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PhotosJune 9, 2024
PHOTOS: School’s out forever at Moscow's Russell Elementary
Moscow elementary school’s closure means the doors won’t reopen to students in the fall
Russell Elementary staff, including Molly Hierschbiel, left, Title1 paraprofessional, Cherisse Lots, back, third grade teacher, and Kayla Anderson, center, building aide, encircle principal Marianne Sletteland, right, to throw whip cream “pies” at Sletteland as part of the end of the school year celebration on the school’s playground on Wednesday.
Russell Elementary staff, including Molly Hierschbiel, left, Title1 paraprofessional, Cherisse Lots, back, third grade teacher, and Kayla Anderson, center, building aide, encircle principal Marianne Sletteland, right, to throw whip cream “pies” at Sletteland as part of the end of the school year celebration on the school’s playground on Wednesday.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Zahara Allen, from left, Tess Duncan, Jarrod Anderson and Jase Baker, third-graders at Russell Elementary, raise their snow cones to the sky between bites of the treat at Asphalt Day on Wednesday.
Zahara Allen, from left, Tess Duncan, Jarrod Anderson and Jase Baker, third-graders at Russell Elementary, raise their snow cones to the sky between bites of the treat at Asphalt Day on Wednesday.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
P.E. teacher Steve Gram works to clear out equipment from the Russell Elementary gym on Thursday after the last day of school the day before. Gram had traveled between Russell and West Park elementary schools, and will be based at West Park full-time next year.
P.E. teacher Steve Gram works to clear out equipment from the Russell Elementary gym on Thursday after the last day of school the day before. Gram had traveled between Russell and West Park elementary schools, and will be based at West Park full-time next year.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Caden Bieker, left, is doused by Daxton Bailey as students play with water as part of the end of the school year celebration on Russell Elementary’s playground on Wednesday.
Caden Bieker, left, is doused by Daxton Bailey as students play with water as part of the end of the school year celebration on Russell Elementary’s playground on Wednesday.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Cliff, a skeleton dressed in Russell Rams gear, sits on the top of a desk in a packed up classroom of Russell Elementary on Thursday.
Cliff, a skeleton dressed in Russell Rams gear, sits on the top of a desk in a packed up classroom of Russell Elementary on Thursday.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Jack Jones, center, and Lucas Foram, right, third graders, react to their team’s cup tower falling as they play a version of Minute to Win It at Russell Elementary’s final day of school field day on Wednesday.
Jack Jones, center, and Lucas Foram, right, third graders, react to their team’s cup tower falling as they play a version of Minute to Win It at Russell Elementary’s final day of school field day on Wednesday.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
A snow plow decorated with hand prints of Russell Elementary students sits outside the school on Thursday, a day after the school’s final last day of school. The artwork is part of a city of Moscow initiative with Moscow School District and will be utilized in the upcoming winter.
A snow plow decorated with hand prints of Russell Elementary students sits outside the school on Thursday, a day after the school’s final last day of school. The artwork is part of a city of Moscow initiative with Moscow School District and will be utilized in the upcoming winter.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News

MOSCOW — Russell Elementary celebrated its final last day of school last week, with students and staff alike getting into the spirit of “Asphalt Day,” a slew of indoor and outdoor field day activities held at the school Wednesday.

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Staff also began working to clear out the school Thursday, a process that will continue into the summer.

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