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Articles with the Tag: St. Ignatius schools

Competitive student teams spar in Academic Bowl Competitive student teams spar in Academic Bowl

RONAN – School Resource Officer Levi Read was a bit less enthusiastic than Alex Trebek or Pat Sajak when he took to the stage to pepper students with questions for the Lake County Middle School Academic Bowl in mid-February, but the competitors likely could give any of the contestants on America’...

Mission holds kindergarten roundup

ST. IGNATIUS — Kindergarten roundup will be held on March 26 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Ignatius Elementary School. Please bring with you: the student, student’s birth certificate, immunizations, proof of residency (power bill) and any tribal enrollment information. The child mus...

Communities get Graduation Matters grant funding

HELENA — Polson, Ronan and St. Ignatius Graduation Matters programs were three recipients of 39 grants to Montana schools and United Ways to increase the number of Montana students who graduate from high school prepared for college and careers. The total of $203,000 supports local Graduation Matters in...

Above and Beyond: Slam dunk star inspires students Above and Beyond: Slam dunk star inspires students

The Dunk Champion of the World was in the Dog House Feb. 26  showing off his mad dunking skills to several hundred students.  “I consider myself an artist and this is my canvas,” Kenny Dobbs said pointing at a basketball hoop as he talked to the students. Middle school principal D...

Stayin’ alive: keeping poetry relevant Stayin’ alive:  keeping poetry  relevant

ST. IGNATIUS – Mention poetry and many people turn away thinking it’s the boring stuff of dead people. On Feb. 28, fourth and fifth-grade students in Mission Elementary School changed their minds about poetry with the help of real life poet Rachel Mindell, who helped four classes figure out ho...

Word to the wise Word to the wise

The practice round featured words like mammalian, rejuvenate, dawdle and herculean. Then the top fifth to eighth-grade spellers from Arlee, Charlo, Polson, Ronan and St. Ignatius began the 88th annual Lake County Spelling Bee — and the words really got difficult. Spelling styles differed.  ...

Pursuit causes school lockdown

ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius School District students were a bit alarmed, but overall safe and sound after a police pursuit resulted in the school going into lockdown mode for 14 minutes on Feb. 10.  St. Ignatius Superintendent Bob Lewandowski said the school district’s clerk noticed that ...

Community plays bingo, wins books Community plays bingo, wins books

ST. IGNATIUS – Bingo for Books lured teacher Evelyn Jeannotte out of retirement, for a few hours. “I love kids and I love books,” she said.  Jeannotte retired in December after about 30 years of service at the school. She spent most of those years in the library helping kids find...

Locals contribute to historic mural Locals contribute to historic mural

Look closely at the recently unveiled Montana Women’s Mural on the wall of the third floor of the Capitol building and you might recognize one of the figures. Mural artist Hadley Ferguson of Missoula painted Shaniya Decker, 15, into a scene to help depict the everyday contributions women have made in b...

Bulldogs run Charlo off court

ST. IGNATIUS – A split was in play for the Bulldogs last week, with their conference record taking a yet another hit to bring them to 0-5, but not without a non-conference win over Charlo that improved their overall season record to 5-6. Thursday the Bulldogs toppled northern neighbor Class C Viking...


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