Schools

LAKE COUNTY – While the kids are on summer vacation, local schools have been bustling with projects to improve school infrastructure. Ronan students can look forward to a freshly paved high school parking lot and a new floor in the Pablo Elementary School gym. Most of the lighting in the school district has been replaced with LED lighting. The inside of the middle school was repainted. Superintendent Mark Johnston said he chose the major summer projects during a walk through before school got out. The Pablo gym floor was breaking down, making it slippery and unsafe for athletes and students. “We were happy to get that done,” Johnston said.  The high school parki...

News from the Office of Public Instruction  Earning a bachelor’s degree has become a basic goal for high school students, but many college graduates with a four-year degree find themselves struggling to earn enough money to achieve their version of the American dream. In fact, a significant p...

News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction  The United States Senate Youth Program and Montana Office of Public Instruction are pleased to announce that Montana high school juniors and seniors are eligible for a $10,000 college scholarship and all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C to tou...

News from Two Eagle River School  Two Eagle River School will be starting the 2019-20 school year on the morning of Aug. 22, 2019 at 8 a.m. Enrollment applications are available at the school and may be dropped off any time but a parent/guardian of new students must personally bring the paperwork i...

POLSON – Competitors young and old had a chance to test their table tennis skills while having a little fun on Saturday afternoon during the inaugural valley-wide table tennis tournament hosted by Mission Valley Christian Academy in its main gymnasium in Polson. “This is great,” said spe...

News from the University of Montana news service MISSOULA – The search is beginning for the next Great Montana Read. This year, MontanaPBS and Montana Public Radio are asking readers to vote for their favorite book of nonfiction prose. Sarah Aronson, host of Montana Public Radio’s “...

POLSON – Polson School District board members took less than an hour to approve all items listed on the agenda during the Monday evening, July 15, meeting. Polson School District Superintendent Rex Weltz gave an updated progress report on the Linderman gymnasium rebuild project. According to Weltz, ...

News from the ASSE International Student Exchange Programs MISSION VALLEY — ASSE International Student Exchange Programs, in cooperation with your community high school, is looking for local families to host students between the ages of 15-18 from a variety of countries: Japan, Germany, Italy, Tha...

CHARLO – The Charlo community will have to wait a year longer than anticipated to recreate on an updated running track. At a June 26 special school board meeting, trustees voted unanimously to aim to start construction on June 1, 2020, intending to have the project completed before the 2020 school year...

By Kathi Beeks                  Valley Journal The “summer slide” sounds like fun play equipment - it is anything but. Children lose up to three months worth of reading and math skills during long summer vacations. While there are educators pushi...