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DAVENPORT-The school district here is one of 12 districts statewide participating in a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot program, where staff members voluntarily test themselves using a swab and receive results within 24 hours of the swabs arriving at a lab. The process involves a few coughs and the ability to summon saliva. "Our district is one of 12 school districts that have been recently selected by the Washington State Department of Health to participate in a state-funded COVI...
DAVENPORT – According to the state’s vaccination plan, teachers will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 inoculation soon. However, local school districts don’t know whether the state will make receiving the vaccine a requirement, similar to MMR vaccination requirements presently in place. Davenport superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said that his staff hasn’t discussed any required vaccine dosage for teachers and staff. He guessed that eventually, the vaccine will be mandated by the state for educators, unless they have a medical...
ODESSA – Despite the current pandemic, the Odessa High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America managed to host their annual Christmas party spread out in the high school gym. White elephant gifts, cheeseburgers catered by Chiefs Bar and Grill and socially distanced games helped to make the annual holiday tradition a lot of fun, according to FBLA advisor Terri King. The FBLA students have been meeting and working on their projects for the remainder of the year, while following recommended health-related p...
ODESSA – With the help of members of Odessa High School’s FBLA chapter, Odessa sixth-graders began using real-world budgeting lessons to enhance their personal financial skills. They participated in Project Build, part of the high-school chapter’s American Enterprise Project, where they learned the importance of budgeting and how to build a budget. They applied this knowledge to build their own budget for a gingerbread house. Each student received the basics: Four walls, two roof panels and a tube of icing. From there, they...
Odessa High School math teacher Travis Schuh joins in the fun as the school celebrates holiday spirit week prior to starting its two-week winter break....
ODESSA – The Board of Directors of Odessa School District #105 met in the library and via ZOOM on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 6 p.m., preceded by a workshop at 5:30 p.m. in the district office to review and discuss school board goals for the school year. Present were board members Ed Deife, Janie Steward, Heather Valverde, Chris Crossley and Carmen Weishaar; Superintendent Dan Read, Principal Jamie Nelson; Assistant Business Manager Staci Claassen, Operations Supervisor Jus...
DAVENPORT – On Wednesday, October 28th, 22 members of the Davenport FBLA chapter participated in a virtual FBLA Northeast Region Fall Conference. Members listened to and participated in a variety of guest speakers from the area presenting on topics like small business ownership, cyber security, leadership and event management. The Davenport FBLA newly elected officers for the 2020-21 school year are: President Kylee Buchanan, Vice President Kenzie Gerlitz-Simpson, Event C...
REARDAN — Assuming that the majority of students in a district that extends for miles through lonely wheat fields all have reliable access to the Internet may be short-sighted, even in today’s age of instant accessibility. That’s why the Reardan school district is giving its staff a simple guideline: Don’t assume your students will have reliable Internet on days of remote learning. “(We tell staff), ‘don’t be giving them learning assignments that require the Internet on remote days,’” superintendent Eric Sobotta said. “Until...
ODESSA — Odessa High School’s official graduation and awarding of diplomas will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18, on Finney Field. The graduates will be allowed one car each on the track for their family members or one golf cart on the field or one car in the overflow area near the restrooms/tennis courts. Members of the public will be allowed to park only outside the fence surrounding the football field. The music for the processional and recessional will be prerecorded, so there will be no participation by band mem...
DAVENPORT — The School District recently mailed a survey to parents, asking if they plan to send their children back to school this fall. So far, the majority are saying yes. Despite a letter explaining that masks and health screenings would be required in the coming year, 88 of the 94 parents who had responded as of Monday night planned to send their children back to school, according to the district. The first day of school is currently scheduled for Aug. 26. A full reopening plan is due two weeks before school starts. P...
DAVENPORT — The Philanthropic Educational Organization, Chapter N, recently awarded two Lincoln County graduates with scholarships to further their post-high school education. Both recipients received a $500 scholarship from the organization. Katie Fitzpatrick, daughter of David and Deanna Fitzpatrick of Davenport, will be attending Whitworth University where she will pursue a degree in History. Kimberly Dewey, daughter of Damon and Jodie Dewey of Reardan, will be attending Whitworth University to begin a path to become a P...
REARDAN-Eric Sobotta wasn't expecting to have to deal with nationwide school shutdowns amidst a global pandemic when he was named the new superintendent of the Reardan-Edwall School District in March. But since starting his new gig on July 1, he's had to learn on the fly while figuring out a safe re-opening process for the 2020-21 school year. "It's been a whirlwind," Sobotta said. Originally from Cheney, Sobotta started teaching in Tenino and Stanwood, WA before starting an...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County farmers with sons who play football will have a bit more help available in preparing for harvest in August. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced Tuesday, July 7 that the start of fall sports practices will be delayed to Sept. 5 for football and Labor Day, Sept. 7 for all other fall sports. “The (Executive) Board will continue to work with staff, member schools and state agencies to monitor the impact of COVID-19,” the WIAA said in a release. Because teams are requi...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County farmers with sons who play football will have a bit more help available in preparing for harvest in August. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced Tuesday, July 7, that the start of fall sports practices will be delayed to Sept. 5 for football and Labor Day, Sept. 7 for all other fall sports. “The (Executive) Board will continue to work with staff, member schools and state agencies to monitor the impact of COVID-19,” the WIAA said in a release. Because teams are requi...
