• Graham Ashby has been awarded the SI Boise Violet Richardson Award based on her work for Friends Through Books (a service foundation originated by Graham and her sister to provide books and school supplies to the residents of Carriacou) and her local volunteer efforts with the Berman Harviel Miller Foundation providing free bicycle helmets to refugees and underserved children in the Boise area.
• Thanksgiving Food Drive - Thank you to everyone who made the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive so successful this year.  We collected 44,361 items for donation to the local parish food banks.  Thanks for helping to feed the hungry in our area.
• Corpus Christi House, a homeless shelter in Boise, was the recipient of over 200 coats, 30 backpacks, many miscellaneous hats, gloves and boots and over $800 worth of underclothing thanks to the generous donations of Bishop Kelly students and faculty, under the organization of Campus Ministry!
• Graham and Kyle Ashby have been recognized for their work with the Friends Through Books program. This program has contributed over 2,000 books and countless school supplies to the families of Carriacou in Granada. Graham received Honorable Mention from the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award (teens that excel academically and have made a difference on a local or global level with volunteer work), Parade Magazine/Generation On: All American High School Service Award Team finalist, and was recognized by the President‘s Council on Civic Participation. Kyle was named the Idaho winner of the Kohl‘s Kids Who Care Award for her outstanding commitment to volunteer work and was also recognized by the President‘s Council on Civic Participation.  
• Chuck Tacke, theology teacher at BK, has been awarded the Marie D. Hoff Social Justice Award.  Each year, Catholic Charities of Idaho recognizes someone who passionately seeks to call forth and engage people in transforming social structures that perpetuate injustice and poverty which, in turn, threaten family life and community well-being.  Congratulations!
• Mayor Dave Bieter appointed six BK students to serve as student representatives on the City's various boards, commissions, and committees.  Student appointees were:  Jack Cilek, Airport Commission; Monica Daggett, Housing Authority Board; Katie Keller, Design Review Committee; Bailey Russell and Ben Skinner, Mayor's Council on Children and Youth; and McKenna Dunn, Boise Art Museum Board.
• Ben Skinner, a BK senior, has been named the winner of the Idaho Youth in Philanthropy award by the Idaho Community Foundation.  This award was given for his work with homeless students through OATHS--Organization Assisting the Homeless Student--an organization he founded.
• More than 40 BK students began their summer vacation with a service trip to New Orleans.  The students traveled to NOLA to work for Operation Helping Hands.  The Catholic Charities program organizes volunteers to gut and rebuild homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Academics

