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Local teacher receives award

RONAN — Jessica Johnson, an eighth-grade teacher from Ronan School District, received the Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award honoring the Montana History Teacher of the year for the seventh through 12th grade level. Born and raised on a family ranch near St. Ignatius, Johnson comes from homeste...

Honor roll

MSU students earn high marks BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for spring semester 2016. Students with an asterisk earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester and were named to the president’s honor roll. The remaining students were...

Students make dean's list

News from the University of Montana MISSOULA – At the University of Montana, 2,821 students made the spring semester 2016 dean’s list and 4.0 list. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at lea...

PT student wins national scholarship PT student wins national scholarship

News from the University  of Montana MISSOULA – Alyssa Schock of St. Ignatius, a third-year student in the University of Montana’s doctorate of physical therapy program, was recently named the recipient of the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2016 Minority Scholarship Awar...

Golf for Griz tourney deadline fast approaching

RONAN — Thursday, May 19 is the final day to sign up for the annual Tana Bockman Memorial Golf for the Griz Tournament in Ronan. Entries will not be accepted the day of the tournament, Friday, May 20. University of Montana coaches and staff will be on hand to golf on a rotating basis with entries. Thos...

Government officials support graduation promises Government officials support graduation promises

PABLO – Ardon McDonald, 15, has seen why it’s important to graduate from high school. He said education creates opportunities. He believes in it so much that he volunteered to play his drum while singing an honor song to help open the Pablo Elementary Graduation Matters Celebration on Wednesday.&...

Briefs for April 13, 2016

Golf for Griz tourney comes to Ronan RONAN — University of Montana Grizzlies coaches and staff will again play with area golfers during the Annual Tana Bockman Memorial Golf for the Griz Tournament in Ronan Friday, May 20. The co-ed scramble will be followed by a whole pig barbecue and tri...

Local linguist develops cultural awareness games Local linguist develops cultural awareness games

ST. IGNATIUS – Players get more out of it than the satisfaction of winning. “You can learn about history and it helps you retain the language,” said Rebecca Goff of the different games she has developed as executive director of Native Teaching Aids. Native Teaching Aids opened a shop ...

Students chosen for wildlife research program Students chosen for wildlife research program

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes   FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Native American Research Assistantship Program, a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and The Wildlife Society, allows students to learn and gain beneficial hands-on experience while working with wildl...

Traveling science exhibit inspires next generation of visionaries Traveling science exhibit inspires next generation of visionaries

Future physicists explored motion in a 10-ring circus of twirling, spinning and flying object lessons during Linderman Elementary School’s family science night March 21. The hands-on learning stations in the “Motion” exhibit were brought by the University of Montana’s mobile spectr...


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