February 2019
‘Converge: E Pluribus Unum’ Brings Community Members to Tears Through Real Stories
GFPS Partners with C.M. Russell Museum for Auction Decor
Students in Great Falls are Helping to Prepare for this Years 51st Russell Auction in a Unique Way
Lincoln Elementary’s Shark Tank, High School BPA Winners Present to Great Falls Ad Club
City-Wide Play Focuses on Abuse,Neglect, Homelessness Among Local Teens
Electric City FFA Celebrates 10 Years
Over 400 Middle School Girls Attend First-Ever GFPS Girls In STEM Day
Great Falls High Schools Join Forces to Send Powerful Message During Performance
Final Beams of the GFHS Hub Addition Signed, Decorated and Topped Out
GFHS Topping Out Ceremony Commemorates Final Beams Placed at Construction Site
GFHS Topping Out Ceremony Runs Deeper Than Just a Tradition
Great Falls Students to Participate in NAfME All-NW Honor Ensemble
“Strengthening Our Community”: GFPS’ First American Indian Poster Series
Community Spotlight: GFPS CTE
Great Falls High Pilots First-Ever American Indian Studies Class
Three GFH Choir Students Chosen for National Conference in Kansas City
High School House Program Through Neighborworks Receives Anonymous Donation to Help But New Tools
“Every Single Kid Has a Story”: Meet Some of Paris’ 33 Winter Graduates
Thirty-one Graduates Receive High School Diplomas at Paris Gibson Education Center Winter Graduation
GFPS Snow Day Classification
Community Spotlight: Electric City FFA
Support Sought for Education Funding Bill
What it Takes to Close Schools in Great Falls
GFPS Explains School Cancellation Criteria
Tom Moore: Great Falls Public Schools’ Next Superintendent
Longfellow Elementary 6th Graders Meet Students from 60 Years Ago
60 Years, Sixth Grade: One Final Goodbye to the Old Longfellow
Longfellow Elementary: Returning to Sixth Grade After 60 Years
January 2019
Great Falls Public Schools Looking for Substitute Teachers
GFPS Breaks Down Graduation Rates
GFPS Seeing Higher Numbers of Flu Than Usual
Thomas Moore Chosed as the Next GFPS Superintendent
GFPS Reminds Furloughed Families About Free and Reduced Lunches
Moore will get Second Interview for GFPS Superintendent; Wisconsin Candidate Bows Out
Breakfast After the Bell Grant for Local Schools
Business Partners of America Helping Great Falls High Students Both In, and Out of the Classroom
GFPS Board of Trustees Delays Vote for Superintendent Nomination
A Quick Guide to the Finalist Candidates for GFPS Superintendent
Construction at Great Falls Schools
Community Meets with GFPS Superintendent Finalists
“Meet and Greet” to be Held Sunday with Finalists for GFPS Superintendent
GFPS Board of Trustees Announces Superintendent Finalists
Foster Grandparent Program Changes Thousand of Lives
Bullock Renews Call for Preschool Program
December 2018
Next GFPS Superintendent Down to Three Choices to Replace Tammy Lacey
GFHS Students Show Off Artistic Talents Through Art Exhibition and Sale
Early Learning Family Center Preschoolers Celebrate Christmas
Longfellow Elementary School Begins Move to Roosevelt Building
From Listeners to Composers: East Middle School Music Program Evolves with Grant
GFPS Superintendent Addresses “No-Heat” Rumors at Great Falls High School
November 2018
Business Goes to School: Two Worlds Collide for the Betterment of Education in Great Falls
Dirt to Decor: Great Falls High Art Students Sculpting from Construction Clay
C.M. Russell High School to Bring the Falls Alive with “The Sound of Music”
Trading in College: A New Normal for Young Adults
Leaders and Principals Pair up for “Business Goes to School”
Jimmy McAlister’s Success Puts Paris Gibson Education Center in Spotlight
GrizzBiz and Ram Enterprises Receive Grant for New Equipment
GFPS Construction Update
Montana Made: Great Falls GrizzBiz Students Mean Business
Substitute Teacher Shortage at Great Falls Public Schools
CMR Student-Ambassadors Fight Depression, Suicide
