Articles with the Tag: Polson schools
By Kathi Beeks Valley Journal The “summer slide” sounds like fun play equipment - it is anything but. Children lose up to three months worth of reading and math skills during long summer vacations. While there are educators pushi...

POLSON – The city council meeting was filled with the remarkable generosity of the Polson community. First, Polson Police Chief and Interim City Manager Wade Nash presented two Special Olympic teams with donation money raised from the Polson Police Tip-A-Cop event hosted at Pizza Hut. K...
POLSON – Interim city manager Wade Nash’s pay has been increased, and the city isn’t any closer to filling the position permanently. All members of the commission who attended the meeting voted in favor of awarding Nash the pay increase he requested. His new salary will be $3,000 p...
McGuinness awarded prestigious P.E.O. Scholarship POLSON — The prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, for the 2019-20 academic year, was awarded to Shea McGuinness, a recent graduate of Polson High School. The scholarship certificate was presented at a recent meeting by P.E.O. Chapter CA President L...
Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation awarded 29 scholarships totaling $38,750 to Polson High School seniors and former Polson High School graduates who are currently attending an accredited 2-year, 4-year, community college, university or vocational school. The following scholarships are set up thr...
Lake County Board of Commissioners Lake County Commissioners meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.-noon and from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Public comment on matters within the commission’s jurisdiction are allowed each day the commission meets. For information call 406-883-7204 or email: ...

POLSON – Twenty-two girls’ fastpitch softball teams from all over Northwestern Montana battled each other and Mother Nature’s mixed grab bag of weather this past weekend during the 2019 Polson Splash Classic. Polson Softball Complex played host to the three-day annual fastpitch tournamen...

POLSON – Six valedictorians took to the stage during the Polson High School graduation ceremony on Sunday afternoon, including Keyan Dalbey, Beatrix Frissell, Ashlee Howell, Makauly Morrison, Abigail Raymond and Lauren Vergeront. They were each given three minutes to speak and talked about th...

POLSON – Several prep softball players from the Mission Valley were selected for the Montana All-State softball and respective all-conference teams. In Class A, the Polson Lady Pirates had several players on the all-state team, including sophomore Josie Caye, senior Paige Noyes and senior pitcher La...

POLSON – Having survived an 18-hour gauntlet of pressure-packed softball, the Polson Lady Pirates came up short during the Class A softball state championship on Saturday at the Polson Softball Complex. The Belgrade Panthers completed a four-game sweep at the twelve-team tournament and defeate...