Burgan’s donates furniture to Holmes
Children at Holmes Elementary School now have a place to sneak off and get lost in a good book.
Burgan’s Furniture recently donated furniture to the West Central neighborhood school to create a new reading room for students and volunteers.
Principal Steve Barnes said the school needed a “comfortable, homey place” to help kids relax and work on their reading skills.
Burgan’s stepped up and delivered a sofa, chair and area rug for the new reading space, where a group of volunteers works daily with kids.
Gonzaga Prep wins grant
Gonzaga Preparatory school was awarded a $63,000 grant last fall for state-of-the-art technology in the Catholic Jesuit school’s foreign language classrooms.
The grant, from the E.L. Weigand Foundation, provided new computers, printers, overhead projectors, digital audio and cassette recorders, new projection screen, DVD/VCRs and televisions, cabinets, whiteboards, wireless internet, headphones and a 30 laptop mobile language lab for the foreign language department.
The foundation, based in Reno, Nev., supports programs and projects for education, health and medical research, civic and community affairs, arts, cultural and public affairs.
Private school preview nights
Northwest Christian Schools will open its doors on two nights for an academic preview for parents and students interested in attending the private school.
The event for the parents of elementary students in grades pre-kindergarten through sixth will be tonight, at 7 p.m. at the school’s central campus in northwest Spokane, 1412 Central Ave. There will be classroom displays, tours of the school and the opportunity to meet with teachers and staff. The event is adults only. Call 328-4400 for more information.
On Feb. 13, the middle and high school will open its doors for families at the Colbert Campus, 5104 N. Bernhill Road. The event, for students and parents, begins at 7 p.m.
Current Northwest Christian students will be on hand to talk about their experience at the school, as well as tours and meetings with teachers and staff. For more information call 238-4005.