By Briana Alzola Staff writer Most 80-year-olds celebrate their birthday from the comfort of their own home. Not Angela Cole. She rang in her birthday surrounded by balloons and streamers as she continued on with her job as if it were any other day. An employee of the Othello School District (OSD) dining services, Cole [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer Looks of part excitement, part anticipation, part fear and part confusion graced each small face as the students of Kelli Mays fourth-grade class ran around amid the sounds of crinkling plastic wrapping from brand-new pencils, glue sticks and reams of paper during their first day of class Aug. 25 at [...]
By Eric LaFontaine Staff writer Professional development has always been part of the Othello School District (OSD). This summer was no different. During the Monday, Aug. 22, OSD board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Mike Villarreal updated the board on the summer’s training opportunities available to staff. Since the beginning of summer, teachers have had more than [...]
Othello School District This week’s breakfast Monday, Sept. 6: No school Tuesday, Sept. 7: Breakfast pizza, cereal, fruit, milk, juice Wednesday, Sept. 8: French toast, cereal, fruit, milk, juice This week’s lunch Monday, Sept. 6: No school Tuesday, Sept. 7: Chicken nuggets, cookie, veggie, salad, fruit, milk Wednesday, Sept. 8: Hot dog, sweet tater puffs, [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer New hires got a chance to mingle and enjoy some good food during a new teacher orientation breakfast for the Othello School District (OSD) Aug. 20. OSD Superintendent George Juarez said he was excited about the new batch of educators. “We have a good group of new teachers,” he said. [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer With construction finished on Lutacaga Elementary and McFarland Middle School, the Othello School District (OSD) has agreed to spend $14,854,506 to improve Hiawatha and Scootney Springs elementary schools. The OSD Board granted a $7,671,406 bid to T.W. Clark Construction Company, of Spokane Valley, for the additions and modernizations of Hiawatha [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer Othello High School’s newest group of freshmen may have expected hamburgers and hot dogs at their orientation barbecue Aug. 19, but they probably didn’t expect to play a giant game of Rock, Paper, Scissors or to go on a scavenger hunt. That’s exactly what they did, though. The event, organized [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer After the Othello Community Pool closed Aug. 12, readers took over. The space was rented for participants of the Summer Reading Program. “This is a donation from the Friends of the Othello Library to promote reading in the summertime,” librarian Corinne Field said. The party was for children who have [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer Children participating in The Old Hotel Art Gallery Summer Art Classes were ready to wrap up their summer vacation. At their end-of-summer party, they created a bag to keep their summer treasures, artwork to illustrate their favorite summer activity, played bingo with summer words and ended with frosting and decorating [...]
By Briana Alzola Staff writer With summer winding down, it’s time for kids and parents to start making preparations to head back to school. For Kimberlee, 13, Julissa, 11, and Bernabe Garza Jr., 10, their back packs will not only be full of school supplies; they’ll also contain hand sanitizer and some good luck. And [...]
