Area students will honor veterans at assemblies

Students in the Coeur d’Alene School District will honor veterans on Monday with chorus performances, special flag presentations and patriotic assemblies.

The American Legion will visit Coeur d’Alene High School, along with veterans, and will begin with a flag presentation at 9 a.m. The Legion also will present the colors at 9:25 a.m. at a special assembly. The students will offer a moment of silence to honor those killed in action, and musical groups will perform. The public is welcome to attend.

Lake City High School will hold a special assembly at 12:30 p.m., which will include student readings to honor veterans.

Third-graders at Fernan Elementary will perform at the school’s 9:30 a.m. assembly, showing a PowerPoint presentation and singing. Family veterans of Fernan students are invited to attend.

The chorus at Borah Elementary will perform at 2:20 p.m. during a Veterans Day assembly.

Hayden Meadows Elementary will have a flag ceremony, followed by an assembly to teach them about Veterans Day and how they should handle the flag.

Ramsey Elementary will honor veterans with a talk about Veterans Day, and on Nov. 20, the fifth-grade choir will have a concert to remember veterans, with a theme of the U.S. Constitution.

A fifth-grader at Bryan Elementary will sing the national anthem during the morning announcements to honor veterans. The school will have an afternoon assembly, and students’ relatives who are veterans will be honored on paper stars on decorated classroom doors.

Canfield Middle School will speak about the importance of Veterans Day during the student-run television broadcasts.

And Winton Elementary will honor veterans on Dec. 9 with a special program that will focus on Pearl Harbor Day and World War II.

DEQ offering school-lab cleanup grants

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is offering grants to help middle schools and high schools in Idaho clean up potentially hazardous chemicals in science labs.

Idaho schools may apply for up to $1,000 to help offset the costs of disposing or recycling science lab chemicals.

The DEQ’s goal for awarding the grants is to help create a safer lab environment in schools, in which chemicals are stored and handled safely, used responsibly, and disposed of properly.

Idaho schools must inventory chemicals in stock, identify chemicals for disposal, and make sure all hazardous wastes are disposed and recycled properly to qualify for the grants.

The cleanouts must be completed by May 9.

Decisions will be based on amount of funding available, matching funds provided by the school or district, and hazardous nature and extent of chemicals needed to be removed from the school.

Applications are due by Jan. 5.

For an application or for more information, visit www.deq.idaho.gov/waste/educ_tools/chemical_roundup.cfm or call Joanna Pierce, the DEQ’s Pollution Prevention Specialist at 373-0146.

Boundary County SD planning for winter

Boundary County School District is planning ahead for snowy weather, slick roads and school closures.

In the event that a snow storm hits and school is closed, closures can be found on television stations KREM, channel 2; KXLY, channel 4; and KHQ, channel 6. On the radio, closures can be heard on KBFI, 1450 AM; KPBX, 91.9 FM; KDRK, 94 FM; and KPND, 95.3 FM.

The district’s Web site, www.bcsd101.com and the emergency telephone line, 267-8934, also will list the school closures.