Students participating in the Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy program got a taste of what it is like to allocate available grant money to deserving projects. The 50 participating students read applications from 40 organizations, a marked increase over last year’s nine applications and … Continue Reading
Before students left their Teton County Classrooms for spring break, their focus has been on the annual PAWS testing. PAWS stands for Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students. The test is given to … Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again when at the end of the school day today, many in Jackson Hole shut out the lights and find a warm destination for the two weeks of spring break. There are those considerations beforehand, though – … Continue Reading
The 3A action among the twelve schools entered in the 2011 Wyoming State High School Forensics Tournament last weekend centered on Jackson, Hot Springs and Worland, who have been vying for top honors at meets all season long. In the end, Jackson placed … Continue Reading
Laps for Literacy, a ski fundraiser for Teton Literacy Center, raised $19,000 Sunday to support the free tutoring services the center provides for K-12th grade students. Laps for Literacy had … Continue Reading
Dr. Devra Davis today discusses new research about cell phone safety as part of an awareness campaign in Jackson Hole schools. In her talk, Dr. Davis will present some of the key findings in new research published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association pertaining to health risks associated with cell phone use. The presentation begins at 4:30 pm at the Teton Science School Jackson Campus.
The Jackson Hole High School Speech and Debate Team came away from the National Forensic League District Tournament with the best percentage of qualifiers for national completion out of the meet when compared with their limited number of entries. During the district event … Continue Reading
By now, the community should have made the adjustment to their clocks so that they indicate an hour later than they did last week at this time of day. While that is not that hard to do mechanically, it is a different matter psychologically. Aside from having to adjust to get to work on time, … Continue Reading
Teton County’s Representative Keith Gingery last night presented information to the Teton County District 1 School Board regarding the state’s new education bills passed out of the just-concluded legislature. Gingery explained that … Continue Reading
Teton County, Idaho voters passed two mill levies to help fund their schools by wide margins yesterday. Unofficial tallies indicate both issues passed by about 74% of the voters. The supplemental levy … Continue Reading
