FRUITLAND — More than 50 students from Fruitland and New Plymouth recently shared in a 51-year community tradition, creating handmade ornaments for Zions Bank’s Christmas tree and receiving a cash
The news of the fire which destroyed First Baptist Church of New Plymouth spread quickly during the night of May 15. It grabbed the attention of local and metropolitan news
NEW PLYMOUTH – Investigators from the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have determined the cause of a fire that consumed the
Felicity Steers says her third-graders are learning math, critical thinking, and sportsmanship alongside chess. Author: Tami Tremblay Updated: 7:04 AM MST February 25, 2021
NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho When kids learn to play chess, they can also learn to think deeply about the decisions they make in life. Felicity Steers stands by that philosophy and that s why she rallied to get the game of chess into her third-grade classroom at New Plymouth Elementary School. There are so many things that go along with chess, Steers said. It s not just playing a game. At the very basic level before you put the pieces on the board you are learning graphing skills, Knight to E4, and you have to be able to find those coordinates. So even before the pieces are there there s math involved. Definitely, critical thinking skills, knowing how many pieces to move, thinking ahead, that strategy, a lot of advanced math is multiple steps so having that step by step game of