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Throughout this week’s issue you will find artwork, poems, and stories relating to the Christmas season, courtesy of the Broadus Elementary students. The artwork, which is made into ads for local businesses, has been an ongoing collaboration between the school and the newspaper for over 40 years. The 5th grade class, taught by Mrs. Ashley Emmons, drew the artwork. These ads are not available in the online format....
The Broadus Elementary's Christmas concert was themed "A Karaoke Christmas" this year, with the 6th graders MC'ing the event in front of a packed house on Monday. Performances included: 6th Grade Band - I Heard the Bells by Longfellow/ Calkin, Regal March arr. by Elledge, The Holidays Are Here by Nowlin 5th Grade Band - Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, and Up on the Housetop arr. by Maxey 6th Grade - Karaoke Christmas by Beck, Carol of the Bells by Trans Siberian Orchestra Kindergarten - A...
Mrs. Smith’s Kindergarten Class tells us their favorite things about Christmas. Everleigh Alderman: spending time with my family. Winterfaye Augare: to play in the snow. Tylen Coulter: building a ginger man. Wyatt Crumb: presents. Leighla Desatoff: toys. Mesa Gaskill: seeing family. Ashlynn Gotfredson: decorating the Christmas tree. Jace Handran: presents. Cody Herman: being with friends and family. LeslieMae Jackson: opening presents. Ellie Johnson: opening presents and wearing Christmas pajamas. Boone Kinzer: decorating our Christmas tree. L...
Mrs. Swenson’ first graders have been learning about nouns and verbs. They wrote Christmas Diamante (diamond) poems. Merry Christmas from First Grade! Christmas Exciting, pretty lighting, surprising, giving Grinch, Santa, Rudolph, gingerbread houses,wrapping, playing, loving colorful, sparkly Christmas By: Colton Cabot Christmas Red, green sharing, opening, giving Grinch, trees, lights, reindeer playing, shopping, loving fun, joyful Christmas By: Paul Denny Christmas Shiny, sparkly visiting, playing, lights Rudolph, Santa, reindeer, Baby Jesus...
Mr. Earley’s 2nd grade class tells us their favorite Christmas traditions. My favorite Christmas tradition is: Opening presents (Brent Andrews) Sliding down hills (Ryker Augare) Opening presents with my parents (Abaleigh Blakeman) Going snow-diving with my mom and dad (Thea Boman) Sledding down the steepest hill at my house with my sister (Eli Damm) Going to my grandma & grandpa’s house in Colstrip to see my cousins (Quincy Emmons) Going to my grandma’s house and opening presents (Tyler Herman) Doing stunts while I’m sledding and driftin...
Mrs. Zellers’ 3rd grade class showed off their poetry skills by writing acrostic poems, where the first letter in each line is representative of the corresponding letter in the title, spelling out a word. Evelyn Gnerer Christmas Cheer Happy Reindeer Ice Snow Time for Fun Merry Always fun Santa Nicholas Bowers Santa Super Fun Always on time Naughty or nice Together Always jolly Landon Williams Santa Santa's presents A Christmas tree Never bad Trees Always happy Patrick Handran Sleigh Snow Laughing Ever-lasting fun Ice and snow Gold bells High in...
By Mrs. Fleming’s 4th grade class. Christmas by: Colton Mitchell Cheer Helpful Respectful Ice Sing Tidy Making Cookies A Good Person Safe Elves by: Trey Harmon Eat A Lot Lazy Very Funny Eat Santa’s Cookies Short Rudolph by: Qian Blakeman Red Unwrap Dasher Opening Gifts Lights Presents Holiday Elves by: Randen Bilbrey Eat A Lot Lazy Vicious Extra Loud Swiss Miss Rudolph by: Jesse Barnhart Red Nose Rudolph Was Once Not Included Donar Once Guided Santa’s Sleigh Lights Please He Always Said Helpful Christmas by: Cort Fleming Can Be with Famil...
