Thank you Cascade, Ulm, and Deep Creek voters for passing both the Elementary and High School Technology Levies. For the Elementary portion, 240 voted for, and 185 against. For the High School portion, 297 voted for, and 270 against. Congratulations to Chris Boland and Deanna Hastings for their selection as Trustees to the School Board.
Congrats Badger BPA Teams for their OUTSTANDING accomplishments at the 2014 Nationals Leadership Conference! The computer animation team of Max Austin, Cory Cummings, and Chance Freed placed 5th! The parli pro team of Darby Bogden, Roman Lorance, Kacie Cummings, and Tahsha Wehr placed 8th! Chloe Whitten placed 17th out of a field of 88 in Keyboarding! Kacie Cummings was 20th of 296 in the individual parli pro test! Chloe Whitten, Max Austin, and Kacie Cummings earned their national certification in Microsoft Office Word! Chloe Witten and Corry Cummings received their MOS Word certification. Chloe Whitten, Max Austin, and Kacie Cummings earned their national certification in Microsoft Power Point! The Cascade Chapter was awarded one of the five top national awards given in this category - they received the national Safety and Drug Awareness award! Cory Cummings, Roman Lorance, Darby Bodgen, Kacie Cummings, Amber Wehr, Lydia Cope, Cassidee Boland, and Natalie Gerard all received their Ambassador Torch Award - the highest level that can be achieved in the BPA Torch Award Program! Recently elected Montana State BPA Officer Darby Bogden served as a voting delegate for the state of Montana, serving in that capacity during the entire conference election process. We know our kids are awesome. This proves it! Thanks Ms. Cotton for ALL of your hard work and effort.
Cascade Public Schools will hold two Tech Levy community meetings for residents within the District. The first meeting will be held in the Cascade School Cafeteria at 6pm on Tuesday April 29th. The second meeting will be held in the Ulm School at 6pm on Thursday May 1st. Cascade Schools Superintendent Justin Barnes and Technology Coordinator David Dobbins will share information about the upcoming May 6th Levy so voters can make informed decision on the election of a 10-year Technology Levy.
The Cascade PTA is proud to host the Missoula Children's Theater production of "The Secret Garden" on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 at 3:30pm and 6:30pm. at the school. Adult admission is $5 and children is $3. Come celebrate Family Fun Night with us!
The Principal and Honor Society of Cascade High School are pleased to announce the selection Kacie Cummings, Mariah Satterwhite, and Darby Bogden for membership in the Cascade Chapter of National Honor Society. The community is cordially invited to attend their induction ceremony to be held in the School Commons on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.
There will be a community meeting concerning select staff carry of concealed weapon at school on Tuesday, April 8th. The meeting will be held in the school cafeteria at 7:00 pm. Superintendent Justin Barnes will bring the community up to date on the discussion to further protect students by training and arming a few key staff members who would respond to an "active shooter" or other serious incident at the school.
The Latigo 'n Lace Hoedown will be held Saturday, April 12th, from 7-10pm at Wedsworth Hall. Cascade and Ulm students are invited to attend. Tickets will be sold April 1-11 outside the Cascade cafeteria during lunch and cost $3 in advance, or $4 at the door. Former teacher Mr. Cloud will DJ the event.
Spring, class, and sports pictures will be taken by Lifetouch on March 31 at the Cascade School in the commons beginning with preschoolers at 8:00 am. K-12 pictures will be taken beginning at about 8:45 am, also in the commons. Picture flyers have already been sent home-if you did not get one, please call Melody at 468-2267 and one will be sent home.
We're nearing completion of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Field Test for our students in Grades 3-8 and 11. There are two Math tests and two English Language Arts (ELA) tests. Our testing window is open until mid-May, but we hope to complete all testing right around Spring Break. Each portion of the test takes about 1hr 15mins to complete, on average. As this is the Field Test for the new Common Core curriculum adopted by Montana, this year's test is a test of the procedures and questions, and does not count toward Adequate Yearly Progress. Test results will not be released this year. The "real" test begins next Spring of 2015.
It's the LAST CRT test you'll ever take. Ever! The bubble sheet gets one last shot with our students in 4th, 8th, and 10th grades on Thursday, March 13th when they will take the Science CRT test. Students should get a good rest before the test. Parents: Send your kids to bed early! Make sure they're well fed before heading off to school to take these tests, or have $$ to enjoy a school breakfast.