K-12 Education
County Fair opens Monday in Glenns Ferry
(07/10/08) The Elmore County Fair will kick off next week, July 14-19, at the Glenns Ferry fairgrounds. The fairgrounds are located just off the second exit I-84 to Glenns Ferry (from Mountain Home). There is a $3 per person cost for admission to the fair with free parking provided...
Christian kids help clean up city
(07/03/08) In the middle of a hot summer day about a dozen teenagers, wearing matching T-shirts, spent the day doing yard work for someone they've never met before. "We're not in trouble, we're doing this on our own," one of them called out. The group was one of five teams from Commission, a week-long, nondenominational church camp for junior high and high school students that focuses on community service...
Annual Garden Tour Saturday
(06/19/08) "A Palette of Posies," the 12th annual Garden Tour, sponsored by the Mountain Home Arts Council and Beta Zeta Civic Club, will be held on Saturday, June 21. The tour is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will showcase several local gardens. Tickets are $5 and are available at Moxie Java, Village Art Center, the Senior Center and at each garden on the day of the tour...
Students donate gifts to new mothers
(06/06/08) The Mountain Home High School Parenting and Child Development students, accompanied by their teacher, Christy Morgan, delivered homemade baby blankets and infant caps to Elmore Medical Center recently. Students learn parenting and child care skills during the class. ...
MHHS class of 2008 heads into real world
(06/04/08) As Hannah Zamora made her way from the junior high school's gym to her seat with the Mountain Home High School class of 2008 in the middle of Tiger Field, she waved and blew kisses to several of her friends lined up against the track's fence. Further up in the stands were 29 friends and family members screaming her name...
MHHS yearbook wins top honors
(05/14/08) The Mountain Home High School journalism classes recently garnered top awards at the national level. The 2007 yearbook, The Prophet, earned a Gold Medal from the National Scholastic Press Association. "These books are the best of the best," said executive director Edmund Sullivan. "We receive thousands of entries from around the country, but only a small percentage place in the top categories," he said...
Representatives from every MHHS sports team make state
(05/14/08) A representative of virtually every spring varsity sports team at Mountain Home High School -- either the entire team or individuals from the teams -- are heading to state competition over the next ten days. The administration at Mountain Home High School likes to send a member of its staff to attend state meets where it has students participating...
Teen dating violence seminar tonight
(05/12/08) The Elmore County Domestic Violence Council (ECDVC) has scheduled a presentation about Teen Dating Violence on May 12, at 6 p.m., at the Mountain Home Police Department meeting room. Rod Gere, the managing attorney for Idaho Legal Aid Services in Boise, is hoping for a good turnout...
McKenna Charter school breaks ground on new $2.3M building
(05/09/08) Founder Larry Slade was joined by faculty and the entire student body on site last Thursday for the official groundbreaking of the new building to house the Richard McKenna Charter High School. The School will be moved from the current location at 1993 E. 8th North. The school shares the building with the Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor office...
School district looks for options after bond defeat
(05/07/08) The $37 million Mountain Home School District bond issue went down to defeat in heavy voting last Tuesday, a decision that will leave the district scambling to find solutions to the problems the bond might have solved. Only 1,465 voters cast ballots to approve the bond, with 952 of the 2,417 total ballots cast marked "no." Although the bond received a 60.6 percent approval rate it required 67 percent to pass...
High school drama group plans "Treasure Island'
(05/07/08) The MHHS Design and Production team from the high school drama department will present "Treasure Island" May 7-10. Performances begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, the high seas adventure finds Jim and the villainous pirate Long John Silver traveling across the ocean to find Captain Flint's legendary fortune. ...
Wagons Ho!
(04/30/08)
Local fourth-grade students (or wranglers) got a "hands-on" opportunity to experience life on the Western frontier during "Wagons Ho," a three-day event at Carl Miller Park last week. In its 15th year in Mountain Home, the events aids in teaching the schools' curriculum on Idaho history... |