Orchard Prairie School celebrates 125th anniversary

Orchard Prairie School is planning a reunion (open to the public) on Sept. 14 to commemorate the school's 125th anniversary. The school was established in 1894, in the farmining community of Orchard Prairie. The 2nd-smallest school in Spokane averages 65 to 80 students.

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Wed., Sept. 11, 2019

Orchard Prairie School kindergarten students, front row, from left: Clementine Ford, Henry Denison, Maple Utley, Kateri McCall, Xander Linares, and Johannin Lathrum. Back row: Izabel Clark, Edan Anderson, August Czapla, teacher Kirsten Schierman, Faith Amestoy, Tate Cruz and Aurora Cushman. The class gathers outside the original school, the right half, built in 1894. An addition was added in 1904, the left side.

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Orchard Prairie School first and second grade teacher Julia Fox views Maverick Flock’s summer activity assignment as he demonstrates a football move he drew on the paper, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Student Madison Weeks, right, looks on.

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Orchard Prairie kindergarten students create hand shadows before going to recess, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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Orchard Prarie students take to the swing set during recess, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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Orchard Prairie students spend their recess playing on the teeter totter, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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Orchard Prairie students gather to re-enter the school after a recess period, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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Orchard Prairie School kindergartener Faith Amestoy, right, listens to instructions from teacher Kirsten Schierman, along with classmates August Czapla, left, and Clementine Ford, center, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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Orchard Prairie School first-grader Felix Czapla draws a picture of what he did over the summer, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

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