
April 4, 2025
At this week’s 5th Grade Career Fair , we asked a few dozen of the 2,400-plus student attendees about future careers. Thank you again to the more than 70 presenters who share...

April 4, 2025
Students at The Enrichment Cooperative at Bryant performed in the school’s annual Variety Show last week, sharing songs, dances, poetry, and comedy routines for an audience of fa...

April 4, 2025
“We explore, we create, we build, we read, we find great books, but we do so much more than that because it’s a 21st century curriculum.” Hutton Elementary School Library Infor...

April 3, 2025
Every year, 4,320 Second Harvest Inland Northwest volunteers pack 188,928 Bite2Go bags to distribute to 5,248 SPS students. The bags are filled with snacks and drinks to ensure t...

April 3, 2025
Our high school students were busy in March competing in regional and state science fairs! Eastern Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair Many award winners at EWRSEF...

April 2, 2025
Physician. Police officer. Carpenter. School counselor. Influencer. More than 2,400 SPS students from 38 elementary schools met with these professionals – and plenty others – whe...

April 2, 2025
Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. A paraprofessional – or paraeducator in our schools –collaborates with classroom and special education teachers to make sure to student...

March 31, 2025
“For many of us immigrants, the day you become a citizen is the mark of a new beginning.” On Friday, March 28, 2025, Rogers High School hosted a naturalization ceremony, welcomi...

March 28, 2025
During the school year, three individuals are recognized by Spokane Public School each month for their contributions to our schools’ communities. One student, one certificated sta...

March 28, 2025
Spokane’s outdoor sports community is growing, but our city’s current fields are struggling to keep up. Between the wet fall and winter seasons and the limited hours of daylight,...

March 25, 2025
Growing up, Emily Schroeder, a counselor intern at Franklin Elementary School , was a competitive jump roper. The experience had a big impact on her, and she wanted her to share...

March 25, 2025
“We are the luckiest school in the state of Washington,” Indian Trail Elementary School principal Brian Ormsby told students at an all-school assembly on Monday morning to recogn...

March 21, 2025
Building standalone schools is so 1949. That’s why Together Spokane is proposing that a replacement for Madison Elementary – Spokane’s oldest northside school at 76-years-old ...

March 20, 2025
“When a kid connects with a performer – theatre, art, music – they are inspired. That is a life-changing moment.” Linwood Elementary School welcomed musician Mark Wood at an as...

March 20, 2025
“When you create strong and healthy neighborhoods, that creates a strong and healthy city.” This month on the podcast, Stephanie and Nicole get the details on Together Spokane, ...

March 19, 2025
Ella Brinkman was a freshman when she noticed preschool-age children in a Ferris High School classroom. Already interested in a future career in working with children, she soon di...

March 17, 2025
During parent-teacher conferences in January, Finch Elementary School fourth grader Kate told her teacher, Melanie Sullivan, that she wanted to start a chess club after learning t...

The Community School to merge with SPS administration offices as part of property consolidation plan
March 14, 2025
The Spokane Public Schools (SPS) Board of Directors approved a proposal this week to reduce the district’s footprint, save money, and enhance opportunities for students at The Com...

March 12, 2025
Last week, representatives from the Holocaust Center for Humanity visited Peperzak Middle School to share information and artifacts about the history of the Holocaust. With...

March 11, 2025
On Track Academy was recently recognized as 2024 Northeast Community Center ZONE Partner of the Year! The ZONE , an initiative to support the wrap around needs of students in N...