Wednesday, January 22, 2025

ARTICLES BY KATHLEEN MULROY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Week honors public education

SANDPOINT — It's time to celebrate the community's public schools.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Program expands students' horizons

SANDPOINT — Did you know that back in the days of commercial fishing on Lake Pend Oreille experienced fishermen would sometimes tuck a live maggot under their lip so the wiggling fish bait wouldn’t freeze? This bit of history from Bill Love, Jr., a former forester, caused a few shudders …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Program has students 'mad' about science

SANDPOINT — “We learned that when you mix certain things together, you can get something that’s really different!” This scientific observation was made by a fourth-grade student in teacher Nancy Williams’ class at Kootenai Elementary School during a recent “Mad Science” project. The ongoing science program is made possible by …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

PAFE grant helps put college careers in motion

“Students get motivated to take their future into their own hands when they see for themselves that their goals are attainable,” says Jeralyn Mire, Sandpoint High’s postsecondary transition counselor.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

PAFE's Books for Babies program receives grant

“Books for Babies” is a program from the American Library Association designed to introduce new parents to the benefits of early childhood literacy for their baby.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

PAFE announces teacher grant awards

SANDPOINT — Teaching hands-on engineering concepts … offering experiential learning which opens up new career paths … designing and building drones … providing stuffed puppy reading buddies to all first graders.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Building the future: A PAFE grant in action

COCOLALLA — Southside Elementary School’s fourth-grade teacher Emily Norton is enthusiastic about the results of her Panhandle Alliance for Education grant, Building Our Future… Engineering in Education.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

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