Rainey Coffin

The Mt. Spokane High School Dance Team hosted a summer dance camp Aug. 7-9, taught by Minnesota-based dance camp, Just for Kix. Also in attendance were dancers from Post Falls High School and Royal High School in Moses Lake.

The Mt. Spokane High School Cheer and Dance Team shared its moves and spirit with young dancers during its Youth Cheer and Dance Summer Camp held June 17-20. Twenty-two girls in kindergarten through sixth grade participated in the second annual workshop.

The Mt. Spokane High School 2013-14 ASB officers cleaned up recently when they participated in the local Adopt-a-Highway program. The school’s Associated Student Body adopted a two-mile stretch of the highway in Mead, east of the school on Mt. Spokane Park Drive. The project gives students an opportunity to help keep their community clean.

Hailey Guyette, Kleopatra Deltchev and Jessica Lim, the Spokane MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) Prosthetic Arm Challenge team from Shadle Park High School, won first place at Washington MESA Day. The competition was May 17 and 18 at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.

Connor Lycan, a senior at the Washington Academy of Arts and Technology, doesn’t see himself as a social butterfly. But he does see himself as independent. It was his independence and a conversation with his mother and father that began in sixth grade that helped him choose his own path.

Ferris High School senior Jessica Pollock and junior Sheridan Delzer were recently named National DECA Chapter Award Project Winners at the ICDC Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The Ferris DECA duo presented their project, which included a 90-page portfolio documenting the Ferris DECA Chapter’s membership, its community service, social events and public promotions events for the 2012-13 year, at the three-day competition last month. The girls also made a presentation, sharing the three most important activities of the year that exemplify Ferris DECA.

The drama students at Gonzaga Prep will perform “You Can’t Take it With You,” beginning Friday in Prep’s Kubiak Theatre at 7 p.m. Performances will continue Saturday and May 17 and May 18 at 7 p.m.

The drama students at St. George’s School will perform “The Music Man” beginning Wednesday in the school’s Founders Theater at 7 p.m. Performances continue April 26 at 7 p.m. and April 27 at 8 p.m. The musical tells the story of professor Harold Hill, played by Jack Morrow, a fast-talking con man who comes to River City, Iowa, and promises the townsfolk he can teach their children how to play in a marching band if they buy instruments and uniforms from him. But the town librarian and piano teacher, Marian Paroo, played by Hailey Hyde, sees through him. Falling in love wasn’t part of the swindle, but the professor risks being caught to win Marian’s heart.

Student artists at Cheney High School were recently honored at the 40th annual NorthEast Washington Educational Service District 101 high school art show at the downtown Spokane Public Library. Payton Thorson was one of two first place winners in the judge’s choice category for her piece “Where was my Fault?” Thorson’s winning artwork is featured on the NEWESD 101 website. Cheney High School Assistant Principal Jim Missel said Thorson’s award meant a lot to her. “Payton lives and breathes by her art,” he said.