IFAA PSAT Testing Reminder! 10th and 11th grade students will be taking the PSAT test tomorrow (Tuesday, 10/24/2023) on their laptops first thing at school. Charge up your laptop (right now?) and place it where you will remember it in the morning. Get some good sleep tonight, eat a good breakfast tomorrow, bring your laptop, and be ready to do your best! Get to school early so you won't feel rushed before the test. Pro Tip: Set an alarm on your phone for reminders.
Congratulations 🎊 Kaylee! “Bronze in Bloom” took 🥇first place at the Second Annual Scrap-to-Sculpture Design Challenge which was part of Boise Entrepreneur Week!
What an honor for some of our IFAA students and staff to spend time with Mellisa Paul at KTVB today! Another contemporary group of musicians from IFAA performed their original, “Whatever” on Mellisa’s program, Idaho Today! If you don’t catch it live today on television, you can see it on the KTVB website or again this Friday on TV! So proud of the creative work our kids do here and grateful for local broadcast journalists like Mellisa Paul and her team!
Check out the video of IFAA Contemporary Students performing on Idaho Today: https://www.ktvb.com/embeds/video/responsive/277-9989339d-6496-4a45-8e45-af8d2022a54c/iframe?fbclid=IwAR183zvcCGQ-QRBGvd3BwnrTShFjGvmbSfJhcdELITeHzcb3VqF3VCThQZg
IFAA Contemporary Instrumental Majors performed their original music on Idaho Today with award winning journalist and Idaho native, the one and only Mellisa Paul! Our kids were great! What a great opportunity for our students.
See the videos:
Carsten’s “Sides” along with interviews with Shaun Scrivner and Christian Housel: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-today/idaho-today-idaho-fine-arts-academy-showcase/277-8048b2a7-e0b4-4223-a67f-bfc81019e5e0
Olive’s “The Haunting Song”: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-today/idaho-today-idaho-fine-arts-academy-showcase/277-2f15a6dc-dc1f-46d2-8a53-dd66cd9bf92f
High School “After Hours”: https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/idaho-today/idaho-today-idaho-fine-arts-academy-showcase/277-2ad40dc4-967a-49b7-9781-f17dfbc57c1d
Idaho Fine Arts Academy junior film majors Laura Kramer and Lottie Amundson have had their short film accepted for screening at an upcoming local film festival, the Colossal Cinematic Showcase.
The red-carpet event is slated for May 7 at Overland Park Cinemas. It begins at 4:30 p.m.; doors open at 4:00 p.m. The showcase may feature other films containing R-rated content and there may be an entrance fee. See the showcase website for further information.
“The Death of Olive Taylor” presents a humorous sequence of events that lead to a young lady’s untimely demise. The film features a cast of actors pulled primarily from the school.
IFAA Presents Guest Hip-Hop Artists "Zero & Knwbdy" in concert with Bobby Gaytan’s street art and IFAA dance and music majors. February 22, 2022, 7 PM, at the Centennial Performing Arts Center Theater, 12260 W. McMillan Rd., Boise, ID.
Suggested $10 ticket donation per person. Tickets may be purchased online, in the IFAA office, or at the theater.
Online Tickets: https://secure3.myschoolfees.com/guest_home.aspx?sid=5600&feegroupid=8
Bardenay Restaurant fundraiser is back! Enjoy an evening at a great restaurant AND support IFAA!
Bardenay will donate 20% of your total meal price to the IFAA PTSO.
Monday 1/16/2023 from 5pm-9pm at the Eagle Bardenay.
There’s still time to purchase tickets for the West Ada Athletics & Activities Fundraiser. Grand Prizes include the 2023 RZR 900 Trail Premium courtesy of @cmcompanyinc. The first of the monthly drawings (Oct 2022 - Apr 2023) for regional prizes is October 24! All tickets sold by IFAA fund programs at IFAA! Purchase your tickets while supplies last. $100 per raffle ticket. Contact the IFAA office to purchase.
Additional information regarding the fundraiser can be found at: https://www.westada.org/page/activities-athletics-fundraiser
Congratulations to Isabelle Arriaga (IFAA senior class of 2022) for winning the Youth Award at the 2022 Meridian Art Week Chalk Competition. So many beautiful chalk drawings!
