Congratulations to Marie Thomas and Mikel Davies for being named Educator and Student of the Year by the Weiser Chamber of Commerce
Marie Thomas, a 28 year math teaching veteran in the Weiser School District, was named Educator of the Year by the Weiser Chamber of Commerce. She will be honored at the annual Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday, October 16th. Marie is a "workhorse" when you consider that not only does she teach middle school math, but she also teaches at the Weiser Summer School, Indianhead Academy, and has worked on every district math committee ever assembled, she grades the ISAT math assessment for the State Department of Education, works in the afterschool BEST program, coaches, and and keeps stats for the high school football team. Marie recently completed her Masters degree in Math Education from Western Governors University and is engaged in a four year math research project (LLAMA) with the University of Idaho.
Mikel Davies is the son of High School Principal Dave Davies and Holly Davies, a 2nd grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary. Mikel is involved in countless school activities. He is a member of the Cross Country team and runs track in the spring. He is the current ASB Student Body Vice President and is a member of the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA), Future Hispanic Leaders of America (FHLA), Science Club, Red Wave and W Club. He participates in the Jazz and Marching Bands and Chamber Singers, and he is active in his church. He is an amazing young man with high aspirations beyond his high school graduation next spring. Mikel will receive his award at the Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday night.
We congratulate Marie and Mikel as well as the other nominees for Educator of the Year, Middle School Principal Tim Erhard and retired Superintendent Jim Reed; and the nominees for Student of the Year, senior Hannah Walker and freshman Kali Branstetter.
Educators and students like these make us proud to be Wolverines!
Marie Thomas, a 28 year math teaching veteran in the Weiser School District, was named Educator of the Year by the Weiser Chamber of Commerce. She will be honored at the annual Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday, October 16th. Marie is a "workhorse" when you consider that not only does she teach middle school math, but she also teaches at the Weiser Summer School, Indianhead Academy, and has worked on every district math committee ever assembled, she grades the ISAT math assessment for the State Department of Education, works in the afterschool BEST program, coaches, and and keeps stats for the high school football team. Marie recently completed her Masters degree in Math Education from Western Governors University and is engaged in a four year math research project (LLAMA) with the University of Idaho.
Mikel Davies is the son of High School Principal Dave Davies and Holly Davies, a 2nd grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary. Mikel is involved in countless school activities. He is a member of the Cross Country team and runs track in the spring. He is the current ASB Student Body Vice President and is a member of the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA), Future Hispanic Leaders of America (FHLA), Science Club, Red Wave and W Club. He participates in the Jazz and Marching Bands and Chamber Singers, and he is active in his church. He is an amazing young man with high aspirations beyond his high school graduation next spring. Mikel will receive his award at the Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday night.
We congratulate Marie and Mikel as well as the other nominees for Educator of the Year, Middle School Principal Tim Erhard and retired Superintendent Jim Reed; and the nominees for Student of the Year, senior Hannah Walker and freshman Kali Branstetter.
Educators and students like these make us proud to be Wolverines!
WHS English Teacher, Michelle Chavez, is named The Idaho Human Rights Educator of the Year
Michelle Chavez was named Educator of the Year by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights. The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Home of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, grew out of a 1995 effort by a group of concerned individuals and civic/ business leaders to offset the negative image of Idaho as a place of intolerance and hatred. Over the past 20 years, the Center has become a respected nonpolitical institution whose primary mission is to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education, and to foster individual responsibility to work for justice and peace. The Educator of the Year award is given annually by the center to an educator who shows passion for teaching their students about human rights.
MIchelle has taught English for the Weiser School District for 23 years. She is a 1987 graduate of WHS. Michelle created the Holocaust Literature course 14 years ago. Michelle says of her course, “Lessons from the Holocaust are a reminder to students that history repeats itself.” Through a grant awarded by the Wassmuth Center Chavez has seen the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, toured Berlin, Poland and Auschwitz. Besides the students in Weiser who sign up for her class, she teaches the class online to students in Melba, Murtaugh, and Payette.
