Just Desserts November - Middle schooler's were recognized by their teachers for doing great things this past month and had a little dessert to celebrate. Great job MMS! #gobulldogs
Congratulations to Harlon Leishman for being named to the cross country All-State team! Additional congrats to volleyball's Alecia Steele for being named to 1st team All-Conference and to Cora Matt for a 2nd team All-Conference selection!! I apologize for the late recognition. Here is next week's sports schedule.....GO BULLDOGS!!!
In accordance with 20-6-805, MCA, the Board of Public Education is required to hold an interview and allow public comment on each of the public charter school applications. The Board will hold a special virtual meeting on December 11, beginning at 8:45AM, to meet these requirements. Each applicant will have a total of 30 minutes (10 minutes of introductions and explanation of the executive summary and application, 15 minutes of Board questions, and 5 minutes of public comment). Please find the time scheduled for your public charter school application below:
1:00 PM MISSION CAREER FORWARD CHARTER ACADEMY
Please let me know who will be presenting for each public charter application. Below you will find the zoom link to participate in this meeting. The Board will only promote those listed on the agenda item unless told otherwise.
Additionally, please make publicly available on your website, in newsletters, or other bulletins the opportunity for folks in your district to make public comment to the Board. The Board will accept virtual and written public comment on each application. For those wishing to give virtual public comment, please contact bpe.mt.gov to request the zoom link for the meeting. For those wishing to share written public comment, please submit comments to bpe@mt.gov.
November 18 - November 22 is Native Strong Week at St. Ignatius Schools! Themed Days are: Monday- Native Hero Day. Dress like your favorite Native Hero past or present. Tuesday- Jim Thorpe Day. Wear two different shoes. Wednesday- Yaya/Sile Day. Dress like a grandparent or Elder. Thursday- Wear red to honor MMIP Friday- Rock Your Mocs, Bling Your Beadwork, Dress Your Best! Wear ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts, or traditional attire. There will be a Round Dance in the Dog House on Friday starting at 12:30! Go Bulldogs and Happy Native Strong Week!
Today we made our way to the Veteran's Wall to honor the Mission Valley Color Guard as they honored all Veterans. We thank them for their selfless service to our country. We are Bulldogs standing united in honoring those who served our country.
Our Adult Education program is offering an instructional TENNIS class. Our instructor Kimimi Ashley will be teaching a skills based tennis class each SUNDAY from 6:00-7:00pm in the New High School Gym starting on November 17th. This is the perfect way to learn and enjoy the game of tennis! The cost is $25 for the six-week session. Racquets and balls are provided. Please email Kirsten at khawkaluk@stignatiusschools.org to register. We will see you there!!
Our Adult Education program is offering a PICKLEBALL class. Our instructor Kimimi Ashley will be teaching this class with some instruction in the beginning. Then open-court type classes will follow. Come and join the pickleball craze every SUNDAY from November 17 to December 22 starting at 4:00pm. Courts will be set up in the New High School Gym. Paddles and balls are provided! This class is FREE! Email Kirsten at khawkaluk@stignatiusschools.org to register.
Parent Teacher Conferences will be this Thursday from 4-7:30 and Friday from 8am-Noon. Your child's teacher should have contacted you about setting up a conference time. If not please call their school and we will get those scheduled. Our goal is 100% attendance! Also, there will be surveys being given, every family who takes one will get a Rod's f'real certificate and be entered into a drawing for 1 of 3 - $100 gas cards to Cenex. We look forward to celebrating your child's successes! #gobulldogs
Missoula Children's Theatre is coming to St. Ignatius Schools the week of 12/2-12/7! This year's production is Sleeping Beauty. Shows will take place at 7:00pm on Friday, December 6th and 12:00pm on Saturday, December 7th. ****AUDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 @ 3:30PM IN THE ELEMENTARY MULTIPURPOSE ROOM**** Auditions are open to all enrolled St. Ignatius Public Schools students in grades K-12. Permission slips will be available at conferences and at school offices beginning on Monday, 11/11. Permission slips must be returned to the elementary or MS/HS office by Tuesday, 11/26 for students to be eligible to audition. Please contact Caitlin Shelman at cshelman@stignatiusschools.org with any questions.
