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Nathan Fulton retrieves a rocket after it was launched during Nespelem School's day of rocketry Friday. Science teacher Ralph Rise organized the day and had help from Washington State University personnel. Students from Coulee Dam and Paschal Sherman Indian School also attended, building and firing rockets. Rise put together a similar event at Lake Roosevelt Schools a year ago, aimed at firing imaginations and interest in science, as well as rockets....
Lake Roosevelt students showed their school spirit last Thursday by dressing up as twins.... Full story
Pictured are the September Students of the Month and the Raider BEST winners, an acronym which stands for: B - Be safe: E - Excel in learning; S - Show respect; T - Take responsibility.... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board last Thursday evening made a number of hires and accepted five resignations. Hired were Madisyn Byam as 2016 SHARP Kids program leader; Melanie Herndon as LAP paraprofessional; and Jeremy Crollard as assistant boy’s basketball coach. Resignations accepted were Paul Braun, seventh grade junior high football coach; Barbara Mooney, bus driver; Joy McClure, bus driver; Ashley Landeros, first- through third-grade co-leader for SHARP Kids; and Donna Totman, family consumer science teacher... Full story
Nespelem Elementary School’s board of directors saw new uniforms introduced at their meeting Sept. 21, which had been moved ahead from Sept. 26 so that Superintendent Rich Stewart could attend an Impact Aid conference in Washington D.C. Principal Debra Pankey told the board that two Nespelem students are taking algebra at the school through the Spokane Virtual Academy. The board approved a first reading of a new nutrition and fitness policy. They also approved the hiring of Leslie Moses and Cindy St. Pierre as paraprofessionals. The board a... Full story
John M. Adkins, Superintendent of the Wellpinit School District and a resident of Coulee Dam, has been appointed President of the Washington State Impact Aid Association. This association is comprised of school districts on Indian lands and military bases that represent the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools.... Full story
Kim Iverson, left, welcomes Rowena St. Pierre and family to her preschool classroom during an open house at Nespelem School Monday night. Nespelem students and community were invited to a community meal Monday after the first half day of school for the new school year. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Karah Duclos graduated from Eastern Washington University June 11, 2016, with a double major Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Professional Accounting, Cum Laude. She plans to pursue her CPA within the next year. She is the daughter of Klendon and Susan Duclos of Coulee Dam.... Full story
Lake Roosevelt Raiders will be holding a welcome back night Kindergarten through 12th grade Wednesday, August 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Elementary students will be able to find out who their teacher is; 7th – 12th students will be able to choose their lockers, pick up their class schedules and purchase ASB cards. ASB cards will also be available to elementary students at the jr./sr. high school office.... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board hired personnel to cover six vacant positions at a special meeting Monday. The special meeting also was a training session for members of the board. Hired were Alissa Mansker, as a second grade teacher; Misty Krohn, a kindergarten teacher; Tera Remington, a reading specialist; Cole Seaver, junior high science teacher and LRHS assistant JV football coach; and Barbara Mooney, 21st Century community learning center site coordinator.... Full story
Local business and community organizations helped with a SHARP Kids summer program, resulting in a fundraiser and in learning about quilting. KISSed Quilts, Eagles Auxiliary, and members from the Coulee Creators all collaborated with fabric and hands-on assistance with learning how to sew during the SHARP Kids summer program for girls in fifth through eighth grades, under the direction of group leader Susan Duclos. A community project resulted, which produced a Lake Roosevelt Raider quilt that... Full story
Anyone who ever went to, or worked at, Grand Coulee Schools is invited to an “All School Reunion” Friday and Saturday, August 12-13. At 7 p.m. Friday, alumni will get together at North Dam Park for visiting and for renewing old friendships, bringing their own drinks, snacks, and chairs. On Saturday at 9 a.m., the old high school gym will be open, and at 10 a.m., the new high school will be open for tours. At noon, the group will gather at North Dam for a potluck and a relaxing day of visiting. At 8 p.m., a band furnished by Jim Truax will pla... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District hired a dean of students and a new athletic director at Monday night’s board meeting. Dean of students at Lake Roosevelt High School for the next school term will be Charles Pierce, from Soap Lake. Pierce will be in his final year for his principal certification at Whitworth College during the 2016-17 term. A person well known to hoop sports fans here, Levi Seekins, will take over as Lake Roosevelt’s athletic director, replacing Richard Black, who will retire in August. Black was named to the school boa... Full story
