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Articles with the Tag: St. Ignatius schools

Word to the wise Word to the wise

The practice round featured words like mammalian, rejuvenate, dawdle and herculean. Then the top fifth to eighth-grade spellers from Arlee, Charlo, Polson, Ronan and St. Ignatius began the 88th annual Lake County Spelling Bee — and the words really got difficult. Spelling styles differed.  ...

Pursuit causes school lockdown

ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius School District students were a bit alarmed, but overall safe and sound after a police pursuit resulted in the school going into lockdown mode for 14 minutes on Feb. 10.  St. Ignatius Superintendent Bob Lewandowski said the school district’s clerk noticed that ...

Community plays bingo, wins books Community plays bingo, wins books

ST. IGNATIUS – Bingo for Books lured teacher Evelyn Jeannotte out of retirement, for a few hours. “I love kids and I love books,” she said.  Jeannotte retired in December after about 30 years of service at the school. She spent most of those years in the library helping kids find...

Locals contribute to historic mural Locals contribute to historic mural

Look closely at the recently unveiled Montana Women’s Mural on the wall of the third floor of the Capitol building and you might recognize one of the figures. Mural artist Hadley Ferguson of Missoula painted Shaniya Decker, 15, into a scene to help depict the everyday contributions women have made in b...

Bulldogs run Charlo off court

ST. IGNATIUS – A split was in play for the Bulldogs last week, with their conference record taking a yet another hit to bring them to 0-5, but not without a non-conference win over Charlo that improved their overall season record to 5-6. Thursday the Bulldogs toppled northern neighbor Class C Viking...

Mission Lady Bulldogs continue to fight

ST. IGNATIUS – The Lady Bulldogs fell to 0-11 after a troubling week of basketball. On Thursday the Lady Bulldogs hosted Charlo. Although they led in the first quarter by a single point, Mission was unable to hold on and fell 47-30 to the Lady Vikings. Irene Lopez led Mission scorers with 14 poin...

Bulldogs rule mats at home Bulldogs rule mats at home

ST. IGNATIUS – The Bulldogs madeø the crowd scream on their  home turf after hosting a couple of meets this past week.  After picking up a Divisional victory last season and Bulldogs capturing quick pins thus far, the Mission-Charlo team is looking to reclaim the throne and maybe se...

Kids help brighten holidays Kids help brighten holidays

  ST. IGNATIUS – More kids will have something to open on Christmas morning thanks to the efforts of about a dozen Mission Middle School students.  “It’s sad to think of kids without something to open on Christmas,” said Kayden Burke, 13. “It’s part of bein...

Bringing Joy to the World Bringing Joy to the World

Mission Middle and High School students got parents and community members into a singing and foot-tapping groove by the end of the annual Holiday Concert hosted Dec. 16.  The night started off with high school choir lifting their voices with a rendition of “A Christmas Trilogy” and &ldquo...

Wrestling

ST. IGNATIUS – The Bulldogs came away big at the Bob Kinney Classic on Saturday, pulling a first place win for the team and posting multiple top four finishers on the wrestling mats after securing match wins at the Bulldogs’ home mixer Thursday. Bailey Wiebel, Jamie Mullins, Trent Dennison, Is...


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