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From left to right, Rhonan Allen, Coal Fiano, Ande Lain, Breanna Loomis and Danielle Totman celebrated after their success at the regional competition, knowing they all qualified for State on March 11. Submitted photo
Cascade High School’s Speech and Debate program is strong this year, sending five students to the State competition on Saturday, March 11 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Coal Fiano, as a freshman, has shown his gift by qualifying for state in two events. One category is Original Oratory...
Olympia—Over the past decade, Washington’s high school graduation rate has steadily increased, but the proportion of the state’s graduates who enroll directly in college has not. The direct enrollment rate that once hovered around 60 percent dropped to 50 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic....
OMAK/WENATCHEE/MANSON  - The Apple STEM Network and the North Central Educational Service District (NCESD), are proud to announce five upcoming events across the region this spring called, “Tech & Tiaras”, for 8th grade students who identify as female or non-binary, to explore technology and...

Four of the CHS Knowledge Bowl teammates, from left, Ava Schmidt, Evan Butruille, Haakon Scheibler and Quentin Farrell, get ready for a round during the regional competition. Not pictured, Adrian Renner-Singer and Antonio Aurilio. Photo by Marlene Farrell
The Cascade High School Knowledge Bowl team will fight to maintain their title of state 1A champion when they compete at the state competition on March 11 held at Wenatchee High School. Regionals took place on February 15, also at Wenatchee High School. Although each school could only send one team...
WENATCHEE -The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) invites all current high school students in the following counties to participate in the 21st Annual Year of the Apple Art Contest: Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant, Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Yakima, and Walla Walla. The...

Renee Moore Submitted Photo
Cascade School District is pleased to announce the Certificated and Classified Employees of the Year. The Excellence in Education Awards began in 1985 by the North Central Educational Service District and is a recognition program to honor, recognize and say “thank you” in a formal manner to...

Third graders in the ALP library listen to Marlene Farrell speak about working as a journalist. Photo by Kevin Farrell
Career options were a topic of discussion for all local elementary students recently, thanks to a week of speakers and a family career night. “We had 23 community members, including parents, come in and speak with our students at Alpine Lakes; some also spoke at PD.” said Meche Grace, counselor at...

Samantha Jerome Photos courtesy of Cascade School District
This year, Cascade School District has two new school nurses, Crystal Clabaugh and Samantha Jerome. Both arrived with a wealth of experience from hospital settings. “My background includes emergency room, endoscopy, COVID response and nursing leadership,” said Jerome. As a longtime local with...

Rudy Joya Photo submitted by CHS
The CHS Principal hiring committee has unanimously recommended that Rudy Joya, current Interim Principal of Cascade High School, be the next Principal of Cascade High School. Rudy is also the Principal of Kodiak Virtual Academy and is the truancy board director for Cascade School District. Rudy...

Marshall Mahler and Teara Dillon stand outside CHS with the donated printer. After successfully getting the large printer in the building and upstairs to where it’s housed in a spacious storage closet, the printer is now able to print professional grade photos of many sizes on demand. Submitted Photo
Cascade High School and the art department recently received a generous windfall in the form of an Epson SureColor P8000 professional grade printer. Marshall Mahler, a local professional photographer, decided it was time to upgrade his printer and donated this printer, and lots of printing supplies...

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