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News from Sarah Lawlor / Carroll College HELENA — Carroll College named local students to its 2021 fall semester dean’s list. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and take at least 12 graded credits in a semester. Charlo: Bellicia Hawk Plains: Audrey Brown Polson: Summer Kovarik, Margaret Todd, Hope Unger Ronan: Brooklyn Kenelty, James Normandeau, Ellie Thiel
High honor roll 3.50-4.0 GPA Seniors: Derreck Christensen, Vanessa Horner, Laurel Miller, Jaedyn Murray, Riley Richter, Gunnar Swanson, Cade Vanvleet Juniors: Cleo Hahn Sophomores: Samuel Christensen, Martha Klaus, Shamus Wheeldon Freshmen: Nathan Hutfles, Gage Todd, Zachary Storaasli...

FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Young Voices of the Mission Mountains, a creative writing residency program for Salish and Kootenai students, has just received $30,000 in funding through a Grant for Arts Project award. Orchestrated by the Missoula Writing Collaborative, the grant will fund the payr...
News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2021. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 coll...
From the office of the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance funds to help Montana overcome school nutrition supply chain challenges. This adds to the existing fle...
POLSON — Elisabeth Bjorge, daughter of Marvin and Laura Bjorge of Polson, received a letter of congratulations for her academic success and placement on the Dean’s list of Crown University where she is a sophomore studying business administration as her major and entrepreneurship as a minor.
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA – The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) has released the formal application for the Montana Afterschool Grant. This grant is part of the federal American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 relief. Afterschool community organizations, including schoo...
News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has an updated MontGuide about filing a homestead declaration and the benefits it gives homeowners. Montana defines a homestead as a house a person lives in and the land on which it sits. A mobile home or manufactured home ...

News from Polson School District #23 POLSON — The Polson School District responds to its substitute teacher shortage by increasing the daily sub rate from $96 to $120. The daily rate had been $96 since 2017. “We have struggled to fill teacher vacancies since the beginning of the year,”...
News from the Office of the Governor HELENA – The state distributed $2.7 million in federal funding to public and private schools this fall to help them remain open during the ongoing pandemic. The funding is part of a federal school reopening program to provide all the resources necessary to o...