Parts of this story are taken from an article originally written by Andrew Reed for Idahoednews.org
Michelle Chavez was named Educator of the Year by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights. The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Home of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, grew out of a 1995 effort by a group of concerned individuals and civic/ business leaders to offset the negative image of Idaho as a place of intolerance and hatred. Over the past 20 years, the Center has become a respected nonpolitical institution whose primary mission is to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education, and to foster individual responsibility to work for justice and peace. The Educator of the Year award is given annually by the center to an educator who shows passion for teaching their students about human rights.
MIchelle has taught English for the Weiser School District for 23 years. She is a 1987 graduate of WHS. Michelle created the Holocaust Literature course 14 years ago. Michelle says of her course, “Lessons from the Holocaust are a reminder to students that history repeats itself.” Through a grant awarded by the Wassmuth Center Chavez has seen the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, toured Berlin, Poland and Auschwitz. Besides the students in Weiser who sign up for her class, she teaches the class online to students in Melba, Murtaugh, and Payette.
Parts of this story are taken from an article originally written by Andrew Reed for Idahoednews.org
Constitution Day (September 17) is celebrated in Weiser schools
On September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had been meeting since May to create. None other than George Washington presided over the committee that drafted the United States Constitution to replace the first ordered form of government in the country, the Articles of Confederation. Of the 55 delegates that attended the constitutional convention in Philadelphia that summer, 39 stayed and signed the final document that then underwent intense scrutiny and debate across the country until it was finally approved by enough states to establish the new system of government. New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify in June (1788) which was the number needed to put the new government into effect. Virginia (June), New York (July), North Carolina (1789), and Rhode Island (1790) soon joined the union making the transformation of our national government complete. Every year we celebrate Constitution Day (September 17) in our schools.
At Pioneer Elementary, students learned how to connect the concept of classroom rules to the concept of a constitution. Some classes watched a Discovery Education video about the Constitution, and other classes used their Scholastic News subscription to study the story of the Constitution. Some classes learned about the American flag and how it has changed from the original thirteen states to fifty. Several classes at Park School watched educational videos about the Constitution, while a couple of 4th grade classes performed a “Readers’ Theatre” and a couple of 5th grade classes discussed the Preamble to the Constitution. The Social Studies classes at Weiser Middle School had several activities planned around the Constitution including having students compare and contrast our form of government with the government of Ancient Greece. Other classes spent time learning about the three branches of government created by the Constitution, and other classes learned about the Bill of Rights and the protections inherent in those first 10 amendments to the Constitution. In history classes at Weiser High School students learned how the experiences of the colonists who settled in the New World led to the patterns of government and individual freedoms that became the foundational principles in the Constitution. Government students used several original documents (Preamble to the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address) to understand how the concept of popular sovereignty (the power to govern emanates from the people) is reflected in those documents.
The Idaho Legislature has adopted legislation requiring schools to celebrate the United States Constitution on or near September 17th each year. We are proud to participate in this annual celebration of our national heritage.
At Pioneer Elementary, students learned how to connect the concept of classroom rules to the concept of a constitution. Some classes watched a Discovery Education video about the Constitution, and other classes used their Scholastic News subscription to study the story of the Constitution. Some classes learned about the American flag and how it has changed from the original thirteen states to fifty. Several classes at Park School watched educational videos about the Constitution, while a couple of 4th grade classes performed a “Readers’ Theatre” and a couple of 5th grade classes discussed the Preamble to the Constitution. The Social Studies classes at Weiser Middle School had several activities planned around the Constitution including having students compare and contrast our form of government with the government of Ancient Greece. Other classes spent time learning about the three branches of government created by the Constitution, and other classes learned about the Bill of Rights and the protections inherent in those first 10 amendments to the Constitution. In history classes at Weiser High School students learned how the experiences of the colonists who settled in the New World led to the patterns of government and individual freedoms that became the foundational principles in the Constitution. Government students used several original documents (Preamble to the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address) to understand how the concept of popular sovereignty (the power to govern emanates from the people) is reflected in those documents.
