RELEASE DATE: February 29, 2024 – Students at Paris Gibson Education Center (PGEC) are getting professional-level experience in print technology with the help of grants from the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation. …
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RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2023 – At the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation, we partner with community members to enhance public education. Throughout 2023, amazing work has happened in this area thanks to donor support. Check out highlights from this year and please consider making a year-end gift to support these continued efforts to positively impact education in Great Falls. Click here to donate today. …
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RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2023 – The Foundation marked the completion of the 11th year of the Win This Truck Raffle fundraiser last Thursday at City Motors. In addition to handing the keys of the Toyota Tacoma to winner Molly McLoughlin, the top-selling student groups and PTAs were also recognized for their hard work in selling tickets. …
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RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2023 – As you read this, Great Falls High School science teacher Amber Lloyd is deep in the heart of Nepal, hiking toward a high mountain peak, and gaining insights into human biology, geography and sociology to share with her students and other teachers and community members. …
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RELEASE DATE: September 5, 2023
We love September! Kids are back in school, and the Win This Truck Raffle is in full swing. We can’t wait for you to see the fun Public Service Announcements (PSAs) created by students just for the raffle. …
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RELEASE DATE: July 7, 2023 – Like most 8-year-olds, Levi Hibbs spent a good part of second grade learning to write. For Levi, this skill brings the potential for life-changing communication. The challenge of learning to write was made easier with the help of a grant from the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation.
Son of Tucker and Cherie Hibbs, Levi attends Loy Elementary and will enter third grade in the fall. His parents specifically chose a permissive transfer to Loy because of its strong program for special needs students. …
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RELEASE DATE: May 23, 2023 – Chosen as the 2022 BNSF Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Skawinski of Meadow Lark Elementary saw her classroom come alive with robots this last month thanks to a $2,500 grant from BNSF Railway. …
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RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2023 – Great Falls students who participate in the Indigenous Club at both North and East Middle Schools are learning the basic techniques to create traditional Native American flute music. (Photo: North Middle School Indigenous Club)
The haunting melody of the handmade flute has been the backdrop to Indigenous life and ceremony spanning the Americas for more generations than is known. Many tribes and bands had their own version and their own music, though much of it was lost with the arrival of Europeans. …
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RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2023 –Examined closely, side by side under a high-tech microscope, obvious differences emerge between two seemingly similar strands of hair.
These minute differences in cell structure, pattern and size often provide necessary evidence in the world of crime fighting and prosecution. They also now provide real-world forensic science experience to students at C.M. Russell High School. …
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RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2023 – In the depth of December’s deep freeze, Morningside kindergarten teacher Melody Stevens was warmed by a gesture from a former student. Well, three former students, actually.
Mrs. Stevens was in her classroom when she received a Gold Star Award, presented by the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation. Any parent or community member can send a Gold Star to a teacher as a token of gratitude or appreciation. This one, however, was a bit different. …
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