Schools

Phipps named 2020 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholars

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FROM KELSI GAMBILL, SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, UCAM — Emmalith Phipps and Noah Thomas, students from City College at Montana State University Billings, are two of this year’s Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholars. Both join 207 fellow Phi Theta Kappa members from across the nation and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Story named “Marking your path” Mark Henckel scholarship winner

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Park City graduate Hayley Story is the recipient of the 2020 “Marking your path” scholarship. It is given in the name of the late Mark Henckel, a Park County resident who was the Outdoor editor for the Billings Gazette for 39 years before his death.

Mark worked many jobs at the newspaper from obituary writer, ambulance chaser, to sports writer, feature writer, desk editor and finally his dream of outdoor editor writer. He used his belief that every person has the chance to “make a mark” in your world, your job and your life whether in Montana or any other state you go to.

Back to school

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Almost six months ago the World Health Organization (WHO) classified COVID-19 as a pandemic and school closures followed soon after.

Five months later, superintendents have submitted reopening plans that have been approved by Stillwater County public health officials, including numerous amendments such as Governor Steve Bullock’s mask mandate in schools.

Park City’s Clancy named to University of Wyoming spring semester honor roll

Park City’s Liam M. Clancy has been named to the University of Wyoming’s lists 2020 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll.

Two locals named to MSU-Northern’s Spring 2020 semester Dean’s List

The Montana State University-Northern’s Spring semester Dean’s List contains 373 students. To be included in the Dean’s List, students must carry a minimum of 12 credits and earn a grade point average of 3.25 or better.

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Flynn graduates from University of Wyoming

Absarokee’s Taylor Flynn has graduated with a masters of science degree from the University of Wyoming 2020 spring semester.

Stillwater County superintendents hit the drawing board for a reopening plan

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Montana public schools are preparing to reopen this fall after COVID-19 forced closures last spring, but the new normal will be different for all school districts with some Stillwater leaders hoping for a quick return to traditional in-person learning.

Montana Rural Education Association Executive Director Dennis Parman emphasized that every school district in Montana will face different challenges – a statement which holds true for districts across Stillwater County.

Absarokee School District awarded more than $1.3m in grants

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Absarokee School District has received a $1.3 million grant that will be used to address both trauma-experienced students and high achieving students.

These two groups are the most neglected due to the small size of the schools, according to English high school teacher, Heidi Gunderson who wrote the grant.

The Montana Comprehensive Literacy State Development Project (MCLSDP) awarded 31 sub-grants to eligible school districts for the purpose of increasing literacy skills through evidence-based practices with a focus on disadvantaged students.

Local students named to MSU Bozeman honor rolls

Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for spring semester 2020.

There are two MSU honor roll lists, the President’s List and the Dean’s List.

To be eligible for the lists, students must have earned at least 12 collegelevel credits. This honor roll list was current as of June 11 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date.

The 2,439 students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s List.

An asterisk follows their names below.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

CULBERTSON NAMED TO CARROLL COLLEGE SPRING DEAN'S LIST

Absarokee’s Colleen Culbertson was named to the Carroll College 2020 spring semester dean’s list. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and take at least  12 graded credits in a semester.

LOCALS MAKE UM DEANS, PRESIDENTS LISTS