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Heyburn took time off for a Fun Day Friday. Students and staff played games, did art work, PE activities, and danced the day away. Building relationships is a vital part of the Heyburn School community.
Heyburn Elementary School
We were excited to have Miss Idaho, Kara Jackson visit our school and share her agriculture platform with our 4th and 5th grade students.
Acequia Elementary School
We have received 1 new engine and the mechanics in the shop will have bus 004 up and running during Spring Break.
Transportation Department
Friday, Heyburn ended the week by celebrating with Dad's and Donuts, Pajama Day, and a read-a-thon. What a great week to celebrate Dr. Seuss.
Heyburn Elementary School
Music concerts were held last week for band, choir, and orchestra. Attendance was exceptional and the music was delightful. Congratulations to all of our musicians for a job well done.
West Minico Middle School
Heyburn students celebrated Dr. Seuss Read Across America and the "Reading for the Gold" book fair event this week, with a kick-off activity outside around the bus lane.
Heyburn Elementary School
Paul's kindergarten and 1st grade students enjoyed celebrating 100 days of school.
Paul Elementary School
Students and staff celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by hosting our own "Read Across Acequia" and of course, enjoying a delightful lunch of Green Eggs and Ham!
Acequia Elementary School
Valentine's Day Dance was held on Thursday night February 11, 2010 with students dressing their best and having a fun successful dance.
East Minico Middle School
Rotary Club donated $1,000 to the Rupert Elementary Library.
Rupert Elementary School
With the end of our 4th session we continue to be successful- three more students have finished all their course work for graduation.
Mt. Harrison Jr/Sr High School
Our district was commended by the State Department of Education on the way we implemented the new Idaho nutrition standards.
Food Service
Kindergarten students celebrated 100 days in school this week by weighing and measuring 100 things from home, stringing a hundred things on a necklace, placing 100 chocolate kisses on a chart, doing 100 second activities, and hardest of all, being quiet for 100 seconds.
Heyburn Elementary School
'Love and Logic' parenting class has 21 participants. Presented by Tiffany Bliss at Special Services on Thursday nights through March 4. All are welcome! Call Special Services for times and more information.
Special Services
Our 2nd grade students helped assemble hygiene kits to send the earthquake victims in Haiti.
Acequia Elementary School
We are still looking at 48 students at graduation.
Mt. Harrison Jr/Sr High School
East Music programs attended the District 4th Honors Clinic on Wednesday at O'Leary in Twin Falls to showcase their talents.
East Minico Middle School
In 5th session we have 9 dropouts back in school - 4 are ours, 2 from Minico and 3 from Cassia.
Mt. Harrison Jr/Sr High School
So far this year, Mini-Cassia Reading Foundation has given 1,140 books to children in this community. In 2009 they gave away over 11,000 books.
Heyburn Elementary School
The Reading Foundation donated hundreds of books to Rupert for Reading Night.
Rupert Elementary School
We are offering a Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol class again this month. The class begins Thursday, February 11th and will be offered at Minico every Thursday through March 11th.
Federal Programs
50 plus kids on the honor roll – this amounts to 1 out of every 3.
Mt. Harrison Jr/Sr High School
Our 7th grade boys basketball team was in the championship game at Burley last night and came away with second place in the conference. It was a tight game and the boys battled right up to the end. We are very proud of them!
West Minico Middle School
Our students participated in "Caring Coin Drive for Haiti" and raised over $1,500.00 to be donated to the American Red Cross (which averages out to nearly $5.50 per student).
Acequia Elementary School
Students, parents, and community celebrated the annual school carnival held March 5th! The widely successful carnival is sponsored by Paul’s wonderful PTO and supportive community.
Paul Elementary School
Minico High School senior Pete Coats has accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Congratulations Pete!
Minico High School
This month, Paul is featured in the State Department Nutrition Magazine. The article highlights the school's successful "breakfast in the classroom" program.
Paul Elementary School
200 grandparents joined their kids for lunch this week at Heyburn Elementary. Wednesday night many parents and students attended The Book Fair Night with a guest reader, a special Pop-Up-Book collection, and refreshments from Brutus Bakery.
Heyburn Elementary School
East Minico Dance Team hosted their Dance Night this last Tuesday night. Many groups from the community performed including the Spartan Dance Force and West Minico Cheerleaders. Good job East Dance Team!
East Minico Middle School
2nd grade students received a grant from Target to go to the planetarium in Twin Falls.
Rupert Elementary School
Congratulations to Brecka Fetzer, a senior at Minico High School. Brecka has been named as a KMVT Academic All Star.
Minico High School

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Unofficial Results

  Yes No Spoiled Site Totals % Yes % No
Acequia 107 23 0 130 82.31% 17.69%
Heyburn 108 16 0 124 87.10% 12.90%
Paul 65 14 0 79 82.28% 17.72%
Rupert 113 13 0 126 89.68% 10.32%
East 69 9 0 78 88.46% 11.54%
West 70 15 0 85 82.35% 17.65%
Mt. Harrison 69 17 0 86 80.23% 19.77%
Minico 89 10 0 99 89.90% 10.10%
Cassia 6 6 0 12 50.00% 50.00%
Jerome 10 4 0 14 71.43% 28.57%
Lincoln 9 1 0 10 90.00% 10.00%
Absentee 5 0 0 5 100.00% 0.00%
Totals 720 128 0 848 84.91% 15.09%

(Official Results will follow Board canvas of election on 3/11/2010) Full Article Full Article

  • By: Minidoka County School District

Election Day March 9, 2010

Renewal of the Current $1.2 Million Dollar Two Year Supplemental Plant/Facilities Levy with “No” Increase in Taxes:

  • No dollar increase and no impact on local school tax levy.
  • Funds are not used for salary, benefits or general operations... only on approved plant/facilities projects.
  • The district’s 10 year plant facility plan calculates our actual need at $1.6 million per year to maintain current status, but we are holding the line at current funding level...

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