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We are looking for families with students who will be eligible for Kinder (must be 5 years old by September 10th, 2024) or Jump Start (must be 4 years old by September 10th, 2024) Mr. Wilson will discuss the changes to the Jump Start and Kinder programs and will be available for questions. Learn about our flexible full-day programs for Jump Start. Students will participate in a literacy screening, do an activity, have time to meet and greet with teacher, and snacks will be available. Parents will have the opportunity to pre-register their...
From March 23-31, eleven students (Tyler Lane, Ian McKamey, Edward Formell, Hal McGregor, Garrett Price, Nordika Goetze, Brayden Davis, Izaak Munski, Sterling Byrnes, Audrey Rumney, and Sophia Mortag) traveled to Washington DC and New York. Students visited War Memorials, Mount Vernon, the History Museum, The Met, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, 9/11 Memorial, Brooklyn Bridge, saw the cherry blossoms blooming, ate at a Middle Eastern Restaurant (Lebanese Taverna) and so much more. It was a...
Below is the mock-up of what our new football scoreboard will look like. We will be installing it over the summer with help from Northwestern Energy and community help. We accepted a donation from Northwestern Energy on March 22 for $5000 to help offset costs to the school. Northwestern Energy has been very gracious in helping us plan this project....
Wheels of Harmony, an Indigenous singing group with Intermountain Opera Bozeman, treated Cascade Public Schools last Wednesday with their presentation of opera, classical music and indigenous programming. The group consists of musicians Mark Billy, Cruise Berrey, and Sage DiPalma. Mark Billy is a Choctaw Opera singer,Baritone, Native flute and clarinestist from Oklahoma. Cruise Berry is a Chickasaw composer and pianist, also from Oklahoma. Sage DiPalma is a Cherokee Opera singer, Coloratura sopr...
"FIRE AND ICE" was the theme this year for the 2024 Prom, held at the Wedsworth Hall this past Saturday. After the "COOL" formalities of the Grand Entrance, where the handsome young men posed with their beautiful young ladies, and after the crowning of the Prom's King and Queen, Seth McKamey and Cora Culp, and after most of the parents had "left the building", the couples proceeded to set the dance floor on "FIRE"! (Who knew these guys could dance?!) Catering was provided by "Cascade-Romero"...
His name is Christian Parrish Takes The Gun, professionally known as Supaman. An Apsaalooke who grew up in Crow Agency, Montana, Supaman is also a Native dancer and a rapper who uses his performances to bring a message to his audiences. He brought his unique entertaining style to Cascade Public Schools Tuesday morning to WOW our students with an uplifting message of respect, honor, kindness, and love. Scheduled for two performances, the elementary, coming first, with the junior high and high...
The Cascade Schools Music Department presented its annual Music In Our Schools Month Concert and Turkey Dinner on Thursday (Leap Day), February 29th. The cafeteria was transformed into a fine restaurant, with students waiting on the dinner guests and making sure every table was taken care of, better than in some places. The annual turkey dinner was provided by our Master Chef, Armando Romero and his crew, and featured turkey, stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course, that...
Cascade School held its Science Fair on February 27th. The Science Fair was optional for all students this year. Seven students completed a project and presented to judges at the Local Science Fair. They will all be competing at the Regional Science Fair in Great Falls on March 5th. The Junior High students worked on science projects during class and used the scientific method and different science concepts to complete them. They competed with their classmates and presented their projecs to...
There has been a lot going on in the school. While it has been busy, it has been a good busy with a lot of positive things going on. Students and staff continue to bring energy and enthusiasm to the building. Through February, we celebrated tournament season for both basketball and wrestling with dress up days and an assembly. Valentine’s day landed perfectly on a Wednesday before a break. Last week was FFA week; on Monday we held a school wide assembly. Tuesday, FFA leaders from the high s...
The time of year is approaching again for Cascade School’s annual election. The 2024 annual election has two propositions that will appear on the ballot this year for the voters of our districts to vote on. The first is the trustee election. There will be two (2) seats open for election representing the Elementary District 3 & High School District B for a 3-year term. Individuals may file for election until March 23, 2024 at 5:00 pm. To file, the 2024 Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy must be completed and turned in to the election a...
On January 10th, the Cascade Leadership High School group and I attended the Great Falls Leadership High School "Education" day to examine the education system in Great Falls. We started at a local preschool, meeting with our groupmates to discuss our final projects. Once the preschoolers arrived, we split into different classrooms to read to the kids. I was in the special education classroom, so we helped the kids with their breakfasts and played with them in their play area. After this, we...
The Cascade Government Class was able to have Former Governor Brian Schweitzer zoom call on 2/20/24. One of the class assignments is to write to Montana, U.S., or World government representatives and one of the senior students wrote to Mr. Schweitzer to ask him questions about while he was the governor. Instead of writing back he asked if he could zoom in and talk to the class. He talked about his life as a governor and gave the students great advice for their futures. It was a fantastic...
Senior basketball players were recognized Friday night at Cascade High School's North Gym in between the Lady Badgers game against Great Falls Home School and the Badgers game against Valier. As they were individually presented to the fans, they were escorted by their families to the center of the court. The Seniors were Braedyn Johnson, Mackenzie Hauk, Caiden Sekuterski, Gavin Gilham, Martin Bodner, Seth McKamey, Brent Ethridge, and Makaylee South, Mgr. Congratulations Seniors, and "Thanks for...
Mrs. Mary Corder's fifth-grade class made a visit to the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls last week. They were split into two groups of 12 students each and were given a personal tour through the museum, including Russell's home and log cabin studio on Fourth Avenue North. Mark Nelsen drove the bus and Angie Hastings helped chaperone....
Leap Day (February 29) is almost here and it’s time to celebrate this once every 4 years event with our annual Music In Our Schools Month Concert and Turkey Dinner presented by the Cascade Music Department! This is a date change, so be sure and mark your calendars so you won’t miss this wonderful event! The concert and turkey dinner will be Thursday, February 29. The concert, involving the music students in grades 5-12, will be at 7:00 pm in the north gym. The annual turkey dinner will be held in the school cafeteria from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. The...
Unable to recruit a science teacher for the upcoming semester, Cascade Public Schools has partnered with the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA), Montana's public state virtual school, to provide teacher services and curriculum to assist with these classes for the semester. MTDA courses are delivered via the web, and students can access them whenever and wherever they want. Content is taught by qualified Montana-licensed instructors and aligned to state educational standards. A question and answer...
There's nothing like attending a Badger sporting event in person! Friday night saw our #1 ranked Lady Badgers and our #1 ranked Cascade Badgers defend against 10C District rivals Simms Tigers. Just like the "big boys", we too had our local celebrity broadcasters doing the play-by-play on site. And talk about our half-time program; our mini-cheerleader routine rivaled that of any Super Bowl halftime show, not to mention all the excitement an noise generated by our cheering squad at every game....
Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Cascade Elementary School enjoyed a fun day of skiing Friday with fresh snow at Showdown Ski Area, 67 miles southeast of Great Falls. Since Cascade operates a four-day school week, the school offers ski trips to students as an extracurricular field trip. One parent said her daughter was so excited she jumped out of bed at 6 a.m. Friday, ready to go skiing. The trips are coordinated by PE Teacher Sonja Mazeira. Both fourth-grade teacher Kourtney Holten and...
