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Requirements to serve 1. A resident of School Board Zone 2 (see State Approved School Board Trustee Zone Map, linked on the school district website, and posted at Teton County, Idaho GIS) 2. Registered Voter in Teton County, Idaho Expectation To serve the remainder of the term, to the election of November 2023, service through December 2023, the elected candidate (from November 2023 election), would start new term January 2024, [...]

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE. INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN. Teton School District 401 Supplemental Levy Information What is a Levy? A levy is a property tax to help fund the needs of Teton School District 401 schools, including competitive salaries, student programming, and staffing levels that support our commitment to excellence. The Levy is e effective for two years. Why do we need a Levy? The State of Idaho under-funds education. Nearly [...]

Celebrating Learning Amidst the Challenge of COVID-19 by Megan Bybee, Director of Instruction In the Fall of 2019, I’m not sure that anyone could have foreseen the challenges everyone would face in the year ahead. As we now enter a beautiful summer, with few Covid-19 cases in the valley and hopefully feel some semblance of normalcy, we can finally take a breath and reflect upon the past 15 months. Above [...]

On Friday, May 28, 2021, a total of 121 students graduated from Teton High, joining eight students who celebrated graduation from Basin High on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The THS senior class received their diplomas on a windy but picture-perfect evening at the Teton High football field; the Basin students’ ceremony was held at the THS auditorium. In a year that started in the middle of a global pandemic, seniors [...]

 This year, Teton School District 401 is asking patrons to renew the existing Plant Facilities Levy that was first approved in 1985. The levy would remain at the same amount as last year, $500,000 per year, for each of the next five years. The estimated cost per $100,000 of property value is $22.32 per year, or $1.86 per month.  Why do we need to renew the Plant Facilities Levy? The [...]

Teton School District 401 is now enrolling kindergarten students for the school year 2021-2022, and will host its annual “Kindergarten Roundup” on Friday, April 30. On that day, there will be NO kindergarten classes at any of the schools so that teachers can help with screenings and enroll students for next year. (All other grades will meet as normal.) Children are eligible to be enrolled if they will be at [...]

Here is the informational brochure about the Plant Facilities Levy for the election on May 18, 2021. This flyer will be distributed to all Teton County (Idaho) business and residential addresses the week of April 19, 2021. Extra brochures will be available at the schools, and at several community locations. Early voting starts April 14 at the Teton County Courthouse and continues until 5 pm on Friday, May 14. Here's [...]

Howdy Folks! Teton School District 401 is accepting Kindergarten Dual Language applications for the 2021-2022 school year. Who can apply: Any child who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2021 What do I do: Contact Erica Black or Allen Carter at Driggs Elementary 208-228-5927 to fill out an application. You can also go to TSD401.ORG, hover over schools, click on DES, scroll down until you see Dual Language [...]

The renewal request of the supplemental levy passed, with 4,092 votes in favor and 2,090 votes against. That’s 66% approval. What an awesome community!

Check out this helpful mask tutorial from our friends at Teton Valley Health. https://youtu.be/S40NvYMnhao

At a special meeting August 17, 2020, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees approved the Reopening Plan presented by the district’s administrative team. Under the plan, all staff and students will be required to wear masks, from boarding buses to delivery at home, to help mitigate the risk of the spread of COVID-19. The 15-page plan contains much more detail than earlier draft versions, in response to the [...]

This "quick guide" for parents was presented to the TSD 401 School Board last night for consideration as part of the plan for reopening schools. Admin team members added a couple of points of clarification: that the question asked on the left applies to ANY reason parents may face, not just COVID-related; and that there are differences between "virtual school" (in which students interact with their own teacher and lessons [...]

At its regular meeting July 13, 2020, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees reviewed the first draft of a plan created by the district’s administrative team. The draft plan provides three different possible school situations as the community continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The local level of community transmission will be the determining factor regarding which education level is deemed safe for public school students. The draft [...]

Hey Tetonia Elementary! This is Haley from Full Circle Education (your garden educator)! I am pleased to announce the return of our Summer Garden Club, every Tuesday from 10 am till 12 pm at the Tetonia Elementary School Garden till school starts. Students will meet in the garden where they will get hands-on garden experience, enjoy tasty treats, and partake in various science experiments (this will vary every week). The [...]

