Schools

Col. speech and drama takes on Huntley meet

The Columbus Cougar speech and drama team took on 28 schools, including seven Class A schools, at the last regular season meet in Huntley last weekend.

Eleven of the 15 Columbus competitors handled the tough competition well enough to qualify for finals during what Columbus Coach Johanna Kern described as an “intense day.”

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Rapelje Regional BPA results

Six members of the Rapelje Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter have earned the opportunity to compete at the state level after finishing in the top-8 of their events at the regional competition in Livingston. The students have a couple months to prepare for the state conference – it will be held in Billings, March 10-12.

CMS library grows thanks to Scholastic book fair profits

The kids at Columbus Middle School will have dozens of new books to check out at the library thanks to the money raised for the school at last month’s book fair.

Community support of the book fair was high enough that CMS received an amount equal to fifty percent of the total sales to be used for new books for the school. That means the CMS library had a little more than $600 to spend on new books for the kids.

2019 Columbus adult education schedule

HISET: (Formerly GED) Call Katy for information at 322-5546. Acrylic Painting Mondays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the high school art room. Classes start on Monday, Jan. 7.

Columbus to send 19 to state BPA

Nineteen members of the Columbus Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter will compete at the state conference in March after placing well in the recent regional BPA competition in Livingston.

Park City schools puts on first Personal Finance Day

Insurance, loans, and taxes may not be at the forefront of the minds of many high schoolers. Following graduation, though, such topics will become relevant, and young adults must navigate

Stillwater County students compete in Montana Science Olympiad

Reed Point, Rapelje, and Park City students recently competed against peers from over 100 schools across the state at the Montana Science Olympiad held in Bozeman. REED POINT-RAPELJE This year,

Cougar speech and drama finds success in Laurel

The Columbus speech and drama team found success in Laurel over the weekend. Of the 16 Cougars that competed, 12 earned a spot in finals. The local students competed against

Absarokee students compete at regional BPA event

Eleven Absarokee students traveled to Livingston recently to take part in the Business Professionals of America regional competition against members from seven area schools. The group of Huskies, led by

Lady Huskies win in Harrison

The Absarokee Lady Huskies added a tally to the win column last Saturday against the Harrison-Willow Creek Wildcats in the team’s last non-conference game before the conference schedule gets underway.