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“Books give soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to imagination, and life to everything,” said Ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Many of those who have experienced the power of reading, like Plato, can attest to its importance throughout life. However, a recent survey conducted by Scholastic and YouGov, a publishing company and an international researching firm, respectively, found that an increasing amount of today’s youth does not relate with Plato. Journalist Alison Flood wrote of the 2015 survey, “51 percent... Full story
In previous years, Ritzville High School’s Advanced Biology class traveled to western Washington in efforts to enrich their knowledge from the classroom. Scheduling conflicts and declining interest caused the trip to fade away. Due to increased interest this year, a group of Lind-Ritzville High School science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) club members along with advisor Jason Aldrich brought back the trip. Over the Memorial Day weekend, six students traveled to M...
Service is often considered the most important of the four pillars of National Honor Society (NHS). Service culminates the remaining three pillars (scholarship, leadership, and character) into actions that benefit both community members and students. On Wednesday, May 18, a group from Lind-Ritzville High School’s NHS traveled with club advisor Kerry Murphy to Othello’s Adams County Pet Rescue (ACPR) headquarters. The opportunity allowed students to embrace the service pil... Full story
On Saturday, May 21, Lind-Ritzville seventh through twelfth grade Marching Band performed in the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade. The band earned the Gold Standard Award for the first time in the history of their participation in the parade. Although the students in the band perform in front of approximately 160,000 as they traverse the streets of downtown Spokane, only three determine their aptitude for the Gold Standard Award. This year, judges...
Between designing lab procedures in science, thinking of new methods to solve a problem in math, or crafting poems in English, creativity is a beneficial trait for students. Throughout the year, students in art class at Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) have been fostering their creativity and searching for new mediums to express their imagination. Their latest unit in photography saw students working individually or in groups to select and recreate iconic photographs. The...
The first public school in America, Boston Latin School, was founded in 1635. Still an operating school that recently celebrated its 381st anniversary, Boston Latin School explains its establishment “was due in great measure to the influence of the Reverend John Cotton, who sought to create in the New World a school like the Free Grammar School of Boston, England, in which Latin and Greek were taught.” At the end of the 21st century, less than two percent of American students were enrolled in a Latin class, providing evi... Full story
Engineering is an interdisciplinary field that applies math, is utilized in science and makes technology possible. To explore engineering and its current developments in society, a group from the Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) club traveled on Friday, April 29, to Moscow’s University of Idaho. There, they attended the 23rd Annual Engineering Design EXPO. Since 1993, engineering students from the U of I have composed senior capstone projects to present before peers, j...
Dr. Lalit Kishore, a self-employed consultant and former professor at several world universities said, “Applied mathematics is able to break the abstract image of mathematics by establishing its utility in life, livelihood, professional development, and other areas of study.” To further their abilities in applied mathematics, a group of students from LRHS competed in the Washington State Math Council (WSMC) state competition on Saturday, April 23, at Central Washington University. About 50 schools and 600 students com...
College preparedness continues to be of high interest for LRHS students and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) club members. The search for future college and career opportunities is what led a group of students to tour the Eastern Washington University (EWU) campus and meet with a panel of professors on Thursday, April 14. The group consisted of Cinthia Guizar, Caden Liberty, Morgan Brausen, Abby Gering, Nathan Naught, Megan Buriak, MicKayla Hall, Morgan Lane, Peyton Curtis, Emma Aldrich, Katie Bidlen, Emily... Full story
Wind is the fastest expanding sector of renewable energy. Its potential for the future was the motivation for a field trip for the Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) Advanced Placement Environmental Science class and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) club students. On Wednesday, March 30, 10 students visited Puget Sound Energy’s Wild Horse Wind and Solar Farm in Kittitas County. Students had the opportunity to learn about the process of making a wind farm, the intricacies of the technology behind wind t...
Georgetown University projects there will be more than two million jobs added to the health care industry by 2020. This inspired a group of Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) students to seek out opportunities in the field. On Thursday, March 24, a group of LRHS students and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Club advisor Jason Aldrich set out on a field trip through Greater Spokane Incorporated’s Business AfterSchool program to tour St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane. All six students that att... Full story
Washington State Legislature and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) have created new Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Designed to improve education in areas currently deemed to be lacking, the standards are in computer science, Washington state tribal history, physical education/health, and financial education. The necessity for the computer science standards, to be released in July or August, is supported by the void between the amount of computer science jobs available and the amount of competent... Full story
A U.S. Department of Labor report states that 65 percent of students in school right now will find employment in careers that don’t exist yet. Undeniably, it is a challenging task to prepare students for careers they don’t know the details of yet. Ira Wolfe explained in an article on Success Performing Students, “Rapid technological change is changing the skill requirements for most jobs. Just as manufacturing saw a shift from 80 percent unskilled jobs just 30 years ago to 12 percent today, the next decade will see a shakeout...
