Three Forks School District

The Three Forks School District will hold a Special Board Meeting on Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 5:30 in the Board Conference Room. The Special Board Meeting is needed to consider approval of a change in the district health insurance contract. The regular May 21st meeting will still follow as scheduled with agenda to follow. The Special Board Agenda for May 2nd follows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1akjBGhhRoRojY7JXDLse15SxmrMw_ja_IaPf9ORnkE0/edit?usp=sharing

Friendly reminder that 8th graders need to turn their raffle tickets and money in by tomorrow (5/1) for the drawing on Thursday. Turn them into the middle school office. Thank you!

Big things are happening in the Agriculture Department! The first is a little bit of landscape design in the courtyards. Our Horticulture science class spent the week clearing ground and putting in forms for a concrete pad. This pad will then be encompassed by a building in the future and can be used for BBQs and other community events. Upon completion of the pad, the agriculture department will work to create raised beds and picnic tables for this courtyard. The students in this class did a great job and learned a lot of real-world skills. Food and Natural Resources got out in the sunshine the past few days to learn about range plants and rangeland management. Rounding out the week, Vet Science had the opportunity to work on handling, restraining, and physically examining a couple of silly goats. It has been a fun week!

Three Forks FFA is still as busy as ever! This week, our FFA members went down to the elementary to teach young students about the dairy industry! The elementary students got to make ice cream, make butter, and learn where other dairy products come from. Three Forks FFA did a great job presenting! Three Forks FFA was also invited to the Montana State University Department of Agricultural and Technology Education Awards Banquet this weekend. Our members got to network with MSU staff, pre-service teachers, and extension agents, and gain some service hours. The Three Forks FFA members were a fantastic representation of our great students and organization. They received high praise for their politeness, and their hard work in serving dinner, bussing tables, and stacking chairs when the night was over. Great job Three Forks FFA!

Three Forks FFA will be having their annual awards banquet on May 9th in the High School Cafeteria at 6:30 P.M. We invite all FFA members, their families, sponsors/supporters, coaches, teachers, and administrators to attend. Please RSVP with Mr. Noyes (tnoyes@threeforks.k12.mt.us) by Sunday (May 5th).

Three Forks Schools will be offering a summer drivers education course. The class will run June 17-July 24th. All classes will be two hours (8-10am). The first two weeks will be M-F and after that M-Th. No class on Thursday July 4th. The last two classes will be 8-9 am. Drives will be after class and possibly on the weekend. All classes and drives are required. Students must be 14-½ by the first day of class. Class will be filled by age, oldest first. Class fee is $250 (non-refundable). To get on the interest list, please get a form from Mrs. Donnelly or the high school office. All forms are due by May 9th. Class roster will be announced the next week. The required parent meeting will be Thursday, May 16 at 5:30 pm in the auditorium. Students are not required to attend the parent meeting, but it is highly recommended.

It's Bikes for Books time at Three Forks Elementary School!! TFES is kicking off our yearly Bikes for Books reading competition today. Check out the flyer below for more information. A big thank you to our local Masonic Lodge for their ongoing support of this program. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qmASy_UvQxjRZryzrCeX0vSZaru2mwtO/view?usp=sharing

Congratulations to Mrs. Brandie Elfland for receiving the Three Forms Middle School Teacher of the Month Award last month! Mrs. Elfland is in her first year as the middle school special education teacher here in TF and is doing an amazing job!!

Congratulations to Brock Meeks for being nominated and to Leilani Ellis for being voted as the Middle School Student of the Quarter for quarter 3!!!

Here is the May lunch menu. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wfTmfiabWh57OY8ZgAH9TMYkwgssI8zb/view?usp=sharing

Check out this great article on the high school journalism class in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle! https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/education/new-three-forks-high-journalism-program-publishes-pawdcast-and-school-newsletter/article_b3001702-0254-11ef-a01f-07cbc9f1bf92.html (Picture from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Just over a week until Opening Night! Come support these students who have worked so hard to put together the first production in several years.

The 8th grader class is continuing their quest to raise money for their trip! They will be hosting a Spring Semi-formal dance on May 16th. Grades 6-8 are invited to attend! We also are looking for chaperones! If you are interested in being a chaperone, please email Mrs. Donnelly--hdonnelly@threeforks.k12.mt.us. Thank you!

So many choices!! Check out the great events taking place during tonight's spring carnival. Should be a fun night! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WeHiZ5y81C2dCTf8vnMBySp0GhE3OsWR/view?usp=sharing

Thank you Montana AAFCS and The Beef Council for the beef we used to day in class to make Beef Fajitas. We used a chamber packer to marinate the beef, made our own tortillas and tomorrow we will cook the tortillas, use a sous vide to cook the beef and the sear them in a pan to finish them off. Thank you Montana Beef Council, and Montana AAFCS for the funding for this project.

Attention softball parents and fans the game tomorrow at Ennis start time has been changed from 3:00 to 4:00.

As a 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Pam Fanning brings incredible dedication to her classroom. She mentions an advantage of our K-12 campus: having older students TA means that they not only help out in the elementary classrooms but also that they themselves benefit from the mentoring of their supervising teachers!

Good morning Three Forks!! Please join us tonight for an informational town hall / candidate forum, followed by some fun, family activities.

The seniors had an exciting day on their second trip day! They visited the Aquarium, had In-N-Out Burger, went to Top Golf, City Creek Mall, and an escape room!

Mrs. Shelby Allen serves as our elementary librarian. As an alumni herself, she is living proof that, as she puts it, "Once a wolf, always a wolf!"