District 81 honors literacy coaches
Bemiss Elementary school’s literacy coaches, Molly Bozo, Barb Miller and Deb Portner, and North Central and Rogers high schools’ AVID teams, Joey Morton, Julie Poage, Mona Griffin, Ted Lyon and Brian Leavitt, were selected as this year’s first Spokane Public Schools’ Distinguished Educator Team award winners.
Bemiss Principal Kevin Peterson nominated the literacy coaches for their outstanding work to plan teachers’ Thursday morning collaborative times.
AVID is a new program at NC and Rogers this year. The AVID staff worked to align the curriculum with state and district standards, recruit students, hold information sessions, conduct interviews and collect data to get the program off the ground.
St. George’s takes solo awards
Six students from St. George’s School won their solo divisions at the Eastern Washington Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble Competition for local high school students on Feb. 11.
Vocal winners were Lauren Kirby, mezzo soprano; C.D. Trail, tenor; MacKenzie Trail, soprano; Ashley Vancurler, alto and Michael Wilhelm, baritone.
Each qualified for the state competition at Ellensburg in April.
St. George’s student Emily Stratton won the solo violin division.
Mt. Spokane presents ‘Noises Off’
Mt. Spokane High School’s theater arts department will present its production of the comedy “Noises Off” nightly at 7, Friday, Saturday and Wednesday through March 4 in the school’s performing arts theater, 6015 E. Mount Spokane Park Drive.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for students and available at the door or at the school’s business office. For more information, call the theater office at 465-7385.
Spokane Jr. Academy auction
Spokane Junior Academy’s seventh annual benefit auction will be held March 4 at Life Center Church, 1202 N. Government Way, across the street from where the new academy will be built, beginning in March.
The Building on the Rock fund-raiser begins at 6 p.m. with a silent auction, followed by dessert and a live auction.
Items for bid include two round-trip tickets to Hawaii; a weeklong summer vacation at Priest Lake; and a whitewater rafting family package on the Clark Fork River with lodging in a two-bedroom cabin with a hot tub.
Tickets are $20 and are available at SJA’s campus at 1505 W. Cleveland Ave., by calling Pam Achabal at 475-2319 or sending e-mail to Pamela.achabal@hollister.com.
Tables of eight may be reserved in advance for $160 per table. Call Kathy at SJA, 325-1985 for tables or tickets.
Free child care for children 3 and up will be available. There’s a carnival night for older children, which requires money for carnival activities.