Frenchtown School District

In anticipation of the truck convoy demonstration today: Bus 5 will drop off students at the town pump parking lot near Charlie’s Produce at the northeast corner. Since this is in a parking lot and the potential for lots of people and confusion, please personally come to the bus to collect your child. We will let students off the bus once you approach the bus.

Thank you everyone for your patience as we work around all the terrible ice on some of our bus routes. I know this hasn’t been easy on everyone. While the ice is improving, I expect we’ll have impacts for a couple more days. With this in mind, I wanted to give all families an update on what to expect with their bus schedule this afternoon. All buses will run their regular routes and times with exception of Bus 1 and 14 (6 Mile / 9 Mile Routes). A section of 9 Mile Road from the historic ranger station to the West 9 mile bridge is in poor condition and not safe for bus travel. This afternoon, bus 1, will run its route and turn around at the historic ranger station. It will then continue down West 9 mile Road completing the rest of its stops. Bus 14 will travel its normal route with exception of the bad stretch of 9 mile road. Families west of the 9 Mile Bridge can expect a 10 minute delay in the afternoon as the bus detours around the bad section of road. Thank you again for your patience while we work to get everyone home safely! Hopefully warmer weather is around the corner! If you have any questions, please contact the school or the transportation department. Thank you! Tucker Eslinger Frenchtown Transportation

Hello all, Students who are on Bus 2 should meet the bus at Eastgate and 6 Mile or students can get on Bus 14 at Conifer and 9 Mile. Thanks!

Congratulations to Kiana Sivak and Demi Smith! They have been selected as the March Elk Students of the Month!

Frenchtown Middle School was well represented at the state FLL Lego Robotics competition held February 26th in Bozeman. Both the 6th grade team, the Shark Gangstaz, and the 8th grade team, the Lightning Commando Squad, advanced from the qualifier meet held February 5th. At the state competition, the Shark Gangstaz had strong robot runs and a great presentation showcasing their innovative project, a secure rural package locker that would increase safety for package delivery drivers, as well as protecting packages from theft. The 8th graders also had strong robot runs and impressed the judges with their innovative project, reusable mailing pouches made from recycled jeans and dog food bags that could reduce package waste by up to 50 percent. Their robot runs, innovative project, along with their demonstration of the FLL core values, earned them the runner-up Champion's Award. This means that they took 2nd place overall out of 52 teams across the state! 6th grade team members are Ean Johnson, Kyla Languanet, Tripp Larson, Zen Peters, Lily Tucker, and Tsimmeej Yang. 8th grade team members are Alyssa Bilbrey, Aleah Knight, Ellie Languanet, Tru Peters, Cooper Stark, and Emma Schwartz. The teams were coached by Dalene Normand.

Dear Parents and Guardians: The freezing rain has caused issues this morning and has road prep delayed. We will provide more time for the road prep to take place. We will be running on a two hour delay this morning.

***** ATTENTION ***** We need your help filling these seats! The driver in this seat helps power an entire community, providing transportation for students to and from school, athletic events, and even midday field trips to study biology or even going bowling for the first time. Our Broncs can’t do this alone and we need your help! Morning and afternoon routes are available. No CDL? No problem! Why not get paid while you train to earn it?! Please consider giving back to your community by joining this noble cause and join our transportation team! Please send your questions and interest to: tuckereslinger@ftbroncs.org

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I Love To Read Week at Frenchtown Intermediate and Elementary was amazing! Thank you HS students for coming over and reading to the K-5 kids!

FTSD Special Board Meeting will be online. 02-18-22 @7:45am. If you should have questions or comments, please plan on attending the meeting in person. If you are uncomfortable or unable to attend in person, then please submit written correspondence. Comments on zoom will not be taken. Thank you. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81362919371?pwd=SUIyK1FiYzdQdUk0M1RDR2RwalVnUT09

2022 Track and Field Apparel. The store will close on March 18th. https://stores.inksoft.com/frenchtown_track/shop/home

FTSD School Board Meeting will be online. 02-15-22 @7:00pm. If you should have questions or comments, please plan on attending the meeting in person. If you are uncomfortable or unable to attend in person, then please submit written correspondence. Comments on zoom will not be taken. Thank you. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85682127282?pwd=MEZNVmJvbVloVm4xNFlYVUh3QnBnZz09

Senior Night for High School Girls Basketball and Boys Basketball is Saturday February 12th at 4pm in the High School Gym.

Frenchtown Middle School Parents, Double Exposure Photography will be at the school on Tuesday, February 15th taking pictures of any students that didn’t get their pictures taken last fall or want to do retakes. This will include Fall Sports Team Pictures (No Individual Pictures) for MS Football, XC, Volleyball, and Soccer. Each student will have 3 portraits taken that will be available for viewing. To access the photos, you can log in to the following website: https://doubleexposuremt.gotphoto.com/ The access code will be the students 9-digit student ID + WIN22. For example, if your students ID is 123456789 then their access code to their photos would be 123456789WIN22 If you have any questions, you can reach Double Exposure Photography at 406-360-1990 or info@doubleexposuremt.com Heidi Hendrickson Double Exposure Photography www.doubleexposuremt.com www.facebook.com/doubleexposuremt

Congratulations to Delaney Jarrett and Abigale Faulhaber they have been selected as the February “Elk Students of the Month!" The students are selected by their teachers and counselors based on academic excellence, community service, school involvement and leadership.

Senior Night tonight for High School Speech and Debate and Cheer before the varsity girls basketball game at 6:45pm in the High School Gym.

Good morning all, Corvallis Schools are closed today due to road conditions, so the 7th/8th grade girls basketball games are cancelled today. We are looking to reschedule. They will practice after school from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Mr. G

After school Rock Climbing classes have started grades 2-5. We are so excited for this new program and the future Adventure Club activities to come FTSD!

Somewhere down there the 6th graders are skiing at Look Out Mountain! Pictures courtesy of Ed Lovrien from Tuesday, Jan 25! The 7th grade goes to Look Out on Tuesday, Feb 1 and the 8th grade on Monday, Feb 7!

Frenchtown High School Talent Show tonight at 7pm in the High School auditorium. Free admission.