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The Grand Coulee Dam School District is holding their regularly scheduled board meeting electronically via Zoom tonight at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is accessible to the public by clicking on this link: https://gcdsd.zoom.us/j/677070515... Full story
Misty Krohn is one of six teachers in the 29 school districts of the North Central Washington Educational Service District awarded a grant related to the study of the Lower Grand Coulee recently. Krohn, who teaches kindergarten at Lake Roosevelt Elementary, will get the $300 for her project to create a science center in her classroom. The Friends of Lower Grand Coulee (FLGC), in partnership with the North Central Education Foundation (NCEF), provided the opportunity to encourage study of the Lower Grand Coulee area this spring. Because of...
Time is running out to submit applications for Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association scholarships. The applications must be postmarked by Friday, May 1, 2020. The awards are open to high school graduating seniors and college students who are direct descendants of former students who attended any of the Grand Coulee School District 55 schools. College students must have successfully completed at least one year of college. Also eligible to apply for the scholarships are all Lake Roosevelt High School graduating seniors from the class of...
Karen Pace, who has been the music teacher at Lake Roosevelt schools for the past five years, and Terry Owen, who has been driving bus for LR for the past 32 years, will be honored with excellence awards next month. Superintendent Paul Turner announced the winners to school staff Feb. 27. Turner said both Pace and Owen received multiple nominations from their fellow staff members. The awards are organized by the North Central Educational Service District, Turner said, and Pace and Owen will be among those honored at its Excellence Awards Banque...
Public school students will soon have a greater understanding of their sexuality, sexual abuse and the importance of consent under a new law passed by Washington state legislators. Senate Bill 5395 requires all public schools in Washington state to give public school children in kindergarten through 12th grade a comprehensive sexual education. The curriculum must follow certain requirements, including encouraging healthy relationships, teaching students about sexual violence, educating them on consent and being inclusive of all students....
Special detectors may be installed at Lake Roosevelt Schools to address “rampant” vaping at the school. Vaping, which delivers nicotine to the user without tobacco present, is said to be dangerous to the health of anyone by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and especially to the development of adolescent brains. But students can vape discreetly, even in classrooms, with the devices used to vape being particularly small and the vapor itself often odorless and dissipating quickly. Getting some tech help to address the situation is...
Selected as Students of the Month for February at Nespelem School included: from left - top row: Nataliah Saulque, Nyla Yellowwolf, Zach Elwell,Taylor Thomas, Arianna Waters; bottom row: Kendall Elwell, Alec Flett, Rykiah Picard, Alan Stanger, Myalove Stanger. Not pictured is Chayton Bob...
HIGH HONORS 3.5 to 4.0 SENIORS Ellie Hansen, Lorrinda Richardson, Nicholas Engeseth, Kyle Edmo, Keziah Stice, Brianna Stanger, Abbiggale Murray, Madisyn Toulou, Damian George, Alexia Ryan, Brianna Whybark, Wensdae Antoine JUNIORS Bryn Chaffee, Raven Clark, Vanessa Ankney, Kaimyn Schieb, Ashlyn Olsen, Rayann Steinert, Hunter Whitelaw, Cameron Gaines, Brieann Whittaker, Blossom Armstrong, Ariana Morse, Adriana Garcia-Atchison, Daxton Whiteman, Kyona Edmo, Lillie LaPlace, Heather Budravage, Chelsea Dudley SOPHOMORES Makenna Alling, Valerie Jury,...
Several Lake Roosevelt High School students will spend part of their spring break competing at the state Future Business Leaders of America competition in Spokane. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Monday approved the trip to the state for 16 students. Advisor Susan Duclos, who oversees the group, said students can each register for up to four competitions out of 70. She said the group heading to state has doubled from four students to eight to 16 in the past few years....
The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors took new assignments at their Jan. 27 meeting. Director George LaPlace was appointed board chair. Director Carla Marconi was appointed vice chair, and Ken "Butch" Stanger was appointed legislative representative. LaPlace, who has served on the board since 2015, replaces Rich Black as board chair. Black, still a director, has chaired the board since 2016. Marconi has served on the board since 2007. Newly elected Director Alex Tufts, who...
Students in Lake Roosevelt High School's Future Business Leaders of America club took several awards at the North Central Regional Competition Feb. 2. Those coming away with awards for their projects included: Sam Amarilla- 6th Broadcast Journalism, 4th Journalism Brenna Morrill- 3rd ML Career Exploration, 4th ML Critical Thinking Team with Madyson Voss Damien Blake, Awston Clark & Gaven White (Team) 6th ML Critical Thinking Joey Tynan- 2nd Cyber Security Lillie LaPlace- 1st Entrepeneurship,...
Several students from the local area earned grades that qualified them for a dean’s list or honor roll at the institutions of higher learning they’re attending. At Eastern Washignton University for the fall quarter of 2019: Scott Abrahamson, of Coulee Dam; and Kurtis Boutain, Tiffany Boutain, Berlyn Hunt, and Cassandra Payne, all of Coulee City. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours (QHRS) and receives a GPA of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List. At Community Colleges of Spokane, Cortney Louie of Nespelem, Christina Pruko...
