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Mrs. Kootenai County Stormie Norton is brushing up in preparation for the "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" competition that will be May 13 at the Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn. The event will support the Growing the STEM nonprofit.

Mrs. Kootenai County Stormie Norton is brushing up in preparation for the "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" competition that will be May 13 at the Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn. The event will support the Growing the STEM nonprofit.

April 24, 2026

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Inaugural gala to support Growing the STEM will be May 13
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Inaugural gala to support Growing the STEM will be May 13

Inaugural gala to support Growing the STEM will be May 13

It's hard to tell who's braver — the fifth graders who are competing in a game show-style tournament of the minds, or the grown-ups who will be going up against them. "I think fifth grade was a long time ago for some of these adults," Hayden Meadows Elementary School fifth grader Ryan Snook said.