The Idaho Legislature has adopted legislation requiring schools to celebrate the United States Constitution on or near September 17th each year. We are proud to participate in this annual celebration of our national heritage.
The Great American Eclipse
August 21, 2017
It came...we saw...it was AWESOME!
August 21, 2017
It came...we saw...it was AWESOME!
Watch the end of totality from the grounds of Weiser High School
The Weiser School District staff sporting their eclipse glasses when they reported back to work (August 24, 2017)
Weiser High School students participate in a national eclipse experiment
KIVI Channel 6 news story about the WHS CATE Experiment Team
May 30, 2017 Pioneer Addition Ground Breaking
Scott Hedrick Construction out of Meridian, Idaho won the bid to remodel Pioneer Elementary School and add two new classrooms to the 1st Grade wing at Pioneer Elementary to house the school's Special Education program. The architect for the project is Dion Zimmerman with Design West Architects. Dion has been involved in every major renovation and addition in the Weiser School District going back to the 1990's expansion that took place at every building in the district and the auxiliary gym that was added in 2005. This newest addition will provide updated classroom facilities for our most vulnerable students ages 3-9 that attend Pioneer Elementary and will include two new classrooms, a handicapped bathroom, a conference room for meetings with parents, a room to provide individual services like tutoring, occupational, speech, and physical therapy to students, and storage space. The addition is scheduled for completion early next fall. The Western Idaho Community Action program (WICAP) is going to bring their Head Start program back to Weiser and will use the vacated building on the west end of the Pioneer campus. Head Start has been busing its students to Payette the last few years. The new addition makes space available for Head Start to serve Weiser students in Weiser. Construction started shortly after the ground breaking ceremony that was attended by Sherry Young standing in for the mayor, Weiser City Councilman Virgil Leedy, Scott Hedrick and Steve Lambson of Hedrick Construction, Dion ZImmerman from Design West, school board trustees Mark Pritchard and Marg Chipman, Special Ed Director Bill Morriss, Pioneer Principal Wade Wilson, Special Education staff members Patti Miller, Dan Eliason, and Jenny Knee and of course a student representative that will benefit from the new addition.
Scott Hedrick Construction out of Meridian, Idaho won the bid to remodel Pioneer Elementary School and add two new classrooms to the 1st Grade wing at Pioneer Elementary to house the school's Special Education program. The architect for the project is Dion Zimmerman with Design West Architects. Dion has been involved in every major renovation and addition in the Weiser School District going back to the 1990's expansion that took place at every building in the district and the auxiliary gym that was added in 2005. This newest addition will provide updated classroom facilities for our most vulnerable students ages 3-9 that attend Pioneer Elementary and will include two new classrooms, a handicapped bathroom, a conference room for meetings with parents, a room to provide individual services like tutoring, occupational, speech, and physical therapy to students, and storage space. The addition is scheduled for completion early next fall. The Western Idaho Community Action program (WICAP) is going to bring their Head Start program back to Weiser and will use the vacated building on the west end of the Pioneer campus. Head Start has been busing its students to Payette the last few years. The new addition makes space available for Head Start to serve Weiser students in Weiser. Construction started shortly after the ground breaking ceremony that was attended by Sherry Young standing in for the mayor, Weiser City Councilman Virgil Leedy, Scott Hedrick and Steve Lambson of Hedrick Construction, Dion ZImmerman from Design West, school board trustees Mark Pritchard and Marg Chipman, Special Ed Director Bill Morriss, Pioneer Principal Wade Wilson, Special Education staff members Patti Miller, Dan Eliason, and Jenny Knee and of course a student representative that will benefit from the new addition.
One last look at the Snowpocalypse of 2017
A big thank you to Chris and Sharolyn Schofield and Spruce Tree Service for their help coordinating all the snow removal undertaken by the Weiser School District. Here is the link to a short video clip they produced recapturing some of the snow removal efforts in images set to music.
A big thank you to Chris and Sharolyn Schofield and Spruce Tree Service for their help coordinating all the snow removal undertaken by the Weiser School District. Here is the link to a short video clip they produced recapturing some of the snow removal efforts in images set to music.
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