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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....
The Class of 2022 Valedictorian: Aehsley Piturachsatit The Class of 2022 Co-Salutatorians: Ashley Baker & Almeta Desautel High Honor Roll Students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 to 4.0. Students wear Gold Honor Cords: Alonzo Adams Reniff Herndon Ashley Baker Aehsley Piturachsatit David Borden Gemma Sacchi Isaijah Derr Sadi Trotter Almeta Desautel Camryn Wendt Audrey Hansen Honor Roll Students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.25 to 3.49. Students wear Silver Honor Cords: Makenna Alling...
Hello everyone, my name is Aehsley Piturachsatit and I am the Lake Roosevelt class of 2022 's valedictorian. I am so beyond grateful for the opportunity to be up here today, not because I am one for public speaking. Believe me that could not be farther from the truth, I remember calling my mom after finding out I was 1st in the class and telling her, "I might need to get a couple Bs to avoid speaking." However, I have to thank my internal phobia of Bs for making sure I could proudly stand here...
Good morning family, friends, and teachers. Thank you for joining us here today to celebrate the graduating class of 2022 ! My name is Ashley Baker and I am happy to stand here today as one of the co-salutatorians for my class. When I first sat down to write this speech, I did not know what to do. Do I write about the memories and the fun? What's important to me? What is the message I am supposed to send across today? So, I did what any student does, when we need the answer for something. I...
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 the moment that inspired me to strive for this position. It was the day I heard Khani Priest give her speech as the 2018 class salutatorian directed towa...
Hello friends and family if you don't know I am Audrey Hansen one of the class speakers, and class president. I, like many of my classmates, remember our very first day of freshman year. We were given our first lockers upstairs on the North side of the hallway. Getting a bottom locker was the most of our worries. Excited to make our way through that hallway. Up to the point we are on the opposite wall, crazy. Who would've thought the small 1 by 2 and half foot place you hold your school work...
Good morning/afternoon I tried so hard to make sure that my grades were just at the right spot so I could get into college, but not have to give a speech at graduation. But yet here I am doing just that, and it is all Aeshely's fault. She just had to convince people to vote for me as one of the class speakers. As with many people, I do not do well with public speaking so bare with me. To start us off, I need everyone to understand the theory of the multiverse. Any marvel fans out there know...
A longtime school club showed one more sign of a return to a more normal school culture this week, following a couple years of pandemic restrictions. "Chess Club has been around in one form or another here at LR for over 10 years, and we've conducted a school-wide open tournament most of those years," said Steve Files, who described himself as "the informal advisor" of the club who also enjoys the game. "It is a great way for our students to develop their critical thinking, have fun and compete...
About half the eighth-grade class at Nespelem School poses for a photo in the back of a pickup June 1, just before riding in a planned parade around town to celebrate the end of their time at the school before moving on to Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School. After the parade, students were honored with a special sash, an eagle feather, a certificate and a packet of learning projects to keep them occupied over the summer. From left: Matthew Washington, Rolyn Michel, Kanyen Cate, Majik Francis and...
P.E.O. Chapter DG of the Grand Coulee Dam Area is proud to award our 2022 $500.00 scholarship in memory of Jeanie Beery to Carly Johnson. We would like to congratulate Ms. Johnson 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...