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Latin Students Excel in National Latin Exam
Wood River High School students excelled in this year's National Latin Exam. Over 154,000 students from 49 states and 17 foreign countries took the exam. According to the National Latin Exam Committee, "such participation attests to your encouragement of academic excellence and to the efforts of your Latin students themselves."
Latin teacher Jane Ulrich said, "This year seven of the Latin I students scored high enough to earn medals and certificates. At the Cum Laude level the students are: Kristian Whittaker, Carlos Gonzalez, and Amanda Passey. At the Magna Cum Laude level: Evan Telford, Cade Schott and Xavier Haemmerle. At the Maxima Cum Laude is Laurel Gaeddert, who also receives a silver medal."
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Meet Teacher Jill Clark
Recently featured in Sun Valley Magazine's 360 Sun Valley, Wood River Middle School teacher Jill Clark talks about her hero, the key to being a good teacher, and the best part about teaching at Wood River Middle School. Read more here.
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Students Engage in Hands-On Learning Through Arts Residency
Woodside Elementary and Carey School teachers Joni Cashman and Jennifer Mecham collaborated on a week-long artist residency through the Idaho Commission on the Arts this year. Students learned how traditional arts create a sense of identity through working with traditional leather artist Deanna Atteberry. This multi-disciplinary program incorporated Language Arts, Visual Arts and Social Studies. While the residency itself lasted one week, the impact of the project continued throughout the school year.
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Students Receive Nutrition Boost During Testing
 Students at Wood River Middle School received a nutritional boost before taking the SBAC field test, thanks to the Idaho Dairy Council and United Dairymen of Idaho. For the third consecutive year, the Idaho Dairy Council provided string cheese to each student for each test.
Technology paraprofessional Catherine Fieguth applied to the program and said that the cheese makes all the difference for the students, "The students really love getting the cheese sticks. It helps them realize that we care about their test performance. We understand that some students come to school without having any breakfast or they skip lunch and this is just a small way of making sure they have a little something to help them on their exams."
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Student Accepted to National Youth Leadership Forum: Careers in Engineering and Technology
 Jacob Truxal was nominated by Wood River High School engineering teacher Kevin. Lupton for the National Youth Leadership Forum: Careers in Engineering and Technology program. He will attend the program this summer at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering near Boston. Read more here.
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Students at Carey School and Hailey Elementary Play with Technology
The Discovery Technology bus toured through Hailey and Carey last week. Sponsored by Micron, Discovery Technology provided student assemblies and a chance to experience hands-on science on a sixty-foot long bus. Watch this video from KMVT.
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Students Ask and Learn: What Effect Does Water Have on Seeds?
Bellevue Elementary students in Mrs. Schley's third grade class enjoy the projects in FOSS science kits. Students observed the effects of water on different bean seeds. Read more here.
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BCSD and BCEA Contract Negotiations Continue
The Blaine County School District and the Blaine County Education Association began contract negotiations on Thursday, May 1 and continued on Friday, May 2.
Representing the BCSD are Vice Chair Kathy Baker, Interim Superintendent John Blackman, Business Manager Mike Chatterton, Hemingway Elementary Principal Don Haisley, and Director of Curriculum Angie Martinez.
Representing the BCEA are Tryntje Van Slyke, Maritt Wolfrom, Jamie Harding, Beth Andrews, Erika Greenberg, and Liz Young. Joni Cashman and Marsha Azorsky are the facilitators for the negotiations. Both are trained in Interest-Based Bargaining.
BCSD and BCEA contract negotiations continue on Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the District Office, 118 W. Bullion, Hailey, ID. Updates on negotiations can be found here.
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Nominate a Student For Doing the Right Thing
The City of Hailey Fire and Police Departments, together with the Blaine County School District, are launching a new program called
Do The Right Thing.
The program is designed to reinforce positive behavior among youth in the community. Founded in Miami, Florida, the program spread nationwide and now recognizes thousands of youth each month for positive behavior. The newest chapter of Do The Right Thing in Hailey, Idaho is the first in Idaho.
The program is accepting nominations on the City of Hailey website. The nomination is easy to fill out and only takes a few minutes. The deadline to apply is Thursday, May 19. Any student from any school in Blaine County can be nominated.
Nominations can come from anyone in the community for a child who lives anywhere in Blaine County. "Youth can do the right thing both inside of school and outside of school. We want to involve everyone in the effort to recognize youth for doing the right thing," said Hailey Fire Chief Aberbach.
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Note the Date
BCSD/BCEA Contract Negotiations
Thursday, May 8
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
District Office Board Room
BCSD/BCEA Contract Negotiations
Friday, May 9
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
District Office Board Room
BCSD Strategic Plan
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BCSD Strategic Plan
School Board Members
Board Chair
Shawn Bennion
(Zone 1)
Board Vice-Chair
Kathy Baker
(Zone 2)
Trustee
Kathryn Graves
(Zone 3)
Trustee
Liz Schwerdtle
(Zone 5)
on our website
Interim Superintendent
John Blackman
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