St. Patrick’s School Getting A Well-Deserved Face Lift

Eighty-year-old St. Patrick’s, the grandmother of North Side parochial schools, is getting a makeover.

Her outside is getting a coat of paint; her insides are getting shored up. She’s getting a new string of shrubs.

The face lift will be done Friday and Saturday by a team of Gonzaga University students young enough to be her great-grandchildren.

More than 200 are expected to pull shifts with paint can and hammer. They are part of Gonzaga’s April’s Angels program, which chooses one needy community facility a year for a two-day rehab onslaught.

“It feels good to see the difference,” said Molly Vernon, a senior history major from Ephrata who is coordinating the project. “You spend all day painting and cleaning and to stand back after the day is done, it’s great. It looks like a whole new school.”

The Hillyard neighborhood school was selected because of its need. The cafeteria needs work and paint is peeling in many places.

The volunteers plan to paint, plant trees, rebark the playground, clean walls and floors and windows, fix bathroom stalls and replace ceiling tiles.

The school will pay nothing for the work. A few St. Patrick’s parishioners will donate sweat.

“They are really going to give this school a face lift,” said Joanne Duffy, St. Patrick’s principal.

April’s Angels have previously rejuvenated Camp Dart-Lo and Trinity Elementary.

Shadle junior heads to Philadelphia

Shadle Park’s Jarrod Lowe will represent Spokane at the President’s Summit for America’s Future in Philadelphia April 28.

The Shadle Park junior was chosen by the Chase Youth Commission, of which he is a member. He’s also in the Shadle pep band and honors classes, and on the soccer team.

The summit, chaired by Colin Powell, is intended to celebrate volunteer service and encourage youth to become productive, happy citizens.

North Central fund-raiser Saturday

A garage sale to help fund the North Central High School senior all-nighter will be held Saturday at 6909 N. Foxwood Court, near West Francis Avenue, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Baby items, clothes, appliances and glassware are some of the sale offerings.

Profits from the sale fund graduation night fun for seniors.

Riverside senior wins state award

Riverside senior Sadie Heilman is heading to Anaheim, Calif., this summer. She won the impromptu speaking competition at the state Future Business Leaders of America conference last weekend.

Heilman, an entrepreneur in the district’s business incubation program, will be the state representative at the national FBLA conference June 29-July 3.

Arcadia holds open house

Deer Park residents are invited to tour Arcadia Elementary today to see the results of nine months of remodeling.

The building was remodeled with $4 million approved in a bond issue in May 1995. Worn carpeting and wiring was replaced and classrooms were renovated.

The building, at 1120 E. D St., will be open from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 7 p.m.

Call Arcadia principal Bonnie Bantis at 276-2891 for more information.

, DataTimes MEMO: Education Notebook is a regular feature of the North Side Voice. If you have news about an interesting program or activity at a North Side school or about the achievements of North Side students, teachers or school staff, please let us know. Deadline is Monday. Write: Jonathan Martin, Education Notebook, North Side Voice, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. E-mail: jonathanm@spokesman.com. Call: 459-5484. Fax: 459-5482.