Articles with the Tag: OPI

MONTANA — Olivia DeJohn laughs as she chalks up having found a classroom she loves so early in her teaching career to serendipity. She teaches second grade at Missoula’s Paxson Elementary School, a job she quips “fell into my lap.” She did her student teaching at Paxson while getting ...

News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen continues to focus on Montana’s homeless youth through federal grant dollars that fund basic needs for families, research, and other learning programs. The American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children Youth (A...

News from the Jeremy Bullock Memorial Trust BUTTE — All of us at the Jeremy Bullock Memorial Trust, including Jeremy’s parents, are devastated by the news of another mass shooting at an elementary school where nineteen children and two teachers will never come home. We are heartbroken for th...

News from the Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen and the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) are continuing to offer students nutrition assistance programs. The state-administered national school lunch and breakfast programs and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)...

News from Code Girls United KALISPELL — Code Girls United, based out of Kalispell and operating after school programs throughout Montana in person and online, was awarded a $50,000 state contract for a Tribal Computer Coding Pilot Project. The grant award was the result of legislation signed by...

News from OPI HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen and Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced the theme for this year’s National Missing Children’s Poster contest is: “Bringing Our Missing Children Home.” The contest is open to all Montana fifth-grade students. This is ...

News from OPI HELENA — Join the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) in serving Montana children. The USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that children who depend on school meals have nutritious food when school is not in session. Meals are available to children 18 years old or y...

News from the Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Montana state’s public school funding formula, distributed to approximately 400 public school districts, was accepted after months of negotiations with the US Department of Education (USED). The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021, enact...

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...

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...