Welcome to Pioneer Elementary School
we are MISSION driven
At Pioneer, our learning environment exists beyond the classroom walls in socially embedded communities that promote choice and self-advocacy. Through personalized inquiry based projects and authentic experiences, learners will collaborate with multi-aged peers to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and mindsets needed to identify and solve our most pressing global issues.
Address
8502 Skansie Ave
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
Phone
Main Office: (253) 530-3500
School Hours
M, T, TH & F: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
School Leadership
Stephanie Strader - Principal
Pioneer Elementary News
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You can support our youngest learners by reading in our elementary schools!
Guest readers are invited to share their favorite book or read a book provided to them as part of Peninsula Reads, our community-wide effort to promote literacy development in young children.
Readers are needed now through Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Sign up here.
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Calling all readers!
You can support our youngest learners by reading in our elementary schools!
Guest readers are invited to share their favorite book or read a book provided to them as part of Peninsula Reads, our community-wide effort to promote literacy development in young children.
Readers are needed now through Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Sign up here.
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As the winter storm season is upon us, here is a reminder of Peninsula School District's procedures and expectations during inclement weather and school closures.
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Help us meet our 1 million minutes community reading goal
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We want to give a big THANK YOU to all the community members who celebrated American Education Week with PSD at our schools.
Many of you joined Artondale, Pioneer, Swift Water, and Evergreen elementary school students and educators to learn about day-to-day activities, and see our newly constructed buildings. The students enjoyed showing off their classrooms, and visitors enjoyed exploring flex spaces, seeing student art, and witnessing learning in action.
Read more to see all the photos from this week.
#InspiredAndEmpoweredPSD
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Calling all readers! You can support our youngest learners by reading in our elementary schools!
Now until Friday, Dec. 16, we are inviting guest readers to share their favorite book, or read a book provided to them, to help all children recognize the importance of literacy.
Read more to hear a personal invitation from Superintendent Krestin Bahr.
Pioneer Elementary School Calendar
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PIE- Commons, PIE Gym