Mrs. Marcaurele’s 6th grade students were asked to write a paragraph about what Christmas meant to them. She writes: “As you can see, there are lots of wonderful family traditions and meaningful perceptions of the holiday. I hope that you enjoy reading them!” My Christmas Traditions On Christmas Eve, we go to my grandma’s house and we stay at her house all day. We don’t leave until 8:00 or 9:00 P.M. She gives all of her grandchildren gifts. Normally, she gives us pajamas and other presents. Later when we go home, we put on the pajamas t...
On Monday, the Broadus High School debuted their new buzz-in door lock system, with your intrepid editor being the first visitor to enter through the system. The system is similar to that which has been in use at the elementary for years, where a visitor to the school during school hours goes up to the front door of the school, pushes a button on a camera system, and a staff member in the office unlocks the front door for the visitor to enter. At the high school, the “buzz box” is located to the left (north) of the left main entrance door, tha...
Warren Buffett, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO who was once the world’s wealthiest man, said he was going to, “Leave his children enough so that they could do anything, but not enough so that they could do nothing.” A full 99% of his wealth will be given to charity. Obviously, he didn’t want to spoil his kids and desired they work and experience some adversity. Unfortunately, during my educational career I have noticed a decrease in volunteerism, the ability of students to accept adversity, and less grit. We take for granted the experie...
The 1st quarter honor roll for Broadus JH and HS includes all students attaining a 3.5 or greater GPA for the 1st quarter of the 2024-25 school year. Seniors Becca Aye Talyn Conley Archer Edwards Alix Heacock Zach Jones Kiara Kelly Jackson Knapp Shyla Madsen Riley Mitchell Jayce Schroeder Kendal Stanley Maddie Zimmer Juniors Novalee Blakeman Gracey Bradley Kensi Emmons Kaytlin Fairbank Gracie Gali Liv Landa Maggie Mader Kayleigh Opstedahl Sean Oylear Darren VerWolf Sophomores Justin Aye Logan Capp Kassie Hagedorn Ava Landa Freshman Maddie B...
The Broadus School Board Trustees met for their December meeting on Monday evening. The board accepted the hiring of Kevin Samuelson as a volunteer assistant boys basketball coach, and Kyle Hodgkiss as a volunteer assistant wrestling coach. Additionally, Tara Hodgkiss will be pulling double duty, as assistant boys basketball coach and volunteer assistant girls basketball coach. The assistant coach positions come with a pay incentive, while the volunteer positions are unpaid. The board next discussed bus contracts for the Volborg and Hammond...
By Dori Phillips Would anyone like a day off from school to go play in the dirt? Nine Broadus juniors and seniors thought it sounded like fun. They traveled to Prince's gravel pit located a few miles west of Miles City and did just that. It was a Build Montana "Popup" event held by the Department of Labor. Build Montana is a workforce initiative of the Montana Contractors Association Education Foundation. These events have been held across the state and more are scheduled for next year....
By Kim Blain Six high school choir and nine band students attended the District 10 Honor Band and Choir clinic held at Colstrip High School on Monday and Tuesday, November 18th and 19th. District 10 Music includes Colstrip High School, Hysham High School, Rosebud High School, Plevna High School, Hardin High School, Forsyth High School, St. Labre High School, Garfield County High School (Jordan), Carter County High School (Ekalaka), Custer County High School (Miles City) and Broadus High School....
November, 2024 My brother and I grew up with parents who were very successful and it was always encouraged or implied that we should strive to excel at whatever we do. This was true for how my father lived his life. Watching my father decline mentally and losing the ability to perform simple tasks has been difficult for me, but extremely frustrating for someone who always strived for perfection. As parents and educators, we should inspire our students to challenge themselves academically and socially. We should also encourage youth to...
The school board meeting on Monday evening featured the acceptance by the board of a resignation letter from Superintendent Jim Hansen, effective after the school year concludes. The board also approved the purchase of a remote door lock system for the high school. A similar system is currently in place at the elementary, where visitors are buzzed in from someone at the office. The new system at the high school will include replacement of the elementary system, so that they work together and visitors can be buzzed in by personnel in either...
