Hello Parents and Guardians,
It’s that time of year again and fall sports are gearing up for another season of competition. We will be hosting our Fall Sports Parent Meeting on Monday, August 3rd at 6:00 pm in the High School Gymnasium.
We will be discussing the student activities handbook to familiarize you with procedures and identify the responsibilities of all parties involved. We will also be handing out physical forms and MHSA concussion awareness forms as well. Please be sure to mark the date on your calendar. Thanks for your support and let’s get ready for another great season of Bulldog Athletics.
We will also be talking about our new athletics platform, DragonFly. DragonFly will be a catch all for schedules, communication, and forms. This will make communication from the school to you much more efficient and we will be mostly paperless when collecting athletic forms. If you would like to get a jumpstart on DragonFly, I have included some information on how to register. Our school name is Mission High School and our school code is NEJJCC.
Thank you,
Tyler Murray
Activities Director Mission HS & MS
St. Ignatius Schools Board meeting is tonight at 7:00 in the library.
Live streaming of this meeting is available to the public, the "Board Meeting- Live Stream" link can be found on the school website.
Per state mandate masks will be encouraged for anyone in attendance.
Gym Floor Begins
Parents: Don’t Forget to Turn I’m your P-EBT Debit Card Form by Friday 👍
Teachers and Parents: Don’t forget to turn in your Surveys by Friday-👍
New DLA Grant Elementary Classrooms - Reed Mountain Getting It Rolling!
CTE Center
Locker Room Bathrooms and Weight Room
New Gym Progress
Progress Bond, Intercap and DLA Grant
Survey for 2020-2021
Parents: We would love your input for the upcoming school year 2020-2021 in terms of remote learning and options you would like us to consider as we roll out our educational plans. The Survey can be done by hand and available outside the District Office or it can be completed electronically on the website under District linked as Family Covid-19 Distance Learning Survey.
Teachers: Your survey link was sent to you by email.
All Surveys due by this Friday at noon. Thank you for taking the time to give us your input.
PARENTS: EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE DEBIT MEALS CARD. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS DEBIT CARD PARENTS AND GUARDIANS MUST FILL OUT THE P-EBT CONSENT FORM AND RETURN TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE BY NEXT FRIDAY, JULY 17 BY 9AM. ALL STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE, BUT WE HAVE GET YOUR SIGNED FORM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BENEFIT. FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE DISTRICT HEADING AND THE FIRST LINK P-EBT CONSENT FORM. WE ALSO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH WE WILL ALSO HAVE A FORM DROP OFF STATION AS WELL. WE WILL LEAVE A STACK ON THE BOARD IN RODS HARVEST FOODS IN YELLOW ENVELOPE MARKED P-EBT CONSENT FORM. FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE BANK DRIVE THROUGH AND POSSIBLY THE POST OFFICE AS WELL. FORMS MUST BE TURNED IN BY NEXT FRIDAY.
Information:
Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT)
P-EBT provides nutrition benefits to families who have lost access to free or reduced-price school meals because schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible students and families will receive money on a new or existing EBT card to help fill the school meals gap. The benefit will be $5.70/day per student, retroactive to when school initially closed (for Montana the benefit through the end of the 2019-2020 school year will be $330/child). Families can get both P-EBT and “grab and go” meals from schools and community organizations that schools are serving during the pandemic.
All children ages 5 to 18 that were eligible for free or reduced-price school meals as of March 18, 2020 qualify for this benefit. This benefit will be issued through the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). The P-EBT card works like a debit card to purchase food items anywhere EBT benefits are accepted. DPHHS will notify families of this benefit. Families receiving SNAP will get the P-EBT benefit added to their existing EBT card. Non-SNAP families will be mailed an EBT card with the P-EBT benefit.
Since children on free or reduced-price lunch automatically qualify for the benefit, families do not need to apply. DPHHS will automatically provide this benefit to families on SNAP, and is working with OPI and local school districts to obtain data from non-SNAP households who are eligible for P-EBT. DPHHS requests you provide the following information for all non-SNAP children ages 5 to 18 in your school district who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch as of March 18, 2020 (also see example spreadsheet attached separately):
Parent First Name & Last name
Full Address (Address Line 1, Address Line 2, City, State, Zip Code)
The number of children in the household eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
For each child:
Child First & Last Name
Child Date of Birth
Child CHIMES ID (if applicable)
Child CHIMES case # (if applicable)
Please send the above information via Excel to DPHHS at https://transfer.mt.gov/upload?type=HHSHCSDPEBT by July 17, 2020. The email must be sent through the State’s secure email system, ePass at www.transfer.mt.gov. Please set up an ePass Account. You will want to use the box on the left and click on “create one here”. Follow the steps to complete an account. Once your account is setup you can upload the file, enter the email address above and send.
Girls Little Dribblers basketball camp that was to be held on July 14-16th has been cancelled. Coach Delaney will be reaching out to parents who have signed up.
Gym Floor Arrives
Old District Office Goes Away
Elementary School Supply lists and teacher letters will be mailed out on July 15. The supply lists are also posted on our school website.
Go to stignatiusschools.org
go to the menu
go to documents
go to welcome back letters
Teacher letters are listed by grade and teacher.
The elementary office staff will be back at 8am on Aug 10th. Have a great summer!
Little Dribblers Boys Basketball Camp July 7-9
COST One camper $30. Family of two or more campers $50. ALL Money DUE by July 7 before the start of camp. Make checks payable to St. Ignatius School District. Completed forms and money can be dropped off at the District office before July 7 in advance.
Camp will be directed by boys’ basketball coaching staff and high school girls’ and boys’ basketball players.
Camp T-Shirts will be provided to all campers.
Campers will learn the basic fundamentals of the game. Defensive and offensive skill work. Ball-handling, footwork, shooting, passing and teamwork skills. Competition day will be the last day of camp.
Campers need to bring clean gym shoes, athletic shorts, T-shirt, socks and water bottle.
For questions or more information please contact
Stuart Grant CELL 544-2279 & EMAIL sgrant@stignatiusschools.org
Adam Hawkaluk WORK 745-3811 ext. 306 & EMAIL ahawkaluk@stignatiusschools.org
Girls camp will be offered July 14-16 with Coach Delaney. Contact Coach Delaney at 210-7990 or 745-3811.
New Gym, Locker Rooms, Wright Room Progress
New CTE Center and Gym Area Progress -
Progress - Old Gym Ceiling Complete - Open Gym Starts Tonight
INFORMATION ON RETURNING BLACKFOOT MODEMS with cords.
Blackfoot company has extended free internet services until Tuesday June 30th. This will give families and teachers extra time to finish up any last minute things and transition into summer or consider keeping the service in their own name and cost.
If families decide not to keep the data service, return the routers/cords/filters (in their original shipping box if possible) to the school. Please bring the modem back to the school in the box (or a similar box if you don't have the original) and drop off at the district office. You can call Mr. Arlint at 406-404-6738 if you have any questions.
If the families wish to keep the service and transfer it into their own names, please call Blackfoot before June 30th and they will help you get a contract.
For teachers who already had blackfoot service but received a no cost speed upgrade, they are welcome to keep the new router whether they drop down to their old speed or stay at the higher speed but you must call up before June 30th.
Surplus sale is over and everything that is left will be going to the dump on Monday. Therefore, whatever is left in front of the old district office it is up for grabs all weekend. 👍 Thank you Steve and the Maintenance Crew for all your hard work this week putting it together. Go Bulldogs!!