Pennies Add Up To Big Treasure In EV Contest To Benefit Elderly
For the past two weeks, East Valley High School students have been racing with pennies.
The result is $300 to be donated to the Spokane Valley Center for Sharing to help elderly people buy medications.
Each class had a jar to be filled only with pennies. The class with the greatest number won. If anything other than pennies was stuffed in the jar, it counted as negative points, said Lynn Lauer, who organized the event.
“Somebody stuffed a $10 bill in the seniors’ jar, and they went ballistic,” Lauer said. She directs a student youth group at the high school that focuses on helping the elderly.
The seniors’ frenzy to make up for lost points paid off. The class came in first - with $91.80 in pennies - and won a coveted prize. They’ll be served root beer floats by school district Superintendent Chuck Stocker during an assembly Friday.
The freshman class came in second with $64.68 in pennies.
Lauer’s youth group also is holding its first annual Senior Citizen Spring Fling Dance from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the high school.
Participants can rock and twist to music of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, and refreshments will be served. The dance is free and open to the public.
For information, call 924-8502.
Students to travel to Germany
Two students in Larry Moore’s German III class at East Valley High School were chosen to spend eight weeks in Lubeck, Spokane’s sister city in Germany.
The students’ journey was arranged by the SpokaneLubeck Sister City Association. The group has been sending students back and forth for about 20 years, said president Eunice Snyder.
The students, juniors Chyrann Slama and Chris Skidmore, will leave June 15, the day after school gets out. They’ll stay with German families and will each receive a $500 travel stipend.
Moore said the students speaking ability is “functional, not fluent,” he said.
The Skidmore family also will host a German student next year from the family Chris Skidmore is staying with this summer. The German student, Peer Schramm, will be a junior at East Valley next year.
Parenting classes to be held
Seth Woodard Elementary’s counseling department will be offering “Winning at Parenting,” a parent/child workshop for three weeks, beginning tonight.
Counselors and psychologists will act as facilitators and show videos to help parents learn to deal more effectively with their children.
The second session will be held April 27 and the third May 2 at Seth Woodard, 7401 E. Mission. All sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome.
For more information, call 921-2160.
School orchestras to perform
More than 430 students from East Valley School District orchestras will perform Wednesday at the high school in the 14th annual Spring String Fling.
The theme of the program is “Bridging our Borders,” and the grand finale will be selections from “The Lion King.”
All East Valley string-instrument players in grades four through 12 will perform under the guidance of teachers Marla Pflanz, Mary Jayne, Faye Atwood, Beth Good, Carol Gwynne and Shelley Jensen.
The free concert begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
Fun run coming up
McDonald Elementary’s parent-teacher organization will sponsor a fun run and spaghetti feast on May 2.
The annual 1- and 2-mile run is usually on a Sunday, said PTO officer Marcia Asmussen, but organizers wanted to try to involve more people this year.
The run will begin at 6 p.m. in the school parking lot and is open to everyone. Ribbons and Taco Time water bottles will be awarded to all finishers.
The race is free, but there is a $2 fee for the spaghetti dinner. Anyone interested must register at the school by Wednesday.
For information, call 922-6850.