K-12 education

A leadership class taken her sophomore year at Cheney High School changed the trajectory of Kitana-Jolie Cano’s life, inspiring her to be more involved in her school community. The high school senior now looks forward to bringing that community spirit with her to college.

Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame offers a classical Catholic education to students. The curriculum includes three years of Latin and four years of theology, philosophy and art.

As she was starting to settle into her senior year at Classical Christian Academy, student Michele Baugh’s life turned upside down with the news that her mother and younger sister had been in a terrible car accident.

Inspiration is all around us. The challenge is to do something about it, no matter the circumstances.

When Lauren Valentine started her freshman year at Coeur d’Alene High School, she was the new kid. She had just transferred from a local parochial school and it felt like everybody knew everybody – except her.

A difficult start in life didn’t prevent Talon McCoy from rising to the top of his class at Deer Park High School.

Imagine a young man so modest that he didn’t know the standing ovations at his wrestling matches were for him. Or who, when informed that one of his instructors said he is the most genuine and captivating personality that he has ever encountered, was genuinely surprised.

Time management is not always a strong suit for young people, and Dishman Hills senior Leo Perez had to learn it the hard way.

East Valley Online senior Luka Bearhead will be the first in his family to attend college when he walks onto the Gonzaga University campus this fall.

East Valley Parent Partnership senior Samaria Merha isn’t afraid to put on her “big girl pants” and be assertive, particularly when she’s participating in the male-dominated welding program at NEWTech Prep.

The tattoo on Hannah Schow’s left arm is a lesson for life.

Summarizing the jam-packed life of Freeman High School senior Lane Mathews in a few paragraphs is not even close to possible.

Zealand Franklin’s earliest memory is bleak.

When Genesis Prep Academy senior Bentley Ubert was looking for a new hobby during his junior year, he didn’t take up chess or e-gaming. He decided to become a boxer.

When Devyn Pirwitz is interested in something, she’s all in.

Grace Alliance Christian School senior Matthew Rossey has an unusual career path mapped out, planning to study business and mortuary science so he can work in the family business, Spokane Cremation Funeral Services, as a funeral director.

Thanks to a life-changing decision he made almost seven years ago, Innovation High School senior Joseph Lemmond doesn’t have to wonder what might have been.

Life lessons come when they will, and for Kootenai High School senior Ben Armas, they helped him to realize who he wants to be.

Sebastian Mosman moves in many directions, but always forward.