Irving International Day featured in Chronicle

For 10-year-old Pushya Krishna from India, Irving School's International Day celebration on Thursday was pretty cool.

"I think it's the best thing that ever happened to Irving," the fifth-grader said. "Everybody respects everybody's culture."

The 23rd annual event was held to celebrate Irving School's diversity with singing, dancing and wearing traditional costumes. This year it was moved to the Hawk gym at Bozeman High School, which offered better seating and acoustics than the Willson gym for the more than 400 family members who attended.

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Irving fifth graders featured in Chronicle NanoDays article

They're usually told to think big, but during NanoDays Monday, Bozeman fifth-graders learned to think small.

The students from Irving and Whittier elementary schools experienced the tiny world of nanotechnology through 15 different hands-on activities at Montana State University's Strand Union Ballroom.

NanoDays is part of a nationwide effort to educate the public about nanoscale science and engineering. A nano represents one billionth of a unit. MSU scientists work with nano-sized particles to develop new drug delivery systems, alternative energy sources and new computers.

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