Arts Education: Excites the Imagination, Fosters Creativity and Encourages Critical Thinking
 The Blaine County School District provides arts education that is curriculum-based, linked to state and national content standards, and taught by trained and certified art and music teachers. Arts education is an essential component of the District's commitment to the Whole Child, goal #4 of the BCSD Strategic Plan... SEE FULL STORY
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Wood River Elementary Music Festival
 Come this Thursday, March 15 at Hailey Elementary from 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Wood River Elementary Music Festival gives elementary students and teachers an opportunity to perform for a varied audience. SEE FULL STORY |
Advanced Placement Studio Art Class Offered Next Year
 Wood River High School art teacher Betty Ervin will offer an AP Studio Art class next year. Ervin will attend AP training at the Chicago Art Institute this summer... SEE FULL STORY |
Introducing the New Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater
The Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus is the county's largest indoor performing arts venue. As part of the Plant Facilities Levy, the Blaine County School District Board of Trustees approved a $1.54 million budget to remodel the arts center, originally built in 1978... SEE FULL STORY |
Orchestra Teacher Rebecca Martin Trains at the Metropolitan Opera
 "I felt like I was back in graduate school," said Rebecca Martin when asked about the week-long intensive workshop she attended at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City this fall. With the guidance of Curriculum Director Patty McLean, the Blaine County School District is in the process of applying to the Met's Live in Schools Program... SEE FULL STORY
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Children's Arts Festival this Saturday
 The Wood River Arts Alliance presents the 5th annual Children's Arts Festival on March 17, 2012. The Blaine County School District is one of the sponsors for the event, providing the venue and contributing artwork to the student show.
Free event for grades K-5 at the Community Campus, Hailey. Opening performance: Idaho Dance Theatre's A Galaxy of Dance at 9:30 am in the gym. Valley-wide student art show. Two class sessions at 10:30 and 11:30. Class size is limited and registration is required. Registration starts at 8:45. For more information and the class schedule CLICK HERE.
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