Education briefs

Cheney School District schedules snow make-up days

The Cheney School District recently had three school closures related to weather and road conditions. This district will use the following days to make up for the closures: Feb. 17, June 15 and June 16.

For more information, contact (509) 559-4502.

Hallett Elementary School announces January winners

Hallett Elementary School announced its Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award winners for January.

PACE/Fairness — Jonathan Williams, Samuel Shcherbina, Lauren Kuster, Autumn Brant, Draeson Bushy, Peyton Banks, Haedyn Deardorff, Gabby Estes, Bryen Cleman, Logan Chadwick, Jonah Outhenthapanya, Nolan Gallup, Layla Burris, Meredith McHutchison, McKenzee Patterson, Sonja Cooper, Connor Preeo, Brooklyn Gerry, Cameron Gardener, Kaitlyn Wiley, Jamison Cook and Kobian Gerig.

Bug — Harper Bahr, Jayden Silva, Nathan Harmon, Xander Dedman, Aiden Severin, Dylan Stoltz, Cole Michael, Hayden Duncan, Connor Charette, Bjorn Jorgensen, Ezra Rail, Cody Hayes, Trinity Hamilton-Becker, Heather Neighbors, Caden Stoltz, Christian Tilson, Lydia McBride, Colton Basso, Kylie Constantine, Colton Kjelland, Maya Raymond and Rheese Stevens.

Can — Aidan Hanson, Nicholas Charbonneau, Taegon Mares, Myah Southwick, Lily Gibby, Cilleecia Dimick, Garrek Papiez, Hiroto Deeley, Isaac Tyson, Marely Martinez-Soltero, James McHenry, Cheylyn Brundage, Emily Killian, Brookelyn Gallup, Ethan Anderson, Solill Maughan and Nolan Matheny.

West Plains residents make Gonzaga University lists

Five West Plains residents made it onto Gonzaga University’s president’s and dean’s lists for the 2016 fall semester.

President’s List

Cheney — Tyler Gustafson.

Medical Lake — Cassi Nilles and Janine Warrington.

Dean’s List

Cheney — Carlie Fox and Nicole Rogers.

Medical Lake — Teresa Jensen.

Students must earn a 3.5 – 3.84 GPA to make the dean’s list. To qualify for the president’s list, students must earn 3.85 – 4.0 GPA.

Three more needed for EWU Airway Heights vanpool

Eastern Washington University is looking for students or staff from Airway Heights to fill spots in its vanpool program.

During school days, the vanpool picks up riders from the Airway Heights park and ride, arriving in Cheney at 8 a.m. and leaving the campus at 5 p.m. Eastern will cover the vanpool costs for staff and students.

For more information, contact Michelle Rasmussen at (509) 359-7275 or Greg Garrett at (509) 326-7665.

Eastern presents ‘Avenue Q’

EWU’s Theatre program is staging a production of “Avenue Q” on the following dates: March 3-4 and 10-11 at 7:30 p.m., March 5 at 2 p.m. and March 9 at 5 p.m.

Directed by Jeff Sanders, with musical direction by Carolyn Jess, “Avenue Q” is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the story of a recent college graduate named Princeton, who moves into a New York apartment on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is more than an ordinary neighborhood.

Community tickets are $10 and admission is free for EWU students. “Avenue Q” is an adult comedy musical and parental discretion is advised.