Flame Test!!

The Physical Science class has completed a lab this week.  The objective of this lab is to gain a better understanding of the different energy levels in the atoms as evidence by different color of light emitted by the atom when they are exposes to the high temperature of a flame.

Academic Decathlon Competes!

Academic Decathlon team were successful in their first tournament of the season. Top score in the meet was posted by Caleb Aoi, followed by Caulen Bryant and DJ Stanhope. Winners in their divisions were Matt Decker, Anne Gochnour and Quinnton Adams

 

What's Happening in the classroom

In English!

The 8th graders just finished a successful unit on The Outsiders. The kids really enjoyed the book, and we are excited to see their final projects.

The 10th graders are woking hard on their first research paper using MLA formatting. They're getting a taste of what college papers will look like.

7th grade Geography!

Geography students researched the Three Gorges Dam in China.  It is the worlds largest hydroelectric project found on the Yangtze River (3rd longest in the world). They used iPads to find the information and then wrote a 4 paragraph paper contrasting the human and environmental costs and benefits of the immense dam project.

FINALS and Semester End!

1st semester will end next week, December 20th!  Finals will be Tuesday-18th, Wed-19th and Thursday-20th.
We will head into the holiday break with a celebration Thursday afternoon after the last final.

Careers

This year, Shoshone High, has implemented a freshman career class (High School 101).  Our class includes units on Learning and Personality Styles, Career Research, and How to get and keep a job.  As part of our career research unit, students have been visiting local businesses.  So far, we have visited Twin Falls Fire Department, JUB Engineering, Head Start, Idaho State Police Department in Jerome, Fish and Game,Band BLM.  In the near future, they will be touring St. Luke's in Twin Falls.  The students have really enjoyed visiting the various businesses and are getting some great career ideas.  

This picture is from the Fire Department.  Hanna Caylor was chosen to suit up in the 60 pounds of equipment that the fire fighters wear.  While there, the students got to watch as the firemen were

called out to an emergency.  They were amazed to see the men suit up and leave in less than a minute!  

Doctors Everywhere!

Mrs. Martin's 7th grade Health class for the last couple of weeks has been creating their own unique doctors. Each student had to make their own character and research a doctor that they would like to be. With their character they got to name them, decide what kind of doctor they are, and make a think bubble on what they think about their chosen profession

Idaho Science and Aerospace Program

Check  out this website. https://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/science/ISAS/ We have had three Shoshone High School students go through the IDLA Idaho Science and Aerospace Program  All three of them excelled in the program and were selected to go to the Ames NASA Research Center in California.  One of our current students is featured in the promotional video which was made last summer.  We are very proud of these three students, and want to encourage others to take part in these fantastic opportunities.
We are now looking for one our outstanding Juniors to apply.  

Homecoming

This past week was Homecoming week!  Students participated in dress up days, float building, window decorating, rock painting and skit/lip sync competitions.  The results are in:  Dress up Days: 1st- Seniors; 2nd-Juniors; 3rd-Freshman; 4th-Sophomores.  Window Painting: 1st- Sophomores; 2nd-Seniors; 3rd-Juniors; 4th-Freshman.  Rock Painting:  1st-Tie Seniors and Juniors; 3rd Freshman; 4th-Sophomores. Floats:  1st Seniors; 2nd-Sophomores; 3rd Juniors; 4th Freshman.  Lip sync/Skits:  1st-Seniors; 2nd Juniors; 3rd Sophomores; 4th Freshman.  SPIRIT WEEK Winners:  1st Seniors; 2nd Juniors; 3rd Sophomores; 4th Freshman.
Classes nominated royalty from their class.  Freshman-  Daniel Venegas & Risa Rushton; Sophomores:  Colton Horn & Maritza Cruz Avalos; Juniors: Zach Zech & Ashley Stein;  Senior Candidates:  Caulen Bryant & Jessie Simonson;  Jonathon Aguilar & Kenya Lewis; Nick Wallace and Mikaila Mastrofini.  The 2012 Homecoming King and Queen are Jonathon Aguilar and Jessie Simonson.
The week was wrapped up with a hard fought game with the Grace Grizzlies and a Homecoming Dance!  Way to go Indians in showing great pride this week!