By Kim Blain On Tuesday, October 28th, Dr. Wonki Lee, saxophone professor at Montana State University and classical saxophonist, along with a saxophone quartet from the university awed the 5th through 12th grade students at Broadus Public Schools with amazing saxophone playing. Dr. Lee and the ensemble performed four classical pieces during the hour-long assembly. After their performance, our high school saxophone players were privileged to workshop with each performer on their respective...
By Kim Blain Once again Broadus High School music students delighted audiences with two nights of performances at their annual Fall Music Showcase. The High School Band and Choir performed two different selections both nights. Mark your calendars for December 3rd at 7 pm, Junior High and High School Band and Choirs will perform their annual Christmas Concert. The Elementary Christmas Concert will be December 16th at 5:30 pm....
By Broadus FFA Chapter Reporter Liv Landa On October 14 and 15, 2024 the Broadus FFA chapter sent a livestock team and our senior horse team to compete at the NILE livestock and horse judging competitions. Our competitors performed against some tough competition from all across Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Overall our teams performed very well against some very stiff competition. On October 14, our senior livestock competitors headed to Billings to compete. Our team consisted of Laney Williams, Addison Draine, Maggie Mader, Ava Landa, and...
Our state administrative association supplies me with daily educational articles. Recently, I read an article from a large Montana community newspaper who was investigating a parent claim that the school was suppling litter boxes for students to use in their bathrooms. Her online post stated that her friend and numerous students reported the use of cat litter boxes. The local news contacted the parent to verify the claim but she wouldn’t release the name of her source or the students. She then accused the school district of removing the b...
The Broadus School Board Trustees met for their regularly monthly meeting on Monday, with all members present at the meeting. The meeting began with Student Council President Jayce Schroeder briefing the board on what the council has been up to, including homecoming. The senior class won the locker decoration contest, while the junior class won the best float in the parade. Over homecoming, the student council sold passes for students to wear a hat in the school for $1 a day, with proceeds going to pay for the crown and tiara for the...
By Kim Blain Broadus High School music students will be presenting two nights of entertainment in their Fall Showcase, Monday and Tuesday, October 28th and 29th at 6:30 pm. Performances will include a variety of genres from country to jazz and both nights will feature different performers and music. The full band and choir will perform both nights. So, mark your calendars and come support our high school music students. A bake sale will be held after the concert to raise money for the music department....
By Broadus FFA Chapter Reporter Liv Landa On September 30, 2024, twenty-three members of the Broadus FFA chapter headed to Baker to compete at the fall districts. Competitions at this event were Livestock Judging, Horse Judging, and Range. Most of our new freshman members competed in their first competitions at this event, and many of them performed very well. Members competing in the Range competition this year were Justin Aye, Darren VerWolf, Archer Edwards, AJ Schoenbeck, Kade VerWolf, Raiden Aurand, and Shelby Anderson. Our Broadus team... Full story
By Amy Minow The Broadus Hawk cheerleaders are excited to host a Mini Cheer Camp on Wednesday, October 2nd, for local students in kindergarten through 6th grade! Participants will learn a variety of stunts, dances, and cheers from the cheer squad. The camp will take place in the high school auditorium from 3:45 to 6:00 p.m., and all campers will have the opportunity to perform at the Homecoming volleyball and football games. The registration fee is $30, which includes a cheer bow, and all proceeds will go toward supporting the Broadus cheer...
Broadus Schools will celebrate Homecoming next week, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. Monday evening will be the coronation of Homecoming royalty, set for 7 pm at the high school. A bonfire of sorts will also be held on Monday evening. A newly updated bonfire system is set to be used, using propane instead of the cardboard box burning of yore. The propane setup is expected to present a safer option to prevent an out of control fire; especially important this year with burn bans in place for Powder River County, and following a rash of wildfires across...
