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Basin nonprofit CEO appointed to WA Board of Education
OLYMPIA — Sue Kane, CEO of the NCW Tech Alliance, has been appointed to the Washington State Board of Education, P…
MLHS band students pick up instruments for remote study
Students stopped by Moses Lake High School on Wednesday to pick up instruments for band classes this year with the semester kicking off remotely. Without being…
Moses Lake HS Key Club to sponsor school supplies collection
MOSES LAKE — Members of the Moses Lake High School Key Club will be collecting donations of school supplies from 3 to 6 p.m., Sept. 18 at McCosh Park.
Moses Lake elementary, middle schools to reopen for in-person learning Thursday
Moses Lake School District will welcome elementary and middle school students inside classrooms for the first time this school year, as air quality has improved from a hazardous rating to unhealthy.
A remote start to the year for Moses Lake schools
The school year kicked off remotely in Moses Lake on Monday as students and teachers begin the year under unconventional circumstances. In-person learning was …
Schools that had planned on in-person learning closed by wildfire smoke
In Moses Lake and Royal City, where local school districts have begun or were about to begin limited in-person education, classrooms were closed not by the coronavirus, but by smoke billowing from fires across the …
Wahluke staffer honored after 30 years with school district
After 30 years of service to the kids and community of the Wahluke School District in a number of different roles and at a number of different schools, staffer…
New school year: Chromebooks distributed to Moses Lake students
Chromebooks were distributed to students in the afternoon on Friday, Sept. 11, at North Elementary School in Moses Lake as staff and parents gear up for the be…
Goodrich resigns ML school board presidency
Moses Lake School Board Member Vickey Melcher was elected board president Thursday after Elliott Goodrich resigned his position as president.
Two weeks into school year, coronavirus detected in Royal School District
Five cases of the coronavirus associated with the Royal School District have been detected, according to Grant County Health District.
Facilities plan recommends remodeling Quincy Middle School within eight years
QUINCY — Quincy School District patrons should be thinking about remodeling or replacing Quincy Middle School sometime in the next five to eight years. That was one of the recommendations in a new master facilities…
Youth mental health also a key concern amid the pandemic
As discussions rage over the best ways to protect the physical health of students returning to school amid a global pandemic, many also worry about the effect that the coronavirus had had and will continue to have …
Quincy School District purchases property
QUINCY — The Quincy School District’s Innovation Academy and distance learning programs will get a new home sometime this fall.
MLSD OKs $123.8 million budget
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board unanimously passed its $123.8 million operating budget for the 2020-21 school year at an online meeting Thursday.
MLSD makes high school classes all online
MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake School Board voted Thursday to alter its high school opening plan, with all students starting online instruction full-time when school begins on Sept. 9.
Red Rock Elementary gets set to welcome students back
Staff at Red Rock Elementary School in Royal City worked to wrap up final preparations on Thursday before students returned today. Boxes were unpacked, soci…