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Schools in brief: Feb. 4
Ready To Learn program to hold parent sessions
The Quincy School District’s Readiness To Learn program is holding sessions titled “Becoming a Love and Logic Parent.”
English sessions will be held Feb. 23 and March 2, 9 and 16 at Pioneer Elementary School. Spanish sessions will be held Feb. 1, 9, 16 and 23, and March 2 at Mountain View Elementary School.
The sessions will last from 5:30 to 8 p.m. They are free of charge for parents, teachers and caregivers in Quincy.
Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Maristella Webley at 787-4548, ext. 3310.
Cedergreen nominated for scholar program
Quincy High School senior Jay Cedergreen has been selected to represent Quincy High School as the Washington Scholars Program nominee for the 2009-10 school year.
This award recognizes academic excellence, leadership and community activities. Cedergreen was selected from a group of 13 Quincy High School seniors who have not only exhibited academic excellence with grade-point averages ranging from 3.8-4.0 during their high school careers, but who have also been active in school leadership and their community.
The Washington Scholars Program is sponsored by the Washington State Legislature and administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board. Finalists and scholar-alternates will be announced in March. Review committees will select the top four students in each legislative district, naming three as Washington Scholars finalists and one as Washington scholar-alternate.
The finalists, their parents and their high school principals will be invited to Olympia for a special event this spring. The program provides four-year college scholarships to Washington colleges and universities.
Kibler Ag Scholarship applications available
Applications for the Jim Kibler Ag Scholarship, to be awarded for the 2010-2011 school year, are now available, according to Jamie Kibler, his son and Walla Walla County cattleman and farmer.
Application forms are available from Blue Mountain Community Foundation, 8 S. Second Ave., Walla Walla. Application submission deadline is March 1.
When the elder Kibler, a fourth-generation Walla Walla Valley wheat farmer and cattleman, passed away April 2008, family and friends created a scholarship endowment fund as a lasting memorial.
Scholarship guidelines are for study at an accredited college or vocational school in the areas of farming, animal or plant sciences, vet medicine, natural resources management, technology, marketing and agri-business.
Preference will be given to Washington, Oregon and Idaho students with farm backgrounds. The application deadline is March 1, 2010.
Applications available from Blue Mountain Community Foundation, 8 South Second Ave, Suite 618, Walla Walla, WA 99362-0015. Please include a stamped self-addressed business size envelope in your request.
Chess tournament to be held
The Waypoint Foundation will host its fourth annual scholastic chess tournament at 7:45 a.m. Feb. 6 at Parkway School, 1011 Parkway Blvd. in Ephrata.
The tournament is free and open to all students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade attending the Ephrata, Quincy or Soap Lake school districts.
Pre-tournament classes will be held to teach tournament play, rules and game rotations on Thursday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Parkway School.
Registration forms are available online at waypointfoundation.org. For more information, call 754-9796.