DAVENPORT – Uncertainty continues to surround athletics and extracurricular activities for the 2020-21 school year in Washington. In the Davenport school district, parents of children who are active participants in sports are hoping for those sports to be back to normal next school year. Davenport High School football defensive coordinator John Douse, whose son plays football, basketball and baseball, said the coaching staff has heard that if Lincoln County isn’t in Phase 4 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s coronavirus-related state...
SPOKANE — At the 2019-2020 Spokane Youth Sports Awards live-streamed over the Internet last Friday evening, the Odessa High School football team was named the 1B/2B/1A Top Male High School Sports Team, edging out the Odessa basketball team and the Almira-Coulee-Hartline baseball team for the top honor. Marcus King was selected the 1B/2B/1A High School Sports Top Male Athlete over three other nominees, including fellow Odessa senior and basketball teammate Ryan Moffet (whose older sister Charli is married to Marcus’s brother J...
Elizabeth Larson, the daughter of Tim and Jill Larson of Odessa, has earned placement on the Gonzaga University President’s List for spring semester 2020. Students must earn a 3.85 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed. Gonzaga University is a private Catholic university of more than 7,500 students situated along the Spokane River near downtown Spokane....
ODESSA — Last Wednesday was another celebration for the Odessa High School senior class, as the students rode various vehicles down First Avenue after visiting the medical campus and waving to the patients and residents. Social distancing was maintained, and some residents of the Quail Court Assisted Living facility even ventured outside to wave to the graduates and wish them well. A video showing pictures of each of the grads during their parade is available on The Odessa Record’s Facebook page. OHS alum Bryce Luiten acc...
REARDAN – Instead of gathering in-person to celebrate its 49 graduates, Reardan High School conducted a virtual graduation honoring the Class of 2020 Saturday, June 13. Graduates logged onto a Google Meet at 11 a.m. to interact with each other before a 45-minute virtual slideshow, which acted as the ceremony. The slideshow was simulcast on Facebook Live for the public to view. The ceremony opened with a short video of drone footage surveying the school campus, including a...
DAVENPORT — Face masks? Daily health checks for students? Parents using cell phone apps to verify their child isn’t coming to school sick? All these possibilities were discussed at the School Board meeting that took place over the online Zoom meeting platform on June 22. The district is set to have an official reopening plan by Aug. 4. Although there have only been two confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Lincoln County since its initial outbreak this spring, the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is...
RENTON – The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released guidance for opening high school athletics and activities for 2020-21 in accordance with Gov. Jay Inslee’s four-phase state re-opening plan Monday. The guidance document detailed guidelines for schools for each of the four phases. The document also noted that if a school or school district is closed over COVID-19 concerns, than all training, practices and games for that school or district should be can...
Reardan teachers, principals and superintendents lined Spokane Street outside Reardan High School on June 18 for a summer send-off. Third grade teacher Heidi Nelson, who coordinated the event, said she got the idea from seeing other schools around the country do a similar event. Parents and caretakers drove students up and down the street while teachers, principals and superintendents waved goodbye, handed out candy and wished the children a happy summer....
NEWARK, Del. - A total of 39 middle school and high school teams were selected June 15 as winners of the Lead4Change Challenge, part of the Lead4Change Student Leadership Program that teaches students leadership lessons such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. Students use these skills to develop a service project that addresses a need in their community. Each year as we wrap up the Challenge, we at the Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation...
ODESSA — A student must have a grade point average of 3.50-4.00 to be on the honor roll, and honorable mention requires a grade point average of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on state transcript requirements and are as follows: A=4.0, A-=3.7, B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-= 2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. High school In the senior class, Joshua Clark, Kenadie Elder, Jaden Hunt, Eric Johnston, Ireland Luiten, Ryan Moffet, Caitlyn Schuh, Maddy Wagner, Brady Walter and Camden Weber all had a perfect 4.0, while Marcus K...
HARRINGTON – Harrington seniors Nik Clarke, Casey Lee and Mya Erickson got an in-person graduation after all this year. It was just a little different than a "normal" graduation, as could be expected with the pandemic. The ceremony, held in the school gymnasium on Thursday evening, required that each guest wear a mask and be socially distant from one another in hopes of complying with Washington's Phase Three re-opening guidelines, which Lincoln County is currently in. Each g...