IFAA graduate Audrie Earle will intern with Idaho Senator Risch in D.C. this fall. Audrie studied dance and visual arts at IFAA while maintaining a 4.0 GPA in high school. Audrie is a senior at the University of Dallas and is majoring in business. See the full press release at https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2022/9/risch-welcomes-fall-2022-interns-to-washington-d-c-office
Help the IFAA PTSO raise money for our students by eating at Rudy's on McMillan Road (3035 West McMillan Rd, Meridian) on Tuesday, Sept 13th from 6-8pm. Tell them you're with IFAA!
Ponderosa Elementary School recently partnered with Two Men and a Truck moving company to collect and deliver donations to the Women and Children’s Alliance. Such a great partnership giving back to the community. Way to go Eagles!!!
Frontier Elementary second graders learned about properties of materials and matter while constructing buildings out of index cards. What an exciting way to apply classroom learning!!!
Ben is a student at Pepper Ridge Elementary. In 2019, when Ben was in Kindergarten, he was planning a lemonade 🍋 stand to make some money. After a visit to the Humane Society 🐾 that week, he saw that some of the cat 🐱 enclosures didn't have toys and it broke his heart. He decided he would donate whatever money he made to them instead. He raised $220 and stayed true to his word and donated every penny. Due to Covid he took a break in 2020, then resumed in 2021. That year he raised $600. This year during Spring Break, he held his third one. The Idaho Humane Society shared it on their page, then some radio stations picked it up as well. Ben had tons of visitors from all over and he raised $1800, all of which he gladly handed over again. Ben plans on having a lemonade 🍋 stand every Spring now, just in time for "kitten season" when they need supplies the most.
McMillan Elementary School 4th graders had the opportunity to visit Governor Brad Little at the Capitol today. What a great opportunity to apply learning outside of the classroom!!
McMillan Elementary School 4th graders had the opportunity to visit Governor Brad Little at the Capitol today. What a great opportunity to apply learning outside of the classroom!!
This week our PRINCIPAL PRIDE spotlight is on Rachel Edwards, Meridian Middle School • Number of Years in West Ada: 21 • Number of Years at current school: 1 • What I like about West Ada: That we are all focused on how we can support students in these changing times. • The best thing about being a Principal is...Our staff and students!!! I love the relationships we build daily with our students and community. • Family: I have been married for 20 years and have 3 children who are all attending West Ada schools. • Favorite Food: Chips and Salsa...all day every day! • Favorite TV Show: I can watch reruns of Friends any day of the week. • Hobbies: Shopping for shoes.....I also love to read, cook, and spend time with my family. • Fun Fact: I owned a dance studio before I got into education. We are so lucky to have such exceptional leaders in West Ada. Thank you for your continued leadership, dedication, service and compassion to those you serve!
It is our pleasure to announce that West Ada School Nutrition Services will be providing FREE MEALS to children ages 1-18 this summer. We invite you to join us for a "Summer Feeding Kick Off Event" on June 9 from 12:00-12:45 at Tully Park - 2500 N. Linder Road in Meridian where School Nutrition Services will be celebrating healthy free meals for the summer with raffles and activities at this community event.
For more information on participating West Ada locations that will offer free meal this summer, please visit - www.westada.org - or call 208-855-4575.
This week our PRINCIPAL PRIDE spotlight is on Rachel Edwards, Meridian Middle School
• Number of Years in West Ada: 21
• Number of Years at current school: 1
• What I like about West Ada: That we are all focused on how we can support students in these changing times.
• The best thing about being a Principal is...Our staff and students!!! I love the relationships we build daily with our students and community.
• Family: I have been married for 20 years and have 3 children who are all attending West Ada schools.
• Favorite Food: Chips and Salsa...all day every day!
• Favorite TV Show: I can watch reruns of Friends any day of the week.
• Hobbies: Shopping for shoes.....I also love to read, cook, and spend time with my family.
• Fun Fact: I owned a dance studio before I got into education.
We are so lucky to have such exceptional leaders in West Ada. Thank you for your continued leadership, dedication, service and compassion to those you serve!
Girls On the Run is an after school running club at Meridian Elementary School organized by teaching staff. Part of their program is a community service project. This year, members picked the Meridian Schools Clinic as the place they would like to do their community service giving back to their local community.
