Aye, there be surly-looking pirates at Scratch for Schools, matey. This spring’s swashbuckling fun is complete with a near record number of schools participating. A total of 459 schools swaggered up to one of ten venues and captured over $160,000 in loot and doubloons.
Okay, really, it is just checks issued from Customer Service, but the pirate part was real.
This year the competition was fierce, producing some of the most competitive scratching in Scratch for Schools history, including in some unlikely places. At each event, schools received 200 unscratched tickets, an entire package of Blackboard’s Loot, a pirate themed ticket created specifically for Scratch for Schools (this ticket was not available to the public). The single most competitive venues were Lewiston and Idaho Falls. In Lewiston, two schools scratched all 200 tickets with two more schools scratching 199 during the five-minute round. In Idaho Falls, three schools scratched all 200 tickets with a fourth scratching 196. Overall, there were seven schools who scratched all 200 tickets in their five-minute round and another dozen who scratched 195 or more! Those schools joining the “200 Club” this year were:
- Bruneau Elementary at Nampa
- Nez Perce School District at Lewiston
- Prairie Jr./Sr. High at Lewiston
- Discovery Elementary at Idaho Falls
- Linden Park Elementary at Idaho Falls
- Lindy Ross Elementary at Idaho Falls
- Gooding High School at Twin Falls
And a few schools were both good and lucky, claiming over $800. They were:
- MOSAICS Public Charter – Nampa - 1,167
- Homedale Elementary – Homedale - $967
- Council High School – Council - $967
- Lewis & Clark Elementary – Pocatello - $967
- Fernwaters Charter – Salmon - $967
- Sandpoint High School – Sandpoint - $867
Click here for a complete breakdown of the final results from all of this year’s events!
