Schools

LAKE COUNTY – Local schools in Arlee and Polson earned state recognition focused on conservation and sustainability practices. In the spring, a corner of the Polson Middle School grounds becomes lush with food plants. The garden, and programs that utilize the space, earned PMS the SMART Green Schools award. In a virtual award ceremony, Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney presented the award to PMS and a number of other schools around the state including the Arlee High School. The award comes with a $1,000 prize for the school. The SMART school challenge encourages schools to conserve resources and develop sustainable systems. The Green challenge is one of three different categori...

News from the Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation POLSON — This May Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation awarded 21 scholarships totaling $34,500 to Polson High School seniors and former Polson High School graduates who are currently attending an accredited two-year, four-year, comm...

News from Carroll College HELENA – Carroll College announced that they will begin in-person instruction for the fall 2020 semester on Aug. 17. This timing is 10 days earlier than the previously scheduled start date of Aug. 26. This modified semester eliminates the traditional fall break and ensure...

POLSON — The Polson Senior Center will probably not open until Phase III of the Montana Reopening Plan. We are still doing home delivery of lunches Monday through Friday for $5.   The partial menu is: —  Wednesday, May 27: chicken salad, crackers, dipping vegetables with ranch, tr...

LAKE COUNTY – Last week both the Polson School District and Ronan School District held online board meetings. Both districts administered the Oath of Office for recently re-elected school board trustees. On Monday, May 11, Polson School District board trustees Chanel Lake and Caroline McDonald took the...

POLSON – Construction work on the Linderman Elementary School gymnasium is ongoing despite social restrictions due to COVID-19 as well as weather setbacks. Officials for the Polson School District report that they are adhering to guidelines made by local, state and federal governments to continue th...

News from P.E.O. Chapter CA of Polson POLSON – P.E.O. Chapter CA of Polson received notification of their candidate, Katelyn Barcus, being selected for the 2020-21 Jane Hammer Holmgren Scholarship.  The scholarship recognizes an outstanding Montana woman who is pursuing a degree in element...

This year’s high school seniors won’t sit on stages in caps and gowns to signify the end of their secondary education, but communities are finding ways to celebrate them anyway. In Arlee, Kelly Jo Nagel spearheaded an effort to make and hang banners featuring the seniors’ photos througho...

News from Carroll College HELENA – On Saturday, May 9, 2020, Carroll College conferred degrees on graduates in a virtual conferral ceremony in lieu of what would have been the 110th commencement ceremony of the college. In light of the mandates put in place due to COVID-19, Carroll College has res...

MONTANA  – A recent online poll of residents in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and Utah found that a clear majority of respondents gave their governors and state local government high marks for their response to the coronavirus pandemic, with thoughts about the federal government’s response...