Education

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Lewistown School Menu May 28–31

The Lewistown Public School lunch menu for all school buildings is as follows: Monday – No school Tuesday – Chicken nuggets, fries, broccoli and cauliflower, melon wedge, chocolate chip cookie

Construction Academy ‘Tiny House’ open for viewing

Kenton Cripps, the instructor of the Central Montana Construction Academy, and his students, would like to invite the public to an open house on Wednesday, May 30, between 3:30 and

Stanford BPA places first in the nation

Four Stanford high School students from their chapter of Business Professionals of America placed number one at the BPA National Leadership Conference in Virtual Web Application. They found out on

School Lunch Menus

The Lewistown Public School lunch menu for all school buildings is as follows: Monday – Meatballs, macaroni and cheese, peas, cucumbers, peach cup Tuesday – Pepperoni pocket, garden salad, snap

A ‘petting zoo?’

When thinking of a petting zoo, one gets the image of cute, tiny, furry animals. The petting zoo held recently at Judith Gap Schools was a very different sort of

Sophomore English department

After completing reading assignments about how to write a biographical sketch of a person, the sophomore class was ready to write their own. Part of the assignment was to draw their characters and surround the drawings with symbols illustrating interests and personalities.

Student biographical sketch excerpts:

“…My best friend…knows me best. We have always clicked and worked together well… I love the feeling of having a person who understands me.” (Cassie)

Trucks

Riding in my dad’s truck is like heaven. My truck is a piece of gold. At first it’s cold but then it’s warm. It roared like a lion when he turns the key I love hearing the trailer rattle. When it is full of cattle. It’s a 1 ton red I think we need a shed. I could ride in it... forever!

Dirt the poem

I dig low but I have to go I look up and down but I certainly don’t frown. Where I go is school. It takes away my digging time on the 7th chime. In the end I shall not offend school. Back to digging now and all I see is a cow? I look in my hole a minute ago. It’s big and being myself a pig. I love the dirt. I dig deep the dirt a game I could beat. But then calls supper and I had to eat. And life led on and showed me a pick. I use it now alot you see for a bunch of kids made by me. Every hole I make, after I’m done I sleep for what seems to be a week.

Eighth- and Ninth-grade English student opinions

Eighth- and ninth-graders learning how to write an editorial (in the form of a Letter to the Editor) chose as the subject the current, controversial topic of arming educators in school. It is important to teach students how to express their views and to know that their views count.

Editorials result:

Nine students were against arming educators; six students believed it was a valid idea as a detriment.

Excerpts from Letters to the Editor:

Poll

When do you think the snow will finally be melted in Lewistown?