After four rounds of voting, it’s official. Students have chosen the new Teton High School Mascot -- Timberwolves. Students in grades 8-12 participated in the online polling, using their TSD email account to submit votes. Members of the THS Student Council were involved in reviewing the data, discussing the results, and helping to get the word out to students. Timberwolves beat out 15 other suggestions, with the number of options [...]

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, in two separate ceremonies held at the Spud Drive-In, a total of 136 students graduated from Teton School District high schools. In a year of surprises, fittingly, the night culminated in a surprise closing for Teton High students and families -- a finale of fireworks. In the ceremony’s presentation section, 123 graduates walked across a specially constructed stage. The seniors were called up in groups [...]

All of us are stressed about the changes we now face. More than working or learning at home is the cruel reality that some people are working greatly reduced hours or can’t work at all. This means food budgets have been hit and hit hard. To help alleviate this stress, Teton School District ramped up our free meals program right after the school board voted to initiate home-based learning Over [...]

Teton School District No. 401 is accepting bids for, mowing/lawn maintenance service agreement, anticipated service agreement time span: May 1, 2020, to April 30, 2022. Service agreement will be renewable annually, based upon an evaluation by the school district, a review of job performance, and a review of current pricing. Bid application form below.

From left to right: Aspen Lassen, Waklee Kunz (#12) Annalea Brown (#30), Cambrie Streit, and Abby Thomas (#25) Waklee Kunz has reached a milestone that few high school basketball players attain – scoring more than 1,000 points during her Varsity hoops career. But that wouldn’t have been possible without the strong support of the entire Teton team, especially the other four seniors, says head coach Shon Kunz. “This [...]

Snip of the recognition from IHSAA re Legends of the Game The Teton Valley community is encouraged to attend Friday’s Teton High Boys Basketball game for a special commemoration – recognition of the athletes and coaches who were Idaho State Champions in basketball in the years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Their accomplishments four-plus decades ago will be recognized during an honors ceremony during half time of the Varsity [...]

Teton High's student talent was on full display in the Poetry Out Loud Assembly on Monday, December 9. Twenty competitors had been deemed best in their individual classrooms and earned the right to recite two memorized poems in front of the entire student body. This is the 13th year Poetry Out Loud has taken place at THS. Our students annually do well at the state competitions, held in the spring. [...]

School Board This was reported by Channel 8 News. Please read about the results here. Teton County County election results are here.

Teton School District 401 will host Open Houses next week at the first two schools where bond-funded renovations and additions have been completed. The Open Houses are scheduled for 7-8:30 pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Tetonia Elementary School, 215 5th N. St., in Tetonia, and on the following night, Thursday, October 17, 2019, at Rendezvous Upper Elementary School, 211 E Howard Ave., in Driggs. Each event is intended [...]

By Anne Seifert Region 6 Capacity Builder Idaho Building Capacity Project A year ago, Teton Middle School was identified by the Idaho State Department of Education as a “needs improvement” school because of student achievement scores on state ISAT testing. In response to the ranking, TMS principal Brian Ashton said “Bring It On,” and outlined some corrective measures. The TMS ranking provided an opportunity to engage in the Idaho [...]

Reigning All-Around Idaho State Cowboy, Cooper Cooke, Finishes As Reserve Champion at National High School Finals Rodeo Saturday in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Cooper Cooke, an incoming Teton High School junior competing in his first NHSFR, claimed reserve champion in bareback riding with 226 points. The runner-up finish was paced by a seventh-place score of 74 in Saturday evening's short go and by winning the first go-round earlier in [...]

The Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees voted 4-1 at a special working meeting on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, to “retire the Redskins name.” The decision eliminates taxpayer funds for the transition and sets the stage for the board to create a plan to accomplish that goal with community input. The exact motion, made by board member Mary Mello with suggested amendments from board member Jake Kunz, was: “I [...]

Why are actual costs higher than pre-bond budget estimates? The primary reason is change in scope. To meet educational needs, adjustments were made in the size of each school, resulting in a net increase of 8,398 square feet (SF). All but 60 SF of this total is accounted by making Victor Elementary larger and Driggs Elementary smaller. Renovations of critical importance, brought forward by the public during pre-bond focus groups, [...]

The Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees voted unanimously (4-0) on Monday, July 15, 2019, to accept the Guaranteed Maximum Price presented by Headwaters Construction for renovation and additions at Teton Middle School in Driggs. This is the final piece of six projects approved by Teton County voters in November 2017 at an estimated cost of nearly $37.3 million. It brings the overall actual costs above the approved bond [...]

