It's time to start getting ready for the 2018 Cascade PTSA Color Fun Run 5K! This year's event will be held on Saturday, July 28th, starting at 9:00am. Registration form is attached. Download and print out the registration and Liability Waiver forms, and mail along with fee to the address on the form no later than July 7th. Cost is $25 for Adults 18 and up, $20 for Teens 13-17, and $15 for Children 12 and under. Thanks to this year's sponsors: Angus Bar and Cafe, Driftwood Bar and Grill, Homestead Cafe, InfoData, Creveling Storage, River's Edge Motel, and Rocky Mountain Fire Suppression.

Famed and wonderful Ms. Linda Cotton, Cascade School's Business Education teacher, Business Professionals of America (BPA) Advisor, and defacto leader of our Rabbits, will retire after 44 years teaching Montana's children at the end of this school year.Ms. Linda Cotton hails from Harlowton, Montana and attended public school there. She graduated with Honors from Western Montana College in Dillon with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education in 1973, and took her first job teaching in Geyser. She came to Cascade Public Schools in 1976 as the Homebound Tutor, then came on staff in 1978 as the Business Ed teacher and co-taught with Ron Evenson. She received her Masters in Career and Technology Education with an Emphasis in Business and Marketing from the University of Idaho in 2008.  Over the years she has also been a class advisor, Business Professionals of America (BPA) advisor, liaison between the Cascade Women’s Club and Cascade Schools for HOBY, and managed the Cascade Food Bank with the help of her students. Linda attained her Master of Professional Technical Education with an emphasis in business and marketing from University of Idaho in 2008. She has been recognized over the years as a great teacher, including: Montana ACTE Business Teacher of the Year several times, Montana BPA Advisor of the Year, National BPA 35 year Advisor, a 4H leader, a Girl Scout leader, served as an interim state OPI business advisor, a coordinator for numerous state and regional BPA conferences, and an Association for Career and Technical Education Business Division (ACTE) officer.If you were one of the three generations of students with Ms. Cotton as your teacher, you were one of her “rabbits”. Linda looks forward to remaining active in the Cascade community and school, visiting with her family in Bozeman, Great Falls, and Hawaii (mostly Hawaii...ok...really really really mostly), and taking sibling trips to New Orleans, Alaska, and wherever the adventure calls her. We take great pride in recognizing Linda today as she completes 44 years of teaching Montana’s youth.The community is invited to attend a celebration in honor of Linda's classroom leadership on Thursday, May 24th, at 4:00pm, in the school cafeteria. Come and take part in the celebration, and stick around to have some coffee and cake.Here's a link to the KRTV News coverage of Linda's career, click here. 

What a great State Music Festival the Cascade Music students had! The festival was held last Friday and Saturday in Helena and our music students came away with superior ratings received by Jean Blackman, clarinet solo, Christina Eike, vocal solo, and the trumpet duet including Trent Cox and Zach Douglas. Oliver Wood, vocal solo, and the Cascade Vocal Sextet earned excellent ratings. Thanks to all the students and all their hard work!Remember our spring concert is Tuesday, May 8, at 7:00 pm in the north gym. You will have a chance to hear some of the above students plus much more!!Here's a link to the results of the festival: https://cascade.k12.mt.us/District/Department/7-Band/5067-Festival-Results-2018.html

Cascade Public Schools will host the USAF Honor Guard Drill Team at our school on Monday, May 7th, at 1pm, in the north Gym. The public is invited to attend. Please come and enjoy this event with our students.

The Cascade Board of Trustees takes pleasure in announcing the selection of Mr. Rick Miller, of Fairview Schools, as our new Superintendent. Mr. Miller will assume responsibilities here July 1st, 2018. 

Between April 25th-27th, the Cascade Jobs for Montana Graduates (JMG) chapter traveled to Billings Montana to attend the statewide IGNITE conference. The conference was held to give students an opportunity to practice job related skills, participate in community service, and attend workshops that educated and informed the students about the real world and the opportunities presented within it. During the conference Georgia Mortang was presented with a second place trophy because of her individual civic activities. Those students attending the conference included Georgia Mortag, Molly McRorie, Josh Pepos, Calder Ludvigson, Daniel Benefiet, Krista Cope, Madison Vandevender, and Kara Lorance. We also thank Mr. Sukut for driving the bus for us, as well as Mrs. Whitman for being an incredible JMG advisor. 

To All students in grades 6th - 11th who are planning to participate in sports next school year.We will be traveling to Great Falls on Thursday May 10th for our annual sports physicals.  The parent consent form is attached.  This form, as well as a $20 payment, needs to be turned in to Mrs. Mazaira by Tuesday, May 8th in order to organize our transportation.  Students who turn in their form after Tuesday will not be guaranteed a seat on the bus. Make checks payable to Cascade Public Schools.Please wear appropriate clothing - preferably shorts and t-shirts.  If your child wears glasses, please make sure to have your child bring them.If you have any questions please contact Sonja Mazaira at  sonja.mazaira@cascade.k12.mt.us 

Members of Cascade County Sheriff's Office LT Bob Rosipal and Sergeant Landon Kotesky were on hand again today with our Badger Junior High and High School students to learn about ALICE active-shooter training response (like our staff did two weeks ago). ALICE is the acronym for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate response plan to counter an active-shooter situation in our school. Students went hands on with the instructors and learned how force can be met with more force to save lives and put the bad guys out of commission. All in the name of improving school safety and security for our students and staff, the ALICE training is making its way across Montana's schools in record numbers. Perhaps you've seen some news of this on TV when it's been reported in the bigger cities across our state. With an average response time of 15 minutes by law enforcement, most active-shooter incidents are over in less than five minutes, meaning we have minimal time to react, and now we're better prepared how to respond. Many thanks to CCSO for their interest in improving our own response until "the good guys" of law enforcement arrive. Pictures from L to R: Students stack desks next to door to disrupt entry into classroom. We've never seen the students move so quickly! Taking down an intruder may be impossible by two students, but four may do the trick of turning the tide and subduing the attacker. An armed intruder can't get off accurate shots at victims if he's under assault. Here a student lunges for the intruder, causing aim site to be loss. Moments later other students join in and tackle the gunman to the ground. Note: this is a "red gun" used for training. It's made out of hard plastic and does not fire any projectile. THANKS CCSO!

There has been a change in the date for the Cascade Music Department's spring concert.  It will be on TUESDAY, MAY 8 instead of Tuesday, May 1.  There was a conflict with a track meet, and so, to meet the needs of our students, the concert will be at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 8 in the north gym.Please mark your calendars for this amazing concert that will include some solos and ensembles from our district and state music festivals, as well as the bands in grades 5-12 and the high school choir.This is our last concert of the school year, which means we will be honoring the seniors in the music department by awarding the Band and Choral Awards as well as other certificates.  You won't want to miss this, trust us!  Once again, the spring concert will be TUESDAY, MAY 8  at 7:00 pm in the north gym-see you there!!