The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to establish girls flag football as a club activity for the next two school years. The activity will fall under the athletic director and be funded by a grant from the Arthur Blank Family Foundation. Both Great Falls High and C.M. Russell High schools are eligible for
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Updated 4 p.m. March 18 with information from the initial court hearing Larry Delcamp was charged with a felony count of intimidation in relation to the March 17 shelter in place at Sacajawea Elementary School. Delcamp currently lives in Laurel, but was planning to a surprise visit to see his son, a student at Sacajawea, according to court documents. The
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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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Girls flag football might be coming to Great Falls Public Schools as a club sport for both high schools. District officials have been discussing the emerging sport for the last five years and for the last six months, studying the level of interest amongst middle and high school students. Mike Henneberg, GFPS athletic director, told the school board during their
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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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Updated 6:15 p.m. March 9 Great Falls Public Schools has a plan for Lincoln Elementary School students after the March 8 wind event caused significant damage to the school’s roof. The wind caused significant damage to the building’s structure and it cannot be used at this time. Lincoln Elementary roof damaged by wind, school will not be held there Monday
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Updated March 9 The Lincoln Elementary School has suffered significant damage due to wind on March 8. Lance Boyd, Great Falls Public Schools assistant superintendent, said that school will not be held at Lincoln on March 9-10. A portion of the roof blew off the school around noon March 8. The district has instituted an emergency closure of Lincoln March
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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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