Articles with the Tag: OPI
News from Code Girls United KALISPELL — Code Girls United, based out of Kalispell and operating after school programs throughout Montana in person and online, was awarded a $50,000 state contract for a Tribal Computer Coding Pilot Project. The grant award was the result of legislation signed by...
News from OPI HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen and Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced the theme for this year’s National Missing Children’s Poster contest is: “Bringing Our Missing Children Home.” The contest is open to all Montana fifth-grade students. This is ...
News from OPI HELENA — Join the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) in serving Montana children. The USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that children who depend on school meals have nutritious food when school is not in session. Meals are available to children 18 years old or y...
News from the Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Montana state’s public school funding formula, distributed to approximately 400 public school districts, was accepted after months of negotiations with the US Department of Education (USED). The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021, enact...
From the office of the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance funds to help Montana overcome school nutrition supply chain challenges. This adds to the existing fle...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA – The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) has released the formal application for the Montana Afterschool Grant. This grant is part of the federal American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 relief. Afterschool community organizations, including schoo...
RONAN — A locally crafted menu item will be made available to every K-12 school district in the state that participates in the National School Lunch Program this winter. The “Montana Marinara” sauce, created through a partnership between the Northwest Food Hub Network and the Montana Off...
HELENA — On Tuesday morning, superintendents at all eight of Montana’s AA public school districts sent a letter to state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen expressing “no confidence in your performance as Montana’s chief public education officer.” Over the course of five pages, t...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction ARLEE — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen joined Arlee School District students, teachers, and administrators this morning to announce that Bill Stockton has been selected as the 2022 Montana Teacher of the Year. Stockton, a high school science t...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 Montana Teacher of the Year. The selected candidate will go on to represent Montana in the 2022 National Teacher of the Year competition in Washington, D...