The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to purchase new math textbooks and resources. The district selected Savvas enVision for middle and high school. The new math materials focus on “an integrated approach to mathematics learning,” according to GFPS staff, following the same methodology adopted in the elementary grades. “An integrated design helps focus
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Great Falls Public Schools officials hope to begin Lincoln Elementary School roof repairs by next month. Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, said during the March 23 board meeting that four qualified roofing contractors visited Lincoln on March 19. He said all four were providing bids for the roof repairs by March 27 and so the district scheduled a March
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously not to participate at this time in Bridged Health Alliance, established by the 2023 Montana Legislature as a health and wellness benefits trust for public school systems. Bridged Health Alliance is the formal name of the trust that was established by the Montana Schools Insurance Alliance. The GFPS board took the recommendation of
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Great Falls Public Schools secondary teachers have been piloting new math materials in preparation for selecting new resources. Last summer, the district adopted the new state math standards for elementary and secondary levels. At the time, the elementary level adopted Amplify Desmos Math as their resources and materials. Secondary teachers opted to pilot the enVision products from Savvas. After piloting
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The Great Falls Public Schools board unanimously approved a $1,299,400 contract with Jimmy’s Roofing during their Feb. 23 meeting for a roof replacement at Lewis and Clark Elementary. CTA Architects has completed a study of all the building roofs in the district, according to Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, and the district has been working with Brady Gauer, CTA
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March is Youth Art Month and Great Falls Public Schools students are celebrating music, art and theater with a packed schedule of events. Dusty Molyneaux, GFPS’ fine arts supervisor, told the school board during their Feb. 23 meeting that the district has a robust arts curriculum and full theaters with stagecraft programs. That’s not the case in all districts statewide,
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The Great Falls Public Schools board gave Superintendent Heather Hoyer a positive review earlier this month. This year, the board formally aligned the superintendent’s evaluation standards with the district’s strategic plan in an effort to “strengthen accountability, clarify expectations, and ensure that leadership performance is assessed in direct connection to the goals guiding Great Falls Public Schools,” according to the
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The Great Falls Public Schools board budget committee voted during their Feb. 17 meeting to recommend that the district forgo a levy this year. The district is hosting a budget town hall on March 5 and the full board will consider the budget committee’s recommendation at its Feb. 23 meeting. But, the committee members, Paige Turoski, Bill Bronson and Kim
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Judges are needed for the upcoming Great Falls College Regional Science and Engineering fairs, which attract students from all over northcentral Montana on March 10 and March 12. The high school and middle school fair is March 10 and the elementary fair is March 12. Scientific expertise is not needed to be a judge. Judges for the high school and
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The world is more connected than ever through the internet, social media and artificial intelligence, but “people are more and more lonely,” Robert Kahn, the fourth candidate in the Great Falls Symphony‘s search for a new conductor this season. “The sense of community that’s missing,” Kahn said. “I think this is where performing arts can bring people together in a meaningful
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