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Pearl Harbor remembered 22nd annual memorial held in Keyport BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
KEYPORT — At the end of the 22nd annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Capt. Francis Spencer III, commanding officer for the center, shook hands with five servicemen who had been at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. The five were among a couple hundred
people who sat in the sea-green chairs at Jack Murdock Auditorium for the ceremony. They listened to speeches and to musical performances by Navy Band Northwest and The Keyport Singers. “Dec. 7, 1941, was in many ways the day that the modern U.S. Navy was born,” Spencer said, addressing the audience. While the Japanese had severely damaged the U.S. battleship fleet, other important naval assets were not destroyed. “Our submarines, our aircraft carriers and our shore installations — those platforms SEE REMEMBRANCE, A9
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BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM
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OPINION Women may be required to enlist for draft
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CRIME Tips to prevent holiday season theft
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From left: Bob Rains, Roy Carter and Rocky Hoffman at the 22nd annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony.
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The 17th annual Bremerton Winterfest kicked off with performances by Bremerton High School’s marching band, drill team and flag team on Dec. 4. While the band performed holiday music, the festively dressed performers teamed up to entertain the crowd until Santa Claus arrived to light up the Bremerton Christmas tree.
“Not every student learns the same way,” said Kati Carthum, with the Bremerton School District. Carthum is the digital education coordinator for BSD. She oversees Online Options, an alternate education opportunity for students that enables them to take some or even all of their classes online, or to supplement their regular class schedule with online, after-school classes. Online Options is for Bremerton students in grades nine through 12. Participating students are required to meet with their school counselor “to determine what classes are appropriate for them to take,” and after enrolling in the program, even full-time, online students will need to visit the high school campus once a week to meet with their liaison. “Our alternative learning program … is a replacement for brickand-mortar education,” Carthum said. Students can replace one or more regular school periods with online classes, or even take all of their classes online. Not only do different people learn in different ways, meaning what’s effective for one student’s education isn’t necessarily effective for another, but also, “not everyone has the same life circumstances,” according to Carthum. Some students may have a home, work or other situation that means a regular school day isn’t always the best option. “We want to provide as many options for students as are feasible,” Carthum said. “Sometimes, especially in the case of the alternative learning, students need a little more flexibility in terms of their schedules, so they’re able to still get the education they need, but be able to flex the time a little bit more around their own schedule.” The other option is an after-school, lab-based program. Participating students still have full-time school days, but take extra classes online after school. One reason to do this might be to graduate high school early, but it’s not the only reason. “Sometimes it’s to get a prerequisite out of the way, or open SEE ONLINE, A9
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