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• 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
Students at Nespelem School selected for February students of the month include, from left - top row: Agnice Campbell, Ema Bearcub, Eddy Cohen, Kyona Edmo, Drake Weed; bottom row: April Bigwolf, Hartlyn Caudell, Sophia Reyes, Anela Somday, Furyus Louie; not shown: Rodger Cate. - submitted photo... Full story
People in our area may be under the impression that it’s almost impossible to further their formal education beyond high school without moving, going into debt, and/or spending hours each day commuting to Moses Lake or Spokane to take community college classes. But there are ways around these deterrents. Federal Student Aid is an office in the U.S. Department of Education that offers financial aid to lower-income students in the form of grants, which, unlike loans, DO NOT have to be paid back. The program offers more than 150 billion dollars to... Full story
From left, back row: Jarvis Manuel, Destiny Adolph, Hope Harris, Arianna Louie; front row: Anoki Somday, Bronsyn St.Pierre, Makrick Ankney, Nyla Yellowwolf, Drake Sanchez. Not Pictured: Sally Lucei, Ayden Moore.... Full story
HIGH HONORS SENIORS Brandon A. Jordan, Grace E. Engeseth, Robin K. Matt, Hannah L. Williams, Matthew T. Tillman, Damian L. George, Mariah L. Boyd, Olivia G. Arnold, Jazmine N. Reed, Devan E. Medel, Roxanne Belgarde, Brooklyn R. Reichlin, Cameron S. Tillman, Chase D. Waters JUNIORS Rylee E. Pitner, Dylan R. Jenkins, Kayla D. St. Pierre, Cole M. Trotter, Malcolm D. Carson Jr., Emily R. Abel, Sean L. Garvin, Lucas S. Bird, Aidan A. Derr, Chasity E. Williams SOPHOMORES Hannah J. Wapato, Kolby M. Picard, Addison A. Hansen, Stephen G. Flowers, Evan... Full story
Washington State University’s President’s Honor Roll for the 2016 Fall semester included three students from Coulee Dam. Listed were Scott Abrahamson, Devan Black and Kayley Duclos. The honor roll recognizes students who stand above the rest with excellent academic performance. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of 3.75, or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work.... Full story
Lake Roosevelt students of the month for January.... Full story
For eight weeks in November and December, this group of six girls earned a NASA diploma by working on special science curriculum designed by NASA around the International Space Station program. They learned about different types of sciences involved in the ISS. Each week the students were assigned a different mission. A special thank you to Cathy LaPlace for making this program happen for our students. From left, back row: Jenna Cleveland, Carly Neddo, and Sawyer Steffens; front row: Celeste... Full story
Tristen Adolph, left, and Jerry Palmer pose for photos after winning the Mr. and Mrs. LR contest Friday night during a combination talent show and contest. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
A cafeteria at Lake Roosevelt Schools roared to life with music, lights, and dancing last this month as more than 75 percent of the classes of 2021 and 2022 attended the dance. As students began jamming to the music, seventh-grader Reniff Herndon took a broom to the floor as an impromptu partner at the Jan. 20 dance in the elementary cafeteria. Next, students cheered for seventh-grade peers Luke Jimenez and Camryn Wendt as they had a dance off. Even eighth-grader Jerry Martin vied with Camryn... Full story
These students were selected at Lake Roosevelt Elementary as students of the month for December.... Full story