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Feb 9, 2010 |
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Educating Today's Children for Tomorrow's World |
Our schools include Idaho City High School, Idaho City Middle School, and Basin Elementary. We teach nearly 500 children in our district and employ 39 certified staff members and 34 classified personnel. Our goal is to prepare students to become good citizens in a global community. We love our students and go the extra mile to help them attain academic success. Thanks for visiting our site! |
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Important Dates
Basin School District Students show super results! 2009 Fall ISAT
Basin Elementary's morning kindergarten class takes learning to the great outdoors!
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Basin Students Participate in Stream Restoration - Article by Natalie Mendenhall, ICHS Educator On November 3rd, 2009 the students of Idaho City did something different. Instead of attending classes and learning about how they could better the world around them, they went out and actively participated in making our area better. Idaho City joined forces with Garden Valley and planted several hundreds of cottonwood seedling all along the banks of Grimes Creek. Mr. Baumhoff, a land owner in the Grimes Creek - New Centerville area was gracious enough to allow 60 plus students on his property to enhance the riparian zone of Grimes Creek. High school students worked alongside middle school and elementary students mentoring them on the planting process. The field trip was made possible by a joint venture between Boise County Commissioner Jamie Anderson, Trout Unlimited’s Pam Smolczynski , the Forest Service, and Idaho City educators Natalie Mendenhall and Bill Phillips. There continues to be a great effort to restore the banks of Grimes and Mores Creek so the stream environment is better suited for fish life. Adding vegetation is just one attempt to improve the water quality and conditions for fish populations. The trees will help to reduce soil erosion. The sand and silt that washes into the creek bed creates an inadequate surface for eggs to develop upon. As the trees mature the foliage will provide shade along the water’s edge lowering temperatures and encouraging a healthy response from fish populations. Idaho City enjoyed lending a helping hand to the Grimes Creek Restoration project in hopes that the combined efforts will make restoring the riparian zone possible. As a community we look forward to future opportunities to be involved in bettering Boise County.
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