Neither the school board nor the public can ask to have the question of keeping or changing the Teton High mascot put on November’s ballot, according to Dorothy Canary, Elections Compliance Specialist for the Secretary of State’s office in Boise. “The election process is for electing school board trustees and bonds and levies, so, unfortunately, they would not be able to put the question about the school mascot on the [...]

The Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees has scheduled a working session regarding the Teton High School mascot on Tuesday, July 16, at 6 pm at Driggs Elementary. During its regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday, July 8, the board listened to four hours of public comment and then discussed the issue for nearly another two hours before coming to a consensus to schedule a work-session regarding the mascot decision. Board [...]

The next regularly-scheduled meeting of the TSD401 Board of Trustees, on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 5:30 pm, will be held in the THS auditorium rather than at the District Office in order to accommodate a larger-than-usual expected attendance. The agenda includes discussion of the Teton High School mascot. Representatives from the Idaho School Board Association (ISBA) will facilitate the public-comment section of the meeting, which takes place early in [...]

For the 7th year in a row, Teton High's Graduation ceremonies will be live streamed on the district Facebook Page live stream! Be sure to tune in TONIGHT at 7 pm.

In both response to and in support of the recent editorial by Ella Hundere Dahlgren, a senior at Teton High, I feel a need to give a “Shout Out” to our local school district and to share the gifts that our now 25-year-old daughter received from her experiences at Teton. Our oldest daughter, Lydia Hanson, was born here and began her education with Teton School District 401 in kindergarten. She [...]

The board of trustees for Teton School District 401 will discuss the Teton High School mascot at its regularly-scheduled meeting in July. The meeting, Monday, July 8, 2019, will begin at 5:30 pm in the auditorium of Teton High School in Driggs. Public comment will be taken on the issue at that time. Patrons are encouraged to provide input to school board members by email prior to the meeting; all [...]

Teton School District’s insurance carrier, Idaho Counties Risk Management Program, is covering the financial net loss of funds from the fraud discovered in December, according to an announcement by Superintendent of Schools Monte Woolstenhulme at Monday night’s board meeting in Driggs. The amount has yet to be confirmed but will include nearly $300,000 of the original loss plus some of the expense of the cybersecurity investigation, Woolstenhulme said. The district [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2019 All Teton Schools to be closed 2/6, 2/7 and 2/8 After reviewing the increasing absenteeism of 20% or higher this week of students and staff and substitutes, due to illness, all schools at Teton School District 401 will be closed Feb. 6-7-8. This decision has been made in reviewing information with principals, medical professionals, and other school districts in Eastern Idaho that have taken [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2019 Teton and Basin High Schools to be closed Friday 2/1/2019 The Principals of Teton and Basin High Schools in Driggs, along with Superintendent of Schools Monte Woolstenhulme, have been monitoring the high number of student and staff illness at the schools. The decision has been made that both schools will be closed on Friday, February 1st in an effort to allow students and staff [...]

Press Release Monte Woolstenhulme, Superintendent, Teton School District #401 office phone: (208) 228-5923, [email protected] Chris Isaacson, Chair, Board of Trustees for Teton School District #401, cell phone: (574-286-4365), [email protected] Jeanne Anderson, PR Consultant, Teton School District No. 401, mobile phone: 208-360-6518, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2019 School District will file FOIA request with FBI for 2017 info A standing-room-only crowd attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the board [...]

Monte Woolstenhulme, Superintendent, Teton School District #401 office phone: (208) 228-5923, [email protected], Chris Isaacson, Chair, Board of Trustees for Teton School District #401, cell phone: (574)-286-4365, [email protected] Jeanne Anderson, PR Consultant, Teton School District No. 401, mobile phone: (208)-360-6518, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2018 Recovered School District funds have been deposited Funds recovered by Comerica Bank -- $484,332.66 – have been confirmed as deposited in the account [...]

At a special executive session of the board of trustees for Teton School District #401 on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018 in Driggs, board members discussed the status of the ongoing investigations into a fraudulent payment of $784,000, transferred to an account in error on Dec. 20. The money, intended for Headwaters Construction of Victor, came from funds that are part of the state-held school-bond account. The district continues to cooperate [...]

THANK YOU for your support of our local public schools!Supplemantal levy, unofficial voting results:3,420 YES1,365 noNeeded 50% plus one to pass - received 71.74%Source: Teton County Idaho