Giant Springs Elementary Turns to Technology for Lessons
School Bus Driver Shortage Improves in Great Falls
GFHS Art Students Collect Clay From Expansion Project for Ornaments
GFPS Sixth Graders Attend Local College Athletic Event in Part of the Graduation Matters Great Falls Initiative
October 2018
Great Falls High School’s Dracula Production
Students Expand Leadership Skills at the 25th Annual LEAD Conference
CMR Students Raise Money for UNICEF
Great Falls Science Students Get Hands-On Lessons in Yellowstone Park
Great Falls Students Use Personal Struggles to Create Play, Documentary
Pathway for your L.I.F.E. Helps Students Look Ahead to Possible Careers
GFPS Celebrates New Gym, Fitness Facility, and STEM Classrooms at CMR
At Long Last, CMR’s Auxiliary Gym is a Reality
Great Falls High, CMR Rivals Building House Together Before Crosstown Clash
Two GFHS Students Present Logos for New “Business Goes to School” Program
United Way, Schools Partner for Eighth-Grade Career Fair
Montana Treasure: Custodian Helps Kids Learn for 34 Years
Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent Job Opening Posted
How One School in Great Falls is Saying No to Bullying
Superintendent Lacey Goes Back to Teaching for a Day
Sunnyside Parents Petition to Keep Principal as District Swaps Administrators
United Way Pairs Students, Mentors to Increase Graduation and Career Success
School Counselors Protocols on Human Trafficking
September 2018
United Way Career Fair Prepares Eighth-Graders for Success
“Sugarbeet Falls” author reads to Giant Springs Elementary School Students
School-Based Clinics Improve Health, Attendance
Schools and Officers Stress Student Safety Amid Reports of “Stranger Danger”
Search is on for Next Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent with Tammy Lacey’s Departure
August 2018
Serving up Breakfast at Great Falls Schools
Bus Delays Likely for Some Great Falls Schools
Giant Springs Elementary School Officially Opens
School Resource Officers Try to Ease Parking Woes, End ‘Red Carpet Syndrome’
Great Falls Teachers Train on What to Do if a Gunman Attacks Their School
GFPS Superintendent Tammy Lacey will Retire in 2019
Paris Gibson Education Center Celebrates Graduates
Tammy Lacey Retiring at End of School Year
Giant Springs Elementary School Almost Ready; 2 Other Projects Still in the Works for GFPS
LPW Architecture to Design New Longfellow Elementary, Giant Springs Ribbon Cutting Tuesday
What will happen to Roosevelt Elementary?
GFPS Trustee Schreiner: It’s a Dichotomy to Deny Levies ‘for the Chilren’
Technology Usage in GFPS
GFPS Board of Trustees Approves Budget for 2018-2019 School Year
GFPS Superintendent: Administrators are a Scapegoat, There’s Blame for Budget Woes to Go Around
July 2018
Don’t Forget About Back-to-School Physicals and Immunizations
Giant Springs Elementary School is Scheduled to Open Next Month
Davidson Family Donates $1.8 Million to Upgrade Great Falls High Auditorium
GFPS Board Approves Signage Request from D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson Donates $150,000 to Great Falls School District
June 2018
Giant Springs Elementary to be a Haven of Light, Color, and Safety for Students
Proposal to Move Malmstrom Students to East, Great Falls High Draws Debate
Stop-work Order Against School District an Inconvenience but “Not Unheard Of”
Thurber Family Donates $125,000 Worth of Rustler Pride to the New C.M. Russell High Fitness Center
Summer Read 6 Program with GFPS
Meeting Held to Discuss Sidewalk Requirement at C.M. Russell High School
Great Falls Public Schools’ Construction Season is in High Gear
“Stop Work” Order Halts Great Falls High School Project
North Middle School’s Grizz Biz Honored on U.S. House Floor
GFPS Food Truck Serves Free Meals All Summer Long
CMR Graduate Hired at Job Site After Completing Internship
Paris Gibson Education Center 2018 Graduates
Last Day at School, Forever, for Roosevelt Elementary Students
