Briefs for Oct. 18, 2017
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Enter National ‘Letters About Literature’ competition
Letters About Literature: Read. Be inspired. Write back.
Montana’s Center for the Book, a program of Humanities Montana, will be giving Montana students a chance to submit to the national Letters About Literature competition again this year. Letters About Literature is a reading and writing contest for students in grades 4-12. Students are asked to read a book, poem, or speech and write to the author (living or dead) about how the book affected them personally. Letters are judged on state and national levels. Tens of thousands of students from across the country enter Letters About Literature each year. Having students write to authors is a great way for teachers to get kids more deeply engaged as readers, and LAL encourages those students’ passion, reflection, and responses. For more information on how to submit, ask a teacher, email: brooke.beighle@humanitiesmontana.org, or go to http://read.gov/letters/ and watch the Letters About Literature YouTube video to learn more.
Students may enter at Level 1 for grades 4, 5 and 6; Level 2 for grades 7 and 8 or Level 3 for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. The deadline for all competition levels is Jan. 12, 2018.
Send letters to: Letters About Literature, Library of Congress - 101 Independence Ave. SE - Washington, DC 20540-4921.
Awards are given to winners at the state and National levels.
RSD Adult Ed session starts
RONAN — Ronan School District’s Adult Education free and open fall session is on for community members 18 years old and older from now through Dec. 14: Walking Track: Monday-Thursday at 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. in the Ronan Middle School Event Center; Weight Room: Monday/Wednesday at 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. and Tuesday/Thursday 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. in the Ronan Middle School Event Center; Basketball: Tuesday/Thursday at 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. in the K. William Harvey Elementary Gym; Volleyball: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the Ronan Middle School Event Center. Schedules have some variation; find the full schedule at: www.ronank12.edu/domain/49. Call 406-676-3390 x 7728 or email: nicki.jimenez@ronank12.edu, with your questions.
Dixon holds Child Find event
DIXON — Dixon School is holding a lunch and screening for infants through age 5 on Monday, Oct. 23. Lunch is from 12:30-1 p.m. and screenings take place from 1-3 p.m. Developmental screenings are for hearing, speech and language development, developmental milestones, and motor and cognitive skills. If you have any questions or need transportation to Child Find, please contact Dixon school at 406-246-3566.
Public invited to Oct. 24 choir concert
News from Ronan Schools
RONAN – Please join the Ronan Middle School and high school choirs for their fall concert on Oct. 24. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and showcases everything that the students have been working on up to this point in the year. They have been working very hard on their musical repertoire and are excited to share with others. Come support Ronan school choirs.