The Lake Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School chapter of the National Honor Society inducted new members Jan. 22. The group of new honorees, together with last year's inductees and officers comprised about 10 percent of the student enrollment at the school. Shown in the hallway just before the ceremony in the elementary gym are, from left, Raven Clark, LorRinda Richardson, Vanessa Ankney, Jozlyn Hansen, Advisor Jess Utz, Chelsea Dudley, Bryn Chaffee, Kyle Edmo, Megan Abel, Keziah Stice, Ellie...
Andrew Salinas, of Almira, has been named to the President’s Honor Roll at Bismarck State College with a 4.0 GPA for the Fall 2019 semester, the school said. Students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale while enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of classes to qualify for the honor roll at the community college in Bismarck, North Dakota....
The Community Foundation of North Central Washington is now accepting applications for its scholarship program. The foundation manages over 100 unique scholarships that support high school seniors, current college students, and non-traditional students from North Central Washington who are planning to attend four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, and trade schools. Each scholarship has its own criteria and eligibility; most seek to support students who have served their communities, show growth and potential, and demonstrate s...
Included among the 38 December 2019 graduates of Big Bend Community College's HS21 program was local student Kristie Robles. Friends and family celebrated with her at the first-ever December graduation ceremony on the campus at BBCC December 12. Kristie completed her diploma requirements through a combination of credits from her Omak High School transcript, online and in-class coursework, volunteer experience, work experience, and a compilation of evidence demonstrating college and career...
Here are the students of the month for November at LR and for December at Nespelem...
Alex Tufts is sworn in as the newest member of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Monday. Tufts, a Lake Roosevelt High School graduate, himself, ran unopposed in the Nov. 5 election and garnered 538 votes. Tufts takes the board seat vacated by Debra Covington (seated at left). He joins Carla Marconi (seated in center) George LaPlace (seated, right) who also ran unopposed this year, Ken Stanger, and Chairman Rich Black on the board. - Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
Selected at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School as October students of the month were: from left - bottom row: Tayonna Timentwa, Estela Rodrigues Treu Fowler, Aiden Burton, Daxton Lenard, Shaylee Arcasa, Brooklyn Tillman; second row: Shai Miller, Milliana Palmanteer, Jackson Tufts, Avery Wahpat, Kinzley Dennis, RJ Young; third row: Xander Johnson, Shyne Redstar, Eleanor Kontos, Jayla Boyd, Paisley Chaney, Mia Miller, Cambry Brown; fourth row: Sthil Miller, Tanner Lauseng, Hoss Lauseng, Kadin...
A dozen local teachers, including 10 in the Nespelem School District recently received grants from the North Central Education Foundation. The grants were awarded at the 2019 Teacher Classroom Grant Award reception held at Confluence Technology Center in Wenatchee. Each teacher applied for a Teacher Grant based on the needs of his or her classrooms and each received $300, the maximum amount awarded to purchase items for the classrooms. The teachers who received awards are: Kim Iverson, for classroom Body Core Seating; Madisyn Byam, for a...
Selected as students of the month for September at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School included: Emmalee Rasmussen, Cody Horton, Macy Paslay, Erik Valenzuela, Skyla Flores-Thomas, Nayeli Beltran, Cadence Holt, Kailey Quill, Aaron Andrews, Jaci Clark, Kinsey Seyler, Izabella Lauseng, Emmett Steffler, Riley Adams, Presley Steffens, Pazel Miller, Emmanuel Seekins, Malayla Piturachsatit, Colton Wallace, Kalea Edwards-Marchand, Payton Christman, Chyna Casey, Charlize Barton, Lilliana Dick, Karlyn...
The gym floor at Lake Roosevelt Elementary needs replacing only five years after the gym, and the school, were built. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved the payment of $15,000 toward the replacement floor, the rest of the cost being covered by Northern Hardwood, the company that had installed the original floor, who verbally agreed to cover the rest of the roughly $30,000 total cost of replacing the floor, even though it is no longer under warranty. "The membrane has shifted and is coming loose," Superintendent Paul Turner...
Shaleese Flowers warms up before the halftime performance Friday night of some 69 elementary school cheerleaders in training who participated in a cheer clinic all week with Coach Lori Adkins and the LR winter cheer squad. - submitted photo...
The Lake Roosevelt High School band performs in their new uniforms during halftime of the Raider football game Oct 25. The band received 60 uniforms in total, Music Teacher Karen Pace said, costing about $3,500 and paid for with grant money and money donated from local groups. The band will perform at a halftime show at a future Raider basketball game and use them during marching season in May when they'll perform during the Colorama parade and the Lilac Festival in Spokane. Pace said the...
Here are Nespelem's Students of the Month for September!...