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Sandy’s Career Essay

October 10, 2018

Ever wanted to know what makes a librarian tick. How long has she been working at LPO? She said she has been working here for 13 years. I asked her why she became a librarian at LPO. She said she started this library from the ground up literally (n...

Mad Scientist or a duck wrangler?

October 10, 2018

Brenda is the science teacher at Lake Pend Oreille High School. Her classes are fun and interesting but also challenging. Typical summer time activities include taking care of her ducks, picking and canning fruit, making jams, baking pies and desserts a...

To bee or not to bee … a beekeeper

October 9, 2018

During the Spring of 2018 Randy attended a beekeeping workshop at North 40. Only a couple weeks later he scored a sweet deal on five bee brood boxes. Not planning to start beekeeping until spring the following year he stacked them right outside the door to ...

Petunias

March 19, 2018

Randy's classes planted 200 baskets of Supertunias for Mother's Day. The Petunias sales go toward art supplies, and other student needs. They go on sale May 7th and the sale runs until gone. If you would like to purchase petunias, stop in at the schools...

Albeni Falls Dam

March 13, 2018

On Tuseday February 20th Brenda's energy science classes went to Albeni Falls Dam to see how the dam works to let out soon of the water from our lake. They got to see the huge water turbines that the water turn to create electricity for Newport, Priest...

“The Tempest” Field Trip

March 13, 2018

Filed under Bret, Showcase

On Friday March 16th at 7:45 we left early to Eastern Washington University to go watch "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare's. "The Tempest" has to deal with watch who you trust, love can happen where you never would except it, and forgiveness is key to have a happy life. The summary of "The Tempest" "Prospero, a sorcerer and the rightful Duke of Milan, dwells on an enchanted isle with his daughter, Miranda. Twelve years earlier, the duke's brother, Antonio, and Alo...

Spring has Sprung

March 13, 2018

Filed under Rand, Randy, Showcase

The culinary teacher, Rand and Randy, the art teacher are working on getting garden beds here at LPO so the culinary students can have fresh vegetables to cook with and so the students can feel like they have done something good for the school. Rand is finding the place where we are going to put them, how much the beds are going to cost, how we are going to grow the plants, what we need to grow all the plants and how much that is going to be. Randy's students are going...

Student Art Show

March 6, 2018

Students in 4th period have art and all their art is going to be shown at The Powerhouse On Friday March 16th at 5:30 to 7:00 PM. the Art show is going to have Sandpoint High School, Lake Pend Oreille High School, Priest River Lamanna High School, and...

Forestry class

March 1, 2018

Brenda has a class of 17 students in her Forestry Class. This is the first time she has taught this subject. They are learning about how many trees are in the area, how to identify them, how to pervent diseases, wind damage, and fires. They are learning...

Energy Science Lab

October 11, 2017

Brenda’s Energy Science class are working on simple machines. They are working on a pulley systems, she wants them to learn how to move a brick with a toothpick, without putting in more work than they have to. She wants them to learn a practical skill...

Chat with Ed

October 11, 2017

Ed Welch was a mechanical engineer for years before teaching at LPO. When we asked him why he chose LPO, he said it was the only place that would feed him and shelter him after his plane crashed by the gym, 8 years ago in 2009. Ever since...

Students Create Bonsai Trees

October 10, 2017

Students in Randy's art class learned about Bonsai trees first quarter. They spent the beginning of the quarter creating Bonsai pots. Each students made ceramic pots for small, medium and large size trees. Then using primarily Juniper shrubs purchased...