The one and only contest next week was lonely on the schedule all by itself, so I made this one a 2 week schedule. Note that high school girls/boys basketball and MIssion-Charlo wrestling practices start on 11/21...please make sure your athletes have the sports physical and concussion forms completed or they won't be allowed to practice. GO BULLDOGS!!!
ADULT EDUCATION Class offering starting 11/11/2024:
Women's Strength and Low Impact Cardio
The entire program is friendly to all stages of fitness, from beginner to advanced. We will combine total body workouts with a split strength and cardio schedule to improve overall balance and strength in your entire body. Bring comfortable and supportive shoes, athletic wear, water and an optional sweat towel.
Monday- Thursday 4:15-5:15
Friday 2:45-3:45
Location: HS weight room
Instructor: Casey Helmer
Cost for a six-week session is $65. More classes to come for our Adult Education program!! Stay tuned!!
We sent off our Unified Athletes this morning as they head to State 3on3 basketball in Helena. They'll be competing today and tomorrow. #gobulldogs
College students and hard working Mission grads! We want your help. Email Ms. Redmond to sign up for our upcoming event. sredmond@stignatiusschools.org (Community: Save the date and stay tuned for more details!)
Adult Education Instructors Needed! If you have knowledge or skills to showcase in the form of a class for our community, then we would love for you to join our team. We will offer 3 six-week sessions. We would love to fit your class into one or all of those. As the instructor you get to determine the content and set up of your class. Please contact Kirsten Hawkaluk at khawkaluk@stignatiusschools.org for more information or to submit a class idea.
Congratulations to the following Bulldog football players for being selected as All-Conference, All-State and All Star team members! All-Conference 1st team offense: Titan Mansell, Iyezk Umphrey, Lex Lafrombois, Ryan Sharbono. All-Conference 2nd team offense: Jack Keast, Kelby Dumont, Vinny Shepard. All-Conference 1st team defense: Jack Keast, Titan Mansell, Iyezk Umphrey, Lex Lafrombois, Ryan Sharbono. All-Conference 2nd team defense: Kai O'Brien, Kelby Dumont. All-State: Titan Mansell, Iyezk Umphrey. All Stars: Jack Keast, Titan Mansell, Iyezk Umphrey
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Our high school Salish classes went on a field trip to Lolo Pass to gather x̣asqs and mountain tea and learn about various traditional plants. Students were able to learn from our Elders Myrna, Kathy and Rosemary and gather for their families and our classroom supply. It was a x̣est time!
Huge thanks to our Salish Language and Culture teacher Lauren Clairmont for her work in teaching our students to make traditional dry meat. Kyle H. And Vinny S. harvested both deer. We had lots of community members l, knowledge keepers, and elders who came and talked and worked alongside our students. A lot of valuable knowledge was passed on and shared. Ms. Clairmonts classes look forward to gaining more practice and experience in the future. Lemlmts Lauren! #bulldogtraditions
Mr. John Fleming , 77 , passed away peacefully on Sept. 19, 2024. Mr. Fleming taught at St. Ignatius Schools for 40 years., starting in 1974 and retiring in 2014. Mr. Fleming started out in the 5th grade classroom but went on to teach Middle School social studies. He also taught driver's education, coached football, soccer, Odyssey of the Mind and the Academic Bowl .
A celebration of life for Mr. Fleming is this Saturday, Nov. 9th at 1PM at Fort Connah. Come and celebrate this wonderful person and a life well lived. Any questions please call Ninepipes at 406 644 2588. There will be a heated tent, a few songs and some good stories,
Congratulations to Coach Petersen, his entire coaching staff, and the Mission Bulldogs football team for a great season, finishing 7-1 through injuries and adversity. They put up a hell of a fight on Saturday, eventually going down to a very big Fort Benton team. Here is the updated sports schedule with load/leave times for VB on Thursday, as well as the updated bracket for the VB tournament this weekend. GO BULLDOGS!!!
Donate your gently used Halloween costumes to our students! We like to ensure every student of ours has a costume during Halloween! If you have old, gently used costumes you are looking to get rid of, we will happily take them off your hands! Please drop them at the elementary school office during the week of November 4-November 8!
Thank you for helping our students have a fun and happy Halloween!