May 2018
Great Falls School District Tightens Budget with $500,000 in Staff Reductions
C.M. Russell High Class of 2018 Commencement
Great Falls High Class of 2018 Commencement
Beloved CMR High School Teacher Retires after 43 Years
GFPS Board of Trustees Welcomes Two New Members
Emotional School Board Meeting Highlights Fallout From Failed Levy
Pull Your Share of Noxious Weeds
Great Falls High Hub Construction, Renovation Begins
GFHS Seniors Inspire Younger Students with Pre-Graduation Visit
The Effects of the Levy Failure From a Student’s Viewpoint
GFPS Superintendent Reacts to Failed Operational Levy
Great Falls Schools Superintendent Lacey: The Gap Just Got Wider
State Budget Gap Could Have Played Role in Levy Defeat
Great Falls Election Results
$1.35 Million Elementary Levy Fails, Schreiner and Skornogoski Elected as Trustees
Henneberg Excited to Get to Work as AD for Great Falls Public Schools
Community Connection: GFPS Update from Tammy Lacey
Five Finalists Named for Athletic Director’s Job in Great Falls
Taxpayers Have Mixed Emotions Regarding GFPS Operational Levy
April 2018
Championships, Facility Improvements Mean Much to DeGooyer
School Board Candidate Profiles – Great Falls Tribune
The Vital Role of Your Great Falls Public Schools Resources Officers
Ballots Sent Out for Vote on GFPS Operational Levy
Middle Schools Get YAM Suicide Prevention Program
Superintendent Lacey: There is No Fluff Left in the Budget
Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent Asks for Levy Support
“Month of the Military Child” Celebrated at Loy Elementary School
Aide Fired After Great Falls Bus Fight Video Goes Viral
Great Falls Police Unable to Substantiate Reports of Gunfire Near Great Falls High
Great Falls High, Longfellow in “Shelter in Place” After Report of Shots Fired in Neighborhood
Schools, Students, and Parents React to Reports of Gunshots
School Bus Fight Between Adult, Student Prompts Investigation
Scuffle on School Bus Results in Suspension of Aide
Six File to Run for Open School Board Seats
Senator Tester Visits Great Falls to Talk Federal Investments in Education
Health Clinic Opens at Paris Gibson Education Center
Students Plant Pinwheels to Highlight No More Violence Week in Great Falls
March 2018
Montana Masonic Foundation Gives Grants to Help Schools
Lincoln Elementary School Students Compete in Amazing Shake Contest
Great Falls Students are Building a House for a School Project
Great Falls Woman Named as Montana’s “Art Teacher of the Year”
“Operation Prom” Aims to Highlight Dangers of Impaired Driving
Student Volunteers Helping with Western Art Week
Two Weeks to File for Open Great Falls School Board Seats
Great Falls Students Voice Concerns About School Safety
Great Falls Students “Walk-In” in Place of National School Walkout
New Great Falls School Boundaries Impact 291 Students
Walk-outs and Discussions Planned for Some Montana Schools to Protest School Shootings
GFPS Board Approves Recommended Option for Redistricting
Threat Against Great Falls High Traced Out of Country
Threat Against Great Falls Schools Prompts Increased Security
Great Falls Public Schools Investigate Threat, Children Are Safe
No Threat Found at Great Falls High School
Why I Walked Out: Great Falls Students Flip Focus of National Protest Against Gun Violence
February 2018
Valley View Students Celebrate History with Wax Museum
Lincoln Elementary School’s New Program Teaches Business Skills
Discovering the Future: Loy Elementary Sensory Enrichment and Exploration
GFPS Superintendent Reacts to Suggestion of Arming Teachers
Great Falls Public Schools Safety and Security Information
District to Run $1.35 Million Elementary Levy in May
GFPS Budget Committee Clashes Over Levy Decision
No Delays or Cancellations in Great Falls Despite Emergency Travel Notice
Thomas Pleads Not Guilty to Forgery and Identiity Theft Charges