Senior Project

The senior project is undergoing a transformation.  The project is changing to a model based on careers.  The project will be fully implemented with this year's freshman.  It will encompass career field exploration, internship, service in community and school, demonstration of high school proficiency in math, writing, and speech.  Details will be given to students as the school year begins.

Take the Opportunity

DUAL CREDIT COURSE
Junior and Seniors are encouraged to participate in Dual Credit Course.  What could be better than gaining College Credit and High School Credit at the same time?  The district has budgeted, on a first come first serve basis, financial support for dual credit courses. Guidelines and classes will be available at registration.

Proficient???

EXTENDED DAY! Shoshone Schools is our name, proficiency is our game! All High Schoolers who  have not maintained or banked a proficient level on the Idaho Standards Acheivement Test (ISAT) will be required to participated in ISAT prep from 3:30 to 4:00 each day.

Welcome our new teachers!

NEW TEACHERS! We have 5 new teachers joining our staff. Mr. Henkelmann will teach English to 8th, 10th and 11th graders. He is originally from Texas but comes to us from Portland. Mr. Paras will be the new Special Education Teacher coming from the Business world. Mr. Para leaves in Twin Falls with his young family. Mr. Silvers comes from the architectural field to teach Mathematics. He previous worked at the Murtaugh School District. Ms. Harris will teacher Language Arts at the Alternative School and in the Middle School. She has graduated from Idaho State University and will be in her 2nd year as Head Volleyball Coach. Last but not least, Mrs. Owens, previous a 5th grade teacher in the elementary, will take over the library.

Graduates

Check out our high school graduates on the Shoshone School District website. www.shoshone.k12.id.us.

Middle Awards Celebration

The Middle School Student has a awards celebration on May 31st. Pictures have been posted on the Shoshone School District Facebook page. Classroom awards were given in Social Studies, Language Arts, Music, Art, Physical Education and Honor Roll. All students were able to participate in the ISAT Reward activities on Friday, June 1st. Congrats to another great year at Shoshone Middle/High School!

Spring Music Concert

Spring Music Concert

The spring music concert opened up with a Modern Dance performance by Dakota Brown and Quinton Adams under the direction of Mrs. Dodge. The Music Concert was again an outstanding events under the direction of Ms. LeBeau. We has a full hour of an excellent display of our music program from soloist to duets, the High School band, and large group choirs. Are music program is on the rise!!!!

Senior Honored at the Senior Banquet

The graduating seniors from the Shoshone School District were honored by the community churches Monday evening. The evening was a tradition started in 1981 when the baccalaureate was taken out the graduation ceremony. It was a wonderful event with dinner, senior predictions, a guest speaker and two musical presentations. Thank you to the community churches!!!!

FFA Sponsors Donkey Basketball

On May 2nd the Shoshone Chapter sponsored Donkey Basketball. Students and adults from all ages enjoyed the very entertaining event.

Academic Decathlon Team Competes Nationally!!!

Congratulations to our Academic Decathlon students who competed in the national competition! Our students competed against all schools across the nation against other schools that have 700 or less students. One of our students received a medal in each of the seven categories. Dakota Brown received bronze award for total score, she finished third for all competitors for all events across the nation! Other student earning medals include DJ Stanhope, Caleb Aoi, Morgan Webber, and Caulen Bryant. Student competed in Math, Science, English, Art, Music and History. Great job students!

