As thousands gather in Boise for Jaialdi, there’s a small preschool on Broadway quietly doing something no other school outside of the Basque Country does.
Boiseko Ikastola is the country’s only Basque immersion preschool in the United States, where children learn to speak Euskara, enjoy Basque songs and stories, and experience cultural traditions alongside developmentally appropriate milestones.
Each year, the school director, Sarah Artis, selects two teachers from dozens of applicants from the Basque Country to lead the classroom…