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113 Idaho schools awarded Fresh Fruit & Vegetable grants

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, May 20th, 5:00 pm

Schools across Idaho have been awarded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants so that they can provide healthy snack options throughout the day. A total of 113 schools were awarded the grant including 20 schools in 10 districts in North Idaho.

“The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is a voluntary program that many schools across Idaho have used not only to provide more nutritious options, but also as a creative way to teach Idaho students about history, geography, writing or other critical subjects,” said Tom Luna, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The program is part of a federal initiative by U.S. Department of Agriculture to offer schools a wider variety of produce. Schools are reimbursed for providing fresh produce to all students during the school day, but it has to be at a time outside of the normal lunch hour.

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CHS helps Boston victims

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, May 20th, 12:24 pm

Coeur d'Alene High School has teamed up Wildcat Pizza to aid the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing last month.

Every Monday in May between 3pm and 10pm, a proceed of the profits at Wildcat Pizza in Hayden and Kellogg will be donated to the One Fund Boston. There are two Mondays left to get involved and help out, tonight, May 20th and next Monday, May 27th.

Wildcat Pizza

85 W. Prairie Ave, Hayden, ID (208) 762-9453
604 Bunker Ave, Kellogg, ID (208) 784-1957

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Tuition increases coming to Idaho public universities

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, April 18th, 11:05 am

The cost of public universities in Idaho is about to go up. Yesterday, the state Board of Education voted to increase tuition by up to 6.9 percent.

Boise State University will see the 6.9 percent hike which would up annual tuition by about $400. Tuition at University of Idaho, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College would see an increase of four to five percent. This would raise tuition at those schools by about $300 a year.

University officials say the increase in tuition will help fund scholarships and faculty benefits.

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Logger education to be offered in Cd'A

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Thursday, March 21st, 9:38 am

Are there loggers who want to learn more about tree biology and forest ecology, or about the impacts of their harvest practices on forest streams? Would such knowledge make a logger more attractive in the job market -- especially to private forest owners?

Many loggers, forest product companies, and land management agencies think so. They put their wish into action with LEAP, or "Logger Education to Advance Professionalism”. LEAP is a nationally acclaimed Extension program started at the request of loggers who wanted to improve their skills and market their services more effectively to forest owners and managers. The course features two days indoors and one day with field exercises on forest biology, forest ecology, silviculture, and forest water quality. It is taught by University of Idaho faculty and Idaho Department of Lands personnel. Now in its 19th year, the Idaho LEAP program has reached over 1,400 loggers and received consistently positive reviews from participants.

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NIC enrollment down for spring

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Wednesday, March 20th, 3:32 pm

In line with an overall decrease in enrollment from fall semester, North Idaho College’s spring enrollment is down similarly. The total headcount for students in spring 2013 is 6,072 students, which is down 5.45 percent from last spring’s 6,422.

“Our decrease in enrollment overall is not unexpected and, in fact, mirrors much of what is happening in higher education regionally and nationally,” said NIC Vice President for Student Services Graydon Stanley. “As the economy improves, prospective or current students have more opportunity for employment and don’t stay or enter into the higher education system. And there is natural attrition that happens from fall to spring semester each year.”

In addition, NIC is now using a new method of reporting enrollment, which was dictated by the state so all enrollment numbers would be comparable among higher education institutions in Idaho. NIC now reports enrollment numbers more than two months later than it has in previous years.

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Education encourages garden program with grants to local schools

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Tuesday, March 12th, 11:15 am

The Idaho State Department of Education is awarding $26,000 to help eight schools across Idaho build school gardens, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna announced today.

Each school will receive a grant of $2,000 to build a garden that will help promote nutrition, science and agricultural education.

“Idaho has offered school garden grants for several years and seen great results. With a school garden, students can learn critical lessons about nutrition, math, science and many other subject areas in a hands-on learning environment,” Superintendent Luna said.

Research shows that garden-based education can increase academic achievement and often result in higher test scores among students.

In addition to these eight schools, five childcare centers also funded through U.S. Department of Agriculture funding will be awarded school garden grants.

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Plummer Worley school district superintendent makes statement on sequestration

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Monday, February 25th, 6:32 pm

Below is a statement from the Plummer Worley School District superintendent:

If Congress doesn’t act in the next week, America will be faced with debilitating cuts to nearly every non-defense discretionary program at the federal level. But these cuts are not sequestered to the federal level alone – they will cut into everything we do in our county, city and school district.

At a Valentine’s Day Senate Appropriations hearing on the “impacts of the sequestration,” Congress considered just what kind of “love note” they would like to extend to the American people.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified at that meeting and here’s what he said about the federal Impact Aid Program – a program that helps educate more than 400 students in our area:

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