This week: Biology Students Take Learning from Classroom to Community, Meet Brady Delgadillo, Trustee Clayston Schedules Community Conversation, plus more

May 31, 2016

Biology Students Take Learning from the Classroom to the Community

In partnership with the Sawtooth Botanical Garden and WOW Students, Wood River High School students in Dan Vanden Heuvel and Kat Thorp's Basic Biology classes learned about pollinators and created an educational display. Read more.

Meet Brady Delgadillo

Inspired, Engaged, Educated and Empowered

Project Based Learning Inspires Students

Hemingway teacher Susan Thoreson wrote, "4th Grade Dual Immersion students with Mrs. Copeland and Kindergarten Dual Immersion students with Mrs. Olsen and Mrs. Schumacher are reading buddies. The 4th grade students helped Kindergarten students with their Project Based Learning unit on animals. The 4th grade students guided the research in both English and Spanish. They worked on the project throughout the year, and culminated the study with a red carpet animal parade by Kindergarten students while 4th graders provided the narration. After the parade, parents and families enjoyed a picnic together."

Students Experience Real World Learning

2nd grade students in Adan Sanchez's classes at Alturas Elementary learned about the life cycle of chickens. Sanchez wrote, "Finally after 21 days, our first chick hatched today, and the others are hatching! After studying about chicks and their life cycle, my students got to experience the process first hand. They were definitely inspired and engaged!"

Students Shine with Personal Projects

WRHS students shared their Personal Projects last week. Each student selected a project based on his or her personal interests and independently worked to accomplish it. As a result, there was a wide variety of projects stemming from students' passions: learning a new hobby or more about a current one; fundraising for a cause; raising awareness on issues through social media, photography, presentations, or video; exploring a potential career; etc.

Every year community members work with students as mentors and businesses donate materials in support of students' projects. Thank you to each of you who mentored, supported, and assisted students with their Personal Projects.

Superintendent Dr. GwenCarol Holmes said, "It was great fun to talk to the students and hear about what they had learned in creating their projects. Each student's project reflected a personal passion. Many of the students reflected on how they failed at least once on their project, learned from it, and persevered until they mastered it. Personal projects are a state requirement for graduation. Congratulations to each student who accomplished this goal."

Blaine County School District Trustee Schedules Community Conversation for Thursday, June 2

Blaine County School District Trustee Rob Clayton is holding a conversation with the community on Thursday, June 2 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The meeting is for Zone 4 residents. Zone 4 includes Northeast and West Ketchum, Warm Springs, and areas West of Highway 75 north of Northstar and Northridge subdivision and west of Buttercup and Highway 75. For a detailed description of Zone 4, please see www.blaineschools.org.

Trustee Clayton states that the meeting is, "to have a community conversation." The meeting will be held in the library at Hemingway Elementary in Ketchum.

Music Students Perform for Hundreds

Orchestra, choir and band students held spring performances for hundreds of parents, friends and community members last week. Here are a few highlights.