• Randi McReynolds has been awarded the Knights in Armor Award for January by the Lyle Pearson company for achievement in academics, sports and citizenship.  Her award can be viewed at http://www.knightsinarmoraward.com/randi.html.
• Debate Team - Congratulations on their 1st Place finish at the Senator Frank Church Debate Invitational. Bishop Kelly was named as the top-finishing school in their division in all three possible categories, earning superior awards in Speech, Debate, and the Combined Schools Sweepstake. Every student competing for BK at this tournament also earned top awards in their own individual speaking events.
• Michael Bokan has been awarded the Knights in Armor Award for December by the Lyle Pearson company for achievement in academics, sports and citizenship.  His award can be viewed at   http://www.knightsinarmoraward.com/bokan.html.
• Mikayla Williams has been awarded the Knights in Armor Award for November by the Lyle Pearson company for achievement in academics, sports, and citizenship.  Her award can be viewed at   http://www.knightsinarmoraward.com/williams.html.
• At the Economic Trade Summit in December, BK seniors competed against over 100 teams. The Grand Champion  of the entire summit, with a record-setting score, was Team Australia, composed of Dan Williams, Patrick Tavelli, Zack Klein, Patrick Schutz, and Neil Maguire.  This team was also voted the Debate Winner. Team Kenya was runner-up for their costumes, and Team Zimbabwe was the winner for the Less Developed Nations.
• Emily Nist has been awarded the Knights in Armor Award for October by the Lyle Pearson company for achievement in academics, sports, and citizenship.  Her award can be viewed at http://www.knightsinarmoraward.com/nist.html.  
• Ben Skinner received the Distinguished Student Award given by the United Dairyman's Association and KTVB.  Ben is a 4.0 student; and for his many hours of charity work, Ben has also won the President's Volunteer Service Award and the 2011 Youth and Philanthropy Award.  To see the video clip, please visit   http://www.ktvb.com/news/morning/headlines/Ben-Skinner----Bishop-Kelly-High-School-132291738.html.  
• The Bishop Kelly Engineering Design Team has been selected as a 2011-12 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam and awarded a $9,000 grant to work on assistive technology.  The team will work on the project through May and then will travel to Boston and MIT in June of 2012 to present their work and to participate in the 2012 EurekaFest!  This is a huge honor for the Engineering Design Team and for BK!  Press Release.
• Sage Genna, a freshman, auditioned for and was selected as a violinist for the boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
• Jacqueline Mangus, a junior, was requested by the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra to play her harp with the Orchestra.  She has accepted this invitation.
• Rebecca Sweeney has been awarded the Knights in Armor Award for September by the Lyle Pearson company for achievement in academics, sports, and citizenship.  Her award can be viewed at http://www.knightsinarmoraward.com/awards.html.
• Mrs. Carol Nagel, her yearbook staff, and the 2011 Yearbook have won a second award. The 2011 Yearbook received a first place award from the American Scholastic Press Association. The Staff has been cited for excellence in writing, photography and page design. This award is due to their commitment to hard work and diligence.
• Audrey Thimm, senior, was chosen to receive the United Dairyman's Distinguished Student Award on September 8, 2011.  You can see the video clip from Channel 7 at:  http://www.ktvb.com/on-tv/dsa/Audrey-Thimm---Bishop-Kelly-High-School--129508683.html. 
• Prescott Pettiette, former BK graduate, received the U.S. Congressional Silver Medal Award at a ceremony at the State Capitol in August.

Athletics

• NATIONAL TOP 25 - Bishop Kelly has been recognized as one of the top twenty-five high school girls soccer teams in America!  We received a plaque from the N.S.A.A.A. for the Fall 2011 season.
• Emily Nist was named by the Gatorade Company, in association with ESPN HS, as the 2011-12 Gatorade Idaho Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Emily is the first Gatorade Idaho Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Bishop Kelly High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the race course, distinguishes Nist as Idaho’s best high school girls cross country runner. Emily is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year award to be announced in January. She has verbally committed to an athletic scholarship at Syracuse University in the fall. Read more here.
• State Champions!  BK's Water Polo Team won the State Title for the fourth year in a row!  Way to go, Knights!
• State Champions!  Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team and to Emily Nist in her 4A 1st Place personal win.  This is the 3rd straight State Championship title the BK team for Emily.
• State Champions!  The Girls Varsity Soccer Team won 1st Place in the State Championship game!  This team has had a 22-0 record for two straight years, and this state title is also their second in a row! 
• Allie Kilroy is the District Champ in the 50 free at the District Swim Meet.  She also broke the BK 50 (her own record) and the 100 free record in the meet.
• 4A District Team Champions!  Congratulations to the Varsity and JV Cross Country teams. This is the Varsity Girls' 10th straight district championship and the Varsity Boys' 4th straight win!
• The Bishop Kelly Marching Band won 1st Place at the Southern Idaho Showcase of Bands in Burley.
• Congratulations to the BK Knight Marching Band on their win at the USSBA Caldwell Showcase of Bands.  They took 1st place in their division. This was their first competition as a marching band!
• Four coaches were named Coaches of the Year at the District III Spring Sports Banquet - John Armstrong for Boys Tennis, Larry Crump for Girls Golf, Tom Shanahan for Girls Track, and Ken Baltes for JV Baseball.
• Allie Kilroy, swimmer, tied Lauren Smith's BK record in the 50 freestyle with a 25.67.  Congratulations!
• Nick Symmonds, 2002 BK grad and son of senior English teacher, Mrs. Andrea Symmonds, is a National Champion again!  Nick won his fourth consecutive U.S. National Title in the men's 800-meter run in Eugene, Oregon, in June, with a race time of 1:44:17. He came in 5th at the Daegu World Championships in Korea.  He is on his way to the Summer Olympics in 2012.