August 2, 2019
Dear Cascade Families,
Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! I’m honored to begin my first year at Cascade School District as your Junior High/High School principal.
Five years ago, my husband and I bought property here, with the goal of raising our daughters in this amazing community. This opportunity is literally my dream come true. I grew up in Helena, earned my teaching degree from Montana State University in Bozeman, and moved to Alaska for an adventure. I taught for eleven years, earning British Petroleum’s Teacher of Excellence Award. I achieved my Master’s Degree from Grand Canyon University and worked two years as an instructional coach in a Title 1 school. I am excited to put my skills and years of training to work as an administrator.
With every school year, there are changes, the biggest being to the school calendar. We will be moving to a four-day school week, Monday-Thursday. We will begin our school day at 8:00 a.m. as usual but will release EK-3 at 3:45 p.m. and grades 4-12 at 3:51 p.m. There are two Fridays scheduled for students to attend. The first Friday is our Homecoming on October 4, 2019. The other is the last Friday before Christmas break, December 20, 2019. Please feel free to contact me, or any other administrator, if you have any questions regarding our new school schedule.
I would like to welcome Erin Rollins to the staff as our new science teacher.
Our Back to School Night is Thursday, August 15, between 5:30-7:00. We will have a BBQ provided by Xcell! in the cafeteria during this time. Please join us so we can get to know one another better, and you can visit your child’s classrooms and meet with his/her teachers.
Please feel free to stop in and discuss your child’s education with me. I’m also available through email and phone.
Respectfully,
Nichole Pieper (pronounced Peep-er)
nichole.pieper@cascade.k12.mt.us
406-468-9383 extension 102
406-799-8090 cell
