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Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein once said, “Play is the highest form of research.” Such is the philosophy behind project-based learning, a classroom technique in which students investigate solutions to highly applicable problems and challenges. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is an organization that designs and provides activity, problem, and project based curriculum to schools across the nation. Their goal: to encourage innovative thinking and inspire imagination in future leaders of the world’s scientific commu...
While the real world is discussed at length in the classroom, there are some aspects that can only be understood and appreciated through experience. Field trips, such as the one taken to Seattle last weekend by 16 Lind-Ritzville High School advanced math students and foreign exchange students, help to enrich students’ educations. Ronanda Liberty, LRHS principal helped chaperone the excursion with math teacher Thomas Pulliam. Liberty explained, “Without enrichment opportunities, how can we ignite excitement and con...
The Constitutional Congress of 1787 faced a challenge whose solution would determine the course of history for the United States: outline the values of the country and establish laws that reflect those values. The drafting of the Constitution considered many problems the United States would face, including the election of new presidential leadership. To address this problem, the Committee of Eleven on Postponed Matters was formed. This committee invented the Electoral College nearly identical to the system still in use... Full story
Over 15,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with cancer each year. In response to this towering statistic, Lind-Ritzville High School will be holding a Caps for Kids day on Friday, Nov. 18. During Caps for Kids day, students and faculty can donate three dollars to the Caps for Kids organization in exchange for the ability to wear their favorite hat in school all day. Dr. Stephen Heinrich, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon out of New Orleans founded Caps for Kids in 1993 as a nonprofit organization. Their objective...
Last week, Lind-Ritzville High School Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Club members were given the opportunity to increase their experience in the discipline of engineering in the best way the world knows how: through hands on experimentation motivated by competition. The first opportunity provided to the students was the seventh annual Bi-County STEM Challenge in Odessa. Each year, six schools from Lincoln and Adams County converge to participate in impromptu tasks that put their engineering and teamwork...
American novelist Jim Stovall is known for proclaiming, “Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel.” Intercultural programs such as AFS (formerly the American Field Service) and Education First (EF) High School Exchange Year are proponents of Stovall’s mentality, making it possible for six foreign exchange students to expand their educational horizons at LRHS. Three of the six foreign exchange students, Pius Prosinecki, Miguel Sáez, and Mathilde Bach Knudesen, were introduced in a previo... Full story
While homecoming week invites alumni to return to their alma mater, emphasizing the concept of home highlights how far away LRHS’s foreign exchange students are from their respective hometowns. This year, six foreign exchange students are enrolled at LRHS: Pius Prosinecki of Germany, Miguel Sáez of Spain, Mathilde Bach Knudsen of Denmark, Samuele Bartolato of Italy, Melisa Kilaj of Switzerland, and Elanie Chiu of Taiwan. Pius Prosinecki traveled 5,100 miles to Ritzville from Stuttgart in southern Germany. Of his mo... Full story
On Friday, Sept. 30, LRHS Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) club embarked on its first of several field trips. The group traveled to Mineral Ridge on Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where a three-mile hike featured discussions on forest ecology, as well as a brief collection of data on the water. The group, comprised of a variety of STEM club students, enjoyed the trip as an opportunity to connect principles learned in the classroom to the field. STEM club advisor Jason Aldrich explained “The purpose of the fie...
With new interest and a new advisor, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is returning to Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS). FBLA was last a club at LRHS in the 2012-2013 academic year. The club dissolved not due to lack of participation but for the lack of an advisor to lead the club. Steve Greenwalt, in his first year at LRHS, has been an FBLA advisor for the past 16 years and recently initiated the movement to revive FBLA. Greenwalt said, “I am very motivated to bring FBLA back to LRHS and want to make it as strong a...