Restaurants Get Help From Culinary Students for Valentine’s Day
Board of Public Education to Review Johnson’s Resignation
Great Falls School Board Asks to Revoke Levi Johnson’s Teaching Certificate, Approves May 8 Election
GFPS Committee Recommends Final Option for Redistricting, Board Makes Final Decision Soon
GFPS Board Approves Johnson’s Resignation
Great Falls Elementary Schools Redistricting Recommendations go to School Board
Great Falls Food Bank Hopes to Expand Backpacks 4Kids Program
‘Read 2 Me’ Kicks Off for Second-Graders Across Great Falls
Great Falls Teacher Charged with Forgery, Identity Theft
Tara Rosipal Selected to be Principal at North Middle School
Thomas Charged with Forgery and Theft of Identity
GFPS Celebrates Career Technical and Education Programs
Great Falls Public Schools Celebrate Career and Technical Education
January 2018
HiSet Program Celebrates Graduates at Juvenile Detention Center
Diplomas Mean New Start for Habitual Youth Offenders at Detention Center
Students Hurt, Angry in Aftermath of Teacher Scandal at Great Falls High
Reactions to GFHS Teacher’s Sexual Relationship with Student
Roosevelt Elementary School Marks Final Year with “Last Chance” Yearbook
Great Falls Teacher Allegedly Engaged in Sexual Relationship with 17-year-old Student
GFHS Teacher Resigns Due to Substantial, Credible Evidence of Sexual Relationship with Student
Career & Technical Education Forum
Great Falls High School Plans Highlighted
Great Falls High Remodel Gearing Up
Topping Out Ceremony at Giant Springs Elementary School
GFPS Youth Risk Behavior Survey Looks at Student Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Use
GFPS Superintendent Evaluation Complete; Budget Meeting Addresses General Fund
GFPS Awaiting Final Enrollment Numbers to Determine 2018-2019 Budget
Great Falls High School Remodeling Update
GFPS Board of Trustees Addresses 2017 Drop Out Rates
CMR Cheerleaders Prep to Host Cheer Camp
Where Does GFPS Get its Money?
Montana’s Funding for Preschool Programs Coming to an End
Josh Horton Named CMR Girls’ Soccer Coach
Great Falls High’s Mockingbird Sparks Schoolwide Discussion About Injustice
CMR Cheerleaders Put on a “Little” Camp Halftime Show
District Says Efforts Made to Hike Graduation Rates
ECET2 Conference Combines Teachers and Ideas in Great Falls
Volunteers See Student Speakers in Action
GF Schools Show Dip in Graduation Rates
Caitlin White Thrives in an Evolved GF School System
December 2017
Crews Building Framework for CMR Athletics Facility
North Middle School Grizz Biz
CMR Basketball Games to Benefit Less Fortunate
GFPS Safety Procedures
School Boundary Adjustment Causing Concern
Great Falls Program Prepares Preschools, Parents to Succeed
GFPS and Community Discuss New School Boundaries
GFPS to Discuss New School Boundaries
GFPS Holds Forum on School Boundary Changes
GFPS Receives Feedback about Redistricting Options from Parents
GFPS Safety and Security Information
Great Falls School Implements “Shelter in Place”
Some Parents Concerned Over GFPS Redistricting Plan
GFPS Redistricting Plan Raises Questions-Meeting Set for Tuesday
November 2017
Special Session Hits GFPS Wallet
Trustee Candidates Weigh In on Hot Issues
Skornogoski Named to Replace Ryan on GFPS Board of Trustees
GFPS Trustees Seat Opens
Members of GFPS Recognized by the School Administrators of Montana
GFPS Named Best of the Year
October 2017
Six Candidates Selected for Open Trustee Position
Great Falls Public Schools Foundation Announces Recipients of Discovery Grants
GFPS Superintendent Says Thank You for Investment
GFPS-Luchsinger Retires
GFPS Roosevelt Elementary School Students Vote on Mascot
GFPS Official Enrollment Count Shows Decrease
Five GFPS Students Expelled
GFPS Open Trustee Position-Applications Due Monday
Applications for GFPS Trustees Are Now Being Accepted
GFPS Launches Annual Giving Campaign
Great Falls Public Schools Affected by Confession Pages
September 2017
