Education Notebook: Ferris stages student-produced ‘Project Hope’
The Ferris High School Theatre Department’s annual production of “Project Hope” premieres Thursday.
Students produce, write, direct and star in this show. This year’s theme is “Finding Hope,” searching for hope in life’s darkest moments. The production focuses on homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence and mental illness.
Performances are Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. at the school’s Paul G. Brueggemeier auditorium, 3020 E. 37th Ave. Tickets are $5 at the door or in advance at the Ferris Business Office. Funds benefit the local teen help center Crosswalk.
CV to host Jazz Under the Stars auction
Central Valley High School will hold its Jazz Under the Stars auction, which includes resort packages, theater tickets and Seahawks items, to benefit the school’s band programs Friday.
The fundraising event features dessert and performances from the CVHS jazz band and the district’s middle school jazz programs.
The auction begins at 6:30 p.m. at 821 S. Sullivan Road, Spokane Valley. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.
Freeman team competes at FBLA conference
Freeman High School’s Future Business Leaders of America team recently competed at the state FBLA conference, which was in Spokane.
The following students participated in the competition: Kayla Figler, Nicholas Franz, Kaylee Fuchs, Heidi Hohmann, Alma Longhurst, Noah Carasco, Riley Flack, Maridi Folsom, Bobby Landoe, Morgan Stokoe, Morganne Strahl, Desi Thosath, Bradley Williams, Jack Cramer, Erick Flack, Nathan Longhurst, Marley Pratt, Trent Smith, Shilo Stuart, Tyler Waite and Celia Vigil.
Pratt placed third in client service; Figler placed third in health care administration; Stuart placed fourth in public speaking 1; Nathan Longhurst placed fifth in introduction to financial math; and Flack placed sixth in cybersecurity. Figler, Pratt and Stuart qualified for the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Atlanta next month. Longhurst and Flack will act as alternates for the conference.
The following students made it to finals but fell short of qualifying for nationals: Landoe and Williams (banking and finance); Franz and Alma Longhurst (graphic design); Folsom (job interview); Landoe, Waite and Williams (public service announcement); Vigil (public speaking 1); and Pratt (website design).
The Freeman Chapter also received the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit.
Rotary Club awards scholarships to students
The Rotary Club of Spokane Valley recently awarded scholarships worth $1,000 to eight local high school students.
Abigail Barnes (Spokane Valley High School) will attend Washington State University; Jacob Ross (Central Valley High School) will attend Brigham Young University; Payton Miller (University High School) will attend University of Washington; Morgan Clark (Central Valley) will attend BYU; Shawen Christensen (West Valley High School) will attend BYU; Christa LaVoie (The Oaks) will attend Hillsdale College; and Ben Magruder (University) will attend UW.
Clarissa Tracy (Central Valley) received the Al Stevens Memorial Music Scholarship and will attend BYU.
6 students net $3,000 scholarship to EWU
Six area high school students have received Eastern Washington University’s Presidential Scholarship, worth $3,000, for the 2015-16 school year.
Taylor Martin and Paul Yount, of East Valley High School); Hannah Coles and Hannah Bowles, of Mt. Spokane High School; and Kayla Lambert and Hannah McCabe, of Central Valley High School plan to attend Eastern in the fall.
The scholarship is awarded to students with a 3.8 or higher high school GPA and a SAT score of 1,250 or higher or an ACT score of 28 or higher.
Elementary students get tree-to-carton lesson
To celebrate National Paperboard Packaging Week, representatives from Sonderen Packaging visited fifth- and sixth-grade students at Assumption Catholic School and Spokane International Academy on April 20 and 22 as part of the TICCIT (Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees) program.
This program reuses milk cartons as containers in which to plant seeds and saplings. Those cartons are then planted in the ground. As the trees grow, the cartons break down, which completes the TICCIT cycle.
After a tree-to-milk carton life cycle lesson, students helped plant the seed-and-sapling cartons.
Cheney names Student Support Services post
Cheney Public Schools has selected Andrea Staton as the assistant director of Student Support Services.
Staton earned her bachelor’s degree and administrative credentials from Eastern Washington University and her master’s degree from University of Washington. During her 13-year teaching career, she worked as a special education teacher and an education specialist with Mead School District. From 2010-13, Staton worked as adjunct faculty at EWU.
Staton begins as assistant director in July. She is replacing Debra Morris, who is retiring after 34 years with the district.
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