District Update

Check out all that we've got going on

1. Save My Family Event
2. Text Messaging For Parents and Guardians - Please consider signing up
3. Community Schools Visit
4. Powerschool Cybersecurity Incident
5. What's Happening in Our Buildings
6. Athletics Highlights - Click Here For Athletic Calendars
7. Superintendent's Message

Study hard & dream big!

On February 24th, we had a successful community Digital Media presentation that about 125 family and community members attended. We'd like to give a special thanks to Kelli Rich, a nurse practitioner, Agent Hart, a former FBI agent, and Officer Gomez, a well-known social media expert and SRO for presenting some very powerful information regarding digital media, mental health development and well-being. We got permission from the speakers to post a live stream of the event on the Parma School District #137 Facebook page, and that post can be accessed and shared anytime, if you missed the event. We would also like to thank Idaho State Police, Idaho Department of Education, M & W Market-Parma, Parma Community Schools, Rebecca Summers and the high school Leo's Club who donated time and funds toward this great event. Thank you also to those that came to the presentation. The presenters were impressed with our turnout and gave the Parma community a great shout out.

Consider signing up for text messages from School Messenger and/or downloading the app. This is a great way to get information like early closures, snow days, etc.

We were honored to have a group tour our district and Community Schools program. Those visiting included United Way, United Way Board Members, Parma Mayor, a staff member from Senator Risch's office, and a staff member from Representative Fulcher's office.

They were very impressed with the work that is happening in Parma.

PowerSchool is offering two years of complimentary identity protection services for all current and former students and educators whose information was determined to be involved. They are also offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services for all adult students and educators whose information was determined to be involved.

Please visit our website for information. We will add the most current information as it is received from Powerschool

PowerSchool Cybersecurity Information

March 11 - 4th Grade Bowling

March 18 - 4th Grade Wagons Ho

March 19 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 20 - No School, Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 21-28 - Spring Break

Snow school with 3rd Grade was another successful adventure. Students learned about the water cycle, snow pack, and more by snow shoeing in small groups with guides from Bogus Basin. They dug snow holes until reaching dirt where they measured the depth , the deepest hole being over 70” and all more than 45”. They measured the temperature of the snow near the bottom and top of the holes they dug and took a snow sample to predict the amount of water in the snow. While all of that was a fun learning experience in math and science, the best parts of the day were going into the igloos and ending their time with the classic belly slide. Lots of PE time going uphill in snow shoes and shoveling those holes which made for a complete outside school day.

Each year, schools can send teachers to an event to earn money for their school.

Our teachers who volunteered to go scratch lottery tickets brought back more money than ever before.

To celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, students participated in themed dress-up days and engaged in a variety of fun reading activities throughout the classrooms.

Middle School Athletic Schedule

March 10 - Track and Tennis Start

March 14 - Student Support Day

March 19 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 21-28 - Spring Break

April 1 - Shakespeare Festival - The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Grades 4-6

The 7th & 8th grade Boys Basketball seasons wrapped up on February 27th! The gyms were rocking that night - THANK YOU to all the students and families that came to Pack the Stands that night! Here are some photos of our 8th grade teams, on the court with their families before they played their last game in the iconic Laca Gym.

Mrs. Clifton, 15 parents, and 55 students in the 5th & 6th Grade Enrichment Program and our Academic Team visited the College of Idaho campus on February 26th. They watched a show in the Whittenberger Planetarium and toured the Natural History Museum. Students had a great time, learned a lot, and represented Parma with pride.

March 13 - Singer Ice Cream Social Evening Event

March 13 - FFA Competition in Fruitland

March 14 - Student Support Day

March 17-20 - ISAT Testing for Juniors

March 19 - Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 19-20 - Bruce Mitchell Scholarship Interviews

March 20 - ASB Spring Break Kickoff Activities

March 21-28 - Spring Break

March 31 - ASB Officer Election Kickoff

April 2-5 - SLC FFA State Leadership Conference

Several individual and group awards were won at the competition in Boise.

Parma High School had a successful Higher Ed Day. The juniors got to attend breakout sessions with the Idaho colleges and workshops on financial aid, being a competitive applicant, and SAT. Seniors did a scholarship lab and learned interview skills with PHS graduate Becca Nichols, HR for Simplot. Seniors have scholarship interviews in February and into the spring.

Spring Sports

• High school spring sports are underway. Be sure and check out the athletic schedules.
• 134 students have signed up for a spring sport
• Baseball - First Game - March 13 at Emmett
• Softball - First Game - March 13 at Payette
• Tennis start their season with Quad on March 14
• Golf - Schedule TBD

🎉 A few highlights to celebrate:

1. Our next school board meeting is on March 10. You can find information here.

2. The 2025-2026 calendar has been approved and is on the district website.

3. Mr. Micah Doramus has been selected as the new superintendent beginning in 2025-2026.

4. Please sign up tor the new messaging system to stay informed.

5. The district continues to look at several areas to improve student safety throughout the district.

6. The girls' basketball team won the 3A state championship.

7. Congratulations to all the awards and accomplishments of our students

- Superintendent Layne