YAKIMA — During John Schieche’s high school years in Eastern Washington, neither he nor any of his classmates would have ever imagined that he would become a school superintendent one day.
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — After a day of interviews, the Sedro-Woolley School District announced Monday it has narrowed down its superintendent search to three candidates.
WENATCHEE — You can’t see them smiling beneath the masks, but students at Wenatchee and Eastmont high schools are glad to be back in school, even if it’s only part-time.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
MOUNT VERNON — With some pops of color, creative spacing, and high-quality cameras and microphones, a once-drab meeting room in a Mount Vernon office space has been turned into an online preschool.
OLYMPIA — Sen. Brad Hawkins, R-East Wenatchee, is encouraging school districts to “cut their losses" by taking summer vacation days now and attending full-time in-person instruction in June, July and August.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — A big rubber bucket of cards will help determine who will attend Pinnacles Prep this fall.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Those hoping to bring back students full-time will have to wait — at least until fall.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
OLYMPIA — Washington is expanding its COVID-19 testing program to include about 50 new school districts, an effort to get kids back in schools quickly, Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Tuesday.
Our Valley is going to have the gift of virtually hosting celebrated author, poet and ornithologist Dr. Drew Lanham of Clemson University for a conversation on the intersections of race and the environment at 1 p.m. Thursday.
EAST WENATCHEE — The Eastmont School Board has approved new school attendance boundaries to coincide with the district’s new reconfiguration plan.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
It almost goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a tidal wave, wreaking havoc on our nation, state and local economic wellbeing. We will approach a new year with ongoing challenge for our regional labor market as a result of the widespread business closures, followed by a sl…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Schools should use masks and social distancing to safely resume in-person learning as soon as possible, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Friday.
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont FFA may not be out judging apples and potatoes, but the high school and junior high students are still keeping busy in the virtual agricultural world.
OLYMPIA — Hours after a new state law passed on Wednesday, Washington superintendent of public instruction Chris Reykdal told school districts that if they want their new federal COVID-19 relief money, they need to update and submit their reopening plans by March 1.
In my previous column on how we can put the teacher-student relationship at the forefront of our public education system, Manson Elementary teacher Marcy Lindert made a compelling case for creating a culture that fosters trust and helps kids find their unique gifts and talents.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
WENATCHEE — Tuesday was a good night for school levies across North Central Washington. The levies need a simple majority to pass.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — “Sometimes you’re the only person I see each week.”
PULLMAN — For Ian Wells and his team of Washington State University students, their foray into NASA-funded lunar research in the coming months could involve running a space-tech laundromat for Astronaut Barbie.
WENATCHEE — GWATA will celebrate the International day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb. 11 by presenting a dynamic panel with leading scientists in various disciplines from outside of the region. The panel will be moderated by North Central Washington local, Dr. Sue Kane, Ph.D.
SEATTLE — On a Thursday morning in January, from his home in Seattle, a boy in Kevin Gallagher’s kindergarten class popped the cap off his green scented marker and took a big sniff.
WENATCHEE — Transportation challenges are plaguing the Wenatchee School District which this week asked parents to consider finding another way for their bus-riding students to get to school.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Moving school to full time rests on the relaxation of the six-foot rule. With students separated by six feet in classrooms because of pandemic social distancing rules, school districts are limited in how many students can be in any one classroom.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco resorted to the “drastic step” of suing its own school district Wednesday to try to force the reopening of public schools for in-person learning.
Construction workers are seen through windows Tuesday of the new Wells Hall that is under construction at Wenatchee Valley College.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — Job losses from April through December hit Chelan and Douglas counties harder than the statewide average as the region continued to reel from COVID-19-related shutdowns.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A different version of SnowSchool will be offered this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In previous years, field trips and in-person activities would be offered through the program organized through the 4-H Extension and WSU Chelan/Douglas County Extension.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WATERVILLE — The Feb. 9 special election includes an Orondo School District request for a capital levy for health, life safety and security.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
When we are thinking about supporting the school levies in North Central Washington in the special election that concludes Feb. 9, let us remember the amazing teachers who have been working their tails off finding ways to reach kids and encouraging them to keep learning.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
WENATCHEE — Some employees in the Wenatchee, Eastmont and Chelan school districts received COVID-19 vaccinations Saturday at a clinic sponsored by a union and two pharmacies.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools and the city’s teachers union said progress was made on Monday in talks on a COVID-19 safety plan, putting on hold a threatened confrontation over the district’s plan to resume in-person classes for thousands of students.
It almost goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a tidal wave, wreaking havoc on our nation, state and local economic wellbeing. We will approach a new year with ongoing challenge for our regional labor market as a result of the widespread business closures, followed by a sl…
PULLMAN — Washington State University faculty members are incensed over a proposal from the college administration to funnel $2 million to $3 million in university funds to the athletics department budget.
WENATCHEE — It was close for the Wenatchee School District, but they made it to school on Wednesday while other school districts decided otherwise.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
Brewster — The Brewster Public Library will close for a month as the city of Brewster and NCW Libraries upgrade flooring, shelving and furniture.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
ATLANTA — Studies in the United States and abroad found little evidence schools were spreading COVID-19 infections, showing a “path forward” to in-person classes, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday.
OLYMPIA — As they launched into their full-fledged pandemic legislative session earlier this month, lawmakers in Washington state had no shortage of education issues to sort through.
The launching of Pinnacles Prep charter school in Wenatchee creates an opportunity for our communities to see the impact of a different learning environment than a traditional K-12 approach — one that is focused on individualized learning, fostering strong relationships between students, tea…
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont middle school students came back to school this week on a hybrid schedule. That is grades five, six, and seven.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the 30 libraries of the NCW Libraries system closed their doors to in-person visits, per new state guidelines. The system has libraries in Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant and Ferry counties.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — More students started coming back to school in the Wenatchee School District this week for hybrid learning.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Some students in the Eastmont School District could be attending a different school next year.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Turnout in the last presidential election was huge across the country — including in the Wenatchee area. That fact is working against the upcoming Wenatchee School District Educational Program and Operation Levy.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
ELLENSBURG — The Central Washington Board of Trustees announced the appointment of the university’s 15th president, Dr. Jim Wohlpart, Thursday, after an extensive search that included listening sessions with students, alumni, faculty and board members.
WENATCHEE — It’s not unusual for school districts to have a bus driver shortage — at the beginning of the school year. But when the shortage happens in the middle of the school year, you can bet it is pandemic-related.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Touched by the suicide of a high school student, Kamryn Fowler decided to do something. A Wenatchee High School senior, she was really worried about the mental health of her peers during the pandemic.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
The Community Foundation of NCW is now accepting scholarship applications for students who plan to attend community college, university or trade school next fall.
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley College recently ripped out an old maple tree near historic Wells House because it was diseased. The college plans to replace it with a native variety.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
SPOKANE — With spring semesters either pending or underway, college administrators across the region have devised plans to prepare their campuses for any students returning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
SEATTLE — In December, Aisha Gonzalez lived for her 18th birthday, for its promise to unlock her future.
WENATCHEE — Wednesday’s polarizing events at the Capitol will be looked at and studied by college students and historians for decades. It was a moment unlike any other in our nation’s history.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter