Weekly Update
Headlines for March, 2012
Students Recognized for Science
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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 Students participating in the Hailey Elementary Science Fair had an opportunity to also compete in the Tournament of Innovation sponsored by the Discovery Center of Idaho. The Tournament of Innovation is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) competition for students in grades K-12 to promote creative thinking and integrate all areas of STEM.
Hailey students and brothers Alex Baker, 4th grade and Luke Baker, 1st grade, won "Best of Category for Science Experiments," for grades K-8 at the Idaho state finals and received a $125 saving bond...
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Students Recognized for Geography
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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 Hailey and Hemingway Elementary recently held Geographic Bees. At
Hailey, Sam Bingham won 1st place and Laura Quinones took 2nd place.
Both students are in 5th grade. At Hemingway, 4th grader Aidan
Burchmore took 1st place...
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Students Recognized for Business Skills
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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 Wood River High School Business Professionals of America members competed at the State Leadership Conference in Boise recently. James Petzke, Sean Sutton, and Conor Clark qualified for the National Leadership Conference that will take place the end of April...
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Meet Ryan Buell, National Merit Scholarship Finalist
Thursday, March 01, 2012
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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...
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International Baccalaureate Consultant Commends Schools
Thursday, March 01, 2012
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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...
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High School News
Thursday, March 01, 2012
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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...
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