Warm feet, happy heart
By Reader Staff The Wednesday Morning Women’s Golf League recently met to bring socks they have collected for their annual Sock Drive, started by Mary Stevens more than eight years ago. After learning that...
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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 of people in need...
‘We’re all in this together’
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, which has risen to...
Welcome to the Zombie Nest
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 taken the medium to...
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 I did my report...
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 untraditional, full of the...
Alternative: Part 3
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 one conversation with two...
Alternative: Part 2
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, there are second chances....
Alternative: Part 1
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” means, however, takes a...
Teacher acquitted in student abuse case
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, had sex with her...
