Home(cooked) for the holidays
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Thanks to a partnership between Lake Pend Oreille High School and the Bonner Community Food Bank, 150 hot holiday meals made it to the plates …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Thanks to a partnership between Lake Pend Oreille High School and the Bonner Community Food Bank, 150 hot holiday meals made it to the plates …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The Lake Pend Oreille School District is nearing a final plan for how the 2020-2021 academic year will play out amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When learning to create art with papier-mâché, most recall building piñatas in grade school. Randy Wilhelm’s art students at Lake Pend Oreille High School have …
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 …
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 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Ninety kids. Ninety stories.
Geoff Penrose, principal of Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School, takes that philosophy to heart, and it’s something proven in just …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
At Lake Pend Oreille High School, there’s no homework. Students call teachers by their first names. In most every case of late or incomplete work, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Tucked in an unassuming brick building on Boyer, Lake Pend Oreille High School is the Lake Pend Oreille School District’s premier alternative school. What “alternative” …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A jury acquitted former Lake Pend Oreille High School teacher Nichole Thiel of sexual battery against a minor last week.
Prosecutors alleged that Thiel, 48, …
By Randy Wilhelm
Reader Contributor
Brrrr … it’s cold outside. If you’re like most people, this cold weather seems to have shown up a bit early, and maybe you’re unprepared …
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