Congratulations to the JH Lady Badger Volleyball team and Coach Darcy Schwindt!!! The Lady Badgers took 2nd place in their District Tournament last weekend. Please congratulate these young ladies when you see them!

Twenty Cascade HS students from the TV Media and BPA classes took a Field Trip to the KRTV News studio Wednesday as part of their familiarization with television production. Work on our own TV studio is coming along nicely and we hope to start creating some projects soon. We're still working with Charter Media in St. Louis to connect to the local cable channels so we can broadcast to the town and to our own classrooms. The class is taught by Mrs. McGonigal, who's husband Tim is the Lead Anchor at KRTV. Technical Coordinator Dave Dobbins went along to recruit some support figuring out how the wires in our own studio get connected.

ANNUAL HEARING SCREENINGS   During the month of October, annual hearing screenings will be conducted for all Kindergarten, First Grade, and 9th Grade students.    Any student that is new to the district will also be screened during this time.   Our Audiologist will be asked to see students with known hearing losses, and those that fail the screening.    If this applies to your child and if you wish to decline the hearing screening for any reason, please notify Kim McCann using the contact information below.    Hearing screenings may also be conducted for your child at any time upon request, regardless of age or grade. Please make requests known to your child’s teacher.   Thank you,   Kim McCann, M.A., CCC-SLP kim.mccann@nclearning.org 406-468-2671 ext. 152   American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Member

Academic Parent Teacher Teams   We want to personally invite you to join us by attending our FIRST round of APTT meetings. Each grade level has an assigned date and time for their APTT meeting. Every teacher has been working diligently with their colleagues in preparation for this important meeting with you. They have been reviewing and compiling student data and strategically selecting key grade level skill building activities that you can use at home with your child. grades K-3 TUES. - SEPT. 29-6:00-7:15 P.M.   grades 4-6 THURS. - OCT. 1-6:00-7:15 P.M.  

Cascade Public Schools—Setting the Stage for the Future Success of our Students The Cascade Public Schools Board of Trustees and Staff will be meeting and discussing the future direction of the school.  We very much want and need community, parent and student input as we move forward in deciding where we want to be in the next 15-20 years, identifying barriers to our success, and setting short terms goals and objectives to ensure a bright future for all present and future students of this community.  Please plan on attending and participating in the process.  We will be meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

Mr. Ray Castellanos will be holding a meeting Sept 22 to determine community interest for an adult Spanish class. With enough interest, he will hold class twice per week in the evenings. The preliminary meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept 22 at 6:30pm in John Wright's classroom (Rm 158) at the school.

Helena Independent Record – August 22, 2015 A committee that will examine Montana's public school funding system has set up an Internet survey so people can share their concerns and ideas with the group. "This will allow people to give the commission some direction about where to put our effort," Sen. Tom Facey, D-Missoula, said.  The commission is comprised of a dozen legislators and four public members. It fulfills a legislative requirement that a group meets every 10 years to assess the state's educational needs and costs.  The survey is five questions long and is open through Sept. 9. It can be accessed at www.surveymonkey.com/r/MT_SFIC_2015 or by visiting the School Funding Interim Commission page on the Montana Legislature website.

Who's got the COOLEST school bus? WE DO!! WE DO!! GO-FIGHT-WIN BADGERS! in your COOL bus!!

Football, Volleyball, and Cross Country sports programs are now in progress. Football kicks off the season with an away game Friday at Simms starting at 4:30pm. Volleyball begins with a home game opener Friday against Valier starting at 5:00pm. Volleyball continues on Saturday, with the JV squad playing at Simms, and Varsity at Belt. On Monday, August 31st, JV Football plays at home vs Simms at 4:30pm, and Varsity Volleyball travels to GFCC for games at 4:30pm. Come out and support your favorite Badger teams.

The COUNTDOWN to the 2015-2016 School Year has reached T minus ZERO. There was no hold on the countdown, and our SY 2015-16 blasted off promptly at 8:00 a.m. this morning. We'll post some pics over the course of the day, so please check back to see what we've added. Here are some since liftoff this morning!