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Educators are again receiving $200 classroom grants as part of STCU’s spring efforts to support area educators at schools across the region, including two at Lake Roosevelt Schools. STCU, which was founded by high school teachers in 1934, is honoring its roots by awarding a total of $10,000 to 50 randomly drawn educators. Winners can spend their grants on anything that will enhance students’ classroom experience, whether a basic need or something special. The online drawing was open to teachers, counselors, and other classroom-based pos...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award our 2025 $500.00 scholarships in memory of Jeanie Beery. The young lady selected is Riley Ayling. We would like to congratulate this young lady for her achievements and send her best wishes for success with her educational, professional and personal goals. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is an organization dedicated to helping young women further their education. We pride ourselves as being women helping women reach for the stars. This scholarship may be used toward expenses at any...
Lake Roosevelt Elementary students ran their hearts out in the school's annual Mini Bloomsday run, an event that got them sunshine, joy, disappointment, fatigue and renewed determination. You could see all that in their faces during the run. Here are some results, courtesy of Jeremy Crollard. Second-Third Grade Boys 1st – Warren Yazzie 2nd – Ashton Gore 3rd – Ryder Vargas 4th – Clyde Barnaby Girls 1st - Theresa Leach 2nd - Rayne 3rd - Autumn Rudolf Grades 4, 5 and 6 Elite Runners Boys 1st - R...
Wenatchee Valley College Running Start Program is having a presentation for the 2025/26 school year. Parents and Students interested are encouraged to attend on Thursday April 24th at 3:30 PM at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School. Students interested need to be a Junior or Senior during the 2025/26 school year with a Grade Point Average of at least a 2.6...
The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association is offering a $2,000 college scholarship for an Okanogan County high school graduate. To be eligible,applicants must be at least a college junior working towards initial certification in an educational field and plan to work in public schools. The application deadline is May 1. Applications are available at wwsra-units.org/okanogancounty. For more information, contact Sibyl Wehmeyer at sibylwehmeyer@yahoo.com...
1st Semester Honor roll 3.25-3.49 7th Grade- Foxy Bell-Bart, Lukas Carlson, Hannah Council, Eva Connors, Seanae Smith, Cody Horton 8th Grade-Kelis Pierre, Zaley Laramie, Collin Christman, McKenzie Cox, Sawyer Tillman, Aiyanna Arnold 9th-Gideon Piturachsatit, Zayden Jackson, Gavin Marris, Jack Steffler 10th- Connor Johnson, Jayden Zaugg, Chance Perdue, Kosumi Carson, Kaden Christman, Casey Hiett, Caches Parrish, Kenzie Brown 11th- Ayamae Batten-Bob, Cassidy Swogger, Halle Picard, Rylin Michel, Carmen Thomas-Turner, Denise Simpson 12th- Chante...
Seven Raiders will compete at the Washington State High School Team Chess Championship in Stanwood Friday and Saturday. To qualify, the team took third at the regional tournament in Ephrata Feb. 1, competing against teams in all school size categories. “We’re bringing seven kids, including two alternates who will be competing in the parallel All-Comers individual tournament,” Coach Steve Files said. On the team are Zane Chafee, Ethan Croasmun, Cody Ewers, Rylie McKee, Caches Parrish, Chance Perdue, and Malachi Stice. An overall champion is cr...
Local students making the Spokane Community College’s honor roll for the fall quarter of 2024 were Lucas Button, Electric City; Audrey Hansen, Coulee Dam; and Jayden Sapier and Samantha Wheeler, both of Wilbur. Spokane Falls Community College’s honor roll included Kearra Higgs, Electric City; Aaliyah Cheeney, and Tasha Enochs, both of Grand Coulee; and Jordyn Bailey, Maxwell Erwin, and Joseph Cisneros, all of Wilbur....
Washington state school districts and entities were awarded nearly $8.4 million in grants this week to replace diesel school buses with zero-emissions models – including funds for one new bus for the Colville Tribes. One EPA grant for $260,000 will replace a Class 6 diesel refuse hauler on the reservation with a new zero-emissions school bus. The Colville Reservation is considered a “Justice 40 neighborhood,” an environmental justice designation stemming from a Biden administration executive order. The order set a goal that 40 percent of the o...
Teachers at Grand Coulee Dam and Almira school districts are among those in 10 districts in the Columbia Basin and north-central Washington to receive $200 for their classrooms this year from STCU, the credit union said in a release. STCU, which was founded by high school teachers in 1934, was again honoring its roots by awarding a total of $20,000 to 100 randomly drawn educators. Winners can spend their grants on anything that will enhance students’ classroom experience, whether a basic need or something special. Local winners, who were n...
Two community colleges will collaborate on a new degree program designed to address the lack of behavioral health professionals in the local region, they announced Tuesday in a press release. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges on Oct. 31 approved the joint program proposal for Big Bend Community College and Wenatchee Valley College to offer a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Behavioral Health degree to area students. This program will be delivered in partnership between the two colleges. “BBCC is thrilled to partner w...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board unanimously appointed Buffy Nicholson Monday night to the seat left vacant when Deidre Ellsworth resigned in June. Ellsworth herself had been appointed just last November when Ken Stanger stepped down from the position. Nicholson, like Ellsworth a tribal member, and employee of Colville Confederated Tribes, will be sworn in by the next school board meeting. "I have 16 years experience in the child welfare field and have worked with at-risk youth in our...
