Schools
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 flexibilities that the Superintendent already requested through Federal waivers for school meals for Montana students. Montana will receive a total of $5,159,810 from USDA in funding relief for our schools in three flexible opportunities: Supply Chain Assistance funds are provided to districts to purchase foods. Additional USDA Foods to be available for districts to order. Local fo...
POLSON — Elisabeth Bjorge, daughter of Marvin and Laura Bjorge of Polson, received a letter of congratulations for her academic success and placement on the Dean’s list of Crown University where she is a sophomore studying business administration as her major and entrepreneurship as a minor.
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...
News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has an updated MontGuide about filing a homestead declaration and the benefits it gives homeowners. Montana defines a homestead as a house a person lives in and the land on which it sits. A mobile home or manufactured home ...
News from Polson School District #23 POLSON — The Polson School District responds to its substitute teacher shortage by increasing the daily sub rate from $96 to $120. The daily rate had been $96 since 2017. “We have struggled to fill teacher vacancies since the beginning of the year,”...
News from the Office of the Governor HELENA – The state distributed $2.7 million in federal funding to public and private schools this fall to help them remain open during the ongoing pandemic. The funding is part of a federal school reopening program to provide all the resources necessary to o...
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...
RONAN — A new scholarship will soon be available to graduates of Ronan High School. Worth $1,000, the Loren and Bonnie Clary Scholarship was established through the combined efforts of their children and a family friend to celebrate the couple’s 60 years of marriage on Dec. 27. &ldquo...
Fourth grade: Abram Boyd, Joey Matt, Alyra Porter, Rachel Posio, Madison Vanderburg Fifth grade: Denzel Howard, Delilah Liberty (4.0), Sonny Matt, Tianna Ross, Sheray Rossbach Sixth grade: Alyson Bigcrane, Melina KickingWoman, Lucy Metcalf Seventh grade: Jordan Boye, Robert Howard, Bryce Rob...
