Students Are State Champions
Monday, May 14, 2012
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 Culinary students at Wood River High School are the state champions for two years in a row at the Idaho State Leadership Conference for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. According to the FCCLA website, “Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education is a driving force in leadership and support to assist individuals, families and communities in making informed decisions about their well being, relationships and recourses to achieve optimal quality of life. Read more here:
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Teacher Invited to Federal Reserve
Monday, May 07, 2012
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 Wood River High School teacher Tim Richards was selected to attend the Foundation for Teaching Economics conference Perspectives From and On the Federal Reserve System at the Federal Reserve of Richmond. The Chair of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, spoke and participants read and discussed classic writings on the roles of banks in society. Read more here...
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Students Place Third in the Nation
Monday, April 30, 2012
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 Wood River High School students James Petzke and Sean Sutton competed in the National Leadership Conference competition of Business Professionals of America (BPA) in Chicago, Illinois. Their event, Web Application Team, placed 3rd at the national level.
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Music Students Stand Out
Monday, April 30, 2012
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 Over 160 musicians, the choirs, orchestras, and bands from Wood River High School, attended the Heritage Music Festival on April 14 in Anaheim, California. All of the participating groups won awards for their performances, competing among over 2600 students from around the United States. Three choir students and two orchestra students participated in All-State honor performance groups in Coeur D’Alene. For more see...
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Celebrate National School Library Month!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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School libraries affect student achievement. According the Idaho School Library Impact Study of 2009, students are more likely to excel academically when school librarians play active and collaborative roles with other teachers and administrators. In the Blaine County School District, we are fortunate to have school librarians who manage dynamic and thriving libraries that serve students and teachers in multiple ways...
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Who Is Your Role Model?
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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 Students in Betty Ervin’s Studio Art class at Wood River High School responded to that question with drawings of their role models. Subjects ranged from parents to rock stars. The drawings are installed in the windows of the old North and Company store for the next several weeks. Special thanks to Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate for making the space available to WRHS. For more photos see...
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Students Deliver News
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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Students at Hailey Elementary and Woodside Elementary have launched daily and weekly news programs. To view the newscasts, click on the EduVision link on the home page for each school.
For more information see...
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Elementary Students Learn about Democratic Process
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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 The 5th grade class at Hailey Elementary School received a note from the 2012 Blaine County GOP Presidential Caucus Committee thanking the students for collecting ballots during the Super Tuesday Caucus on March 6, 2012. “The [students] reminded voters of the importance of their votes; for present day and future generations,” wrote Caucus Chair Richard Jesinger. For more information see...
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Utah Shakespeare Festival Launches Shakespeare Unit
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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 How do 21st Century students learn about a 16th Century playwright and author? Wood River Middle School Language Arts teacher Sara Shafer writes, “The Utah Shakespeare Festival has been an annual kick-off event for the 7th grade Purple Team Students for many years.” For more information see...
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Student Essay Contest Announced
Thursday, April 05, 2012
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 The Ketchum Ski and Heritage Museum Announces a Student Essay Contest
The theme for this essay contest is: What I learned through my visit to the Ski and Heritage Museum and why the museum benefits my community. Three winners from each of the following grade levels (6-8 & 9-12) will receive cash prizes. For more information see...
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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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