The school bell rang a final time last Friday for five Selah School District staff members.

Pictured: Retiring third grade teacher Vivian Russell enjoys a visit from former student Traci Stout. Denise Keller photo

More than 475 kids from John Campbell and Robert Lince Elementary Schools participated in the Selah Mileage Clubs, running for physical fitness, awards, and just for the fun of it.


Pictured: Students from John Campbell Elementary School who participated in the Mileage Club and ran or walked 25 miles pose for a group photo. Dana Kuhn photo.

Selah High School acknowledged the school’s highest academic achievers last Tuesday at the 12th annual Selah High School awards’ dessert.
The top three students in each class, and in each academic subject area, received certificates and praise from their teachers.

Pictured: Selah High School seniors and their dates line up in front of a white stretch limousine before riding to the Senior Prom held Saturday night at the Harmon Center in Yakima.

Selah High math teacher, Laurie Harmon, congratulates Kyle Washut for his TRIG-STAR award

Selah High Senior, Kyle Washut, has won the designation 2008 TRIG-STAR for Selah High School in a contest sponsored by the Cascade Columbia Chapter of the Land Surveyors of Washington.

A TRIG-STAR is a mathematics student who has demonstrated in competition that they are the most skilled among classmates in the practical application of trigonometry. The competition for the honor is simply a timed exercise, which is the solving of a trigonometry problem that incorporates the use of right triangle formulas, circle formulas, the law of sines, and the law of cosines. The contest helps to promote careers in surveying and mapping to students at high schools across the country. 

Kyle received a $50 cash award for first place locally and advanced to the State level competition in which he took fourth place.

The Selah School Board has selected two candidates to return for final interviews. Four candidates were interviewed May 5 and May 6. Two finalists were chosen, who then were interviewed May 12 and May 14.