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EWU announces spring honor roll

 The following Eastern Washington University students were named to the spring quarter honor roll for the 2009-’10 academic year. The students are listed by their hometowns.  Spokane: Joshua Aarnes, Keyana Abild, William Adams, Nathan Ainley, Ashley Allen, David Allen, Joy Allie, Hassan Alsayed, David Andersen, Melissa Apperson, Meilani Atacador, Patricia Attrill, Leanna Auffant, Krystal Augustini, Christine Barber, Charles Barrier, Hannah Bartholomew, Sarah Battista, David Baughman, Brianna Begrovich, Michael Bell, Kelcey Bellows, Michelle Bentley, Anne-Marie Bergeleen, Bradlee Bichler, David Bick, Nicole Blanton, Scott Brandon, Karlee Bretthauer, Kyle Briscoe, Samantha Brister, Amber Bristow, Misty Brock, Joseph Bromley, Connie Brown, James Browning, Denisa Buljubasic, Jassminne Burke, Matthew Burnham, Kira Burt, Mary Bush, Alexander Buskirk, Kristen Bussard, Jayme Butcher, Ryan Callan, Katherine Carlone, Stacy Carlson, Jacquelyn Caro, Carly Carpenter, Alicia Castilla, Ashley Cato, Yuliya Chaplygin, Hana Chappell, Aimee Charboneau, Megan Charles, Sylvester Chatman, Svetlana Chernova, Maria Chumov, Artem Churkin, Corey Cicci, Tara Clemons, Jeremy Cloutier, Lyubov Codreanu, Bryce Collings, Andrew Connelly, Cyler Conrad, Dnell Conrad, Nicole Cook, Arthur Corcoran, Rebbecca Cormier, Nathanial Coyle, Daniel Craig,William Crawford-Heim
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Idaho students named to NIC spring dean’s list

Idaho students at North Idaho College recently were named to the spring quarter dean’s list for the 2009-’10 academic year. The students are listed by their hometowns. Athol: Cherrish Bruebaker, Kerry Costigan-Galdes, Brianna Eckersley, Jessica Erickson, Rachel Miller, Ty Powell, Ric Ringhand.
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Area students on EWU spring honor roll

The following Eastern Washington University students were named to the spring quarter honor roll for the 2009-’10 academic year. The students are listed by their hometowns. Mead: Brian Baker, Caitlin Barschig, Tanya Barton, Julie Bergstrom, Nathan Bouscal, Lauren Brandkamp, Mary Cudmore, Amera Dawood, Bryce Follett, Andrew Fuzak, David Haynes, Robert Holliday, Rachel Kerr, Leslie Larson, Lindsay Mangini, Lindsy McClain, Zachary Pittman, Cory Plaggerman, Callie Runkel, Suzanne Sorenson, Cameron Stewart, Julia Tribbett, Maria Turner, Tyler Wood, Liaj Xiong X Toyed

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EWU students named to spring honor roll

Area residents at Eastern Washington University were recently named to the spring honor roll for the 2009-’10 academic year. Students are listed by their Washington hometowns. Addy: Jolissa Ramos.
News >  Washington Voices

Sixth-grader hasn’t missed a day of school

Bethany Walton, a sixth-grade student at Meadow Ridge Elementary School in the Mead School District, loves school. In fact, she enjoys it so much that she hasn’t missed a single day since school began, not just this past school year, but every year since she was in kindergarten. That’s 1,260 days of school.
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Furlough days for teachers

The Coeur d’Alene School District recently sent out a letter to parents, announcing six mandatory furlough days for Coeur d’Alene teachers to the revised calendar for the 2010-’11 school year. The calendar dates were decided at the June 7 school board meeting. According to the letter, the furlough days will represent an approximate 3.2percent pay cut to district employees as a result of the Coeur d’Alene Education Association and the district’s recent contract negotiations. The letter states that the “cost saving” measures are being taken to balance the budget and offset reduced funding from the state.
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Area residents complete basic military training

Sixteen area residents have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Air Force Airman Derek Baskin graduated in 2008 from Ephrata Senior High School and is the son of Martin Baskin, of Soap Lake, Wash.
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G-Prep names recipients of Ignatian Service Award

Gonzaga Prep honored students as being “a person for others” with the Ignatian Service Award. The selected students include Tessa Brinkman; Anthony Cossette; Zoe Ford; Andrew Good; Laura Hansen; Lauren Kirsch; Sierra Little; Ramandeep Nagra; Kenzie Smith; Cassandra Strahl; Sarah Temple; Elaine Whaley; Connor Brutocao; Francis Chau; Erin Stoyell-Mullholland and Emily Thies.
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Nails go purple for Valentine

Madison Valentine, a pre-kindergartner at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene, loves purple – and the whole school knows it. Earlier this year, Valentine started showing symptoms of Cushing’s disease, a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body’s tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Numerous doctor visits and an MRI would later confirm that she had a tumor growing on her liver.
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Summer meals to continue

Students shouldn’t worry about going hungry during summer vacation. Spokane Public Schools will ensure that children who rely on school meals will be fed through the Summer Meals Program and will continue to receive breakfast and lunch.
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Penny drive goal is 1 million

