What went wrong?
By Karen McGhee
Special to the Reader
“We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families.” This sentiment, expressed by Jeb …
Tagged: education
Priest River ‘Space Day’ welcomes astronaut
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Priest River Elementary students had an assembly day last Friday that encouraged them to shoot for the stars — or at least planetary orbit.
Teacher …
Conservation Corner: A day in the woods
By Sarah Garcia
Reader Columnist
On the second Thursday every May the quiet secluded Delay Farms in Careywood roars to life with the sounds of over a thousand students, volunteers, …
Emily Articulated: To college or not to college
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I stomped with clamped fists up the steps to my college’s main hall, rain pattering my head to match my mood. My stomach flipped as …
Profiles of Graduates: First generation student Jessica Inman aspires to make a difference in the classroom
By McCalee Cain
Reader Staff
Recent Lake Pend Oreille High graduate Jessica Inman stumbled upon her dream career as she worked on her senior project this year.
“At first when …
Man to unicycle across Washington to raise money for Washington Elementary School
By McCalee Cain
Reader Intern
Justin Henney is a full-time parapro at Washington Elementary school, and he’s really good at unicycling. When he wanted to support the remarkable generosity of …
‘Little sprouts everywhere’
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Cynthia Mason has been teaching in Sandpoint for more than two decades, and teaching in general since the ‘70s. After this coming school year, she’ll …
Alternative: Part 4
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Colby Wilson is a 20-year-old mother to 7-month-old Luca, and as of last Thursday, she is also a high school graduate.
Wilson’s path has been …
Q & A with Sandpoint Middle School principal Casey McLaughlin
By Jodi Rawson
Reader Staff
My seventh-grade daughter says her principal is very well loved and greets everyone by their first name (even though the Sandpoint Middle School population is …
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