Hoopa Elementary

Hoopa Student Wins Research Award

Hoopa Elementary School Student Robert Baldy spent his summer researching how much food a family garden could produce. His carefully recorded results will be used by the Klamath-Trinity Resource Conservation District (KTRCD). Read More →

I-Na-Da the Snake

Those who attended elementary school in the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District since 1987 may remember I-Na-Da the snake. The pacific mountain gopher snake was given to a sixth-grade teaching duo, Donna Scott and Teresa Martinez by a reptile enthusiast who came to Hoopa Elementary School to conduct a demonstration. A mere seven-inches long in [...] Read More →

How to Help Your Child do Well in School

It’s back to school time! We send our children to school for a lot of reasons (the law being one major factor), but what are you doing to help your kids be successful in school besides buying them school clothes and getting them on the bus every day? After school programs, sports, and other extracurricular activities are all very important in making your child a well-rounded and well prepared individual for college, the world, and for themselves and their communities. Read More →

10th Annual Fish Fair: We Are a Part of This Land

A few short months before the Klamath Fish Kill of 2002, teachers at Hoopa Elementary School organized a community event in hopes of bringing awareness and a sense of stewardship to their students and their families. Read More →

Kiwanis Club Helps Young Readers

The Willow Creek Kiwanis Club is on a mission to help the children in the community. This year, the club donated cash to four classrooms in need of books by guided reading level. Read More →

School Bullying

Bullies are everywhere. It is estimated that 160,000 students in America skip school each day out of fear that they will be physically or verbally abused by their school mates. Read More →

New Classroom Style Can Help Kids Transition Out of Special Education

With a new superintendent in the hot seat, Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District (KTJUSD) is charging forward with classroom reform models that will individualize instruction, leverage special education expertise and services and give teachers more time with individual students at all levels of performance. Three classrooms – a kindergarten, a first grade and a second grade – will implement the model this school year at Hoopa Elementary. Read More →

Upstart Hoopa Track and Field an Instant Success

After a four- year stretch without having a track and field team Hoopa Elementary school decided it was time to revive the athletics program. Coaches Sarah Elle and Jeff Landry are seeing positive results. Since track is a new program for this generation of children it would be the first year any of the children would be taking part in track and field. Jeff Landry says the goal of the program is to get the Children College bound and give them aspirations when looking toward the future. Read More →