Thursday, May 31, 2007

Teton Valley Schools

Teton Valley offers opportunities in education from kindergarten level to high school. The Teton County School District #401 is the public school system for the whole county of Teton. They have three elementary schools from the first grade to the fifth in each community. The local kindergarten is found in Driggs, with the middle school for grades six to eight, and high school for grades nine to twelve. The environment in the valley is very conducive and safe for learning. The students often take nature trips to Yellowstone and other places in Idaho. In addition to this, Grand Targhee resort has a winter sports program that runs for five weeks in winter for students of all ages. They teach winter activities like alpine and cross country skiing as well as ice skating and snow shoeing.

The Teton County School District in Driggs, Idaho has over ninety certified teachers and instructors to cater to more than a thousand students yearly. In 2006, a new middle school was also built in Driggs to accommodate the increase in students, along with the extension of the high school building. Teton High School alone has an enrollment of almost five hundred students wherein almost all of them graduate in their senior year. Their mascot is the Teton Redskin. Teton Middle School has more than three hundred students with the Teton Mustang as their mascot. The elementary school in Driggs has the most number of students among the other two elementary schools located in Teton Valley, with a population of around two hundred fifty students. Victor Elementary and Driggs Elementary rank second and third in terms of student population, respectively. The school mascot of Driggs Elementary is the Jaguar, while for Tetonia Elementary School, it is the Tetonia Eagle. For the Victor Elementary School, whose building is one of the oldest ones standing, which was built in 1945 has the Victor Bear as their mascot. The kindergarten and preschool in Teton Valley also caters to the handicapped and those needing special education.

There are also several private schools that accommodate other students for a smaller and multi grade environment. The Alta Elementary School located in Alta, Wyoming accepts students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. The Christian School in Driggs also has students from grades one to twelve in their care. A Developmental Disability Center by the Joshua Foundation teaches developmentally impaired children in their center.



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