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Shawn Traxler of Coulee Dam has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2023 President’s List, the school said. The winter terms run from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer....
Several students from the local area made the winter quarter honor roll at Spokane Community College, the school announced Tuesday. Among the 1,904 students on its honor roll for the quarter were Moyatat Bell, of Nespelem; Jamie Finch, of Grand Coulee; Robert Morin, of Elmer City; Kaimyn Scheib, of Electric City; and Mason Andersen, Piper Geib, Callie Haden, and Olivia Hill, all of Wilbur. Each had to achieve a 3.0 grade point average or higher to make the honor roll....
Registration packets for incoming preschool and kindergarten students are now available at Lake Roosevelt Elementary, the District Office, city hall in Electric City and the GCD Area Chamber of Commerce. Completed packets, including birth certificate and immunization record, can be returned to the elementary school or the district office. Children must be 4 years old by August 31st to be enrolled in preschool, and 5 years old by August 31st to register for kindergarten. If you have any questions, please contact the elementary office at...
Any high school student/parent interested in the Running Start Program there will be a parent/student meeting on Monday, May 1, from 4 to 5:30pm in the LRHS Hub. The meeting sponsored by Wenatchee Valley College will have a speaker available to answer questions. For more information contact Tiffany Gerard at the high school 509.633.1442....
Seven Lake Roosevelt students traveled to the state Future Business Leaders of America competition in Spokane April 19- 22. Kailah Leadingham, a junior, took seventh place for Business Law. Seventh-grader Justice Stice competed in the Elevator Speech event. Kaelyn Warner, also seventh grade, to seventh place in Career Research. Lexi Portch took seventh in Business Ethics. She's in seventh grade, too. The team of Justice Stice and Kaelyn Warner took seventh in Critical Thinking and fourth in the...
In the semester High Honor Roll the following should have been included: Freshman Lamiyah Gentemann, *4.0 and Mylia Gentemann High Honor Roll....
The following is the first semester honor roll for Lake Roosevelt Jr./Sr. High School. HIGH HONORS 3.5 to 4.0 *Indicates 4.0 SENIORS Penelope Antoine*, Justin Blueeyes*, Brit Egbert*, Logan Marconi, Kate Adolph, Gemma Sacchi, Tanner Kiser, Lynzee Valles, Zyrel Zacherle JUNIORS Damon Landeros*, Carly Neddo*, Raeley Portch*, Talliyah Timentwa, Kailah Leadingham, Aaliyah Cheeney, Aspen Smith, Janessa Desautel, Brenna Morrill, Sawyer Steffens, Shyanne Marchand, Chase Marchand, Hunter Armstrong, Arianna Waters, Brandon Pino SOPHOMORES Zane...
Eastern Washington University released their Dean’s List for Fall Quarter Tuesday for undergraduates who earned 12 quality hours with a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Local students on the list are: Derek Atkins and Addison Hansen, both of Coulee Dam; Stephen Flowers, Grand Coulee; Matthew Tillman, Nespelem....
OLYMPIA — Public high schools throughout Washington will observe Temperance and Good Citizenship Day Friday, Jan. 13. Now in its 100th year, Temperance and Good Citizenship Day is unique to Washington and is one of several civic observances for which state law provides specific instructions for schools. Every January, Washington students learn about becoming engaged and productive citizens. On Temperance and Good Citizenship Day, high-school seniors can register to vote during their social studies classes, either with a printed voter-registrati...
Three local students earned high honors for grades at Big Bend Community College for the fall quarter. Making the President’s List for Fall 2022 quarter, by completing 12 or more graded credits with a GPA of 3.75 and above, were Natanya Emerson, Zyelycia Patrick, and Celeste LaPlace, all of Electric City. In North Dakota, several local students earned at least 3.5 GPAs at Bismarck State College to get on the President’s Honor Roll for fall: John Baughman, Electric City; Jacob Johnson, Hartline; James Milligan, Electric City; James Nichols, Kel...
The City of Grand Coulee seeks community applicants for AWC Center for Quality Communities Scholarship Applications are due by December 31, 2022. The City of Grand Coulee is now accepting community applications for the AWC Center for Quality Communities scholarship. The scholarship is available through a statewide competitive process for students who are active in leadership through their city government, community, or school. CQC will award up to ten$2,500 scholarships in March 2023. One applicant will be submitted to CQC by each city after...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday announced new educational resources created to introduce students and teachers to public health and climate change data. Free Professional Development Course In an effort to engage students with local health and climate data, DOH unveiled a free professional development course for teachers that uses DOH tools and data to explore the connections between asthma and wildfires, which are one of the most obvious impacts of c...
In the third year of the popular event, the Grant Coulee Dam PTA will organize their Trunk or Treat drive-through around Lake Roosevelt Schools this Friday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event features people, clubs and organizations a chance to decorate a vehicle in Halloween glory and hand out treats to carloads of kids. It started in 2020 in response to the first year of pandemic shut-downs when trick or treating wasn't happening, but folks still wanted a safe way to make it...
