Fruitland Elementary News Today

ONTARIO — A grassroots group is trying to hit the brakes on wheels already set in motion: grade-based schools for kindergarten through fifth grade in the Ontario School District. That

TODAY, Oct. 27

WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY — This week, communities throughout the Treasure Valley are hosting the traditional activities that come along with Halloween. Locally, some of these include a costume contest, a

FRUITLAND — Is your little one ready to start kindergarten in the 2024-25 school year? That’s the question the staff of Fruitland Elementary School aims to provide the answer to,

FRUITLAND — At the Fruitland School District Board of Trustees’ regular meeting on Nov. 14, Gina Ziegler and Stacy Westcott of the district’s Committee to Research Ways to Recruit and

FRUITLAND — The Fruitland School District will hold walk-in registration for the 2022-23 school year on Monday and Tuesday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. In an information

A small fire was started May 22 on a toilet paper roll in a boys bathroom at Fruitland Elementary School. A custodian put the fire out and contacted the police

PAYETTE COUNTY The school year is getting close to wrapping up in most areas of Payette County, and with that comes the organization of continuing free lunches for students, who already get those meals free during the school day. Following is a list of places that will serve free meals in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program to all children ages 0 to 18; there are no requirements to receive the meal. Fruitland June 1 — July 30: 11 to 11:45 ...

FRUITLAND — A lot of things can change in 49 years; In Linda Langley’s time as a teacher, the world has seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dot-com boom, and the advent of the smartphone just to name a few. Now has come the Fruitland Elementary School teacher’s time to clean out her desk. Langley will retire following the conclusion of the 2020-21 school year. Fellow teacher Terri Walton highlighted Langley’s plans to retire in an email to the newspaper on April 22, in whi...

FRUITLAND — There’s nothing like sharing a success story to inspire your students to persevere, as Fruitland Elementary School teacher Shannon Contreras has found. Contreras invited a former student of hers, Logan McDowall, 21, to sing several songs for students of the school. In an interview with the newspaper on Friday, Contreras shared her reasons for inviting the Ontario native to sing for her students. You may remember McDowall for his performances on ABC’s “American Id...