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Sunnyside Intermediate School has a new fourth grade teacher who moved here from west Texas. "I'm looking forward to being back in the classroom with kids," Jenna McNew said. "After last year ending so abruptly, it'll be nice to get back in with the kids, get back to learning and building those relationships again." Havre Public Schools open Wednesday with a blended plan with half of the students coming in one day and the other half on the next day. Group A will meet Mondays...
Montana State University-Northern receives a student support services grant, which will provide services to assist students in retention, academic success and graduation. Enrollment Management Vice Chancellor Maura Gatch said Northern has received this grant for more than 30 years and the school just got renewed for the next five years. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. “On campus, we are incredibly excited that we have this grant coming back for five more years, because it definitely assists us h...
The Atrium is hosting a benefit concert Saturday starting at 6 p.m., both virtually and in person, for the Havre Food Bank and the Feed My Sheep Community Soup Kitchen. Havre Book Exchange Owner Derek Hann is representing the Atrium and organizing the event. Four different bands are performing, he said, which include the new Havre Middle School Band Teacher Luke Ratcliff, T.J. Overcast, Mandi Nystrom Wood and himself. Hann said a food truck will also be at the event. The event is going to be live-streamed through the...
Several local schools opened up with re-opening plans tooled to the COVID-19 pandemic and told The Havre Daily News how the first week has gone. St. Jude Thaddeus School St. Jude Thaddeus School is in phase two of its returning back to school plan at full capacity with social distancing being maintained in all classrooms and extended care. Face masks and shields will be required for when all students are out of their desks. "It's really worked well," Principal Mike Haugen...
Sunnyside Intermediate School has a new fifth grade teacher from western Washington. "I'm looking forward to getting to know my students in this new area," Amanda Hoefs said. "I'm new to the area, so new students, new people, new culture, so I kind of want to immerse myself in and meet everybody, I'm really excited about that." She said she is from a small town called Aberdeen, Washington, where she not only grew up, but started teaching. She attended Grays Harbor Community...
These are interesting times, to say the least, but I don’t need to tell you that. What I don’t understand about these interesting times is the reason people are attacking one another in their posts and comments online, in person. I’m not saying you don’t have a right to your own opinion, which you do as do I. But what is the intention behind sharing your opinion? Is it to educate people reading it? Is it your ego that you think you are right? What is your intention? A lot of comments I have been reading from people have ju...
Havre Public Schools Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller said a few changes have been made with the re-opening plan for the schools next week with no lockers being used and personal items brought by students will be kept to a minimum. Havre Public Schools approved a blended model plan for its upcoming school year with half of the students going one day and half the other. Wednesday, is the first day of school for all Havre Public School students, whether in person or remotely. Distanced learning is happening on the days...
A math teacher has traveled to Montana to start the new school year teaching at Havre High School. "I'm excited to meet the students and get to meet more of the staff," Katie Kopp said. "I've met a couple of the math teachers here and I've met the PE/football coach here, so I've met a couple people here so I'm just excited to start creating that community and get to know the people here." She said she grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Gonzaga University in Spokane,...
Montana State University-Northern has a new career services and industry relations director. "I'm looking forward to continuing that tradition of building and strengthening partnerships with our industries, it is such a key component to the success of our program and the opportunities for our students," Lisa Moisey said. "I'm excited to continue working as that liaison in bringing our business and industries and connecting them with the great Northern students that we have her...
In accordance with the Phase 2B plan approved by the Havre School Board of Trustees, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School the student population will be divided into three groups, Principal Holly Bitz said in a letter to the parents. Students who are in Group A In the building Mondays and Wednesdays will do remote learning Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; students in Group B will be in the building Tuesdays and Thursdays with remote learning Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and students who have opted-out all instruction will...
A new dean of students is taking over that position at Montana State University-Northern this year. "My previous position was working with primarily student activities, residential life - this is going to broaden my scope a bit, so I'm excited about job responsibilities, but the longer I've been here, honestly, the thing I'm most excited about now is working with all these people, " Corey Kopp said. "This is one of the most collaborative teams frame I've seen." He said he is...
Concrete was poured on Drop 5 last week on the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works, the drop near the end of the 29-mile system of dams, dikes, canals, gigantic metal siphons and concrete drop structures that failed in May. Work on Drop 2 was planned for this year and is underway, and the work on Drop 5 was added after it failed May 17. “2020 has been quite the year, but we all need to remind ourselves we are 12 weeks and two days from the failure and we poured our first round of concrete on Drop 5 (last Monday), and if a...
Montana State University-Northern is returning back to campus by doing face-to-face interactions, but with safety precautions and caution. "We've decided that we're opening the campus," Chancellor Greg Kegel said. "We've decided to go everything face-to-face as normal, but the normal has parts to include as much as we can in distancing, trafficking, meaning to spread the students across the campus as much as we can to minimize as much overload as we can in a classroom." He...