Music is known as the universal language because regardless of a musician’s background, it is understood by all. Music unites people, including students across the Bi-County. Each year, junior high and high school musicians from local schools combine to perform in Honor Band and Choir. This year, Bi-County Honor Band and Choir performances will be Monday, March 14, at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane. The program will begin at 7 p.m. All community members are i... Full story
The scale at which the world is measured can be difficult to grasp, especially for high school students who have yet to explore all that it has to offer. In order to help students realize the variety of cultures that occupy the massive expanse of a world they live in, Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) Spanish I and II classes reached out to create online pen pals, or e-pals. LRHS Spanish teacher, Kathy McAnally, has led students through pen-pal programs in the past. She explained, “I have done this four or five times over t...
Innovation and inspiration go hand in hand. A big part of Lind-Ritzville High School’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Club is innovation, the club presented their inaugural STEM Awareness Week to inspire students from Tuesday, Feb. 16, through Friday, Feb.19. The object of spreading awareness among high school students is rooted in the field’s potential. STEM Club advisor Jason Aldrich explained, “All the data shows that the number of STEM jobs is increasing faster than all other types so it makes sense... Full story
Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that annually, 22 million sick days are taken solely from the common cold. Students at Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS), like other students across the nation, are experiencing the struggle of maintaining good health, an arduous battle against absences that, when successful, allows students to participate in learning and sustain focus on academics. Many students have heard the expression from teachers, “If you miss school, you miss out.” The LRHS Stu... Full story
For 95 years, National Honor Society (NHS) has been providing high achieving students with opportunities to emerge as leaders both in the classroom and in their communities. The Lind-Ritzville High School NHS Chapter is no exception. Local NHS students have been working hard to improve themselves as scholars, leaders, and productive members of society to fulfill their honor society pledge. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, Lind-Ritzville’s NHS will induct four new members from the graduating class of 2018: Morgan Lane, Emily Rosen, C...
There are two types of students: those of which who can be heard saying, “I love the book we are reading in English, I can’t wait to discuss it in class”, as opposed to their classmates, “Will this be on the test?” Students can be intrinsically motivated—wanting to learn in order to satisfy their curiosity—or extrinsically motivated—interested in achievement more than the content being delivered to them. Being intrinsically or extrinsically motivated does not mean one student is superior to another, it simply means they are...
Many students today associate school with grades before they associate school with learning. The idea that some students fight to raise a grade without first investing their time in learning seems contradictory, but the allure of grades to achievement based learners is a strong incentive to work harder in the classroom. Grades were invented not to help students learn, but instead in an attempt to quantify learning. The first instance of grading is credited to Yale University. Brian Palmer, an author on slate.com, explained,...
On Dec. 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002. ESSA will reform tomorrow’s education plan by increasing the power of state governments in the education of their students, especially those of high need. The new legislation is a bipartisan measure designed to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a civil rights act signed into law 50 years ago by Lyndon B. Johnson. The act is described by the U.S. D...
If a student’s environment is conducive to success, achievement comes easier than if environmental factors work against their success. Anyone who has ever experienced adversity in the classroom knows that learning is a challenge, and it is critical that all of a student’s focus is directed toward learning, rather than being distracted by their surrounding conditions. Lind-Ritzville High School works to promote student success. That is why Ritzville School District (RSD) has proposed a 20-year, $12.8 million bond to be vot...
Challenges and opportunities are always available for motivated students who seek them out. Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is one such opportunity, one that over 260 high school juniors across the state decided to accept this winter. WAS is a two-phase program through the University of Washington sponsored by the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Participating juniors across the state began in early December with Phase One, a five-month online aerospace course offered by the University of Washington. As described on the Museu...
Goals are the motivation that drives many successful endeavors. In an attempt to make the New Year successful, 45 percent of Americans in 2015 established one or more resolutions according to data from the University of Scranton’s Journal of Clinical Psychology. While all had good intentions—last year, most people resolved to lose weight, become organized, or spend less money—the Journal of Clinical Psychology reports that only eight percent of those that set resolutions enjoyed complete success, 49 percent experienced infreq...