When students return to school this fall they will see six huge abstract paintings hanging in their school. The paintings, by Portland artist Lucinda Parker, feature two birds or fish in an abstract setting, with sayings painted on the frames. It will be a lesson, of sorts, to not only enjoy the painting but to understand and develop the meaning of the paintings. Two paintings are located in each of the two cafeterias, and one in each of the landings of the two stairwells that serve the upper... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will pay more than $400,000 a year for services ranging from information technology management to bookkeeping under a contract approved in June. The disctrict board approved a $406,618 service agreement with the North Central ESD (Education Service District) for the 2016-17 school year at its June 27 meeting. The major services contracted for include network services, $106,657; and business management, $73,250. Other major areas under the agreement include Worker’s Compensation Trust, $79,406; and a S... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board hired a secondary science teacher Monday to replace veteran Ralph Rise. Hired was Mark Vinciguerra, 46, who taught this past school year in the Hoquiam School District. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Pacific Lutheran University. Vinciguerra also has taught science in the Olympia School District. Rise, a 33-year veteran teacher in the Grand Coulee Dam School District, has taken a teaching position with Nespelem School.... Full story
Five of six administration positions in the Grand Coulee Dam school system will change for the new school year. Superintendent Dr. Dennis Carlson concludes his six years here June 30, and is being replaced by Paul Turner. Turner was hired by the board to follow Carlson this spring, after it was learned Carlson planned to retire. This year Turner was assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and prior to that principal at Tonasket. Things moved fast at the school board meeting Monday night. The board accepted the resignation of... Full story
Lucinda Parker, an abstract artist from Portland, Oregon, was here June 21 as six of her paintings were hung at various places in the Lake Roosevelt school building. Two of the 5-foot by 9-foot paintings went up in each cafeteria, and one in each of the main stairwells. Parker was selected by a local committee and commissioned through the Washington State Arts Commission to provide art for the new school complex. Shown here is Parker with her "Two Turkeys" painting. Each of the paintings... Full story
The P.E.O. awarded a $2,500 STAR Scholarship for the 2016-2017 academic year to Andrea Olson, a senior at Almira/Coulee- Hartline High School. The STAR Scholarship was awarded to 400 high school seniors from a pool of 1,933 applicants nationwide. Olson is the daughter of Robert and Amber Olson and was recommended for the scholarship by Chapter DG of Coulee Dam. Olson has been accepted and will attend Central Washington State University, where she plans to study early childhood education, with an emphasis on autism. The Philanthropic Educational...
Students at LR Elementary were recently selected as students of the month for May....
Jesse Adkins recently made the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for Winter Quarter. To qualify for the list, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (out of 4).... Full story
Three students from the Grand Coulee Dam School District's alternative program received their high school diplomas Friday in a ceremony at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School. Pictured from left are Curry A. Pinkham, Meagan R. Drywater and King D. A. Robinson. Superintendent Dennis Carlson presented diplomas. – Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
Tuesday afternoon school staff and officials started to say farewell to Supt. Dr. Dennis Carlson, who retires at the end of June. Here incoming Superintendent Paul Turner, left, presents a framed picture of the new school to Carlson. He also received a proclamation from State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Randy Dorn, and ESD Superintendent Dr. Richard McBride, proclaiming Wednesday, June 8, "Dr. Dennis Carlson Day." He also received a Pendleton blanket from the Colville Business Council... Full story
The Grand Coulee Alumni Association May 18 finalized plans for an all-school reunion and awarded more than double the number of scholarships they have in recent years. The all-school reunion will start Friday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m., and continue with a potluck on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Scholarship applications were read with the purpose of selecting one male and one female student of Lake Roosevelt High School to receive the two $500 scholarships normally awarded by the alumni association. After much deliberation, the association decided to award... Full story
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Higher education officials Monday announced two new agreements aimed at giving future community and technical college transfer students a jump start on bachelor’s degrees in computer science or music. The new “major related programs” are specialized versions of Washington’s decades-long direct transfer agreement, which allows students to finish the first two years of their bachelor’s degrees at a community or technical college and then transfer as juniors. The new agreements go one step further by including credits that apply d... Full story