Students To Serve Mystery With Dessert

South Side high school thespians are out in full force this month.

Ferris High School’s drama department, Ferris on Stage, presents “Murder at the Copa Cabana,” an audience-participation murder mystery at 7 p.m. Friday in the school cafeteria.

Participants will play casino games with characters like Hamen Cheese, Toni Spumoni, Tex A. Cohen, and Sal and Ed Shooter.

Dessert will be served during performances by Fig Newton, The Spice Cabinet and David Tinfield. At the same time, participants can be sleuths, solving the mystery of the night and earning a chance at prizes.

Tickets are $5 and are on sale now in the Ferris business office.

Call 353-4436 for more information.

This week and next, Lewis and Clark’s drama department presents A Festival of One-Acts, where the titles of the plays alone should bring in an audience. The student plays will be presented in two groups, both in the school auditorium beginning at 8 p.m.

Group 1 presents the one-acts “Terror on the Island,” “Anastasia,” “The Lemonade Stand” and “‘Night, Mother.”

These will be performed tonight, Saturday and March 13.

The second group will present “African Trio,” “Dearborn Heights,” “The Necklace,” and “Penelope, Pride of the Pickle Factory.”

These will be performed Friday, next Thursday and March 14.

G-Prep students recognized

Several South Side students who attend Gonzaga Prep have been honored.

Sophomores Shannon Bleck and Margaret Elliott served as pages for Sen. Lisa Brown. Bleck is the daughter of Dianne and Clay Bleck, and Elliott is the daughter of Patty and Mark Elliott.

Senior Daniel Williams has been named an Honorable Mention Finalist in the National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program, which provides national recognition of exceptional academic achievements.

Williams is the son of Kevin and Imelda Williams.

Four South Side students are among 13 Gonzaga Prep seniors who have been named Washington Principals’ Scholars. Presented by the Washington Association of Secondary Principals, the award is given to seniors in the top 5 percent of their class and is based on grade-point average, SAT/ACT scores and leadership activities.

The students are:

Melissa Carstens, daughter of P.J. and Bridget Carstens; Melissa Conrad, daughter of Charles and Denise Conrad; Wendy Lin, daughter of Mike Lin; and Kelly Mangiaracina, daughter of Mark and Peggy Mangiaracina.

Astronaut ‘docks’ at alma mater

Cheney native and NASA astronaut Maj. Michael Anderson topped off his week back in the Inland Northwest with visits to Cheney High School and Cheney Middle School last week. He answered questions from middle school panelists and appeared at a lunch on Friday at Eastern Washington University.

Anderson also appeared at Moran Prairie and Roosevelt Elementary schools in Spokane.

Cheney board changes its schedule

The Cheney School Board has rearranged its schedule of March and April meetings.

The last board meeting in March has been canceled and rescheduled for 7 p.m. April 1 in the district board room, 520 Fourth St.

The regularly scheduled board meeting on April 8 is canceled.

The second board meeting in April will be held at 7 p.m. April 22 at Reid Elementary, 210 Seventh St.

, DataTimes MEMO: Education Notebook is a regular feature of the South Side Voice. If you have news about an interesting program or activity at a South Side school or about the achievements of South Side students, teachers or school staff, please let us know. Deadline is Monday. Write: Amy Scribner, Education Notebook, South Side Voice, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. E-mail: amys@spokesman.com. Call: 459-5439. Fax: 459-5482.