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Education Notebook: Many attend Chicago leadership event

Students from several area high schools recently competed in the Future Business Leaders of America national conference, which was June 27-July 3 in Chicago.

Central Valley High School was represented by Ryan Baker, who placed second in computer problem solving; Kyle Wang, who placed third in securities and investments; and Coleman Entringer, Kieran Natarajan and Henry Jiao, who all earned top 14 honors as finalists in global business.

Jiao and Collin Dunn also began their terms as Northeast Washington regional vice president and Washington state parliamentarian, respectively.

Cheney High School was represented by Mitch Lawrence, Chayce Moore, Jasmine McCauley, Joe Riddle, Connor Gerstenkorn, Jackson Spencer, Hannah Blazon, Mac Frederick, Bradlee Powell, Kendra Kendall, Colton Dotson, Sydney Zapf, Leanna Eik, Andrew Jenkins, Claire Arensmeyer, Jen Harbick, Lindsay Sweitzer and Breanna Stewart.

Riddle finished fifth in database design; Frederick finished seventh in database design; Kendall and Eik finished 10th in life smarts; Dotson finished third in Microsoft Office specialist Excel; Lawrence finished fourth in Microsoft Office specialist Word; Blazon and Gerstenkorn finished ninth in public service announcement; and Spencer finished seventh in sales presentation.

East Valley High School was represented by Baylee Buchanan, Audrey Burgess and Laurel Weberg, who all competed in American Enterprise Project; Matt Montoya (Washington’s only representative in the Launchpad competition); and Joe Grassl, who placed sixth in cybersecurity.

Freeman High School was represented by Erick Flack, who competed in introduction to information technology; Kaylee Fuchs, who competed in sales presentation; Bethany Williams, who competed in Future Business Leaders; Moriah Longhurst, who competed in business communication; and chapter Vice President Alma Longhurst.

Williams finished sixth, and Moriah Longhurst placed fifth. Williams also placed first in state in Who’s Who in FBLA and was recognized at the opening ceremony.

To compete at the national conference, students had to qualify for state by placing in the top five in the region, then in the top three or four at the state leadership conference in April in Spokane.

Cheney district picks Nanny to direct teaching, learning

Cheney Public Schools has hired Nicole Nanny as the district’s director of teaching and learning.

Nanny has worked in the district for six years, most recently as assistant principal/humanities coordinator for Cheney Middle School. Before that, she worked as humanities curriculum and assessment coordinator for the district and as an eighth-grade language arts teacher and middle school science coach.

Nanny received a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in 1990 and 1996, respectively. She recently completed Eastern Washington University’s principal certification program.

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