Coeur d’Alene’s Winton Elementary School moved into temporary quarters in Hayden, Idaho, for the 2014-15 school year, while their permanent school facility is undergoing a complete ground-up rebuild. An all-staff meeting of Winton employees produced the idea that the school should choose an “identity” or focus area in which to distinguish themselves during and beyond…
When young Ashley Tate was hired right out of Eastern Washington University to teach earth science, physics, and to create a brand-new environmental science class at rural Idaho’s St. Maries High School, she knew exactly where to turn. “I had discovered Project Learning Tree via a mentor professor,” she recalls. “I found out I would…
An Oklahoma transplant who fell in love with the Idaho outdoors, Deanna Kinziger has a special appreciation for all things Idaho. She does everything she can to share her enthusiasm with her 10th-12th grade students at Lewiston High School. “I love being outside and sharing the wonders of biological diversity, the processes of the natural…