Local business and higher education leaders hoped to get local students interested in photonics and other high-tech manufacturing fields through hands-on demonstrations at the second annual Photonic-CON Monday. 'Where the future is going': Students get a glimpse at local, high tech jobs The students worked under the direction of all-state band conductor Larry Gookin of Central Washington University, emeritus all-star choir conductor Angela Kaspar of Western Washington University and all-state orchestra conductor Timothy Dixon of Messiah University. GFPS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR ALL-STATE MUSIC FESTIVALįifty-nine Great Falls Public Schools students were selected to participate in the Montana High School Association All-State Festival on Oct. Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA and participate in various service activities throughout the school year. Members are required to exhibit the characteristics of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Thirty students were inducted into the Flathead High School National Honor Society. 'I can choose to have a conversation, or not.'įHS students inducted into National Honor Society She said it was hard to cut loose from her old life, but she had since felt empowered to make a choice not to engage with that lifestyle. 'It uprooted me from everything,' the woman, whose first name is LeAnn, told her attorney, Peter Lacny, in a talk before the group of Montana teachers. But her prison sentence also created some much-needed space between her old friends, and old habits.

Through a number of rehabilitation programs, she had navigated the years of her prison term and returned to Missoula the challenges now included rebuilding a relationship with her son, who had been traumatized by the events around her criminal case. On Thursday, a federal defendant shared her experience with the group of being sentenced to 54 months in prison and shipped to facilities around the country, from Seattle to North Carolina, under the purview of the federal Bureau of Prisons. Judges school educators at Montana Judicial InstituteĮducators from across Montana this week participated in the Montana Judicial Institute, a chance for teachers to get a look behind the curtain of complex and often rigid proceedings. 'I think it's always been a happy school, except for this one weekend.' While the little red schoolhouse might look unassuming on the outside, Wold's class has transformed the inside to fill it with twisting turns and spooky surprises - each room featuring a different kind of terror. 'We've never seen any ghosts in there,' Wold said. Visitors to the Anderson School Haunted House this weekend could be fooled to think otherwise. Tradition of terror: Anderson School's 'PG-13' haunted houseĪnderson School eighth grade teacher Jen Wold insists that her school's 100-year-old schoolhouse is not haunted. The Columbia Falls team of more than a dozen new competitors is bolstered by 25 returning members from last year's Class A state championship team, according to head coach Dawn Roe. East Helena placed second with 66 overall points followed by Whitefish, with 64 points. Columbia Falls earned the top spot with 184 overall points. Articles and opinions appearing on this page do not necessarily reflect the policies, positions, opinions or views of the MTSBA Directors or staff.Ĭolumbia Falls High School Speech and Debate takes first at season openerĬolumbia Falls High School took first place and Whitefish High School, third, in Corvallis over the weekend in the first speech and debate tournament of the season for the local Class A teams. Any payment required to access a particular website is the sole responsibility of the individual reader. By clicking on a link, the reader is taken away from the MTSBA website. The following are a few of the items profiling the great work of Montana's public schools that have appeared in Montana news media. Great things are happening in Montana's public schools every day of the school year.

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