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• Mead senior wins national poetry recitation competition

    May 2, 2013 in City on Page A1 Langston Ward, a senior at Mead High School, is the national Poetry Out Loud champion, rising to the top from hundreds of thousands of students who recited poetry on stages … 2

• Mead senior wins national Poetry Out Loud contest

    May 1, 2013 in City Langston Ward, a senior at Mead High School, is the national Poetry Out Loud champion, rising to the top from hundreds of thousands of students who recited poetry on stages … 8

• Vehicle hits Mead student walking to school

  April 9, 2013 in City A Mead High School student was struck by a vehicle on her way into school this morning. 24

• Mead High School’s first semester honor roll

  March 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Mead High School recently announced its first semester honor roll for the 2012-’13 school year. Seniors

• Education Notebook: NC will rock to Elvis in ‘All Shook Up’

  March 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S8 North Central High School drama students will get audiences tappin’ their toes to the sounds of Elvis in their production of “All Shook Up,” beginning tonight at 7:30 in the …

• A parting shot

  February 8, 2013 in City, Health on Page A1 It was Aaliyah Johnson’s moment. One she never thought she’d have. Johnson ran down the basketball court Thursday, hoping to make the shot. The fingers of her right hand pinched … 1

• Mead senior gets parting shot

    February 7, 2013 in City, Sports It was Aaliyah Johnson’s moment. One she never thought she’d have. Johnson ran down the basketball court Thursday, hoping to make the shot. The fingers of her right hand pinched … 3

• Education Notebook: St. George’s staging Shakespeare

  January 24, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S7 The St. George’s School’s eighth-graders will perform William Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” today at 7 p.m. and Friday at 1 p.m. in the school’s Founders Theater. The production …

• Mead High graduate plays in Marine Band

  January 19, 2013 in City on Page A1 A Spokane native will perform at Monday’s presidential inauguration. Gunnery Sgt. Gregory Ridlington, a 1991 Mead High School graduate, is a saxophonist in “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band. The … 2

• Winners named in 2012 High School Outdoor Writing Contest

  December 23, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 A story by Kyle Hansen, a junior at West Valley High School, has been judged the best of 214 entries to win The Spokesman-Review’s 2012 Outdoor Writing Contest for high … 1

• Outdoor Writing Contest: Detail’s in the Devils

  December 23, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 In eighth-grade earth science we learned all about mountains. Sitting on top of the molten core of the Earth, continent-sized tectonic plates drift imperceptibly due to currents in the magma …

• Mead High students jazzed by Grammy winner’s visit

  December 20, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 In the past three years, the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival has engaged in more outreach to regional schools. Last week it was the Mead High School jazz …

• A star on the football field, Ward also shines reading poetry

  November 15, 2012 in Features on Page C1 As after-school activities, sacking your peers on the football field and reciting Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago,” from memory in front of an audience and judges, have a little in common. But … 2

• Education Notebook: ‘Our Town’ runs at North Central

  November 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S8 North Central High School drama students will appear in the school’s production of Thornton Wilder’s classic “Our Town,” beginning tonight in NC’s Performing Arts Theatre. Performances will continue Friday and …

• Education Notebook: Mead orchestra plans spooky event

  October 25, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Witches and goblins, ghosts and ghouls will have a frightfully good time at the Mead High School orchestra’s Halloween Spooktacular Carnival and Concert at 6 p.m. Monday in the school’s …

• Mead high school second semester honor roll

  July 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Editor’s note: Mead High School recently announced its second semester honor roll for the 2011-’12 school year. Students honored for their achievement received a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. …

• Mead High School honor roll

  July 5, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Mead High School recently announced its second semester honor roll for the 2011-’12 school year. Students honored for their achievement received a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. Students are …

• Champions abound at 10th annual Mead DLC Olympics

  May 31, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Olympic anthem rang out across the track at Mead High School on Friday, while dozens of athletes marched in front of the bleachers, waving to the cheering crowd. Some … 1

• Education Notes: Northwest Christian wins national K-8 chess title

  May 31, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The Northwest Christian Schools chess team channeled its inner Bobby Fisher and won the K-8 Under-1,000 trophy at the National Chess Championship in San Diego in April. The chess team … 1

• Curiosity a catalyst for Mead graduate’s creativity

  May 24, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Mead High School guidance counselor Colleen Thornton describes Patrick McKee as “ambitious, driven, inquisitive, inventive and creative.” Indeed, not many high school seniors have designed computer software or organized a …

• Mead High School graduates

  May 24, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Class of 2012 Expected to graduate are:

• Capacity to love becomes teen’s legacy

  April 21, 2012 in City on Page A7 Lizzie Jensen loved cats and kids, her school and teachers, but most of all, her family. When she died unexpectedly in her sleep April 5, she left behind a community … 3

• Mead art show benefits schools

  April 19, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S2 On Saturday, the seventh eye4art takes place at Mead High School. The art show is a fundraiser for the Mead Education Foundation and it features more than 200 pieces of …

• School Notes: Mead dance team to compete on national stage

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S10 The Mead High School Dance Team will put its best foot forward March 30-31 when the group heads to Anaheim, Calif., for the USA National Dance Competition. The Mead dancers …

• Mead sophomore is symphony’s winning essayist

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S9 William Henzler, a sophomore at Mead High School, has won the Spokane Symphony’s 2012 high school essay contest. Henzler entered the contest for extra credit on a humanities assignment. Henzler …

• Mead junior founds international club

  March 8, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 When Nathan Ruff, who’s a junior at Mead High School, came across the Spokane Sister City Association at a volunteer fair, he was intrigued. It didn’t take long before he …

• Education Notebook: Mead staging classic comedy

  February 23, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S10 The Mead High School theater department will perform the classic comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” in the Mead High School Performing Arts Theatre, beginning next Thursday at 7 …

• Education Notebook: Orchestra concert, fashion show at Mead

  February 9, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The Mead High School Orchestra will celebrate friendship and love at the second annual Musical Heart Strings event on Friday at Mead High School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The …

• Mead outlines STEM program

  January 12, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The Mead School District will introduce local residents to the future of education on Wednesday at the STEM+ Open House, at the Mead High School theater, beginning at 6:30 p.m. …

• Mead High school honor roll

  July 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S12 Mead High School recently announced its second semester honor roll for the 2010-’11 school year. Students honored for their achievement received a grade-point average of 3.5 or above. Students are …

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