Garfield, Salk, Shadle Open Computer Labs To Community

Three north Spokane schools have opened their technology labs to people in the community who don’t have access to computers.

The Microsoft Corporation donated 15 computers each to Garfield Elementary, Salk Middle School and Shadle Park High School for students and the public, said Lisa Marcoux, Garfield’s lab supervisor.

Garfield’s lab will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Salk’s lab is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Shadle Park’s lab is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s open computer lab at Salk is designed especially for senior citizens or other people who may have never used a computer.

Access to the Internet and Microsoft Office software is available. Instructors are present.

“You can come in and play or just brush up on old skills,” Marcoux said.

The labs are only open on days that school is in session. There is no charge to use the computers.

Whitman is reading

Whitman Elementary is kicking off “reading month” in November with a scholastic book fair to encourage parents to read with their children.

Whitman parents have been asked to read 20 minutes each night for three weeks.

The school will be sponsoring a celebrity reading night tonight at 7.

Guests include the Spokane Indians baseball team mascot Otto, Ronald McDonald, the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, Capt. Mike Inman from the Spokane Fire Department, Officer Gordon Grant from the Spokane Police Department and Sally Chilson from the Hillyard Public Library.

, DataTimes