Base school earns Purple Star title

Destiny Baker helps one of the students in her fourth-grade class at Stephensen Elementary School fill out their in-class assignment during one of the day’s lessons at the school at Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Photo by Jenn Kreutzer

Recognizing its commitment to helping the students of military families in the local community, the state education department announced plans to honor a local school with a national-level title.

Officials at Stephensen Elementary School at Mountain Home Air Force Base received word last week that their school qualified to become Idaho’s first Purple Star School.

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