Primary- Boy's Basketball Promotion

The NSAA is sponsoring a promotion for the Boy's Basketball Program. Here's how it works: for all elementary students attending the game, stop at the table by the entrance and as you come in and give Mr. Schwartz the name of your teacher. That will be recorded and the teacher with the most attendance will receive $25 in cash from the Athletic Department to be used in their classroom. This will continue throughout the season for each home game. Hope to see you at the games! 

Grant Money for Chromebooks

Technology grant money was recently awarded to Megan Beglinger and the Secondary Math Department from the Morgridge Family Foundation through Khan Academy.  It was a matching grant, and we will be able to purchase 15 new Chromebooks to use in the math classrooms. We will be using the Chromebooks in class to access Khan Academy and do research.  Thank you to the North Star Administration for matching the grant!

Primary- The Fourth Grade Gems

The 4th grade students would like to thank Dan Norman from Norman Jewelers for visiting their science classes this week.  Mr. Norman is the grandfather of Grant Jakobson and is a certified gemologist.  He spoke with the students about gemstones and precious minerals as part of their Rocks and Minerals unit.  They learned a lot about diamonds in particular. Students were able to examine samples of several precious stones as well, including emeralds and amethyst. It was a fun afternoon and Mr. Norman complimented NS students on their awesome, respectful behavior.

Volleyball- Season Wrap Up

The 2014 season was quite a year for the North Star Huskies Varsity Volleyball Team. The "Dawgs" finished their remarkable season with more match victories than in the previous six years combined, they set new attendance records at home, swept Marsing and McCall and split with Melba and finished the season in fourth place, the highest finish ever for a North Star team. The team also notched tournament victories against 3A Nyssa and Parma. Second year Head Coach Michael Jordan was named the Western Idaho Conference Coach of the Year by his peers and was selected to coach the "2A" Senior All Star Team, yet another first for the NS Volleyball Program.

Junior Middle Blocker Hannah Monroe was named to the All Conference Second Team and Freshman Kaysa "Pfan-Slam" Pfannmuller was awarded an Honorable Mention. The season was a particularly remarkable one as the team featured six freshmen and two athletes who were new to the sport of volleyball. Coach Jordan stated " This season was a big step forward for the program and I am expecting even bigger things from the team next year. I am so proud of our girls and the job they did this year. We started out as a group of individuals and finished our run as a solid team. This season wouldn't have been as successful without the support of our Athletic Director Dan Conti, the support of our families and the students of North Star who began to believe in this team and program."

Head Coach Michael Jordan will again be running his elite level volleyball camps at North Star in the summer of 2015 and all aspiring volleyball players are invited to attend.