GFPS Superintendent Provides Activities Update
Help Needed for Event that Helps Middle Schoolers Learn about the Workplace
GFPS Renames One School Keeps Name of Another School, Trustee Resigns
GFPS Trustee Don Ryan Resigns after Naming Debate
GFPS School Board Winner
Great Falls High School Named Most Beautiful Public High School in Montana
Memorial Stadium Track Causing Inconvenience, New Schools Get New Names
CM Russell High School Breaks Ground
District Boundary Adjustment Seeks Community Involvement
GFPS Boundary Adjustment Meeting Monday, Public Encouraged to Attend
August 2017
All Smiles, Few Tears, First Day of School
It’s Back to the Classroom
Persevere Through Roadblocks, GFPS Superintendent Says
Lincoln Gym Teacher Describes Perseverance, Self-Love
GFPS Trustees Approve Budget for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year
GFPS Prepares to Release Its 2017-2018 General Budget
Memorial Stadium Ready for Football
Events, Updates Prepare GFPS Students
PTA Hidden Gems in Schools
July 2017
GFPS Takes Another Big Financial Hit
June 2017
Renaming Roosevelt Replacement School
GFPS DeGooyer Wins National Athletic Director of the Year
Come One, Come All, Free Books at Longfellow
GFPS Feed Kids All Summer Long
GFPS Loses 38 Staff Members
GFPS Bids Farewell to Long Time Employees
Paris Gibson Education Center Graduates and Scholarship Winners
May 2017
High School House Open House
Inside 2017 High School House
Eagle Feather Ceremony Honors GFPS Indigenous Scholars
First Look at Roosevelt Replacement School
Explore Roosevelt Replacement School
Tour Inside Roosevelt Replacement School
Inside the Roosevelt Replacement School
Graduation Matters
GFPS Begins Work on Operations Facility
GFPS Begins Work on Operations Facility on West Side of Town
School Board Swears in Trustees and Clerk
GFPS Youth Pow Wow
Native Pow Wow, Montana High School, Great Falls
GFPS Pow Wow Friendship Dance
Local Students Revive Youth Pow Wow
GFPS Begins Settling Collective Bargaining Agreements
School Board Talks Facilities, Enrollment Projection
GFPS Provides Updates on Facility Projects
GFPS Will Not Renew 24 Non-Tenured Positions
GFPS Trustees Re-Elected, Tech Levy Fails
GFPS Election, Candidates and Levy
GFPS Asking Voters for an Increase to Existing Technology Levy
April 2017
GFPS Election 2017
GFPS Proposes 500k Technology Levy
GFPS Education Programs Awarded
CMR, GFH Students Place in HOSA Competition
Tech Levy Information Sessions Begin on Tuesday
March 2017
GFPS Approves Smaller Tech Levy and Rejects Elementary Levy
GFPS Rejects Elementary Levy, Approves Modified Tech Levy
GFPS Will Likely be Putting Forward 2 Levy Proposals
GFPS Likely Ask Levies, Staff Cuts Imminent
GFPS Accepts Redistricting Proposal for Elementary Schools
Trustee Votes GFPS Schedule
Three Seats Open Up in GFPS School Board Election
February 2017
GFPS Discusses Plans for Reistricting Schools
House Bill Puts GFPS Budget in Bind
GFPS Could See Less Revenue Than Expenses Next Year
GFPS Trustee Incumbents File for Re-Election
GFPS Superintendent Lacey Offered Contract Renewal
GFPS Lower Interest Rate Means Tax Payers Paying Less Than Planned
GFPS Discusses Renewing Technology in Classrooms
Budget-GFPS Technology Levy Lowest Compared to Other Districts
Tech Budget Meeting Shows GFPS Bottom of Pack
January 2017
GFPS Administrators Discuss How to Provide Support
GFPS Takes First Steps in Bond Projects
GFPS Working on New West Side Facility Despite Some Community Objections
Plans for Little Russell Move Forward
GFPS Moving Forward With New Operations Facility Despite Some Objections
Chromebooks Bring Innovation to the Classroom
GFPS Committed to Helping Students Cradle Career
GFPS and United Way Announce Continued Support of Graduation Matters
GFPS Has Scheduled Public Forums to Discuss Budget Issues
GFPS Receives Grant Recognition
Visiting Musicians in Great Falls
Jazz Workshop Concert Feature New Faces