Schools

News from the Montana Department of Education HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen congratulates the four finalists for the 2024 Montana Teacher of the Year award. The selected finalist will represent Montana during the 2024 National Teacher of the Year Program in Washington. Catherine Matthews was Montana’s 2023 Teacher of the Year. She currently teaches Early Childhood Special Education Preschool at Hyalite Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana. This year, 41 teachers from across the state were nominated by community members, teachers, administrators, and parents. Of those nominated, 19 teachers successfully applied to be the 2024 Teacher of the Year. The process is f...

News from the Jeremy Bullock Safe Schools Summit HELENA — The second annual School Safety Recognition Awards ceremony was held on Aug. 9 during the fourth annual Jeremy Bullock Safe Schools Summit. The School Safety Recognition Awards are part of the Summit’s effort to help promote school sa...

News from Linda Reksten, Rep., HD 12 Vice-Chair, Education HELENA — Montana’s Office of Public Instruction (OPI) partnered with the nation’s most experienced education technology provider, PowerSchool, via an $8.4 million contract to bring modern data solutions to school districts acro...

News from Mission Valley Masonic Lodge #78 MISSION VALLEY — The Brethren of Mission Valley Lodge #78 have announced that beginning next year and continuing indefinitely, five graduating seniors, one from each of Lake County’s five public high schools, will each be awarded a $10,000 Mission V...

News from Two Eagle River School PABLO — Two Eagle River School will be starting the 2023-24 school year on the morning of Aug. 24 at 8 a.m. Enrollment applications are now available at the school. Returning students only need their signed applications; new students need signed applications and al...

HELENA — The lead attorney for Montana’s public education agency Wednesday characterized the changes stemming from new obscenity and religious expression laws as relatively minor, despite strong opposition to the measures from educators and librarians as they were debated by the state Legislature...

News from Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press MONTANA — Montana’s Office of Public Instruction on Friday opened public comment on a raft of proposed rule changes impacting the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program, a decade-old initiative to bolster Indigenous language proficiency in...

News from SCC SPOKANE, WA — Shawntaya Burland of Polson has earned a place on the Spokane Community College Honor Roll for Spring quarter 2023. Students on the honor roll earned a GPA of 3.0 or above. Congratulations to you on this academic achievement! Community Colleges of Spokane is a dynami...

News from University of Dallas IRVING, Texas — Kilty Edwards of Polson was named to the spring 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Dallas for earning a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Edwards is a sophomore mathematics major. Undergraduate students at the University of Dallas must comple...

MONTANA — Nearly half of Montanans whose Medicaid eligibility was reviewed in April lost coverage, according to new information published Tuesday by the state health department.  In total, 15,471 Montanans assessed in April had their Medicaid coverage discontinued, with the vast majority, just ...