Students at Winton Elementary School in the Coeur d’Alene School District are racing to collect pennies before the end of the school year. Their goal is to collect 1 million pennies before June 11. Winton kids and staff have collected 80,217 pennies and are reaching out to people in other states for pennies.
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Wood shop students to display work

Wood shop students from area high schools will display furniture and specialty projects in the lobby at Bank of America downtown, 601 W. Riverside Ave., Tuesday through next Friday. The community will have the opportunity to view projects from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.
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Student-principal puts on ‘Survivor’ benefit

Students at Holy Family Catholic School had a day of fun, good deeds and a little bit of “Survivor” – without tribal council – on Friday, thanks to fourth-grader Eric Zwyer who got to play principal for a day. Zwyer achieved the principal role after his parents purchased the prize at Holy Family’s auction in March, “Believe … In Our Future.” Eric wanted to plan something fun for his special day but also do something meaningful. With the help of his parents, Eric put together a student carnival, where Holy Family students could play games like bean bag toss and bingo, knock down bottles and win penny candy prizes and small toys. But Eric required students to bring a can of nonperishable food for entry to the carnival. All of the food collected was for St. Pius Food Bank.
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LCHS drama will present ‘Urinetown’

Drama students at Lewis and Clark High School will perform “Urinetown” in the LCHS Auditorium today through Saturday at 7 p.m. The musical is a story of greed, corruption, love and revolution “in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.” Water is in shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, and the government is forced to ban private toilets. The community must use the public amenities, regulated by one evil, hateful company, profiting by charging the public to use the toilets.
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Sorensen’s soiree this Friday at resort

Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities in the Coeur d’Alene School District will hold its fourth annual Auction and Soiree for the Kids on Friday at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. Doors open at 5 p.m. The gala will include live music, dinner and a live and silent auction with items such as a $3,000 gift certificate to Pilgrim’s Market, a $3,000 Costco shopping spree, and a winter weekend getaway to Red Mountain Resort.
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Mead, Mt. Spokane effort fills bus with books

Mead and Mt. Spokane high school seniors recently went above and beyond for their senior project and filled the bus for kids in need – who love to read. The seniors, along with Mead teacher Kevin Workman, coordinated the first “Fill the Bus! Children’s Book Blitz” on May 1 in Riverfront Park. The students parked a school bus in the park and encouraged Bloomies, picking up their Bloomsday registration packets, to dropoff new or gently used children’s books.
News >  Idaho Voices

District mulls late Mondays

Students in the Coeur d’Alene School District will have to wait until after the June 7 school board meeting to find out if they get to sleep in Monday mornings during the 2010-’11 school year. According to a letter from the district, the district committee has been working on a “job-embedded collaboration” that will enable the “school week to include regular time for teachers to gather to discuss and plan best practices of instruction.”
News >  Washington Voices

Cows rake in funds at annual Trinity event

“Bibbidi Bobbidi Poo!” No, that’s not the famous words of our favorite fairy godmother. Trinity Catholic School, 1306 W. Montgomery Ave., will host its 20th annual “Cow Plop” fundraiser, with the Bibbidi Bobbidi Poo theme, on June 5.
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EWU posts winter quarter honor roll

Below is the remainder of Eastern Washington University students named to the winter quarter Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2009-’10 academic year. Students are listed by their hometowns. Spokane Valley: Shere Graham, Eric Lin, Hannah Seagrave.
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EWU announces honor roll

Eastern Washington University recently named local residents to the winter quarter Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2009-’10 academic year. Students are listed by their hometowns. Eastern Washington
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Education notebook: National award won by Hutton student

Reagan Nelson, a sixth-grader at Hutton Elementary School, was recently chosen as the national winner in the Level 1 competition in the “Letters About Literature” contest, for her letter to her favorite author, Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote “Little House on the Prairie.” Nelson’s letter also won the Washington state competition in March. As the national winner, Nelson will be awarded a Target gift card and will get to direct a $10,000 grant from Target to the library of her choice.
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Kindergarteners wedded to their letters

Q and U, they belong together, like cake and ice cream or peanut butter and jelly. And, on April 15 the letters got married. Since 2002, the kindergarteners at Dalton Elementary School in the Coeur d’Alene School District have held Q and U weddings, as part of learning their letter combinations. This year’s celebration not only included the wedding ceremony, but wedding invitations, and a wedding shower for the letters, where students were asked to bring something from home that began with ‘qu’ and wrap it up for the shower.
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Foundation names Spokane scholars

High school seniors from the Spokane area were honored Monday for their academic excellence at the 18th annual Spokane Scholars Foundation Banquet at the Spokane Convention Center. A total of $60,000 was awarded. English grant recipients are Matthew Comi of Northwest Christian School, awarded $4,000; Cassandra Partridge of University High School, awarded $3,000; Caroline Emberton of St. George’s School, awarded $2,000; and Rachelle Parsloe of Central Valley High School, awarded $1,000.
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Ferris presents ‘Our Town’

Ferris High School’s drama department will present “Our Town,” beginning tonight at 7 p.m. at Ferris. The show will run Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and April 23 and April 24 at 8 p.m. The production of Thornton Wilder’s classic will feature the acting talents of students Victoria Gust as sweet and innocent Emily Webb and Weston Hambleton as George Gibbs. Supporting cast members include Alia Thorpe, Elizabeth Brower-Wade, Mitch Heid, Collin Skipper and Jacob Newell.