April 22:   Week of the Young Child Celebration, 11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Idaho Botantical Garden, sponsored by the Association for the Education of Young Children.  Family-friendly outdoor celebration with something for the whole family, fun for the kids (birth - 8 years) and valuable community resources for parents.  

April 28:  Garfield Elementary School will host Festival of Colors event for Garfield families with music, international food potluck, a fun run, games and prizes from 6:00 p.m. to 8:0 p.m. at the school located at 1914 S. Broadway Ave., Boise. 

Top Performing Students & Selected Educators Honored at Annual Boise Rotary Scholars Program:  The top 100 graduating seniors, the Century Scholars, from Boise's public and non-public high schools were celebrated at the 12th Annual Boise Rotary Century Scholars program held on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. High achieving students from Bishop Kelly, Boise, Borah, Capital, Frank Church, Riverstone, Sage and Timberline high schools were profiled and honored by family, friends and representatives of our community's business, government, civic, education and service sectors. In addition to the 100 Boise Rotary Century Scholars being recognized, students were accompanied by an educator they selected as having significant influence on their academic development during their school career. Review the names of those students honored as 2017 Boise Rotary Century Scholars . 

Secondary Students Earn Awards at Idaho Science Olympiad:  Fairmont Junior High School took home the 2nd Place Trophy at the 2017 Idaho Science Olympiad held at Northwest Nazarene University, while Capital High School (the reigning Idaho Science Olympia High School Champion from 2016) took home the 3rd Place Trophy.  The event features a number of events focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.   A team from West Junior High School also competed. 

Capital High School 2017 Science Olympiad Team 3rd Place Idaho Science Olympiad (High School Division)

Fairmont Junior High School 2017 Science Olympiad Team 2nd Place Idaho Science Olympiad (Junior High School Division)

Elementay School Student Headed to National Spelling Bee:   Highlands Elementary School 4th grader Delaney Williams (pictured) is headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee after winning the southwest Idaho regional spelling bee. The 90th National Spelling Bee will be held May 31 and June 1, 2017 from the Gaylord National near Washington, D.C. 

	Kaylee Jensen 6th Grade Student Maple Grove  Elementary School

Boise District Elementary Students Making  National and World Headlines:  Kaylee Jensen (pictured) is a 6th grade student at Maple Grove Elementary School. She recently participated in the Idaho Miss Amazing Competition , and was chosen to represent the State of Idaho at the National Miss Amazing Competition in Chicago, Illinois this summer.

Aden Attao 6th Grade Student Whitney Elementary School

Aden Attao (pictured) is a 6th grade student at Whitney Elementary School who competes nationally in the sport of wrestling. Aden was recently selected to be part of a team based out of Wisconsin that will represent the United States at the Easter Greco Roman Tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands in April.

High School Students Earn National Recognition:  Two Timberline High School students have earned National Medals in the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers:  Emily Comstock - GOLD and Kyle Kerr -SILVER.  Their work was selected by creative professionals as the most accomplished in the nation.  This year, more than 330,000 works of art and writing were submitted.  Less than 1% were recognized at the national level.  Students receiving top Awards have been invited to attend a ceremony at the world-famous Carnegie Hall on June 8 and to participate in showcase events at Parsons School for Design at The New School and Pratt Institute's Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York City.  

Emily Comstock Senior Timberline High School

Kyle Kerr Junior Timberline High School

High School Students Receive Literary Awards:  Idaho Commission for Libraries announces that three Timberline High students have earned awards in this year's Letters about Literature competition.  The  24th Annual Letters about Literature contest, sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, is a writing and reading contest for students in grades 4-12. Students receiving awards include:

• 1st place: Sabrina Zerrade for her letter to Chinua Achebe for Things Fall Apart;
• 3rd place: Elena McHargue for her letter to Andy Mulligan for Trash; and
• Honorable Mention Kathryn Braley for her letter to Robert Frost for The Road Not Taken. 

Special Announcement Regarding Public Sale of Bonds:    The Boise School Disrtict believes it is important to provide District residents with the opportunity to buy the District's recently approved bonds. To facilitate this local bond sale effort, the District has directed its underwriter, Piper Jaffray, to schedule a special RETAIL ORDER PERIOD as part of the bond sale and to make local retail orders the highest priority when allocating the bonds to investors.  Additionally, the underwriter has arranged for D.A. Davidson to participate in the retail order period. Some of the details of the retail order period can be found here .