HOMECOMING PARADE!!!!!!
Tomorrow, Friday, September 29th, at 2:00PM Colstrip High School will host the 2023 Homecoming Parade in beautiful downtown Colstrip.
There will be floats from the high school and middle school as well as firetrucks and AAU floats.
This marks the parade's return home, to downtown, a tradition we hope to keep alive for many years to come. The parade will begin on Box Elder near Frank Brattin Middle School and go around Obert Rye Park, back to FBMS.
Thank you to all the civic leaders, administrators, teachers, para-professionals, staff members, parents, students, and citizens who have made this event possible.
There will be a FREE tailgate party tomorrow evening before the Homecoming Game at Colstrip High School in the lower parting lot.
Thank you to the Colstrip Power Plant for sponsoring this wonderful treat!
CHS Senior Banners- FM Creations will be at the high school to take photos for senior banners during advisory next week. Seniors with the last names A-L will be taken on Monday, October 2nd and M-Z on Tuesday, October 3rd. Please bring your uniforms/props to school if you would like to use them for your pictures. The cost will be $20.
The CHS Powderpuff game originally scheduled for this evening has been moved to Saturday morning at 11AM, prior to the Ruff and Tuff volleyball extravaganza at CHS.
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
NO ACTIVITY PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
There will also be concessions and a bake sale at the game.
Funds raised go to the CHS Junior Class.
Special Board Meeting
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Notice is hereby given to the governing Board and general public that a special meeting of the Governing Board for the Colstrip School District #19 will be held Thursday September 28, 2023 beginning at 4:30 PM. The meeting can be attended at Colstrip High School in the Lower Level Commons. Entry through Door 24 from the Lower Parking Lot. The meeting can also be attended electronically through Google Meet:
Join Google Meet:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gew-jmrm-vgs
Or dial: (US) +1 414-909-6052 PIN: 426 168 623#
What a beautiful day for a pow-wow! I want to thank everyone involved in making this day such a great success! The adult dancers, color guard, drum groups, and the student dancers were all amazing and we are so proud to bring everyone together to celebrate Native American culture. Don Limberhand arranged with all those people as well as the emcee and arena director. The multicultural club at the high school helped set up and put away tables and chairs, as well as help get our elementary students dressed and ready for dancing. Thanks to the parents for getting their children and all the regalia into the school for such a wonderful presentation. It is not an easy task and we do appreciate all the support we receive. Another beautiful and successful celebration at Colstrip Public Schools!
The Native American Week planning committee has been hard at work planning the exhibition dancing (mini pow-wow) that will be held on Monday, the 25th. Activities are being planned within the buildings, but a lot of activities and presenters will be planned for November which is Native American Month. As you know, the state of Montana mandates that Indian Education for All is taught and I encourage you to share with anyone that asks, that Colstrip Public Schools addresses Indian Education all year...it is not tied to one week or one month. That being said, we are excited to open the homecoming week with the mini Pow Wow. It will start at 9:00 and end before lunch schedules begin so the middle school and high school will be back when their lunches start. We will again be on the soccer fields where it was held last year. Please encourage the students who dance in their regalia to participate and celebrate their culture. Also please encourage ALL students to dance during the intertribal and round dances. Let's have a great time!! Let me know if you have any questions.
PBES dress-up days!
Homecoming Dress Up Days for FBMS!
FBMS is excited to host these two fabulous events! Come and join the fun at FBMS!
CHS ATHLETICS NEWS--
Basketball Open Gym tonight from 6:30 to 8:00 for anyone interested. This is NOT Mandatory.
Athletics/Activity Bus Update:
Thank you to all of you who have utilized the activity bus so far this week. Just a couple of reminders:
The bus leaves from the upper lot at CHS no earlier than 6:10, please be on board on time.
If there is an issue with missing the bus, please IMMEDIATELY notify your coach so we can contact parents and the bus to get it fixed.
Thank you again for sharing your student athletes with us.
CHS Athletic Update- FM Creations will be here TOMORROW, September 20th to take fall sports photos. The order form is available on the website under documents/athletics or your athlete can pick one up at the office. If you have already preordered through Legacy, please contact them for a refund. Please contact the high school office with any questions.
CHS Athletic Update- Sports photos for fall high school athletics have been cancelled for today. More information will be sent out when we are able to reschedule.
CHS Athletic Reminder- Legacy Scholastic Imaging will be taking fall high school sports photos TOMORROW 9/18 at 4:00 PM in the Colstrip High School Auditorium. Your student can get an order form from the office or you can preorder online at https://legacyscholasticimaging.com/
Beginning on 9/18, Colstrip Public Schools will offer an Activity Bus service on a test basis Monday-Thursday. The bus will be for students participating in sanctioned after school practices or TAZ who receive a pass from their coach, sponsor, or TAZ teacher.
Students in TAZ must remain in the study hall under teacher supervision until 6:00PM in order to receive a pass. Students will not be permitted to get on the Activity Bus without a pass from their coach, sponsor, or the study hall teacher.
The bus will depart Colstrip High School at 6:10 and stop at Frank Brattin Middle School to pick up students for BIA and drop off any in-town students at 6:20. The bus will then proceed non-stop to BIA in Lame Deer and back to the bus barn.
This service is being provided on a test basis, low numbers or abuse of the complimentary service will result in this non-mandatory service being terminated. Additionally, should there be a shortage of either drivers or vehicles, the service may be cancelled on any given day.
We will be celebrating the opening of Native American Week and Homecoming on Monday, Sept. 25th. The Colstrip Public Schools mini Powwow will be held on Monday, September 25th at 9:00 a.m. on the soccer fields behind Pine Butte. If you have a child who is planning to dance, please email, dojo or otherwise contact Nikki BarrettMelin at PBES so we can get a head count and know who will be dressing right away that morning. Dancers need to be dressed and ready at 8:45. Please help us with this undertaking as we want it to be awesome!
PBES/FBMS/CHS Picture Update- Lifetouch pictures for all students have been rescheduled for October 23-25. More details coming soon.
Substitute openings! Colstrip Public Schools offers a flexible schedule for substitutes as well as job classifications or preferences of building level age groups. We have openings for Classroom, Custodial, Food Service & Bus Drivers. Please contact Central Office at 406-748-4699 ext. 3400 today for an application or go to colstrippublicschools.org for an online application. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
ATTENTION CHS PARENTS--
Please check your email regarding the release of student photos, video and/or sound recordings during the Funding the Future presentation to be held Tuesday, September 19 at Colstrip High School.
Funding the Future is a financial literacy show with music presented by the band Gooding. Topics covered will include credit scores, avoiding unnecessary debt, avoiding high risk lenders online and elsewhere, pitfalls of predatory lending and payday loans, creating a financial savings and investment game plan, and setting goals and following your dreams.
Parents may choose to opt-out of having their student’s photo, video, and/or sound recordings used for production or advertising purposes.
Please return the form shared via email with your student by Monday, September 18, 2023, if you wish to opt out of allowing your student’s photo, video, and/or sound recordings released.
Please contact the CHS Office if you need a hard copy of the form.
Thank you!