By SHANNEN TALBOT
Staff Reporter
Several Cheney and Medical Lake students were honored on May 23 in the annual PACE Awards at Eastern Washington University’s Hargreaves Hall.
PACE, or Partners Advancing Character Education, is a grassroots initiative meant to promote good character through partnership with schools and other agencies. The organization works from a common list of monthly character traits like integrity, honesty and citizenship.
PACE expanded to the West Plains in 2013 and educators from local school districts recognize students who exemplify the character trait of the month.
Eastern’s head football coach Aaron Best served as the guest speaker at the 2019 awards ceremony, where he handed out awards to students from each school in the Cheney, Medical Lake and Davenport districts.
“Character is contagious,” Communities In Schools West Plains PACE Coordinator Kelley Hinrichs told winners.
The 2019 honorees are as follows:
Cheney School
District
Betz Elementary School - Samantha Empert
Salnave Elementary School - Cooper French
Snowdon Elementary School - Stevie Rasmussen
Sunset Elementary School - Emily Westerlund
Windsor Elementary School - Sutton Heikkila
Cheney Middle School - Audrey Schlotter
Westwood Middle School - Nia Guest
Cheney High School - Megan Christianson
Three Springs High School - Shaelyn Simpson
Home Works! - Madeline Durst
Medical Lake School District
Hallett Elementary School - Hailey Scott, Michael Anderson and Katherine Hart
Medical Lake Middle School - Tessa Appel
Medical Lake Endeavors - Madison McHenry
Medical Lake High School - Savannah Bliven
Davenport School District
Davenport Elementary School - Glenna Soliday
Davenport Middle School - Ally Slahtasky
Davenport High School - Kylene Edwards
Shannen Talbot can be reached at [email protected].
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