North Star Schools is re-opening for its upcoming school year with all students coming back at 100 percent capacity. Superintendent Bart Hawkins said the district is starting in Phase 2 of the schools’ plan that’s on the school’s website. He said in almost all settings face masks or coverings will be worn when social distancing is not possible. Temperature checks will be taken when students, staff and parents upon entering the building. Students who ride the bus will get their temperature checked prior to getting on. If a...
Democratic gubernatorial Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and his running mate Rep. Casey Schreiner. D-Great Falls, campaigned in Havre Friday in the start of their "Montana Not For Sale" campaign tour. "The tour really is to talk about Montana not being for sale and what we are going to talk about is our elections aren't for sale in Montana," Cooney said in an interview. "We believe that our elections should be decided by Montanans and that is really important, whereas there are a lot...
Blaine County had its 4-H fair and rodeo Thursday, with safety measures and precautions in place which will continue today and Saturday. Montana State University Blaine County Extension Agent Julie Snedigar said she is very thankful Blaine County still gets to have a fair. "We are working as hard as we can to make sure we are doing everything that we need to do," she said. "The parents, the kids, everybody has been working so hard to get here, get done what we need to do and...
The Havre Food Bank had a freezer malfunction Tuesday, which forced the bank to dispose of items such as hams and turkeys that were part of the holiday distributions. “We aren’t completely sure what happened, It appears that the freezer blew a fuse at some point Monday,” Food Bank Manager Samantha Nimmick said. “Upon checking the freezer Tuesday, the frozen food at the front was soft and registering at unsafe temperatures. We turned the breaker back on to refreeze the food and make it easier for removal that evening. While r...
Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schools plans to return back to school at full capacity and with face-to-face instruction. “(Tuesday) morning at 6 a.m., the board approved the revised and approved the return to learn or school re-opening plan that I presented to them,” CJI Superintendent Tim Bronk said. “Basically, the plan states our goal that we believe face-to-face learning is best and that’s our goal to make that happen in the traditional sense.” “We want to do that in keeping the school safe and healthy, and we want to keep it...
The Havre School Board of Trustees voted Tuesday for a blended approach of having half of the students one day and the other half the next and the director of Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line said the club will be working to accommodate members when the students will not be in school. "We have been talking with the school since before their meeting in July trying to coordinate with them, because we want to make sure that we're taking care of kids and their families when they...
Big Sandy Schools is heading back to opening at full capacity, but with some precautions. “The board approved the plan of re-opening — we had approved everyone comes back with precautions in place,” Big Sandy Schools Superintendent Kelly Haaland said. Students are not required to wear a mask, but are highly suggested to when group gatherings cannot be avoided, he said. Gov. Steve Bullock announced Wednesday he amended his directive requiring people in public places in counties with four or more active cases of COVID-19 to we...
See our photo albums for additional photos of this event The Havre School Board of Trustees met Tuesday and voted 7-1 to approve a blended plan for re-opening this fall of having half the students attend some days and the other half the other days, with Fridays off for distance learning. Board Member Ed Hill voted against the resolution, and Cindy Erickson, Brian Williams, Theresa Miller, Harvey Capellen, Curtis Smeby and Tim Scheele voted for it. Havre Public Schools Interim...
A man riding his bicycle around the perimeter of the United States as part of his Good Vibes tour to share stories of people, places, organizations and communities that are making the world a happier place was in Havre Tuesday. Tom Helbig of Tomfoolery Outdoors rode into Havre Monday night and spoke with the Havre Daily News about his journey and mission. "In 2016, I bicycled from San Diego, California to Key West, Florida, and on that journey I did volunteer work for Special...
Turner Public Schools is going back to school this fall at full capacity. “Our re-opening plan we are fairly close to business as usual with some precautions built in,” Turner Public Schools Superintendent Tony Warren said. With small class sizes, he said, they are able to spread the students out within the classroom pretty easily. He said additional cleaning protocols have been set in place based on recommendations by the Blaine County Health Department and the Centers of Disease and Prevention guidelines. There is an opt...
Highland Park Early Primary School has a new first grade teacher from Washington. "I miss working with children," Lauren Todd said. "The COVID pandemic has been crazy, not being able to work one-on-one with kids, and I'm really hoping that the school board decides we can come back and work with kids, but if it's online then it'll be online too." She grew up in Spokane, Washington, she said, and moved around a little until she met her husband, and they moved from Washington to...
Box Elder Public Schools is continuing with distance learning at least for two weeks for its upcoming school year. Box Elder Public School Board of Trustees held a meeting Monday and voted to start the year with distance learning it is planned to operate the schools at 25 percent capacity after Labor Day, Box Elder Superintendent Jeremy MacDonald said. “As far as safety precautions, we are taking information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Rocky Boy Health Center, Hill County, public health, Office of P...
