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Keynote speaker Dr. Paul Bennett provides examples of how communities have rallied, outside of the school-board process, to save schools.

Keynote speaker Dr. Paul Bennett provides examples of how communities have rallied, outside of the school-board process, to save schools.

Despite the troubles caused by the series of storms, schools in the Black Oak Mine School District will open Tuesday with the help of generators.

When the Sun-Times reported that some people received tax breaks they shouldn’t have, it didn’t fully explain how our process addresses this problem and how the changes my administration enacted are making a difference for taxpayers.

The Indian River School District recognized its top ambassadors for special education at the school board meeting on Monday, Oct. 25. Judith Brittingham, supervisor of special education, and Heather M.

Karen Wells is the Secretary and Librarian of Georgetown Elementary. The students there absolutely love her and feel if she weren’t at the school it would suffer a great loss. Karen grew up in Georgetown, the daughter of Doug and Shelly Thompson. She graduated from Bear Lake High School in 1995. While in high school, she was a member of the Honor Society and was on the drill team. After high school, Karen attended Rick’s College after which she married Kevin Wells, also of Georgetown....

May 9, 2021 Haley Mears Haley Mears of East Millsboro Elementary School has been selected as the Indian River School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2021-22. The announcement was made at the IRSD Teacher of the Year ceremony April 29. Mears was chosen as the overall winner from a pool of 15 candidates, one from each school. Mears has been a teacher at East Millsboro Elementary for the past seven years. She was a fifth-grade teacher from 2014-17 and has been an intensive learning ...

Waubonsie Valley community mourns unexpected death of orchestra teacher The Waubonsie Valley High School community is mourning the unexpected death of longtime orchestra instructor John "Will" Burck. Courtesy of Waubonsie Valley High School Longtime orchestra director John "Will" Burck, who spent nearly 20 years working at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, was known for his kindness, his zest for life and his ability to connect with students. He died April 1 at the age of ...

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and blue pinwheels and signs can be seen in several places round the valley in recognition of this important month. The State of Idaho created an Initiative for Child Abuse Month and made pinwheels available to plant as pinwheel "gardens" to reflect support for Child Abuse Month. Bear Lake School District supported the Initiative by having the 5th graders at AJ Winters, Paris Elementary, and Georgetown Elementary, as well as the Middle School and High Scho...

47abc December 10, 2020 GEORGETOWN, Del. – Georgetown Elementary students are sharing how they can make the world a better place. The students have lit up their hallway on ways they can be kind. Included was, “I can light up the world with kindness by helping kids who get bullied,” “They can light up the world by just listening to a friend or by sending a postcard to someone,” and “Picking up the trash and making sure the homeless are taken care of by giving them food.” We want to...