Math is a subject that gets progressively more challenging as you continue to advance your knowledge of the subject. For some, the way mathematics work comes easy, but for others it’s a struggle to reach for the moment where all the information finally clicks and the problem is solved. That is the moment that our April Teacher of the Month strives for. Paula Grande teaches math classes to seventh and eighth grade students at Key Peninsula Middle School and has been teaching f

It was at the tender age of 8 that our son Erik joined a small, merry band of frequently wet and shivering children paddling around Gig Harbor in improbably skinny boats, under the tutelage of Coach Jon Sousley. At first, it was all they could do just to stay upright. Actual forward motion came with time. Erik’s kid sister Kelly, then a preschooler, followed the action from the dock with an intensity of a rock band groupie. And so it began for the North family. Twelve years a