CDA4Kids needs your help

CDA4Kids, an academic enrichment program, currently serving three elementary and two middle schools in Coeur d’Alene, is seeking your help.

Approximately 40 to 60 kids from Borah, Atlas and Bryan elementaries and Lakes and Woodland middle schools take part in CDA4Kids, weekdays during the school year and in a six-week camp during the summer. The weekdays program is from 7:45 to 9 a.m., with “Wake Up and Read.” The literacy program provides students with books on tape, along with para-professionals, available to help kids with their reading and writing skills if needed. The after school program is a quiet place for students to get their homework done, and also includes CDA4Kids volunteer “Hometown Heroes.”

James Curb, director at CDA4Kids, is proud of what the “Heroes” offer to the children. “We have volunteers come in almost daily and deliver something that these kids would never experience. We encourage everybody to share with the kids what it is that makes them tick; whether it’s a hobby, whether it’s a career, world travels, experiences. We’re trying to broaden their experiences,” he said.

Volunteers and “Hometown Heroes” are needed to work with students at each school. “The most important resource is a caring adult. That is what money cannot buy,” Curb said.

CDA4Kids needs volunteers to read or be a tutor, mentor, coach, supervise activities and coach.

For more information about CDA4Kids and how to help, call Jana Hughes at 664-8241, ext. 253.

Students participate in math contest

Students from area Idaho high schools showed their math smarts at the 27th annual North Idaho College Math Contest, held earlier this month.

Schools were separated by seniors and nonseniors into large school Division I and small school Division II, and teams and individuals.

Team standings for Division I: Sandpoint High School, first place; Lake City High School, second place; and Coeur d’Alene High School third place. The Division II team standings: Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy first; Potlatch High School second; and Immaculate Conception Academy third.

The Individual Division I senior standings: John Brusaw of Sandpoint High School, first place; Lake City High School’s Bryant Baird, second place; Jonas Cafferty of Sandpoint High School, third place; and honorable mention went to Emily Chipman of Coeur d’Alene High School.

Division II senior standings: Hilary Child, first place; Mike Mitchell second place; and Evan McCarty third place. All are students at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy.

Nonsenior Division I Individual standings: Tommy Jacobs from Sandpoint High School, first place; Jacob Minter of Lakeland High School, second place; and third place was Martin Woo Hyeok, a student at Coeur d’Alene High School. Division II Nonsenior winners were also all students at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy: Ryan Ward, first; Steven Munson, second; and Lewis Ellis, third.

Winners in each division were awarded plaques, recognizing their achievement, along with graphing calculators. The first place senior in each division was also awarded waivers for in-state tuition and fees at NIC. Second- and third-place winners also received plaques and $20 gift cards from Hastings.

For more information about the math contest, call NIC math instructor Angela Earnhart at 769-3332.

Academic Lettering program at LCHS

Lake City High School, 6101 Ramsey Road in Coeur d’Alene, is having a Renaissance-Academic Lettering program on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Lake City juniors and seniors, maintaining a 3.75 and above grade-point average will receive letters for their academic achievement. The National Honor Society members will also be recognized during the event.

The goal behind the letters and school presentation is to acknowledge, reward, and reinforce the academic excellence in Coeur d’Alene schools.

Essay contest deadline looming

The deadline for the 16th annual First Freedom Student competition is drawing near.

The national essay contest gives students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to study the First Amendment and the history and relevance of religious freedom in America, then and now, while competing for a $3,000, $1,500, or $750 awards.

Registration is due Nov. 24; postmarked entry deadline is Nov. 28.

For more information, visit www.firstfreedom.org.