ISAT Testing Complete

ISAT testing will be complete by May 8th. We continue to see growth being made in student achievement. Middle School students were required to take a Reading, Math and Language Usage tests and goals were set for all students for each test. Please take time to ask your child if they met their ISAT goals. A tiered reward system is in place for all MS students based on meeting proficiency and/or meeting individualized goals. If a student met 3 goals or were proficient they earned a field trip to Wahzoos in Boise. If a student met 2 of 3 goals/proficient they earned swimming @ Thousand Springs in Hagerman and if a student met 1 of 3 goals/proficient they earned a movie in Shoshone.

SAT resource available!

Idaho SAT School Day is this Wednesday, April 18th, and the good news is there’s still time for your students to get ready at sat.org/Idaho!


Free subscription to The Official SAT Online Course™ — a $69.95 value! This interactive resource helps students prepare with lessons, practice questions, automatic scoring and personalized feedback for practice tests just like the ones they will see on test day.


Students can also find practical tips for preparing for test day, advice on tackling each test section and even more free resources online at sat.org/Idaho.

Easter Baskets

Floral Class students had fun being creative and designing what are called a living basket for Easter. Creating their designs with the use of potted plants, cut flowers, willows, moss and terracotta pots.

Basket Buddies Event

The Middle Schoolers had a great event on Thursday. Twelve student volunteers, anonymously made lunch baskets to be bid on my their fellow classmates. The winning bid got to share the lunch with the lunch maker. The basket buddies idea came from an experience read about by some middle school students in their Language Arts class. The goal of the event was to find new and fun ways for kids get to know someone they would not ordinarily spent time with. Lunch Baskets contained things ranging from steak and potatoes to deli sandwiches with soda pop or sparkling cider and fresh homemade cookies to fruit leather.
The students seemed to be reluctant to participate but... after the assembly and lunch were over, students were talking about next time!!!
The event was planned by the Middle School Student Council under the direction of Mrs. Sant.

Floral Team Was Outstanding this week!!

Shoshone FFA competed in a three district Floral Design Career Development Event hosted in Shoshone at the Community Center. Schools in attendance included; Kimberly, Twin Falls, Jerome, Minico, Burley, Gooding, Wendell and Shoshone. Students tested their skills in practicum areas including Floral Arranging, designing of Dish Gardens, pinching of plants for propagation, plant identification, and completed a comprehensive exam.

Shoshone came away with 1st place over all and 1st in the North Magic Valley District.

District High Individuals include:
1st Mckayla Tanner
2nd Christy Race
3rd Kasey Barney
4th Lizzy Lasley
5th Mikaila Mastrofini
9th Jessica Simonson

Way to Go!!!!

Pre-Spring Concert

The Pre-spring concert was outstanding.

Brett Riley and Becca Merrick

High School Choir

HS Band

MS Band
Other great performances were done by Dakota Brown accompanied by Brett Riley and Belinda Marsh play the piano.

High School Art!

The High School Art classes is working with clay making some great pieces

Aca-Deca Team Competes well!

The team comes home with 4th place, 15 state medals and 3rd in the Super Quiz.
The team members were Diana Vaught, Brian Corona, Fredrik Tveitnes, DJ Stanhope, Caleb Aoi, Morgan Weber, Caulen Bryant, Anne Gochnour, Rebekah Merrick, Dakota Brown, Marisa Grissom and Katherine Rubio.

Medalists
DJ Stanhope - Gold for music, Silver for Economics, Bronze in Interview
Caleb Aoi - Silver Math, Bronze Economics and Bronze Interview
Morgan Weber - Gold Science, Silver Interview
Caulen Bryant - Gold Essay, Bronze Music
Anne Gochnour - Bronze Math and Economics
Rebekah Merrick- Silver Speech, Bronze Super Quiz
Dakota Brown - Silver in Music

What a great way to represent Shoshone!!!

BIG THANK YOU!

As the BPA Team just completed state and Aca-Deca is almost on their way we would like to express a Huge Thank you to the PTO and the Shoshone Education Foundation for the donations!
We appreciate the support!!!!

