Articles with the Tag: Polson schools

News from Greater Polson Community Foundation POLSON — Familiar friends as well as new faces gathered at the Greater Polson Community Foundation’s 6th annual Passion for Polson Celebration: Viva Polson on Saturday, Aug. 16. Guests were treated to beautiful gardens and a sunset Mis...

POLSON — Cherry Valley Elementary School has a new principal — Brent Benkelman. He has some tough shoes to fill, those of Elaine Meeks, who guided Cherry Valley since 1989. Benkelman was born in Bigfork and has been teaching kindergarten and first grade in Kalispell for the past six years. ...

Adrienne Barnes is teaching Spanish at Polson High School. A PHS graduate, she taught English as a Second Language in Japan for four years. Barnes earned her degree from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. As far as family goes, “I have two brothers, two sisters-in-law, three nieces, three ne...
POLSON — When was the last time you dumped a jar of change into the trash? Probably, never. So, why would you toss out Box Tops? Each Box Top is worth 10 cents for your school – so don’t dump these dimes in disguise, instead drop them in the little red school house in the Walmart lobby or i...
POLSON — When was the last time you dumped a jar of change into the trash? Probably, never. So, why would you toss out Box Tops? Each Box Top is worth 10 cents for your school – so don’t dump these dimes in disguise, instead drop them in the little red school house in the Walmart lobby or i...

OLSON – After replacing 16 starters on the roster and with only six varsity players as seniors, “young team” is the mum on the street when it comes to Pirates football this season. That didn’t deter Head Coach Scott Wilson from getting things done on the field Friday, picking up his f...
POLSON — Polson Middle School will hold its back-to-school barbecue and open house Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 4-6 p.m. School begins Wednesday, Aug. 27.
POLSON — Student registration for the 2014-15 school year will be held Aug. 4-7 in the high school library. Due to construction, please access the building through the teachers’ parking lot door. Freshmen are already pre-registered. Seniors – Monday, Aug. 4, 8 a.m. &nd...
POLSON — Polson school board trustees approved a 2-percent salary increase for non-represented employees and a 2-percent increase for administrators for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years. The teachers and the classified staff had not voted at the time of the meeting on June 14. Polson Class...

POLSON — New compost bins, a fruit and vegetable washing station, a reinforced fence and a refurbished greenhouse are a few of the improvements Upward Bound students have made at the Polson Middle School garden. Upward Bound is a federal program that provides opportunity for high school students to ...