7-11th Grade Honor Roll (3.25-3.49) 7th- Sawyer Tillman, Marissa Burton, Zaley Laramie, Konner Mathias, Kelis Pierre; 8th- Derek Atkins, Trevor Johnson, Gavin Marris, Thomas Tynan, Gabe Mellon, Chantelle Pakootas; 9th- Alivia Bjorson, Dasyn Abrahamson, Connor Johnson, Lucas Flett, Vivian Leadingham; 10th – Elizabeth Crinklaw, Sienna Atchison, Carmen Thomas-Turner, Sophia Hevener, Ava Sam, Halle Picard, Roanin McKinney, Pharaoh Hudson; 11th- Lucas McKissen, Leighani Marconi, Jahzara Simpson, Jaxon Krohn, Taylor Thomas, Champ Louie, Jeri O...
Confetti falls as the graduating class of 2024 is introduced by Principal Natalie Kontos Saturday in the gym at Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School. - Ethan Tatum photo...
Brief dedication ceremonies will be held for the installation of plaques honoring the memories and contributions of Nespelem High School and Mason City High School starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 22 at the basalt pillar at the main entrance to Lake Roosevelt High School. The community is invited to attend, as are graduates from Mason City and Nespelem High Schools....
Celeste LaPlace chooses challenges, an evident mindset that has put her at the front of her class at Lake Roosevelt High School, which she hasn't really seen much of for a couple years. LaPlace is a Running Start student who will graduate from LR with both her high school diploma and a two-year college degree from Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. "I've been able to do two years of college for free," she noted when asked about the good and bad aspects of pursuing that tougher path. She...
At the end of her high school education, Raeley Portch looks back on a community of people she says have influenced what she would become. "Everyone's been here for me," said the class co-salutatorian, "... everyone's shaped me into the person I've become." Portch, with a 3.98 GPA, reflected on "all the support our community has," whether it comes from teachers helping to make sure an event goes smoothly, or businesses, organizations, or individuals chipping in to help. "There's always someone...
Lanay Chukulnaskit's 3.98 GPA also makes her a salutatorian for the class of 2024. A Running Start student, she's been taking college-level courses for two years from Wenatchee Valley College, all online. That type of work has meant she had to develop self-discipline, a personal asset she has grown with through the experience, she said. She'll graduate with a two-year degree from WVC and a high school diploma from Lake Roosevelt High School. She intends to go into nursing, and has already...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award the 2024 $500.00 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery. The young lady selected is Raeley Portch. We would like to congratulate this young lady for her achievements and send her best wishes for success with her educational, professional and personal goals. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is an organization dedicated to helping young women further their education. We pride ourselves as being women helping women reach for the stars. This scholarship may be used toward expenses at any...
The Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association awarded scholarships in the amount of $500 to each of the following members of the Lake Roosevelt Jr-Sr High School Class of 2024: Raeley Portch, Sawyer Steffens, and Chase Marchand. Each of these students’ applications presented a high level of engagement in high school life, including success in academics, athletics, and community service, as well as focused goals going forward after high school. Two students from out of the area who are descendants of graduates of Grand Coulee High School prior...
The Coulee Dam All Class Reunion will be held the weekend of June 21 (Friday), June 22 (Saturday), and June 23 (Sunday), 2024 with catered dinners at the Lake Roosevelt High School Gym on Friday and Saturday nights, and a picnic at Spring Canyon on Sunday. The reunion is open to all attendees of Coulee Dam, Mason City, or Nespelem public schools between the years of 1935 to 1971 along with students that attended Lake Roosevelt High School between 1972 and 1976. Additionally, anyone with ties to members from these classes are welcomed and...
Kaelynn Warner, one of two of Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School's Future Business Leaders of America members who competed at the state conference last weekend, poses after winning the state competition, where she competed in three categories and received first place in Middle Level Career Research. Warner researched the career of a psychological criminal profiler, created, and presented her PowerPoint on the subject to judges. She is now eligible to compete at national FBLA competition June 29...
Nespelem Elementary students examine printed portraits of Chief Willie Red Star Andrews, Mary Owhi Moses, and other tribal ancestors who sat for paintings in Nespelem in the late 1930s. The artist, Clyfford Still, was a painter and art professor at Washington State University (then Washington State College) who co-founded the "Nespelem Art Colony" for visiting artists from 1937-1940. Staff from the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver visited the Colville Reservation last week to engage 3rd, 5th and...
Four local students were among those at Community Colleges of Spokane to make the honor roll for winter quarter 2024, which ended in March, the schools said last week. The honor rolls list those students who achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or above, including, Megan Abel, of Grand Coulee; Audrey Hansen, of Coulee Dam; and Robert Morin, of Elmer City at Spokane Community College. At Spokane Falls Community College, Kayla St Pierre, of Nespelem, made the honor roll there....
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Rotary Club is offering a scholarship for up to $4,000 to a Lake Roosevelt student to a four-year university, a community college, or a trade or technical school. The scholarship could pay $1,000 a year to a four-year university or #1,000 a year as needed at a community college or trade or technical school. - The General Scholarship Application is a writable Word document. You will be able to save your work and edit your responses directly on the application; otherwise, you must print the application after you have...