BPA Team Sets School Record!!

Business Professionals of America (BPA) had a great time at State Competition. They earned more awards than ever before for the school!
Web Design Team (Caleb, Garrett, Sabrina, Diana V) 3rd place
Caleb Aoi – Financial Math and Analysis 2nd place – Qualified for Nationals
DJ Stanhope – Fundamental Word Processing – Top 10
Anne Gochnour – Advanced Spreadsheets – Top 10
Diana Vaught – Computer Security – Top 10
Sabrina Chitwood – Desktop Publishing – Top 10

Great Job Team!!

Picture: Diana Vaught, Caleb Aoi, DJ Stanhope, Devon Davis, Morgan Weber, Sabrina Chitwood; Front: Maira Torres, Diana Albarran, Cristal Torres, Anne Gochnour, Hagerman Student

What's happening in Science

Mr. Mitchell's science class took a different approach for learning "Plate Tectonics". Students were given a check list of different learning opportunities and students were given the ability to choose how they learned the information. The students had 10 school days or 2.5 weeks to complete the chapter and take the test. Mr. Mitchell felt students did an outstanding job of self monitoring and worked well for the entire assignment.
The standards covered in this unit were:
8-9.ES.1.1.2 Apply the concepts of order and organization to a given system.
8-9.ES.1.2.2 Develop models to explain concepts or systems.
8-9.ES.1.6.4 Formulate scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence.
8-9.ES.4.2.1 Explain the internal energy sources of the earth

Examples of student work!!!

Shakespeare Coming to Shoshone

Tuesday March 13th, the Shakespeare festival will present MacBeth to the secondary students (6th-12th graders). The assembly will be an outstanding opportunity for students to experience Shakespeare. Come join us if you can! Performance at 1:00 pm!

Did you get a letter for your Middle School student?

In your mailbox last week, you should have received a letter with your students Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) data.

Classroom teachers and the ISAT prep teams developed goals for each student in all subject areas. Check out how your child has done the last two years and where we expect them to be this year! Goals are ambitious and achievable. Ask your child about the goals and how they are going to achieve them!

Starting April 9th, all Middle School students will begin taking the ISAT in the areas of Reading, Language Usage and Math.

What is your High School student doing from 3:30-4:00?

They can be in 1 of 5 places.

1) Study Hall with Mrs. Buckway
2) Study Hall with Mrs. Lewis
3) Music opportunities with Ms. LeBeau
4) Gym/Weight Room with Mr. Chapman
5) or home

In preparation for spring testing, students will be benchmark tested in Reading, Math and Language Usage. If the student does not meet proficiency they will be assigned a class from 3:30 to 4:00. This is an opportunity for students to get individualized or small group assistance.

IELA Testing??

IELA Testing (Idaho English Language Assessment): what is it? All students with a native language other than English must take the IELA until they are identified as Fluent. Students are tested in four areas: speaking, listening, reading comprehension and writing.
The assessment is done during the school day in small group and individual testing sessions. For more information, contact the MS/HS office.

Going to Mongolia!!

Congratulations to Colton Horn for being selected 1 of 28 students from eight states in the Northwest who will travel to Mongolia this summer and study Mongolian history, culture and water resources. Colton was the only student from Idaho selected for this month long free trip.
Good job Colton!

Distracted Driving

High School students attend an assembly 10 days ago on distracted driving. All the students took a survey before going to the assembly.

DOES YOUR STUDENT DRIVE DISTRACTED??? Here are the overall results. 82% of students reported that they use their cellphone when driving while 18% indicated that they did not use their cell phone when driving. 57% students reported that they text when they drive while 43% indicated that they did not text when driving. As such it appears that 57% of the students both use their cell phone and text when driving.

