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School testing 1st round
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (12+ words) Flathead Beacon Keeping you connected to Northwest Montana....
Generations of Students Bid Farewell to Carolyn Wieringa
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (1081+ words) The rural teacher retires after three decades, leaving behind a lasting legacy in the tight-knit West Glacier community Jesse Hilgers, 42, still vividly remembers participating in an Oregon Trail simulation when he was a student in Carolyn Wieringa's class at West…...
Cayuse Prairie School Primed for New Top Administrator
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (573+ words) Christy Bortz, who has worked for the past nine years as an instructional coach in Kalispell's Hedges Elementary School, hopes to spend her first year at the rural east-side district "listening well in order to lead well" Christy Bortz, a…...
West Valley's Sawyer Schneider Solves for Success at State MATHCOUNTS Competition
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) MATHCOUNTS, a national program, serves to motivate sixth through eighth graders in their math endeavors through competitions. With a top four finish in the state contest, Schneider qualified to compete in the national competition, held in Orlando, Florida, in May....
Shhh! Browning Public Schools Install Mental Health Hush Pods
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) The increasing popularity of telehealth therapy appointments in the school district has run up against a shortage of private, quiet spaces for a video call. To solve the problem, one elementary school counselor borrowed a tool from the corporate world....
Under The Big Sky 2025: Hannah King Keeps Learning Through Life and Song
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (838+ words) King is one of a number of local performers slated to play the three-day festival at Big Mountain Ranch When Hannah King stepped onto the stage at the Under The Big Sky festival for the first time in 2021 it was…...