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118. W. Bullion St.
Hailey, ID 83333
208-578-5000

 

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Community Partners

The School District reaches out to the community to form valuable educational and recreational partnerships for everyone's benefit.  For example, a group of concerned parents founded the Education Foundation in 1992 to create a permanent endowment fund to generate income for disbursement to Blaine County schools.  Its donors include individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations.  Their generosity results in improved equipment and learning programs for our students and teachers.

It is difficult to acknowledge all the diverse local organizations that enrich the learning environment of our schools, but the College of Southern Idaho Blaine County Center and the Blaine County Recreation Department deserve special mention.  They have joined forces with the School District to revitalize the old high school as a Community Campus where they now have their offices.  And the Wood River Community YMCA is a new educational partner for after school programs at our elementary schools, as well as the preschool program at Hemingway.

Blaine County Recreation District

ImageIn every season, the Blaine County Recreation District sponsors a great variety of indoor and outdoor recreation programs for people of all ages and interests.  They worked with Youth Adult Konnections (YAK) to create the HUB Youth Center in the Community Campus.  They also schedule use of the Community Campus gym and oversee the summer swim programs at the Aquatic Center.  Thanks to their leadership, residents and visitors enjoy an extensive network of excellent non-motorized trails for biking, walking, rollerblading, and cross-country skiing.  Please click the link below for further information.

Blaine County Recreation District

College of Southern Idaho

CSIThe College of Southern Idaho is based in Twin Falls, but it has expanded its campus and course offerings to Blaine County to enable adult learners to take lower-division college classes.  High school students can take some courses for dual credit.  In addition, CSI offers a diverse selection of community education programs for people of all ages and interests.  CSI also oversees the Head Start program which has classroom facilities in the Community Campus.  Please click the link below for further information.

College of Southern Idaho Blaine County Center

Lee Pesky Learning Center

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The District has partnered with the Lee Pesky Learning Center, located at the Community Campus.  The Lee Pesky Learning Center is an organization that can help identify challenges caused by learning disabilities and offers individualized programs to assist students in remediation.

Download their brochure for more information or contact them at (208) 578-1676.

ImageMountain Rides

Mountain Rides provides public transportation solutions to all who visit, live or work in the Sun Valley area of Idaho and is a partnership of the communities of Bellevue, Blaine County, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley. They provide fixed route bus, demand response, bike, carpool, pedestrian, vanpool and transportation planning services.  

As part of a partnership with Mountain Rides Transportation Authority and Blaine County School District students, grade K-12, are able to ride the Valley bus for free during the school year between Bellevue/Hailey and Ketchum/Sun Valley.  Students are required to show school ID or tell the driver which school they attend if they are in a primary grade and they do not have a school ID.  

Mountain Rides is proud to coordinate Safe Routes in all Blaine County elementary schools and the Wood River Middle School. Promoting walking and biking is a huge part of Mountain Rides’ mission to provide transportation alternatives to the single occupancy vehicle. For more information on Safe Routes visit: http://www.mountainrides.org/services-programs/safe-routes-to-school

For more information on Mountain Rides visit: www.mountainrides.org or call 788-RIDE (7433).

ImageWood River Community YMCA

The District is excited to be partnering with the Wood River Community YMCA, which offers a fantastic afterschool child care program from 2:30-6:00 p.m. at Hailey Elementary School.

For more information, please visit their website at Wood River Community YMCA or contact them at 208-727-YMCA.