At the Wednesday, February 29 BCSD Board of Trustees Work Session, the Board took quick action to remedy a vote from the February 21 regular Board of Trustee meeting that unintentionally violated the Idaho Open Meeting Act. As with all open Board meetings, this meeting was held in full view of the public and also webcast. The Board remedied the vote regarding the start date of the school calendar so that the vote was in accordance with Idaho Open Meeting code. The start date of school will begin after Labor Day.  To read the minutes or watch the webcast, CLICK HERE.

 

Author Sean Covey visited three elementary schools last week and each school created Leader in Me videos. We will feature one video each week for the next several weeks, beginning with Woodside Elementary's Seven Habits Rap. CHECK OUT THE TALENT!

Congratulations to Wood River High School Senior Ryan Buell, a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Students are qualified based on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Out of 1.5 million entrants, 16,000 students were named Semifinalists last fall. Semifinalists are the highest scorers in each state, accounting for less than 1% of seniors statewide. For more information, CLICK HERE.

Wood River High School's Key Club and Wood River Middle School Language Arts teacher Sara Shafer received accolades from the Blaine County School District Board of Trustees last week. Read the accolades HERE.

Do you have an accolade for a staff member or student? Send your accolade to the Board of Trustees HERE.

As part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) Application for Authorization, Wood River Middle School and Wood River High School hosted an IB MYP consultant February 21-23. Find out what he had to say about the state of IB MYP in Blaine County HERE.

Residents of the Blaine County community are encouraged to express interest in participating in the selection of instructional materials for our K-12 science curriculum. The deadline is 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 6. For more information, CLICK HERE.

The Wood River High School Robotics Team competed in the VEX Robotics Utah and Intermountain Regional Championships last weekend. Wood River High School Drama Department presents on-act plays, and Carey Boys Basketball competes at State.  Find out more HERE.