Each month, the Boise School Board honors deserving teachers and support staff through the District's highest awards program - the Red Apple Award for teachers and the Golden Apple Award for classified employees.

Adams Elementary School 1st Grade Student Henry Questad is this year's winner of the Boise School District Holiday Card Contest. His depiction of a reindeer and Christmas tree was selected from among 2,000 entries submitted by students in grades K-6.

The Saint Alphonsus Festival of Trees Choice Art Contest recipient is a Boise School District student. Raha Yazdani is a 6th grade student in Ms. Tara Lyons’ class at Morley Nelson Elementary School. Her artwork of Santa's sleigh silhouetted against the moon took home this year's top prize.

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Students across the Boise School District participaed in the Hour of Code, a worldwide initiative to expose students to the value and importance of Computer Science. The Hour of Code takes place during Computer Science Education Week. This year's Computer Science Week is December 3 -9, 2018.

A diesel technology teacher from Boise School District's Dennis Career & Technical Education Center has won second-place in the 2018 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, earning his high school skilled trades program $50,000

The recipients of this year's Yes, I Can Awards have been announced. This annual award celebrates the achievements of children and youth with disabilities, encourages children and youth with disabilities to seek their highest potential, and raises public awareness about the abilities, aspirations, and personal qualities of people with disabilities.

40% of Idaho's National Merit Semifinalists are students from the Boise School District. That's an impressive showing considering Boise School District enrolls about 9% of the public school students in Idaho.