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Legislative News
 On Tuesday, February 14th, the Idaho School Board Association will hold its annual Day on the Hill in Boise. School board members and the Superintendent will meet with legislators and attend the Senate Education Committee meeting.
The new legislative season is sure to bring renewed attention to House Bill 197 which affects maintaining current local funding for the District. The majority of funding for Blaine County public schools comes from the Budget Stabilization Levy, created in 2006 when Governor Risch proposed the Property Tax Reform Act...SEE FULL STORY |
Project Based Learning: Math Students Analyze Cost of Light Bulbs
 Project Based Learning is taking off in the Blaine County School District. Project Based Learning, or PBL's, are rigorous and relevant standards-focused projects that engage students in authentic learning activities and teach 21st century skills. PBL's begin with a driving question. In Marcia Grabow's Intermediate Algebra classes at Wood River High School, the driving question was "Should you stock up on 100 watt light bulbs?"...SEE FULL STORY |
Alumni News
 Come see what BCSD alumni are up to in our new feature in Partners in Education. BCSD Alumni - Send Us Your News! Graduates of Wood River, Silver Creek and Carey High Schools are invited to send us their news. Send your news to Communications Director Heather Crocker at hcrocker@blaineschools.org, or "Like" the BCSD on Facebook and let us know what you are doing.
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Our Voices, Our Schools: Meet Maritt Wolfrom, Wood River High School Teacher
 How long have you been a teacher? I have been with Blaine County School District for 9 years. Prior to teaching here I taught at an experiential based private high school in Belgrade, MT.
What subjects and grades do you teach?
For the last few years I have primarily been teaching World History to 9th Graders and Advanced Placement Government and Politics.
How has International Baccalaureate impacted your teaching?
IB has introduced a much more holistic approach to how I teach. Most of my actual classroom strategies have not changed dramatically but the context in which I do them is more focused and if they don't fit with the IB model then they have been weeded out. I've never been the traditional history teacher...SEE FULL STORY
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