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Nespelem Elementary School students participated in the Governor's Summit on Career Connected Learning May 31 at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, Washington, on the Microsoft Campus. The event was also simultaneously broadcast across Washington state for viewing at 26 remote sites. To prepare for a presentation at the summit, up to 13 Nespelem students met daily after school, working with EV 3 Lego Robots, learning coding, adding sensors and lessons with the Mars Space Challenge. The... Full story
Kindergarten students of Kim Iverson's recently held a graduation at Nespelem School. They include: Sally Lucei, Sitarah Palmer, April Bigwolf, Alex Vallee, Dorla Selam, and Jase Thomas. - submitted photo... Full story
Lake Roosevelt Elementary students recently selected as May Students of the Month.... Full story
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School Secretary Sheila Darnold was honored as support staff person of the year during the class of 2017's graduation ceremony Saturday. Gretchen Whitelaw was honored as teacher of the year. - Scott Hunter photos... Full story
LR Elementary students of the month for April... Full story
Nespelem students of the month... Full story
For the first time Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association is awarding scholarships to graduating seniors from schools other than Lake Roosevelt High School. Scholarships in the amount of $500 each were awarded to five graduating seniors: Brooklyn Reichlin, Electric City, LRHS senior who plans to attend SFCC; Erica Diane Leffel, Ritzville; Nicole Coppersmith, Davenport; and Jacob Marshall, Wilbur. The last three are eligible because of their grandmother, Margaret Rice Kendall (’51) and Colt Sanford, Harrington, whose late g... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Music Boosters club is active again after over a year of dormancy. The club supports music education for local students by helping raise money to cover instrument rentals and more for K-12 students. The club is meeting on June 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the LR Jr/Sr cafeteria. For more info call Tamra Sacchi at 509-846-5537 or Mrs. Pace at the high school 509-633-1442.... Full story
Brooklyn Rose Reichlin of Electric City is the 2017 recipient of a $1,000 scholarship awarded by the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club. The scholarship application process includes a review of applicants’ academic achievement, community service record, leadership, extracurricular activities, and educational goals. Reichlin, who will graduate from Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School on Saturday, plans to attend Spokane Falls Community College and major in business and cosmetology.... Full story
The school board approved a number of personnel changes at its meeting Monday night. Susan Duclos resigned her paraprofessional position and then was hired to a Career Technical Education position. Levi Seekins has resigned his position as athletic director; and his brother, Jeremiah Seekins, was reduced two hours a day. Ken Miles resigned his position as school bus driver, and Patty Neddo resigned as a paraprofessional. The school board approved all changes.... Full story
• Grand Coulee Dam School District board member Richard Black will pass out diplomas to over 40 seniors at ceremonies scheduled for June 10. He was selected from among members of the board at its May 22 meeting. • The school board has delayed its next meeting to June 5 to allow any senior not on the graduation list to make an appeal before the school board. • The school district will accept up to 16 students for summer driver education classes. The cost is on a graduated scale, Superintendent Paul Turner stated. For a class of 11 stude... Full story
The Lake Roosevelt Schools music department just won a $6,250 grant. Karen Pace, music director ,said the grant was given through the umbrella of the Washington Music Education Association. Pace directs four bands in the district and the district’s choir, for a total of about 165 students, Pace said Friday, plus elementary music. Shee put in for the grant in March and received word that the grant was coming through for the district earlier in May. The money will be used to purchase new instruments, repair older ones, and provide music stands a... Full story
Students of the Month for April at Nespelem School include, from left - top row: Kandace Leith, mMixat Vargas-Thomas, Taylor Thomas; bottom row: Shyniah Dogskin, Nikolas Seymour, Louie Frank, Alan Stanger Jr., Theo George. Not pictured: Brinn Clark, Cheyenne Sweowat.... Full story
This year’s senior class is planning a trip to Seattle and places beyond for its “senior trip.” But the 25 seniors and four adult chaperones will have to be “early birds” if they expect to catch the bus before it pulls out at 5 a.m. for the two-day annual event scheduled for June 2-3. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved the trip at its Monday meeting. Seniors will leave early the first day and come back late — very late on the second day. Class sponsor Julie Friedlander presented the plan to the board Monday. The class has b... Full story
Students of the month for March at Lake Roosevelt were recognized recently.... Full story
Some 60 sixth-graders, 50 from Lake Roosevelt and 10 from Nespelem, will get the “Tall Timbers” experience May 17-19 when they head for the outdoor education location near Leavenworth. Each year, for the past several, Lake Roosevelt and Nespelem sixth-graders have traveled to Tall Timbers, an outdoor recreation/education resort nestled in the mountains about 10 miles out of Leavenworth. The program there is designed to provide an opportunity for personal growth and team building by participating in a number of outdoor activities. The exp... Full story
Phoenix Shephard was named to the Central Washington University Honor Roll for Winter 2017 term. Shepherd is the son of Donna Deckman of Electric City.... Full story
Renowned Native American artist and politician Enoch Kelly Haney visited students in grades six through 12 from Nespelem Elementary School and Lake Roosevelt High School in the LR gym on Thursday. Bert Smith, a Coulee Dam High School alumnus, had introduced Haney to Kim Stanger, the Indian Education director at Lake Roosevelt, who helped organize the event. Haney sat in a chair in the middle of the gym floor while the students listened to him speak, in a thick southern accent, about his life and his art, presenting slides of his work, and... Full story
Students of the Month for March at Nespelem Elementary include, from left, top row: Eddy Frank, Harlen Dick, Cyila St. Pierre; front row: Mason Salque, Lilliana Dick, Cadence Clark, Brooklyn Tillman, Sitarah Palmer; not shown: Edward Mitchell Jr., Sara Stanczak.... Full story
The school boards from the Grand Coulee Dam District and Nespelem District met recently and focused their discussions on the calendars for the next two school years. As a new approach to setting the school calendar, Grand Coulee Dam District Superintendent Paul Turner opted to present a two-year calendar plan to the respective boards. Turner reviewed it with his own board in February and board Chair Joette Barry requested a review with Nespelem before passage. The two boards reviewed the calendars and decided to try to match the fall school... Full story
• Members of the Lake Roosevelt junior and senior high bands and the high school chorus will head to Silverwood Theme Park June 1, for a field trip performance. Karen Pace, who heads the music department, stated that about 75 students will go on the trip. The board approved the trip. • The Grand Coulee Dam School District board has approved this year’s senior trip, a two-day outing June 2-3, in Seattle. Julie Friedlander estimated that about 25 senior students and four adults will be making the trip. The board approved the trip and asked for de... Full story
The students of the month for February at Lake Roosevelt Elementary include the following:... Full story
Curriculum, students, and staff received the most comments from a recent Lake Roosevelt School survey that was made available to patrons in the area. The survey was taken to provide some guidance to a team of school district personnel and local residents who work together in developing information for a Strategic Plan that will shape school activity for the next few years. The study team developing information for the school board met last Monday and Tuesday in the high school library. Superintendent Paul Turner, who is in Washington D.C. at... Full story
The PTA will host its second annual science fair March 23 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the old LRHS gym. Judging of some 36 registered projects will occur at that time. There are about 56 students participating.... Full story
Missoula Children’s Theatre will be in town again April 24–29, and auditions for young actors for “Treasure Island” will start at 4 p.m. April 24 at the Village Cinema in Coulee Dam. Rehearsals will occur each evening from April 24-28 from 4 to 8 p.m. Two performances will be held on April 29, at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. There will also be dress rehearsals earlier that day.... Full story