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Students at Lake Roosevelt Schools may start saying “TGIF” for two more reasons this school year: early release, and a different educational approach. On Fridays, students at LR, from kindergarten age to seniors in high school, will be participating on “STEAM” focused projects, or projects that revolve around Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. “Activities and experiences will look different depending on grade level and topic,” Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High Principal Sara Kennedy explained to The Star in an email Tuesday...
A 2021-2022 school budget of $14.6 million in expenditures was approved on Monday. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors approved the budget in their regular meeting following a public hearing in which there was no public input. The beginning fund balance is roughly $1 million, and with about $14,455,000 in revenues, the total funds available in the 2021-22 school year total about $15,480,000. Those revenues include roughly $816,000 in local taxes dollars (property taxes), $900,000 in local “non-tax” dollars, $6.9 million in...
The following is the honor roll for the Lake Roosevelt Jr./Sr. High for second semester. HIGH HONORS 3.5000 - 4.000 SENIORS Vanessa Ankney, Brieann Whittaker, Raven Clark, Chelsea Dudley, Cameron Gaines, Kaimyn Scheib, Edward Frank, Andrew Poyner JUNIORS Ashley Baker, Isaijah Derr, Audrey Hansen, Reniff Herndon, Aehsley Pituachsatit, Lynzee Valles, David Borden, Gema Sacchi SOPHOMORES Brit Egbert, Elijah Rasmussen, Kate Adolph, James Down, Justin Blueeyes, Penelope Antoine, Pyper Schmidt, Kawika Whalawitsa, Tanner Whitelaw FRESHMAN Shaden...
Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association awarded six continuing education scholarships and eight awards to graduating high school seniors, including five from Lake Roosevelt. LRHS seniors selected to receive the $500 scholarships are Vanessa Ankney, Myka Boyd, Raven Clark, Lillie LaPlace, and Kaiman Scheib. Seniors from other schools include Tyler Hinthorn who graduated from McMinnville High School, Oregon; Logan Ledgerwood from Pomeroy High School; and Reagan Weitzel from Ellensburg High School. Grandparents who graduated from Grand Coulee...
LR musicians will put on two concerts in one day June 3. For the general public, the music department will put on a concert on Zoom that anyone can stream online from anywhere they have access. The Zoom link will be live at 6:30 p.m.: https://gcdsd.zoom.us/s/91223211624 But earlier in the day, students will be able to hear the band playing in a “courtyard concert” outside between the two wings of the school where the playground equipment is. That band-only concert will take place at 8:30 a.m. “We have invited the students and teachers to stand...
Lila Bowden, of Wilbur, qualified for the Spring 2021 Dean’s List at Belmont University, the Nashville, Tennessee school announced this week. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C....
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award our 2021 $500.00 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery to Lillie LaPlace. We would like to congratulate Ms. LaPlace 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 college, university, or school of...
Notice of Special Board Meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors 505 Crest Drive Coulee Dam, WA 99116 5:30 p.m. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding a special board meeting tomorrow Thursday May 13, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. At this meeting the school board will be discussing and taking action on personnel items....
The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors will be holding a special board meeting tomorrow Thursday May 13, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. At this meeting the school board will be discussing and taking action on personnel items....
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School is in need of a new principal again with current Principal Kirk Marshlain resigning to take a special education director position in Okanogan. The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors accepted Marshlain’s resignation, effective June 30, at the April 26 board meeting. Marshlain has served as principal for the past two school years at LR. “It’s a decision that came based on family needs and trying to raise my family and provide what they need,” Marshlain told the board. Marshlain said hi...
School leaders chose NAC Architecture as the district’s new architect during their April 26 board meeting. A week prior, the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors had interviewed both NAC and Design West Architecture and had the week to review each of their statements of qualifications. The board’s decision was made without much discussion. Superintendent Paul Turner explained last week that once the architect was chosen, the district could then move onto the next step, which is to collect community input on what they want to do...
Wilbur and Creston School Districts are exploring the possibility of offering 4-year-old transitional kindergarten and a regular 5-year-old kindergarten. Both programs would be 5 full day, 5 day a week classes with transportation provided the same as regular elementary school. Please join us for a meeting to discuss this Wilbur-Creston Early Learning Co-op possibility and to meet the teachers, Mrs. Reister and Mrs. Corrigan. We will be meeting in the Creston School cafeteria on Tuesday May 4th at 7:00 pm and in the Wilbur School elementary...
Lake Roosevelt’s National Honor Society is holding a drive-thru spaghetti feed on Friday at the baseball and softball teams’ doubleheaders in Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee. The group is raising money to purchase a new book for every LR student to take home for summer reading, as well as for the annual Steve Breeze Memorial Scholarship, NHS Advisor Nicole Rasmussen said. The National Honor Society is also looking for businesses that want to partner in the effort by donating or sponsoring the purchase of books for a grade level. The dri...