Lake Roosevelt High School students celebrated homecoming Friday night, crowning their class royalty on the football field at halftime. - Jacob Wagner photos...
Lake Roosevelt’s 7th-12th grade classes need volunteers to help with student Tutorials on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the 2022-2023 school year. You will be trained, and the time commitment would not exceed eight hours per week. All volunteers in our schools must pass a basic background check. Make a difference in the lives of students today! Contact Jessica Burns at (509) 633-1442, ext. 500, for more information, or email jburns@gcdsd.org...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. All items will be distributed to the Grand Coulee Dam School District K-12. Donations are still being accepted through the month of September. Please help our local youth prepare and stay prepared throughout the upcoming new school year! Supply lists are available in the bank’s lobby. North Cascades Bank is a division of Glacier Bank of Kalispell, Montana. Glacier Bank is a subsidiary of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (GBCI), a regional bank h...
School board Chairman George LaPlace, right, and PTA member Andrew Fuller, cooking hot dogs, work to serve up free food in front of Lake Roosevelt Schools Tuesday nig...
Moyatat Bell, of Nespelem, and Jamie Finch, of Grand Coulee, are among the honor roll students at Spokane Community College for spring quarter of 2022, the college announced. Also on the list: Olivia Hill and Amanda Starzman, both of Wilbur. Spokane Falls Community College also released its honor roll for spring quarter. Kaidyn Johnson, of Electric City, made the list, as did Emily Nichols, of Keller; and Jordan Nestor, Cassandra Arroyo and Kiera Miller, all of Wilbur. To be named to either of the schools’ honor rolls, students must earn a g...
Grand Coulee Dam School District is seeking applications from citizens interested in being appointed to a committee to write the for/against statements for the Grant, Douglas, Lincoln and Okanogan County Local Voters’ Pamphlets related to the District’s following ballot measure; Replacement Educational Programs and Operation Levy to be considered at the November 8, 2022 General Election. Those interested should send their name, address, phone number and which position they represent to: Paul Turner, Superintendent, Grand Coulee Dam School Dis...
Lake Roosevelt High School graduate Kaitlyn Nordine participated at the national Future Business Leaders of America competition in Chicago, Illinois that took place from June 29-July 2. Although not placing, Nordine competed in the journalism category in a test covering the economics of journalism, grammar and format, law and ethics, the business of journalism, and the history of journalism. The test focused "on the principles of journalism, such as the laws pertaining to journalism, and the...
Kids 18 and younger can get free meals each Monday through Thursday through July 28 at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School cafeteria. The Grand Coulee Dam School District’s Summer Food Service Program serves breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is served from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Lunch is served from noon to 12:30 p.m. The school district is a sponsor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture program and is open to all children 18 and younger....
Lake Roosevelt Jr./Sr. High School High Honors 3.5 To 4.0 Seniors Juniors Alonzo Adams Penelope Antoine Reniff Herndon Justin Blue Eyes Aehsley Piturachsatit Brit Egbert Sadi Trotter Hunter Palmer Audrey Hansen Elijah Rasmussen David Borden Kate Adolph Gemma Sacchi Zalissa Sanfo Isaijah Derr Jocelyn Zaugg Kaitlyn Nordine Tanner Kiser Glad Eyes Williams Kawika Whalawitsa Angelina Green Sophomores Freshman Aaliyah Cheeney Noah Hunt Lanay Chuckulnaskit Israel Rasmussen Damon Landeros John Cooley Celeste Laplace Riley Ayling Kailah Leadingham Lola...
Correction In last week's issue of the Star, Co-Salutatorian Almeta Desautel's speech was accidentally not printed in its entirety. Here is her full speech. Co-Salutatorian Almeta Desautel Hello Everyone, for those of you who may not know me, my name is Almeta Desautel (yes, Nate Desautel's daughter) and I am the co-salutatorian for Lake Roosevelt's graduating class of 2022. While I sat writing this speech, wondering what I could possibly say on a day as important as this, I reflected back to...
A new breaker panel installed a few years ago apparently did its job, stopping a possible fire from a heater in the weight room in the lower level of the gym at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School. Firefighters from all local departments converged on the facility when the call when out around 1 p.m. Monday. A fire in the old breaker panel years ago led to that electrical upgrade. After checking out the cause Monday, firefighters set a fan to help air out the room. - Scott Hunter...
Hannah Wapato, of Coulee Dam, made the Dean’s List at the University of Idaho for the spring quarter of 2022, which ended May 13, the school announced last week. Wapato is attending the university’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences for a bachelor of science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. To qualify for the Dean’s List, U of I students must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA on a minimum of 12 graded credits during the semester....