Education

STCU’s Marty Dickinson and Lindsey Myhre firmly believe that discussions between schools and businesses must happen before high school graduation, and the business community must actively help schools shape a more responsive and relevant educational system.

For Harbaugh, school buildings are not simply structures. They’re spaces where futures are shaped, and communities are founded. His conviction has guided both his career and his civic involvement, most recently through NAC Architecture’s support for Greater Spokane Inc.’s INSchools Community Campaign, an effort to strengthen the bond among education, business, and community.

This story part of a series highlighting local community members as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! Standing amidst a sprawling yard stacked with massive concrete blocks, manholes, and various precast concrete structures in north Spokane, TJ Houk, CEO of Wilbert Precast, describes the business: “We make really

This story part of a series highlighting local school community members as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! As you enter Nick Herberger’s advanced construction shop at Mt. Spokane High School, it’s immediately apparent this isn’t the traditional woodshop. Students operate with a quiet confidence, exchanging measurements, inspecting

This story part of a series highlighting local community members as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! Samuel Cummings, a graduating senior from Lakeside High School, is known for his determination and passion for problem-solving. Set to study Electrical and Computer Engineering at Eastern Washington University, Samuel has

This story part of a series highlighting local community members as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! After 41 years of inspiring students and shaping futures, Kevin Kernan is retiring from his role as a CTE Industrial Technology teacher at Deer Park High School in the Deer Park

This story part of a series highlighting local school superintendents as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! For Kyle Rydell, superintendent of West Valley School District since 2019, leadership means showing up—whether it’s visiting schools, speaking from a podium, on the sidelines, or behind the wheel of a

This story part of a series highlighting local school superintendents as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! “We are much better together.” That is Riverside School District’s Superintendent Dr. Ken Russell’s North Star philosophy—a motto that reflects his background as part of a twin set and a father

This story part of a series highlighting local school superintendents as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! The Orchard Prairie School District has a two-building campus on a hilltop north of Millwood. Surrounded by farms and prairies, the original building was built in 1894 and remains the oldest

This story part of a series highlighting local school superintendents as part of GSI’s IN Schools campaign. Watch each week for the next edition! A proud graduate of Mead High School and the University of Idaho, Jeff Baerwald, superintendent of the Nine Mile Falls School District, has always enjoyed taking things apart and building them