Three Forks School District

Three Forks FFA would like to offer a huge thank you to Mr. Cole Waldusky, our 2026 Montana FFA State 1st Vice - President, for coming and visiting our FFA Chapter today. It is an honor to have a state officer come and spend time with our members. Cole led a very inspiring workshop on IMPACT, and how Three Forks FFA members can have an impact on each other, their school, and their community. Three Forks FFA is going to make an IMPACT! Thank you, Cole!

Little Wolves Halftime Games during Varsity ! Thursday February 19th Little wolves player can enter basketball games for free when they wear their jersey. Students-players should watch the game and avoid running around. PLEASE remember that little wolves is a volunteer coach/officiating organization focused on skills development. Respectful behavior by all spectators is expected.

Three Forks FFA hit the road this morning for its Spring District Contest in Townsend. We competed in Mechanics and learned the results of our online Farm Business Management qualifier contest. We had a great day competing! Members of the mechanics team included: Colton Schmitt (15th Place Individual), Vincent Briceno (17th Place Individual), and Rowdy Douglas.

The Farm Business Management Team took 4th place and qualified to compete at the 2026 Montana FFA State Convention. Members of this team included Cooper Fallang (6th Place Individual), Anna Tribble (7th Place Individual), Claire Emens, Hunter Holland, and Kortney Merritt. Great job, Three Forks FFA!

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mat Marx of Torgerson's for donating the tractor and round baler for our equipment part i.d. station in the contest.

Due to Mat's incredible contributions and support of FFA in the Southwestern FFA District these past few years, he has been accepted as a 2026 Montana FFA Honorary State Degree Recipient. He is one of only 4 individuals statewide to receive this very high honor this year. Mat will be recognized at the 2026 Montana FFA State Convention in April.

Congratualtion Mat, and thank you for all you do for Montana FFA!

Some more very exciting news for Three Forks FFA! With the closing of the final Southwest District FFA contest, Three Forks FFA has placed 3rd in the District Sweepstakes! This placement is a true testament to the hard work and dedication of the Three Forks FFA members this year. They have worked hard and gone above and beyond to make Three Forks FFA a highly competitive chapter in our district and at the state level! Be very proud of your Three Forks FFA members!

Now finalized, Three Forks FFA will be competing at the 2026 Montana FFA State Convention with the following teams:

Forestry
Livestock Evaluation
Marketing Plan
Vet Science
Horse Evaluation
Floriculture
Agriculture Sales and Service
Farm Business Management
Jr. Creed Speaking

Congratulations, Three Forks FFA! You have worked hard for this!

Shoutout to our Wolf Tracks winners! Isabella Pestel Mikayla Jung Lily Frick

Give a hoot and a holler it's time for the Elementary Play! Tuesday and Wednesday February 17&18th join Mrs Evans in the auditorium for auditions. All students in 2nd-6th grade are welcome to audition. Students will need a snack and a can-do attitude!! First day of rehearsal will be Thursday the 19th 4-5:30! More info to come!

The Three Forks School Board will meet on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 in the Board Conference Room @ 6:30 pm
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The Yearbook RoCkStArS have been working on building the yearbook. This week....... Delicious Design! We have to learn the rules to break the rules, and what better way to do it than with FOOD!

This week was a whirlwind of activities in the Agriculture Department! Learning about plant life cycles, planting plants, making sourdough, and some more animal anatomy. It's a great time here in the Agriculture Classroom!

It’s Tournament Time!
Show your team spirit with our Basketball Sweatshirts, Hoodies, and T‑shirts in classic gray and black.
NOW on sale!
These are going fast, so don’t wait order yours today at tfschools.com (School Store in the top right).

All proceeds support the Three Forks National Honor Society, so you’ll look good and do good!

Little Wolves Saturday February 14th!

Reminders:

Please enter through the Cafeteria doors (East Neal entrance). Do not prop doors open.

All students must be supervised by an adult. We ask that children avoid running around during games.

Little Wolves is a volunteer-based coaching and officiating program focused on skill development and sportsmanship.

Post #2 for Middle School Woods! We've got some awesome clocks, dice, and candy dispensers!

Middle School Woods is flying through projects! We are gonna need two posts to show all they have accomplished! Here is post #1! Showing off some amazing dice and candy dispensers!

Many of our middle school students had the opportunity for another series in the Career Connections Project recently. Jenna Baker, as Wenior Marketing Executive with ADM Rodelle Vanilla, discussed the processes needed to pollinate, harvest, dry, transport and prepare vanilla beans to hit our supermarket shelves. Learning about where our foods come from has been an intgral part of this project, and we are grateful for folks like Jenna to participate. Thank you to Mrs. Felz for coordinating this digital meeting our students were able to learn from.

Two of our Three Forks High School Big Sky Biz Sim teams won their industry in the Montana Council for Economic Education's (MCEE) semiannual challenge. Congratulations to Harper, Harper and Shayla (not pictured) as well as Fallon, Amaya (not pictured) and Geovana (not pictured) for their efforts and work toward success. Thanks, too, to MCEE and First Interstate Bank for their support and funding.

Big Sky Biz Sim is an in-class business simulation where students make all of the operating decisions for their business to produce, sell and distribute widgets. The decision inputs are then matched against other teams competing across Montana for the highest stock market price at the end of eight quarters, (weeks in the simulation).

With a generous partnership with First Interstate Bank, the software and game has been in schools in Montana since 2000 with over 32,800 students participating, formerly known as the High School Business Challenge. MCEE believes strongly in education through experiential learning. Students who participate learn teamwork, communication, flexibility, problem solving, critical thinking and grit... all skills that will serve students and their future employers. When students experience the ups and downs of their profitability based on their decisions, they not only are taught the fundamentals of managing a business, but when set in a competition, it lights the spark of entrepreneurship.

Three Forks FFA is getting the roses ready for tomorrow! A big thank you to Rylee Smith for being the student coordinator behind this fundraiser and doing an awesome job! The whole chapter is pitching in to help spread love in this amazing community.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kitchen equivalents are a bit puzzling. Sixth grade is solving the mystery ofbkitchen equivalents today in explore foods.

Mr. Gongo's psychology students tested 7th graders on sensory memory today. They will compare their results to 4th graders and 11th graders.

There will be no sub-varsity games tomorrow night (Thursday) for girls or boys basketball vs. Lone Peak.

The schedule is as follows:
Girls Varsity – 5:30 PM
Boys Varsity – 7:00 PM

Three Forks FFA took off for Columbus yesterday to attend the Columbus Farm Business Management Seminar. The students spent the day engaging with presenters who covered topics related to investments, debt/credit, real estate, insurance, and basic economics. This seminar covered several practical topics that will help our students as they transition into managing their own money and lives.

The team took 4th place in the competition that followed the seminar! Members who attended included:

Karly H., Payten V., Kortney M., Prestin D., Rowdy D., Jamie V., Hunter H., Cooper F., and Keeley L. Great job, Three Forks FFA!