Vallivue Education Association

Dear Vallivue Community,

A Ridgevue staff member, Mark Haggard, is experiencing a hardship while his wife battles a life-threatening illness. This has caused a serious financial hardship for their family and they are at risk of losing their home. Another RHS staff member has set up a GiveSendGo page for them.

Mark is trying to gather enough funds to defer foreclosure on their home for 60 days so they have time to sell it and start fresh. Please check out his page and read his story. He intends for this to be a loan but needs a more help to get there!

Please consider supporting Mark's family and sharing this with others!

Link: https://www.givesendgo.com/help-marks-family-now?utm_source=sharelink&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=help-marks-family-now

🦋 How One IEA Member Turned a Middle School Hallway Into a Lesson About Humanity 🦋

Every year, Raul Pedraza's eighth grade social studies students create original artwork and memorials honoring the victims of the Holocaust. Butterflies have become a central symbol in Vallivue Middle School’s annual exhibit, inspired by a poem by Pavel Friedman, a young prisoner imprisoned in the Terezín ghetto.

Read about Pedraza's celebrated work and its impact in IEA Reporter: https://bit.ly/49BOh4y



Vallivue Education Association
Wassmuth Center for Human Rights
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Raul Pedraza at Vallivue Middle School does this project each year with his eighth graders. We're proud to have teachers like Raul in Vallivue ❤️

We're two months away from the premier professional development event of the year for Idaho educators — Summer Institute!

More than 100 educators are already signed up to attend and we don't want you to miss out. Register now: https://bit.ly/3RmVw9S

☀️ Free for IEA members; open to non-member educators for a fee

📚 Earn up to four professional recertification credits through Idaho State University

🥔 Free lodging and meals; free bus travel from E. Idaho available (limited seats)

We need volunteers this week to help us hang flyers in downtown Nampa and Caldwell! Sign up at this link: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0B45A9A723A4F4C43-63946480-2026?useFullSite=false

We will meet at the Flying M in each downtown area at 11:00. Bring proper clothes for the weather and good walking shoes 👟

Questions? Contact us!

We are excited to share the 2026 IEA Leaders for Just Schools Summit happening July 26–28 at Lewis-Clark State College!

The Leaders for Just Schools program brings together educators from across Idaho who are committed to building more equitable, inclusive, and student-centered schools and communities. Through collaboration, reflection, and leadership development, participants gain tools and support to create meaningful change for students and families.

We are especially proud to see members from our local continuing this work as graduates, facilitators, and trainers supporting the next generation of Leaders for Just Schools cohorts.

If you are interested in participating, please use the registration information in the flyer above or contact us for additional support or questions regarding registration!

Idaho is pro-public education.

Through May Matters, IEA members helped make public education one of the defining issues of yesterday's election. Our voices carried into communities, onto doorsteps, through phone calls, at town halls, and all the way to the ballot box.

And the results reflected that effort.

This election was bigger than any single race. It was about amplifying educator voices and reminding our legislature that strong public schools matter in all communities and in every corner of this state.

Read our breakdown of election results in IEA Reporter: https://bit.ly/4eZ1DLI