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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Home Based Instruction Forms Available Parents who plan to home school their children are required by law to file a signed Declaration of Intent each school year indicating that the parent is planning to have their child receive home based instruction according to Washington State Law, Chapter 28A.200RCW. Forms are available at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office at 110 Stevens, Coulee Dam. You may also obtain a form by calling Peggy Day at 633-2143 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Mondays through Thrusdays. Forms are to be turned in...
Notice to those previously receiving Special Education Services If you received special education services at Grand Coulee Dam School District and you were born in 1985-1986, you may have records at the District Office. These records can be picked up at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office at 110 Stevens Ave. in Coulee Dam until 3:00 pm October 31, 2013. Records still remaining after this date will be destroyed....
Childfind Screening Applications Available At School District Office Birth to age five preschool children not currently enrolled in the Grand Coulee Dam School District may be eligible for a free developmental screening. Interested parents should request forms for a developmental screening and health inventory from the School District Office. It is especially important for a parent to complete the forms if they think their child may be developmentally delayed, i.e. be in need of occupational/physical or speech therapy, or other possible health...
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. St...
Grand Coulee Police 8/19 - Three youngsters flagged down a police officer in the Safeway parking lot to report that their bicycles had been taken. The three said they were in Safeway about 25 minutes and when they came out their bikes were gone. - Police got a call to check on a National Park Service employee who was out with a subject in Osborne Bay. Police contacted the NPS employee and everything was fine. - Officials at the USBR’s Visitor Center asked for assistance in regard to a car blocking the entrance to their parking lot. The officer...
A new exhibit unveiled by the Office of Secretary of State celebrates Washington’s great triumphs – from the making of the Boeing Company that ushered in passenger air travel to the coffee culture inspired by Howard Schultz. “Grand Coulee to Grunge: Eight stories that changed the world” is an image-driven exhibit that recounts feats in business, science, technology and music with influence around the globe. Secretary of State Kim Wyman says the free, privately funded exhibit is designed to foster a better understanding of Washington, from it...
Grand Coulee has changed its library ordinance so people residing outside the city limits, but within the service area of the North Central Library District, can serve on the library board. Chair of the library board, Nancy Carlson, had appeared before the council Aug. 6, to ask that a change be made to the ordinance since the board was having difficulty filling its positions. Carlson also suggested language for the change. With the change in language of the ordinance, the library board will advertise vacancies, and if no one responds will...
Coulee Pioneer Museum news The Coulee Pioneer Museum thanks the “Historical Book Committee” and “Them Dam Writers,” Edith Lael and 4-Bears for their timely gift so that the museum could purchase access to one of the largest databases to foundations all over the world. Such foundations donate grants to organizations such at the Coulee Pioneer Museum. The museum will be working closely with the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce to receive monies to help preserve the history and heritage of the Grand Coulee Dam Area and share this area’s...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District made a number of new hires and accepted three resignations at the board meeting Monday night. Hired were Randi Heizer, speech paraprofessional; Sabine Thomas, Middle School Title 1/LAP paraprofessional; Michaelea Black, LRHS nurse/one-on-one; Maria Higgins, LRHS one-on-one visually impaired student paraprofessional; Shannon Hearne, Center Elementary CI/CO discipline paraprofessional; Cherie Shelley, preschool paraprofessional; Ashley Landeros, Center Elementary CI/CO discipline paraprofessional; and Sean...
