Junior High Track & Field Begins Monday April 8th 6th-8th gradersAll students who have not participated in a JH sport thisschool year will need to have all paperwork completed before starting practice. See the athletics tab on the website for all necessary forms.
State Science Fair was a resounding success! Congratulations to the students and Mrs. Rumney!!!!The results are as follows:Jack Snyder, Madeline Schrecengost, Audrey Rumney, Jeremiah Creveling, Brent Ethridge, Sydney Gutierrez and Harlie Jackson all received gold ribbons, with Brent and Jeremiah placing 2nd in overall 7th grade Physical. Tyler Lane, Ian McKaymey, Braedyn Johnson, Marshall Byrnes and Hayden Isaak received silver. Harley Bricker, Carsyn Otheim, Raygan Carroll, Hattie Orem and Kodiann Lynn received bronze ribbons.
MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATREGulliver's TravelsScheduleAuditions: Monday March 25th from 1pm - 3pmAuditions are open to High School students this year.Practices: Monday - Wednesday (Dinner Provided)Session 1: 3:40 - 5:40Session 2: 6:00 - 8:00Practices: Thursday - Friday (Dinner Provided)Entire Cast: 3:40 - 8:00Practice: SaturdayEntire Cast: 9:00 am (Lunch Provided)Show Time Saturday, March 30th 1:00 pm
Don't forget to check out the Ketochi for school news. The students in the class have written many articles about the school and student activities. Here are a few examples:Cascade School Celebrates Music In Our Schools Month with Dinner, ConcertBadgers Start Season with Two Huge WinsFFA Earns Big Accolades at Glacier Districts2019 School Science Fair a Success
One important reason is to reduce student absences.Last year our students had 5776 absences with 1155 absences falling on Friday. By going to a 4 day school week, the school should eliminate those Friday absences. That’s the equivalent of 4 extra school days per student.The 4 day week would also save on school-sponsored absences. The number of school-sponsored absences on Friday last year was 398.When all of the absences are broken down, the elementary students would gain the equivalent of about 994 absences or 6.7 additional school days per student.In the Junior High School, the students would gain 287 absences which equates to 7 additional days of instruction per student.The High School attendance numbers are even more dramatic. A 4 day week would allow High School students to save the equivalent of 1000 instruction days or 11 more instructional days per student.The bottom line is that if we want our students to learn and improve, we must maximize their time in the classroom.Another important reason is the number of teacher absences that would be saved. Last year our teachers were gone 80.5 Fridays. On top of that, our teachers were out of the classroom for 45 days to work on Response to Intervention. A 4 day week would allow the teachers to have Response to Intervention on Fridays, saving 125.5 days out of the classroom. The more the teachers are with the students, the better our students will perform.If you would like to provide your input, please fill out the attached survey and return to Cascade Schools by April 12. Thank you for your feedback.
The Cascade Modified School Week committee was formed and had their first meeting on February 26th. The committee would like to let you know that they can be contacted if you have any questions or concerns about a modified day. The members of the committee are Jodie Campbell, Rick Cummings, Tami Snyder, Sharon Stevens, Kelly Rumney, Iain McGregor, Pam Marquis, Eric Tillman, Kate McKamey, Siobhan Hathhorn, Michelle Price, Brenda Byrnes.And as always, you can contact Rick Miller, Cascade Superintendent at rick.miller@cascade.k12.mt.us and he will relay your email to the committee.
Are we tired of snow yet? I would just like to take a moment to publicly thank Damon for doing such a great job in keeping our buses running as much as possible during the severe driving and weather situations we have all faced this month. The next group that deserves a big thank you are our bus drivers. As all of you know, it has been difficult to get around and as you can imagine, it is even more difficult when you are driving a big vehicle such as a bus. Now fill the bus with students and think about how stressful this would be. If you see one of our bus drivers please thank them for keeping our students safe. Don’t forget to thank all of the people who have been responsible for keeping the roads in our area clean. This has been a difficult job that has required many additional hours of work. Thank you to all of the people on the road crews and to all of the people who are volunteering their time and equipment to help clear snow for those in need.If you live out of town, remember we are not out of the woods yet and when all this snow melts, we will have a whole new set of problems for our bus drivers to deal with.Respectfully,Rick Miller