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Far and Wise Expands Its Summer Offerings
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (1274+ words) Far + Wise is having a summer like no other. The nonprofit that supports students from first grade to first job will serve nearly 200 kids this summer via academic enrichment, life enrichment and career exploration programs. That's up from about 150 kids…...
Sun Valley Community School Senior Receives National Merit Scholarship
1+ week, 4+ day ago (219+ words) Sun Valley Community School Senior Chaise Crus has received a $2, 500 National Merit Scholarship. Crus is one of about 7, 500 National Merit Scholarship winners chosen from 15, 000 Finalists. They were chosen according to academic record, participation in school and community activities, their demonstrated…...
Music Students to Offer Free Concert of Eighties Music
1+ week, 6+ day ago (188+ words) C's Mountain School of Music is inviting the community to its student performance on Saturday. Twenty-five students from the school will perform music of the "80s at 2 p. m. Saturday, May 30, in a free concert at the Liberty Theater in Hailey. The school…...
Adult Prom Aims to Ensure High School Students Graduate
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (713+ words) Dan Vanden Heuvel went to three school proms before he finally got around to taking his wife to one. Kat Vanden Heuvel, meanwhile, missed her high school prom because she was a captain of the school soccer team, which was…...
Six Reins Lets Horses Teach Girls Gratitude, Boundary Setting and More
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1328+ words) Kristy Wood held blindfolds in hand as she addressed six girls standing in the arena at Swiftsure Therapeutic Ranch. "The activity we do today is to take you out of your comfort zone. If you don't want to be blindfolded,…...
Save the Constitution Escape Room Fundraiser to Fund Student Trip to DC
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (278+ words) The Founding Fathers need you. Or, perhaps more accurately, the fifth-graders of the Wood River Valley. A Save the Constitution Escape Fundraiser is being held Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 30 to raise money for incoming fifth-graders in valley elementary schools…...
Preparing Students for Real Life Beyond Tests
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (589+ words) Ted Dintersmith learned to use a slide rule in 1966. For six decades since, he's watched technology grow exponentially while American schools remained frozen in time. This past week the author of the new book "Aftermath," which shows how math can…...
Multiple Choice Examines How to Prepare Teens for Life
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) We help teenagers prepare for their SAT tests. But are we preparing them for a purposeful life? It offers a look at the Emil Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center in Winchester, Va. , which offers students meaningful life paths through such hands-on…...