The assembly was based on an actual case that occurred in August of 2008 involving two boys, both named Trevor. There was a rollover accident and the passenger Trevor was killed and Trevor the driver was charged with Vehicular Manslaughter. When it came time for sentencing Judge Borresen noticed that the young men were“poster” young men who were excellent students, active in school activities and sports. Therefore, Judge Borresen wanted to try to get a message out to young people about the dangers of distracted driving.

The students of SHS watched a video. The first part of the video shows some forms of distracted driving and then we tried to replicate the accident scene where one young man dies and the other is taken to the hospital. The second part includes all of the interviews from first responders, law enforcement, prosecution, defense attorney, the court as well as both sets of parents and Trevor talk about this tragic incident.

Middle School Honor Choir and Band

Congratulations to those who participated in Middle School Honor Choir and Honor Band last Wednesday. (Victor Vallejo, Jose Wences, Lillian Brown, Veronica Camargo, Kyra Davis, Kathryn Fitzgerald, Cheyenne Hennings, Jordan Adams, Morgan Bench, Risa Rushton)
Everyone had a great time working with professional musicians and other music students from Southern Idaho. The day ended with an amazing concert where 300 choir and 200 band students performed together.
Special shout-out to Veronica Camargo and Victor Vallejo for singing some fantastic solos.
Great job everyone!

Regional Champs!

Today, Saturday January 28th, the Shoshone Academic Decathlon team brought home the gold! The team won the regional meet hosted in Shoshone. The team will travel to the state meet in March at Idaho Falls. More details to come about individual awards in the coming week!

WAY TO GO!

Academic Decathlon Preps!

The Academic Decathlon team used today,Friday, to prep for the competition on Saturday January 28, 2012.

Student of the Week!

Magic Valley Times News Honors Scott Kerner!

Scott, a junior, has a gift: He can draw what he sees. Put a pencil in his hand, give him an interesting photo or still life, come back an hour later and you will marvel at Scott’s gift. He is motivated, almost driven, to create. He can do amazing things with shading using pencils. His rendering skills are excellent and he can work in any medium with pleasing results. The staff and students of Shoshone are always amazed at the quality of his artwork.



Read more: http://magicvalley.com/news/local/twin-falls/magic-valley-students-of-the-week/article_8563ac51-fce3-5149-9ba7-2aa8faeae08f.html#ixzz1kJZQK100

Teacher Professional Development

Friday teachers spent time learning about "Blended Learning"; ways to use further technology into the classroom. The "Students Come First" law, is being discussed in legistration this year anf it will give more regulation about online learning to school districts in the classrooms. As of right now, 1/3 of all high school students in the State of Idaho will receive Laptops in the coming school year. It has not been determined if Shoshone is part of the 1/3.
Friday afternoon, teachers reviewed all middle school students' data to set ISAT goals for this spring. The data taken into consideration was last years' ISAT scores, Plato benchmark testing, Aimsweb data and classroom assessments.
In the coming weeks, check your mail to see your own students data and their ISAT goals.

Welding Class!!!

The welding class working on soldering circuit boards.

BPA Competitions Results Are IN!!

Way to Go SHS Business Professionals of America! The following students will be headed to the State Competition in March in their perspective events.
Garrett Sant, Caleb Aoi, Sabrina Chitwood, Diana Vaught – 1st place - Web Design Team
Morgan Weber – 1st Place – Graphic Design Promotion
Caleb Aoi, 1st Place - Financial Math & Analysis
Diana Albarran – 1st Place – Medical Office Procedures
Diana Vaught – 1st Place – Computer Security
lace – Computer Security
Sabrina Chitwood – 3rd Place – Desktop Publishing
Annie Gochnour – 3rd Place – Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

The following student also performed will at the meet.
DJ Stanhope – 4th Place – Fundamental Word Processing
Diana Albarran – 4th Place – Keyboarding Production
Maira Torres – 5th Place – Keyboarding Production

Scholarship Deadlines and Information from Mr. Olson

Seniors, remember that the Idaho State Scholarship deadline is January 16. scholarshiphelp@osbe.idaho.gov

University of Idaho is spoonsoring a Scholarship Workday @ Gooding County Extension Office on January 18 @ 5:00pm to 7:00pm. RSVP by calling 934-4417 or by www.facebook.com/GoodingCounty 4H.

