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Recent Graduate Receives National Award
Recent VOICE II graduate Dacota Ratclife (pictured above left) received the Yes I Can Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. The award honors children and youth with exceptionalities who shine. The Council for Exceptional Children has recognized thousands of students through this unique award since 1982. Congratulations Dacota! Read more here.
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Staff Receive Board Accolades
Blaine County School District staff (pictured clockwise from left) Matt Phillips, Sandy Scott, Krista Jones, Teresa McGoffin and Millie Reidy received Board Accolades at the April meeting. Read the recent Board Accolades here. Curious about how to write and submit a Board Accolade? Click here.
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Students Celebrate Earth Day
Students across the district will celebrate Earth Day this week. Here are a few examples of those celebrations and lessons, including a few ways the district is saving energy and resources.
Students Learn Recycling Tips and Earth Stewardship from Blaine County 
Blaine County staff gave a recycling lesson to all of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes at Hemingway Elementary School in honor of Earth Day. The presentations focused on being good stewards of the environment. Students learned how, where, and why to recycle. Find out more from Director of County Operations Charlene Nelson. Read more here.
Student Produces Recycling Public Service Announcement  Have you heard this recycling message on KECH 95.3 or Star 107.5? The public service announcements are sponsored by Blaine County and feature members of the Hemingway fifth grade recycling club. This public service announcement features the voice of Bel Clayton (pictured above) talking about plastic bag recycling.
Students Raise Funds and Install Water Hydration Station
W.A.T.E.R., the environmental and recycling club at Wood River High School raised funds for a newly installed Elkay water hydration station at the school. Students will screen the film F.L.O.W. at 6:30 p.m. on April 22 at the Community Campus. Pictured above is Hallie MacPherson with the newly installed hydration station.
Learn About Energy Savings in Blaine County Schools  Curious about the electricity, gas and carbon savings from the recent energy retrofits at Bellevue Elementary, Carey School, Community Campus, Hailey Elementary, Silver Creek High School and Wood River High School? Check out the Energy Savings Dashboard or watch an interactive display at each of the schools. In order to view the interactive dashboard, you will need to install Microsoft's Silverlight program and you may need to disable any pop-up blockers. For tech help, call 578-5410.
E-flyers Save Paper and Trees  "The ERC applauds the Blaine County School District for moving to digital Friday Folders. This action reduces a large amount of paper use and eliminates the need to recycle that paper, and for all the paper that may not have ever been recycled, it reduces the amount of waste that goes into the landfill." Hadley Debree, ERC
Do you like the sound of saving 88,434 pieces of paper and almost 11 trees? Welcome to Peachjar. The new e-flyer system was implemented in October, 2014 by the Blaine County School District. Rather than sending paper flyers through the schools, nonprofit organizations upload digital flyers and send them to parents through email. The flyers are stored on the school websites for reference. Parents, look for your school flyers every Friday in your in-box.
Students Collaborate and Learn
4th grade students at Bellevue Elementary formed a student-driven Recycle Club along with the Bellevue head custodian Jeff Jones (pictured above with students). Students created a giant RECYCLE collage out of colored milk bottle caps and made a giant paper mache earth that will be hung in the cafeteria. The students are also presenting an anti-litterbug skit at a morning assembly. In Engineering Tech, 4th and 5th grade students are learning about their own personal carbon footprints and collaborating with the Recycling Center in Ohio Gulch.
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Bellevue Students Install Buddy Bench
 Wednesday, April 22
2:00 p.m.
Bellevue Elementary
Please join the Bellevue Elementary community on Wednesday, April 22 at 2:00 p.m. The school will host a dedication ceremony for the new Buddy Bench in memory of Nolan Kreckowzki. Read more here.
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Nominate a Student for Do The Right Thing
The City of Hailey Fire and Police Departments, together with the Blaine County School District, launched a program called Do The Right Thing in the spring of 2014. The program is designed to reinforce positive behavior among youth in the community.
Nominate a student by Friday, May 1.
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Free Parent Class: Talking Consent
Thursday, April 23
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Room 401, Community Campus
Free, Childcare provided
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Read the Draft Budget
The proposed budget for the 2015-16 Fiscal Year can be viewed here. The Board of Trustees will hold the Annual Budget Workshop on Thursday, May 14th at 6:00 p.m. at the District Office, 118 W. Bullion St., Hailey. Public comment is always welcome.
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WRHS Scholarship Awards Assembly
Monday, April 20
7:00 p.m.
Wood River High School
Finance Committee
Tuesday, April 21
4:00 p.m.
District Office,
118 W. Bullion St. Hailey
Strategic Plan Steering Committee and Subcommittee Meeting Thursday, April 23 4:00 -7:00 p.m. Community Campus
Wellness Committee Monday, April 27 4:00 p.m. District Office, 118 W. Bullion St. Hailey
Annual Negotiations with Blaine County Education Association and Blaine County School District Thursday, April 30, 3:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, May 1, 8:30-4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 3:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, May 8, 8:30-12:00 p.m. Community Campus - Minnie Moore Room
Annual Budget Workshop
Thursday, May 14,
6:00 p.m.
District Office,
118 W. Bullion St. Hailey
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School Board Members
Board Chair
Shawn Bennion
(Zone 1)
Board Vice-Chair
Kathyrn Graves
(Zone 3)
Trustee
Kathy Baker
(Zone 2)
Trustee
Liz Schwerdtle
(Zone 5)
Trustee
Rob Clayton
(Zone 4)
on our website
Superintendent
Dr. GwenCarol Holmes
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