Mayor Rich Sykes is joined by Miss Poppy Natalie Baublitz, American Legion Auxiliary 26 members Carmen Metzer and Tristian Baublitz, Department of Idaho Legion Auxiliary Chairwoman Linda Blanton and city councilman Matt Bundy as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring May 26 as Poppy Day in Mountain Home. The red poppy remains a symbol…
The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2015 baseball season on the road this week, playing at Vallivue today, March 11, before facing Canyon Ridge on Friday. Matt Bundy takes over the team’s head coaching position after Mark Cotton moved into the high school’s assistant principal and activities director position. Bundy indicated the team had a…
The Jan. 8 meeting of the Mountain Home City Council was one of new beginnings as Councilman Fred Perez departed the council and was replaced by Councilman Daniel Brennan.For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper’s online edition. Matthew Bundy poses…
One of the goals of the Transatlantic Program (TOP) is to encourage us to use curriculum in our classrooms that enhances our students understanding of Germany, and as educators we are encouraged to take content and make it into our own; something our specifics students will be receptive to. To make TOP relevant for my…
The thrill of travel and gaining new insights into global education was provided to me through an invitation this spring to participate in a teacher fellowship with the Korea Society of New York. I jumped at the opportunity to explore a region of the globe that would be totally new and foreign to me. I…
Most of us are familiar with Kiev, Ukraine, but what about Mariupol City? This is where I had the opportunity to participate in the “Teachers for Global Classrooms” program this past spring. I taught in a Lyceum, which is comparable to the German secondary Gymnasium school type. The school was filled with motivated students preparing…
For the third time in two years, a teacher from Mountain Home High School has earned an opportunity to participate in an international fellowship program. Matthew Bundy, who teaches social studies at the high school, was one of 65 teachers from 45 states — and the only one from Idaho — selected to attend the…