judo championship
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 26, 2013 7:05 pm

    Renton resident Leilani Akiyama, 26, grew up in her stepfather’s studio, Judo Champions.

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    Zakariya Palsha
    Campbell Hill principal receives Golden Apple award
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 22, 2013 5:51 pm

    Campbell Hill Elementary School Principal Zakariya Palsha won the 2013 Golden Apple Excellence in Education Award, which celebrates educators, programs and schools making a positive difference in Washington state education.

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    Lakeridge Elementary School teacher Candace Abrahamson teaches her kindergarten students numbers during a recent class.
    Renton educators weigh in on national Common Core...
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 22, 2013 5:49 pm

    The Common Core State Standards are academic benchmarks for reading and math that lay out what students should know and do at each grade level, as well as after high school. Currently, 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the standards, while five other states created their own version.

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    Aunt Dottie and Nephew Aaron
    Caberet performer celebrates fifth anniversary Sunday at RCT
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 22, 2013 4:58 pm

    Aunt Dottie is celebrating her Fifth Anniversary Show at 3 p.m. at Renton Civic Theatre and giving a portion of the proceeds to Champions Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps underprivileged kids.

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    A teacher at the Northwest School for Hearing-Impaired Children signs instructions on an assingnment.
    Hearing-impaired Renton students head to Shoreline for special...
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 15, 2013 6:12 pm

    NWSFHIC is the only preschool through eighth grade school for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Washington.

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    Renton Rotary Teachers of the Month for November
    Renton Rotary Teachers of the Month for November
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 15, 2013 5:59 pm

    Renton Rotary Club has selected its Teachers of the Month for November as part of their commitment to education and to celebrate teachers in the Renton School District.

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    Laura Coumont
    Renton Piazza partners with non-profit to host auction...
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 14, 2013 4:13 pm

    Two Renton organizations aimed at helping the community and residents are joining together to host an event Saturday.

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    Traci Williams
    A salute to our veterans: Traci Williams
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 8, 2013 7:13 pm

    In Afghanistan, Williams was in charge of community outreach, ensuring all donations sent from the United States reached their proper destinations.

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    Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Brown points to a picture of his ship
    A Salute to our veterans: Robert Brown
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 8, 2013 7:04 pm

    Former Navy gunsman Robert Brown, 91, was on the battleship Maryland retrieving gunpowder below deck on Dec. 7, 1941, when bombs exploded around him.

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    Renton Technical honors students, staff who served
    Renton Technical honors students, staff who served
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 7, 2013 2:43 pm

    Renton Technical College (RTC) celebrated Veterans Day early by holding a ceremony Nov. 7 on campus to honor student and staff veterans.

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    Spencer Court resident Carol Sanders shows the condition of his room since a bed bug infestation hit the facility in July. Carol and her husband Ken have been sleeping on an air mattress.
    Residents at Spencer Court fed up after being...
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 4, 2013 4:45 pm

    The residents were each given a bill of $400 from Spencer Court management to help pay for pest control treatments and were told they would be sent to collections if they didn’t pay a minimum fee by the end of October. Residents of the low income facility say this is extra money they simply can’t pay.

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    A chart provided by the University of Washington shows the progress made by Lakeridge students from 2011 to 2013.
    Lakeridge Elementary’s new teaching methods lead to improved...
    By Sarah Kehoe • October 31, 2013 3:49 pm

    After just two years, fifth grade math scores increased by 35 percent and reading scores went up 25 percent. Third grade math improved by 33 percent and fourth grade math by 22 percent.

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    From left
    Alternative to ER opens in Kent
    By Sarah Kehoe • February 2, 2012 4:35 pm

    A business hoping to redefine the urgent-care experience for patients and physicians opened in Kent Jan. 28.

    Doctors Express caters to patients who can’t be seen by their own physicians or don’t want to go to the emergency room. The goal of the business is to offer affordable, non-emergency treatment to anyone in need, thereby eliminating long waits associated with doctor’s office or emergency room visits.

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    Aviation High School students Jacob Wagner
    Aviation High fills Boeing jobs
    By Sarah Kehoe • November 22, 2011 2:36 pm

    Aviation High School junior Jacob Wagner already had a dream come true.

    He got to fly an airplane solo for the first time.

    “It was the best experience I’ve ever had,” Wagner said, beaming. “I was just giggling the whole time. It felt so good to be up in the air; I felt so free.”

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