We invite Hispanic/Latino high school seniors and their parents to come and complete an admission application, financial aid forms and learn more about the University of Idaho, as well as the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). University of Idaho staff and alumni will answer questions you may have about pursuing a higher education. We look forward to meeting you!

The FAFSA Completion Day is Saturday, February 4th, from 10:00AM until 2:00 PM. This event will be at the Health Science and Human Services Building on the Twin Falls CSI Campus. See the attached flyer if you are interested.

Seniors, remember the priority deadline for the FAFSA is Feb 15th. See me if you need help.

Mr. Olson

Online Classes!

Students in the Shoshone School District have been participating in online learning for several years. This year the district provided incentives to take Dual Credit courses to lead them directly into college. Online learning opportunities have given students the change to take classes not offered within our walls. Students are taking courses such as: Spanish III, Pyschology, Sociology, Fundamentals of Health Professions, French, International Business, and Forensic Science.

Meet Fredrik !!!

Foreign and Royal for the Day
By Kenya Lewis
Warwhoops! Reporter

SHOSHONE- Fredrick Tveitnes is a foreign exchange student from Norway. “I’ve always dreamed of coming to America, and I saw this as an opportunity.” Tveitnes states.
Fredrick lives in a city the west coast of Norway. For his time in Idaho he is staying with Darren and Amy Taber and will only be here for ten months.
Since Tveitnes has been in America, he has tried many new foods, as well as football, basketball and horseback riding.
According to Tveitnes, he doesn’t have horses in Norway because, “I live in the neighborhood.” He says he was interested in coming to America because of the movie “Dances With Wolves,” and while he would like to see New York and LA, he is more interested in the Great Plains and the buffalo
Some major differences are the heat and the language. “I didn’t know there was 90 degrees Fahrenheit.” He says, and adds with a grin “we use Celsius in Norway.” With summer winding down and winter quickly approaching, Idaho is preparing to show him just how cold it can be.
In describing his home country, he says: “it’s colder and they speak Norwegian.” At home he enjoys sailing in the fjords, hiking, and seafood.
In Norway they celebrate many of the same holidays Americans do, including Christmas and Easter.
During his stay in Shoshone, Tveitnes is taking U.S. History, Band, English, Floral, Physics, Algebra II, Art and Academic Decathlon. He did well in his first decathlon meet including earning an award in the speech competition
In reply to an inquiry as to whether being a foreign exchange student is a difficult process, Tveitnes says, “No, not yet. The most difficult part is the language.”
Tveitnes seems to be popular so far at SHS, already having made many friends and been selected as Junior Class Homecoming Royalty. He has been on the football team, the basketball team and the Decathlon team. “Everyone wants a Norwegian on the team.” He says with a grin.

Semester Finals

The halls are quiet. Knowledge and skills being exhibited!

The new semester will being Jan 17th! Most students will not see a change in their schedule.

Get Ready for Finals

Semester Final Exams are scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week (Jan 10, 11, 12th).

GET PREPARED!! The Study Hall this Friday from 9-11:30 will be hosted by Mr. Mitchell (Science and Math Teacher, with experience in teaching Language Arts)

Student or Parent need a computer!!!

The computer lab is open to Parents and Students who do not have access to computers or internet at home. It is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:15-5:30. Parents and students can use the computers to do homework, research, type papers, job search, college search and much more!!! The only exceptions are social networking, blogging and any other sites blocked by the school. We also have Rosetta Stone, a language learning software, on the computers, for people interested in working on their English/Spanish skills. Please feel free to come on in!!

Tara A. Rodriguez
Parent Liaison
Shoshone Schools
(208) 886-2381 ext. 352