Spectacle of bands will play in Arena
About 2,200 fifth-and sixth-grade students will converge at the Spokane Arena Tuesday for Spokane Public Schools’ Band and Strings Spectacular.
The annual event was nearly canceled this year because of district budget woes but was resurrected with the help of a KHQ television, AmericanWest Bank and Windermere Realty. The groups raised the $12,000 needed to reinstate the performance.
The concert begins at 7 p.m., at the Arena. Small donations will be accepted at the door.
National Merit winners
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced 2,500 high school seniors as National Merit Scholars from a pool of around 15,000 students.
The students will each receive a $2,500 scholarship for their accomplishments, skills and potential for success.
The local winners are:
Nathan Damiano of Central Valley High School, who plans to study medicine; Samuel Wagstaff of St. George’s School, who plans to study biomedical engineering; Nathan Robnett-Conover of Lewis and Clark High School, who is undecided in his future studies; and David Rogers of Shadle Park High School, who plans to study cognitive science.
Shadle music program wins honors
The Shadle Park High School instrumental music program was selected as the winner of the Heritage music festival in Seattle last weekend.
The students were also given the “Spirit of Seattle” award, out of 20 schools statewide.
Our kids were selected to have the best represented ideals of citizenship for best representing our community and sate,” said Kevin Hartse in a district news release.
There are about 115 students in Shadle’s program.
More news from Shadle
Shadle Park sophomore horticulture student Patricia Carter took fourth place in the state FFA Floriculture competition held at Colville High School last week.
Overall, the Shadle team took third place. Seven teams from across the state competed in the event, including Spokane’s Ferris High School.
The annual competition involved plant identification, insect and plant disease identification, floral arranging, and transplanting. The Shadle team took third place for general knowledge. Three banners were awarded for problem solving, general knowledge tests, and sweepstakes.
In addition to Carter, the Shadle team includes Krystal Bediski, Anna DelRicco, Emily Richert, and Amanda Smith.
“Competitions like this allow the students o adapt to lesson learning in the classroom to a demanding real-work workplace environment,” said Marti Daniels, Shadle’s horticulture instructor and FFA adviser. “While not all of our students will go into the horticulture field as a career, the program gives the students increased confidence and empowers students to excel in all their academic areas.”