Emily Articulated: Summers
By Emily EricksonReader Columnist I remember summers as sticky things — sweaty strands of hair matted to my cheek as I lay on the floor beneath the air conditioner; sticky fingers from dribbles of...
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Finding the magic in learning
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff A yearslong fundraising process will come to a close for the Selkirk School on Saturday, April 26, with a special dinner and auction from 5-9 p.m. that organizers hope...
Farmin-Stidwell students create care baskets for hospital patients
By Reader Staff Fifth-grade students at Farmin-Stidwell Elementary School decided they wanted to give something back to the community during the holiday season, sending care baskets to kids and adults at Bonner General Health....
On bullies
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Recently, one of the young people in my life shared that they had been experiencing significant bullying in school. It broke my heart to hear how cruel kids can...
The Lumberjill: The f-bomb is only acceptable when talking about the president, and other language arts lessons from North Idaho
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist My little one was nervous for the first day of school. The entire drive found her curled in the fetal position, reciting the mantra, I don’t want to...
On the end of the school year
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff By the time this story makes it into newsprint and the hands of our readers, I’ll be neck-deep in the final two days of school. I am blessed to...
The Lumberjill: School closures, COVID and fatigue — tragedy in too many acts
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist It finally happened — the thing I’ve been dreading for the two years since the last time it happened: classroom closure due to COVID. Two years later, and...
School, city staff talk crosswalk safety
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Thanks to a collaboration between the city and Washington Elementary students, the beginning of the school day could get a whole lot safer. At the Sandpoint City Council meeting...
