Lake Spokane has new principal
Bridget Monahan has been named Lake Spokane Elementary School’s new principal. She will officially begin on July 1.
Monahan has spent the past 20 years in the Mead School District as an educator and administrator. After teaching math at both the middle and high school levels and coaching at a variety of levels, Monahan served as assistant principal at Mt. Spokane High School for the past four years. Monahan also served as principal designee at Shiloh Hills Elementary and principal of the Mead kindergarten-seventh grade summer school.
Creative arts classes offered
Creative Arts in Summer Time will be offered at Logan Elementary School, 1001 E. Montgomery Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays, next Thursday through July 14.
Area residents in second through seventh grades are welcome. Students sign up for four classes from art, dance, drama, choir, band, strings, percussion or beginning piano.
Classes are taught by specialist in their field. The cost is $190. There will be a festival performance the last week in the evening for parents.
Registration forms are available at all Spokane Public School elementary schools or the district office. For information, call 354-7352.
Distinguished educators named
Lynne Clark of Regal Elementary School and Dianne Hammer of Bancroft Center have been named Distinguished Educators for the fourth quarter.
Clark teaches second-third grade at Regal. Her nominator wrote, “Lynne is an exemplary teacher and an instruction leader in every facet… . . She leads by example, with passion, joy and vigor.”
Hammer’s nominator wrote, “She became the district expert and behavior interventionist for students whose behavior problems interfered with their academic success. Her knowledge, unmatched skills and understanding of this population makes her a valuable and sought-after resource. Student success, improved grades, improved attendance, self-esteem, and, in general, a better quality of school life are the direct result of her ‘hands-on’ approach.”
Hubfest camps
Hubs is operating a series of Hubfest camps for incoming sixth- and seventh-graders July 12 through Aug. 6. Camps will be four separate weeks in which students can attend up to four camps.
The camps take place at all six of Spokane Public Schools’ middle schools. Activities include sports and fitness, music, sciences, and arts and crafts.
Weekly camp rates will be $45 (paid lunch students), $20 (students eligible for reduced lunch), $10 (students eligible for free lunch). Hubfest scholarship may be available to students who attend Hub schools or students in non-Hub schools with proof of free or reduced lunch price eligibility. Call the Hubs office at 354-7288.
Summer Skills Academy
Spokane Skills Center, 4141 N. Regal St., is offering two sessions of summer classes, a series of fee-based courses in a variety of occupational and service skills, for high school students and 2004 high school graduates.
Session 1 is from 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Wednesday through July 1, session two runs July 6 through July 21. The cost is $20 per session nonrefundable due at registration.
Registration is accepted at the Skills Center, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or you can mail registration with a check. A complete list of classes is available at www.spokaneschools.org/ SummerPrograms or call 354-7470.