![Two Rogers High School students pose for a photo next to a red, black, green and yellow poster with the words “Black Student Union.”](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_e0b5ca38-b653-4df4-9cb1-24d110e07fba.jpeg)
February 11, 2025
Throughout February, we're speaking with SPS high school students who are engaged in their school’s Black Student Union to learn why they're involved and why it's important for o...
![A student in a classroom holds up a brightly colored paper fortune teller decorated with flowers, a sun, and rainbow with written suggestions for acts of kindness, like “Say hello to everyone you meet.”](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_8dd44b56-0e3d-4b6f-9d7e-6fb9584f5799.jpeg)
February 10, 2025
“A lot of kids think being kind means being good, and it’s so much more than that.” Balboa Elementary School students in grades K-3 meet twice each month after school for Kindn...
![Three Lewis and Clark High School students smile for a photo in their school library.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_53730b88-332c-4cab-9646-00ab9a584c2e.jpeg)
February 6, 2025
Throughout February, we're speaking with SPS high school students who are engaged in their school’s Black Student Union to learn why they're involved and why it's important for ou...
![A student positions a painting on a gallery wall.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_3d5264bb-9392-4792-8bae-d9442fad8c0f.jpeg)
February 5, 2025
Every year, SPS students display their artwork at a gallery as part of Downtown Spokane’s First Friday Art Walk series. This year, artwork by Rogers , Shadle Park , Ferris , No...
![Collage of photos of two Shadle Park High School students.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_727557dc-c7ed-4b6c-8809-2490c0289cf9.jpeg)
February 3, 2025
For Black History Month, we're speaking with SPS high school students who are engaged in their school’s Black Student Union or Multicultural Club to hear their perspectives as me...
![Children in winter clothes on skis on a snowy mountain with ski lodge behind them.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_9d7d08ff-15e1-4057-89d6-2ccfd34996eb.jpeg)
January 30, 2025
“I feel like I’m going to fly away because I’m going so fast!” Last week, Garfield Elementary School P.E. teacher Donavon Hodgson led 45 fifth graders on field trip to Mt. Spok...
![A collage with three photos of a student and two adults who are holding flowers or framed awards.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_d5c4a151-f9f0-4139-bcd0-11b192756f5c.png)
January 29, 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...
![A man wearing a black sweatshirt with the words "Gomez Racing, 22" and car racing flags mops the floor in an elementary school kitchen.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b26639e2-e1b1-49a3-98a6-980dc18aac26.jpeg)
January 28, 2025
Joel E. Ferris High School head custodian Jim Gomez recently retired from a 45 year career with the district. His son Jeremy started with the district 26 years ago and has been t...
![Eight high school students smile for a photo in front of a mural depicting an Indigenous family in valley with green mountains behind them.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_21d30312-912c-4ce7-877a-f2d55db0fa6e.jpeg)
January 23, 2025
Earlier this month, eight SPS high school students introduced themselves around a conference table in the Gilkey Room at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC). They were j...
![A teacher is viewed from behind as she faces a classroom with young adult learners.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_f591afcc-0ce4-4b44-8ca0-df34e2fd60c0.jpeg)
January 21, 2025
“How can we meet the needs of the older students and the younger students?” Midge Rigsby helped answer that question three decades ago when she helped establish Community IMAGES...
![Four students stand wearing shirts with an illustration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the word “Beloved.” One is speaking into a microphone.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_1580de37-d99d-4fec-9efa-e54d67ccb2b7.jpeg)
January 20, 2025
“It is imperative that we form a school community that promotes peace, love, individuality, and acceptance.” On Friday morning, student members of the Flett Middle School MLK...
![Two parents smile and sit on the floor on a classroom as their toddler smiles at a camera and waves.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_b16ff8d1-4a6e-4622-84ca-16b542829c00.jpeg)
January 14, 2025
"Kane is going to be in this grade in 12 years and how do I want a teacher to approach him?" Meet Kendall Slade, a seventh-grade teacher at Flett Middle School , who shares how p...
![A culinary student in a chef’s coat and hat smiles as she speaks with an interviewer; a television crew with a camera and boom mike are also in frame.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_684eb9ae-a243-459b-bc9e-5f4895f05381.jpeg)
January 13, 2025
Every year, the Emmy-award winning documentary series “Washington Grown” travels all over the state to tell the story of Washington’s 300 agricultural crops and the people who ma...
![Student reads WWII Exhibit poster](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_965edac7-cf7f-4ab9-9991-2ccc4ae96074.jpeg)
January 10, 2025
Seven full-size posters lining the perimeter of the Rogers High School library are providing a unique learning experience for the school’s history classes. Roger’s was chosen as ...
![A parent crouches in an elementary school classroom while playing with a toddler.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_0f8a9568-a139-4e69-a728-bcdabfd7033f.jpeg)
January 7, 2025
"It's not like another chapter, it's like a different book." Meet Jared Kennedy, a fifth-grade teacher at Frances Scott Elementary School , who recently became a parent. Jared s...
![Kids in a classroom](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_bda955a7-ff20-4590-a80f-29c9299c3a45.jpeg)
January 1, 2025
Do you have a student who will be new to Spokane Public Schools next school year? Do you need to apply to "choice" in to a school outside your neighborhood-zoned school boundaries...
![Five adults smile around a table in a conference room, wearing festive winter holiday sweaters and hats, as they work to organize gift cards that are piled on another table.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_a8077b7e-3ff9-4e2b-a6bb-fa8fb43050b4.jpeg)
December 31, 2024
We are tremendously grateful for the outpouring of generosity shown by the Spokane community for students experiencing homelessness this season. During our tenth HEART Gift Ca...
![A volunteer sits with an elementary school student practicing writing in a classroom.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_c75b0cbe-3626-4bdb-a032-74cab5c95129.jpeg)
December 30, 2024
“If we can make a difference in their lives, which is what I would like to think we’re doing, it warms my heart.” Ricki Cohen is among a group of neighborhood women – “The Nan...
![A collage of three award winners, two adults and one student.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_4a599c58-fec7-4f84-9afa-ccc5d690dec5.png)
December 30, 2024
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...
![Lewis and Clark High School basketball coaches wear cowboy costumes with inflatable horses.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/spokane_public_schools_ar/article/image/large_f3364084-2ff4-40f3-a620-e826b56e176e.jpeg)
December 21, 2024
Our final Spirit Game of the year on Thursday brought Ferris High School and Lewis and Clark High School to the Spokane Arena to see which school would win the coveted Rubber Ch...