Sorry this update is late.
There wasn't time to get it done before taking off for the PHS boys state
tournament games.
School
calendar for 2011-12 approved
The school calendar was approved for the 2011-12 school year at the
school board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 22. . . .
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Booster
Club news
Sponsored by the Prairie Booster Club the purpose of the “Cliff Holthaus
Memorial Scholarship” is to provide graduates of Prairie High School recognition
and financial support in pursuit of a post secondary academic or vocational
education. . . .
The Prairie Booster Club would like to thank the individuals and businesses
who have donated towards the retractable U.S. Flag to be installed at the
Prairie High School gym. This project is an ongoing process with
donations still being accepted and appreciated. . . .
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Ski
Skoop
We had a lot of skiers up last weekend braving the cold weather, but
enjoying all the fresh snow! . . .
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Chemistry
Show is a big hit
Darbie Duclos and her Chemistry students impressed the audience with
experiments. . . .
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Prairie
ROCKS! update
Once again the Prairie ROCKS class had the great blessing of hearing
from a faithful resident of the Camas Prairie. It never ceases to
amaze our class what deep faith runs through the members of our fine community.
. . .
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Background
on youth play producers
Michelle and daughter Andrea Hale have enjoyed theater production and
directing for over three years. After recognizing the need for arts in
education and seeing the talent in the Salmon River area they began to
organize the Riggins Community Theater. The mother daughter team has been
producing top notch children’s plays since 2007. The two have produced
over 12 plays in three years. . . .
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From
the Library
It’s been a busy week at the library removing duplicates and out dated
books and replacing them with newer publications. . . .
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March
events for Tri-Parish youth
The month of March brings with it the invitation to embrace a deeper
understanding the words sacrifice, mercy and love. Lent begins the journey
toward the cross and ultimately ends up the place of resurrection. It is
here in this journey that we invite you to join us as we learn, grow, and
pray together as a young community gathered in God’s name. . . .
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Chamber
to meet at Spirist Center
The Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce will hold their next meeting on
the 10th of March at the St. Gertrude’s Spirit Center at 11:00;
. . .
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Pirates
win District Title; 8th graders win at Grangeville; 3 shoot perfect 25's
The Prairie Pirates trailed most of the first half but rallied in the
second half and pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 41-33 win over
Genesee in the District Championship game Thursday, Feb. 24 at the LCSC
Activity Center in Lewiston. . . .
The Prairie 8th Boys AAU basketball team brought home the gold medal
at the Grangeville boys’ 4th-8th tournament this past weekend. . . .
41 shooters vied for competition at the Cottonwood Gun Club last Sunday
for week 8 of 10. . . .
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Girls
Basketball awards given; 5th and 6th grade girls win at tournament
Photos on this page of the PHS girls basketball award winners and the
5th and 6th grade girls teams. . . .
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4
earn state medals
The Prairie High School Wrestling team had their biggest haul of state
medals ever as 4 wrestlers earned medals at the State Wrestling Meet Thursday
through Saturday, Feb. 24-26 at the Idaho Center at Nampa. . . .
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Summit
news
Making their annual trip to Boise for the Hallissey Tournament sponsored
by the Diocese of Boise, Summit’s girls carried a 2-win record into the
tourney finals only to lose out on their quest for the championship, settling
for third place for the third time for Summit at this competition. . .
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The Summit boys defeated Highland to stay alive in the District Tournament
but were eliminated a night later by Timberline. . . .
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Letters
to the editor
On this page are letters to the editor that appeared in this week's
print edition of the Cottonwood Chronicle. . . .
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Prairie’s 5 seniors starters are shown with the District
Championship trophy after beating Genesee last Thursday. From left are
David Johnson, Beau Schlader, Devin Schmidt, Seth Guyer and Brock Heath.
Photo by Kayla Raymond. See below left for game story and more photos.
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Prairie’s State Wrestling medalists on the victory
stand. From left are Tyler Ross, 6th place at 103 lbs.; Alex Duman, 3rd
place at 112 lbs.; Kade Perrin 5th place at 130 lbs. and Damian McWilliams,
6th place at 135 lbs.Click on the photo for a larger view.See story and
more photos below left.
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The chemistry demonstration group for the public show:
From left are Garrett Workman, Josh Zigler, teacher Darbie Duclos, Kayla
Johnson, Sheri Schumacher, Megan Sigler and Meaghan Bruner. Click on the
photo for a larger view.
Making a “Crystal Ball,” basically a soap bubble from
dry ice. You can see the bubble crowning from the bucket. From left are
Sheri Schumacher, Kayla Johnson, Megan Sigler and Garrett Workman. Photos
provided by Darbie Duclos.Click on the photo for a larger view. See story
at left.
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The attendance winners for the month of February at
Prairie Middle School were Braden Nopens and Jared Coppernoll.
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Prairie Middle School was recognized at an E-Learning
Conference for having a 100% completion rate for all students who take
online classes through IDLA (Idaho Digital Learning Academy).
We currently have three 8th grade students taking Algebra I for high
school credit and five 7th grade students taking 7th grade Language Arts
online. Our students have scored 80% or above on all courses.
Prairie Middle school has offered online courses for the past five years.
Students currently involved: Algebra I: Whitney Sonnen, Jessie
Riener, Emily McHugh; 7th grade Language Arts students: Devin
Bruegeman, Max Fernandez, Talyss Lustig, Hannah Ross, Maria Munger. Also
shown is Lois Lamont, online monitor for Middle School students. Photo
provided by Rene’ Forsmann. Click on photo for larger view.
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The Wolf Scouts visited the Prairie Community Library
last Tuesday. We all found 4 kinds of books that we are interested
in, found out how to get a library card and how computers were useful in
the Library. Shown are Cole Martin, Justin Lockett, Matt Coppernoll and
Remington Sprute. Photo provided by Aleta Coppernoll.
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