October 2025

The annual holiday card contest is an opportunity for Idaho students to showcase their creativity and for the state to recognize the importance of arts in education. The contest is open to all Idaho public school students in grades K-12. An overall winner will be chosen for each of two divisions, one for grades K-6 and one for grades 7-12. So encourage your student to unleash their creativity and take a shot at winning this contest!

• 👉 Parents have the ultimate decision whether to send their children to school or keep them home! If you feel it is unsafe, call the office and their absence will be marked as excused.
• 👉 Road conditions are the primary factor in deciding school closures during heavy snowfall. Monitoring of local road conditions and weather begins at 4 a.m. using the National Weather Service and radar imagery.
• 👉 We try to make delay and closure decisions by 5 a.m. to allow time for parents and staff to receive communication.
• 👉 A two-hour delayed start may be utilized if road conditions are expected to improve mid-morning. Bus routes and morning pickup times follow the two-hour morning delay schedule.

Parents or guardians whose children ride a Lake Pend Oreille School District bus are encouraged to use a new, innovative bus tracking app that provides real-time location and arrival information to your smartphone. Interested in knowing where your child's bus is every step of the way? Follow these steps:

• Find BusRight on the Google Play or Apple App Store.

• Request an “invitation email” from LPOSD Transportation.

• Register for a BusRight account using the LPOSD “invitation email.”

• Log in to your account using the credentials you created.

• To obtain the “invitation email” from LPOSD, you must call transportation at (208) 263-3522 and make the request over the phone between 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• The email will contain a link to create the account with BusRight.