WENATCHEE — Write on the River’s Summer Workshop, “Reaching Readers,” is coming July 27 to Wenatchee Valley College.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Cascadia Conservation District has received a $4,200 grant to help fund its award-winning Kids in the Creek and Kids in the Forest programs.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
SPOKANE — The Spokane Public School Board of Directors chose Wednesday to spend more of its rainy day funds in the upcoming school year but to delay many of the tougher budget decisions facing the district.
Leavenworth — Cascade School District is looking for residents in the Plain and Lake Wenatchee area interested in serving on the school board.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Free backpacks, school supplies, games and lots of information are in store for school-age children and their families Aug. 3 at the Columbia Valley Community Health’s annual Back to School Fair.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Teaching strategies to help children of all cultures find their voice is the focus of a free workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Wenatchee Valley College’s MAC Gallery.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
YAKIMA — Central Washington University’s aviation program has returned student training flights to Bowers Field in Ellensburg after a temporary move to Yakima.
NCW — Fisheries in the Upper Columbia River will open July 16 for summer chinook fishing.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — A physical therapist, a land surveyor and a public information officer are facing off in the Aug. 6 primary election for Eastmont School Board Position 5.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Community development group Our Valley Our Future is looking for public feedback on projects that may be added to the organization’s 2020 action plan.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Literacy Council of Chelan and Douglas Counties is encouraging summer reading with a free book giveaway from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the council office, at the Wenatchee Community Center, 508 S. Chelan Ave., Suite B.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley College wants business owners to weigh in on what training to include in a potential new four-year bachelor’s degree in business.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Josiah Garcia, 10, Wenatchee, looks out toward the forests surrounding the Mission Ridge lodge before sketching a water color during an After School Expanded Learning Program field trip from Lincoln Elementary School Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The 25 children on the trip had just completed the Migrant Summer School session. They started the day with a hike toward Lake Clara. The week-long session concludes Thursday with a cooking lesson at the Pybus Market kitchen.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
EAST WENATCHEE — Austyn Sotherland’s first commissioned painting is on display in the Clovis Point Intermediate School cafeteria.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley College and Confluence Health will conduct emergency training from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at the Wenatchee college campus and Central Washington Hospital.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
CHELAN — Lake Chelan School District Superintendent Barry DePaoli was fined $150 by the state Public Disclosure Commission for violating state law by using school facilities to support a bond measure.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
QUINCY — Representatives from Wenatchee Valley College, Big Bend Community College, Apple STEM Network and Quincy High School will share their views on dual enrollment pathways for students at Wednesday’s Washington Student Achievement Council meeting in Quincy.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — New Wenatchee schools Superintendent Paul Gordon talked up team collaboration, culture building and the importance of plans with clear outcomes in February when he was a candidate for the job.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
SPOKANE — Medicine is not a field for the squeamish.
WENATCHEE — Armed with bright blue training pistols, Wenatchee Police practiced active shooter scenarios Wednesday at Wenatchee High School.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee School Board has tentatively agreed to sell 2.2 acres of property to the city as part of a proposed street connecting Springwater Avenue to Maple Street.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — It seems like women are always falling in love with a formal gown that doesn’t quite fit.
WENATCHEE — A new GPS tracking system is being added to Wenatchee School District’s bus fleet thanks, in part, to state funds designed to improve school transportation departments.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
MANSON — First- and second-graders at Manson Elementary School are getting more hands-on science experience thanks to a donation from the Lake Chelan Multisport Foundation.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — On Monday the sisters of St. Joseph Parish and School took to the school’s lawn in their black headdresses, pulling brightly-colored kites.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — The Rimes family started planning “the mother of all graduation parties” six months ago to celebrate six graduations spanning three generations and two career changes.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Sterling Intermediate School parents and students are invited to learn about course offerings, expectations and community resources at an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school gym.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont’s $17.8 million slate of construction projects will be put out to bid again in January, with construction to start in 2020 and be complete by fall 2021.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Bernie Sanders touted new legislation Monday to zero out student debt for millions of borrowers.
How often do teachers and educators in Washington seclude or restrain students when they pose a threat to themselves or to others?
WATERVILLE — A couple of swing sets and a few climbing structures sit past Waterville School’s football field.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
Bill Motsenbocker, the Cascade School District superintendent for five eventful years, is on the eve of retirement. He came to Leavenworth with a wealth of experience—a former teacher, coach, principal and superintendent.
WENATCHEE — YWCA North Central Washington will help close out Pride Month with a forum centered around LGBTQ-related issues.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
The following students were named to Wenatchee Valley College’s winter quarter 2019 Dean’s List for earning a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher in 12 or more college-level graded credits.
The following students were named to Wenatchee Valley College’s winter quarter 2019 President’s List for earning a grade-point average of 4.0 in 12 or more college-level graded credits.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
Alissa Parker, co-founder of Safe and Sound Schools and mother of a Sandy Hook shooting victim, spoke Monday in Wenatchee.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — While at Sandy Hook Elementary School for a parent-teacher conference, Alissa Parker saw several problems.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — WestSide Early Learning Center, the daycare center at WestSide High School, will be operated by Chelan Douglas Child Services Association starting in August.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Less than half of Washington’s 3- and 4-year-olds attend preschool of any kind.
WENATCHEE — The parent of one of the 20 children who died in the Sandy Hook School shooting will share her experience and lessons learned in a “Making Schools Safer” presentation today (Monday) at Wenatchee Valley College.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
They probably tracked me down through Google, Facebook, or by some other spy network.
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee students and teachers will pay an extra quarter for lunches next school year.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
On June 5, the Numerica Performing Arts Center announced the winners of the first annual Apple Awards, a ceremony to honor the achievements of local, participating high school students and programs that have demonstrated excellence or innovation in theater, sponsored by Davis Arneil Law Firm.
“I like to be organized and get things done so I don’t have to worry about them later,” he said. It’s a thing with him, he said, which made his last-minute decision to attend college out of character.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
World photo/Don Seabrook
Children fly back and forth on a swing set in the playground at Vale Elementary School on Monday, June 10, 2019. After last week, school is out for most children in North Central Washington.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley College’s College in the High School program has earned national accreditation.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Vale Elementary School in Cashmere along with many other schools in North Central Washington are taking their children out of the building to celebrate the end to another school year.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