One in seven patients entering the hospital are in need of a blood transfusion, reports the American Blood Center. To provide context, every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood donation. To provide community members with the opportunity to contribute to save lives, on Monday, Sept. 19, The Inland Northwest Blood Center will be holding a blood drive in Ritzville. The donation center will be set up in front of Gilson Gymnasium, and any eligible patrons interested in donating can do so between 11:30 a.m. to...
In 2014, CareerBuilder conducted a survey to determine the qualities employers valued the most in interview candidates. Among the highest-ranking qualities included the presence of a strong work ethic, dependability, internal motivation, and organization. Coincidentally, all of these traits are imperative to student success in online classes. Several students at Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) are building character traits through online classes this year. Most students will be working through Spokane Virtual Learning (SVL)... Full story
Students at Lind-Ritzville High School (LRHS) resumed their pursuit of knowledge on Monday. Their purpose: to exceed expectations and, one day, use their educations to make a positive impact on society. While students’ contributions to the betterment of the world may not be immediate, their opportunities to build off of current research expand every day. Solutions to the growing demands for efficient energy sources are a prime example. The Institute for Energy Research reports that solar energy accounts for only 0.5 p... Full story
Friday, Aug. 26, marks the beginning of football season for Lind/Ritzville-Sprague athletes, coaches, and supporters. The annual jamboree, starting 6 p.m. at Jimmie Snider Field, symbolizes not only the start of football season, but also the resurrection of accompanying traditions: the shining down of Friday night lights, the bursting out of Washington and Lee Swing, or the gathering of fans to tailgate before the contest. Tailgating, while more prominent at the college or professional levels, resides for many on the same... Full story
“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind,” states the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the Olympic Charter, outlining the fundamental principles of the Olympic Games. The IOC continued, “Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.” A history reaching across many centuries precede...
In 1996, Dr. Richard Smalley of Rice University along with two of his colleagues were awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a branch of technology, often interdisciplinary, that involves measurements at 100 nanometers or less. One nanometer is equivalent to one billionth of a meter; in context, a molecule of water is less than one nanometer while the width of an average human hair is approximately 100,000 nanometers across. Of his discipline, Dr. Smalley... Full story
“The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible,” said Arthur C. Clarke, author of the acclaimed science fiction novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was in 2002, however, that Elon Musk embraced Clarke’s words by founding SpaceX. “SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft,” their website explained. “The company was founded… to revolutionize space technology with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.” The words of Musk explai... Full story
Pericles, a politician of Ancient Greece, is credited with coining the word “democracy” in 430 B.C. Nate Barksdale explains on history.com, “It is probable that the Athenians were not the first group of people to adopt such a system (a few places in India have traditions of local democracy that claim earlier origins) but because the Greeks named it, they have a good claim at being the ‘first’ democracy.” The Greeks’ earliest system of democracy relied on pebbles. “The Ancient Greeks used pebbles to cast their votes – apparen...
During my experience at the United States Naval Academy’s Summer STEM program, I had the privilege of attending a presentation for the Travis Manion Foundation. The foundation’s president and brother of the group’s namesake, Ryan Manion Borek, led the presentation and explained their mission: “The Travis Manion Foundation assists our nation’s veterans and families of the fallen by empowering them to take the next step in their personal journeys and inspire the next generation of leaders.” Part of the Travis Manion Foun...
“Ex Scientia Tridens,” reads the coat-of-arms for the United States Naval Academy (USNA). Translating to “Through knowledge, sea power,” the seal summarizes the mentality of the Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Long before I knew what “Ex Scientia Tridens” meant, I knew that I wanted to be a part of a science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) camp this summer. Last year, I applied to the Naval Academy’s highly selective Summer STEM camp and was not granted a spot. This year, I was fortunate enough to become one of approx...
On Sept. 19, 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Selective Service and Training Act, requiring all men of ages 21 to 36 to sign up for the draft. Roosevelt explained the weight that his proclamation carried: “We cannot remain indifferent to the philosophy of force now rampant in the world… We must and will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression.” America, it’s military, and global affairs have undergone drast... Full story
“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...