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Articles with the Tag: Polson schools

Linderman holds talent show Linderman holds talent show

POLSON — Three young voices led the student body in singing “The Star Spangled Banner” to kick off the Linderman Elementary School talent show.  Singing the national anthem beautifully were Lucy Violett, Meridian Weidman and Bridger Seifert. Other participants clutched their music, ...

School board grapples with teacher non-renewals School board grapples with teacher non-renewals

POLSON — People who came to comment on the non-renewal of two non-tenured certified teachers packed the district conference room at the April 13 Polson School Board meeting. Caroline McDonald, vice chair of the school board, conducted the difficult meeting, since Chairman John Triolo has submitted h...

New project money dissipates

POLSON — Concerns about an aging boiler and the first day of kindergarten were shared with trustees at the April 13 Polson School Board meeting. On the topic of the Quality School Grant, District Superintendent Linda Reksten reported that the Polson district was eighth in line out of 60 projects sla...

Softball Softball

Polson BELGRADE – The Lady Pirates placed third at the Belgrade Invitational last weekend after falling in the semi-final, only to come back and beat Havre to pick up the bronze. Kicking off the tourney Friday, the Lady Pirates bounced into the Saturday morning semi-final with ease after downing ...

Track and Field Track and Field

Polson KALISPELL – Pirate Jacob Clairmont continues to shine, finding himself in the top ranks of the track and field placings. At Kalispell Tuesday, Clairmont placed first in the 110 hurdles event posting a finish line time of 15.62 then went on to score a second place in the 300 hurdles (41.73)...

Softball Softball

  POLSON – At home on Thursday two grand slams were impressive — but weren’t enough to save the Lady Pirates from defeat as they fell to Hamilton in an offense-heavy seven innings, 21-16. After a troubling first inning of a four-run deficit, the Lady Pirates slowly gained on the ...

Student shares mushing skills with classmates Student shares mushing skills with classmates

POLSON — When there’s snow in the Mission Valley, many people snowshoe, ski or sled. Eighth-grader Charmayne Morrison has taken up another winter sport — dog sled racing. On March 24, she brought her sled and her two Alaskan huskies to Polson Middle School.  Having a musher and d...

Young cancer survivor leads Recess Relay at Linderman School Young cancer survivor leads Recess Relay at Linderman School

With the sun peeking through the clouds occasionally and a cold breeze blowing, Linderman kids gathered on the track to walk and run. Sounds like a normal kid activity, right? Well, yes, but Friday’s gathering of students was different — the kids were participating in a Recess Relay to rais...

Competitive student teams spar in Academic Bowl Competitive student teams spar in Academic Bowl

RONAN – School Resource Officer Levi Read was a bit less enthusiastic than Alex Trebek or Pat Sajak when he took to the stage to pepper students with questions for the Lake County Middle School Academic Bowl in mid-February, but the competitors likely could give any of the contestants on America’...

District plans partnership with Providence St. Joseph

POLSON — Alternative education opportunities for Polson High School students were on the Polson School Board of Trustees meeting agenda March 9. Some students have trouble with the regular school experience, so Polson High School offers on-line classes, such as the Montana Digital Academy; credit retri...


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