Ten local students are among those who made it on the honor rolls of the Community Colleges of Spokane for winter quarter, announced Spokane Community College and Spokane Falls Community College. The honor rolls list those students who achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or above in winter quarter. At SCC, Mikala Feeley, of Coulee Dam, Cameron Tillman, of Nespelem, and Amanda Starzman, of Wilbur, all made the list. At SFCC, Kaidyn Johnson, of Electric City made the list, along with Cassandra Arroyo, Rachael Dowlen, Kiera Miller, Jordan...
Nespelem School has been phasing students into in-person schooling. The school board approved the return to in person school at their meeting held at the end of February. Principal and Superintendent Effie Dean told The Star that Indian Health Services vaccinated the school staff in February, giving the school board the confidence to bring kids back to in-person school. Dean said the school started phasing students into in-person schooling a couple of weeks ago with kindergarten through second-grade students attending for about a full day of in...
The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association announces a $1,500 Scholarship available to an Okanogan County graduate who is at least a college junior working toward an initial certificate in an education field to work in public schools. Deadline for submitting applications is May 1. The application is available at the OCSRA website https://okanogancsra.com. For more information contact Rita Figlenski at ritafig2@gmail.com...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is offering a $500 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery to a senior girl. You must have at least a 3.0 grade point average to be eligible to apply for the scholarship. The directions to apply for this scholarship can be accessed in the Senior Class Google Classroom or through Susan Duclos at LRHS Junior/Senior High School. The P.E.O. Scholarship deadline is April 9, 2021. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is an organization dedicated to helping young women further their education. This scholarship may be...
Tonight, 13 Lake Roosevelt High School students will be inducted into the National Honor Society, joining 18 of their peers. The students are being inducted tonight, Wednesday March 10, at 7 p.m., with some students to be present in the gym and some attending virtually. Students can invite two guests each to the physical event, which will also be live streamed online. The inductees this year are: Penelope Antoine, Ashley Baker, Camryn Carden, Chase Clark, Brit Egbert, Tanner Kiser, Landon Krohn, Elijah Rasmussen, Kawika Whalawista, Hunter...
Lake Roosevelt students competed in the Future Business Leaders of America regional winter conferences in the last two weeks of February, qualifying for the state competition which will be held from April 21-24. The competitions are held virtually this year. FBLA Advisors Susan Duclos and Stacy Davis provided The Star with a list of students who placed in the regional event. "Best wishes to you all at State," they wrote. "Congratulations Raiders!" Celeste Laplace and Lillie Laplace took first pl...
High Honors 3.5 to 4.00 Seniors Vanessa Ankney, Cameron Gaines, Kaimyn Scheib, Raven Clark, Rayann Steinert, Myka Boyd, Ashlyn Olsen, BrieAnn Whittaker, Everett Schmidt, Juniors Emma Marchand, Kaitlyn Nordine, Isaijah Derr, Ashley Baker, David Borden, Gemma Sacchi, Reniff Herndon Sophomores Kate Adolph, Brit Egbert, Elijah Rasmussen, James Downs, Penelope Antoine, Pyper Schmidt, Kawika Whalawitsa, Tanner Kiser, Camryn Carden, Enid “Emma” Bearcub, Jocelyn Zaugg, Justin Blueeyes Freshman Aaliyah Cheeney, Celeste LaPlace, Raeley Portch, Saw...
GCHS Alumni Association Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will once again be awarding scholarships to graduating seniors and continuing education students. All Lake Roosevelt High School graduating seniors are eligible to apply, as are graduating seniors from other high schools and continuing education students who are descendants of anyone who attended Grand Coulee School District 55 previous to consolidation the fall of 1971. Continuing education students must have successfully completed one year of further education by the end of...
Students on the Nespelem Middle School High Honor Roll with GPA: 3.4 - 4.0 FIFTH GRADE Anela Somday Walter Leach-Owhi SonjaRai Heldman Viviene Clark Ca’mahyah Finley SIXTH GRADE Furyus Louie Jorell Marchand Juel Swagger SEVENTH GRADE Norma Lowery Matthew Washington EIGHTH GRADE Lola Yazzie Champ Louie Taylor Thomas...
North Central, WA - GWATA and the Apple STEM Network launched the 2021 Virtual STEM Showcase, sponsored by Microsoft and Verizon Media on Monday, February 1st. The Virtual STEM Showcase is a six week event where students can submit STEM projects in six different categories and have them showcased online. The event is free and open to all grades K-12. STEM projects give students an opportunity to practice skills that will ultimately be valuable in their future careers. To help students make that connection the North Central Education Service...
SPOKANE, WA (01/27/2021)-- Spokane Community College lists 2,277 students on its honor roll for the 2020 fall quarter, which ended in December. The honor roll lists those students who achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or above in fall quarter. Students from the area include: Christine Giuliani of Almira, Amanda Starzman and Breauna Vincent both of Wilbur and Cameron Tillman of Nespelem. Community Colleges of Spokane is a dynamic, 12,300-square-mile state community college district that includes Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls...
American Legion Post 157 in Electric City, WA has placed their 2020-2021 school year scholarship application online at Washboard.org. The legion will be awardig one $1,000 scholarship and two $500 scholarships....