Horizons Elementary News Today

North Thurston Public Schools (NTPS) offers a variety of courses in plant and animal science. These high school and middle school classes focus on a variety of topics, including horticulture, botany, agriculture, animal science, land management, and forestry.

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The district confirmed a 4th-grade student at Horizons Elementary in Lacey created a list with the names of students he wanted to target.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) announced on Friday that a man had been arrested in connection to the disappearance of a Lacey chiropractor and her husband. Detectives also believe that the couple did not survive the attack at their home.

Haines City, Florida - On Thursday, April 14, 2016, Polk County Sheriff's Special Victims Unit detectives arrested 72-year-old Carlos Ojeda of Haines City for eight counts Capital Sexual Battery (F-C), for sexual abuse he committed on juveniles who were riding the school bus he drove. According to the affidavit, on April 13th,…

They have taught during a pandemic and kept schools running. Polk Public Schools recently named the finalists for teacher and employee of the year.

Thousands of teaching positions are open across the state of Florida, but no one is applying for them. The COVID-19 pandemic environment is taking its toll on educators, along with an already approaching teacher shortage.

BARTOW — An advertisement for a teacher job fair with Polk County Public Schools was removed from the district’s Facebook page this week after teachers complained it was inaccurate and insensitive.  “Have a bachelor’s degree and looking for a job starting out at $45,172? OH, and you only work 10 months out of the year?” the ad read. “Become a teacher!”  Veteran teachers read it and were baffled by its air of easiness around a profession for which they went to college, train...