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March 2011

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The Florence-Carlton parents, school and community will provide a safe, respectful environment that strives to prepare all students to become responsible, lifelong learners by empowering them with the integrity, knowledge and skills to contribute to a changing world.

District Conference 6-B Shake Up by Shari Leedom The Florence-Carlton School District will be holding a Trustee Election on May 3, 2011, at the school. Polling site and voting hours will be published in the next Falcon View. Two Board of Trustee positions are open, each for a three-year term. These positions are currently held by Mrs. Vickie Cornish and Mrs. Dorothy Rhodes. Nomination Petitions to run for a Trustee position are available at the District Office. There has been some confusion in the past for voters who reside in Missoula County. These voters need to come to the school to vote or complete an absentee ballot. Absentee ballots are available to all voters who will not be able to come in on May 3rd and vote in person. “Application for Absentee Ballot” forms are available at the District Office, at the Courthouse in Hamilton or Missoula, or can be mailed or faxed to you. Important dates to remember are: ♦ March 24 - Final date to file a nomination petition

with the election administrator. No candidate may appear on the ballot unless he/she meets this dead-line. Nomination Petitions are available at the

District office. No person signing a petition may sign more nomination petitions than there are trustee positions open and they must be a registered voter in the district. ♦ April 3 - Voter registration closes. A voter must

register by this deadline to vote in the school elec-tion. Voter registration cards are available at the District Office or at the County Election Offices in Hamilton and Missoula.

♦ May 2 - Deadline for absentee requests. Absentee

ballots cannot be requested after 12:00 (noon). ♦ May 3 - Election Day.

School Election - May 3, 2011

Realigning class levels is like moving to a new town. You miss the familiar faces but after a few competitions the new faces become the old fierce rivals. In mid-November during a regular Montana High School Association meeting in Hele-na, the main discussion was class realigning. Six schools requested to drop to the class below their current one and one requested to rise to the class above. These requests were due to changes in enrollment. More students have relocated and enrolled into larger city schools, leaving smaller rural schools with lower enrollment. All of the schools’ requests for changing of classes were granted and will be put in place during the 2011-2012 school year. Ronan is the only Class A school dropping into Class B. Darby, Superior, Valley Christian, Cascade and Manhattan Christian are all dropping to Class C. The only one shifting up in class is Joliet, from Class C to B. Realigning of districts will change next year’s sports seasons dramatically. Florence will no longer compete against the teams they have for so many years: Superior, Valley Christian and Darby. “We are going to lose long time rivalries but we will get better competition,” said Flor-ence Athletic Director, Mr. Baerlocher. Another change involves traveling. There will be more distance to travel to games now since the new district consists of Florence, St. Ignatius, Ronan, Deer Lodge and Loyola. Another concern with the realigning is that the district tournament will most likely be dropped and there will only be a super divisional tournament. This means that it might be harder for athletes to get a sport at the state tournament. The positives of this change are that Florence athletes will have better competition and a likely chance of playing more schools that have C-squad, JV and Varsity levels. Competition will definitely increase especially with Ronan dropping into Florence's district. “For volleyball they (Ronan) are good, definitely a team to look out for” said junior volleyball player Cassie McCann. One thing that does not change with the realignment is fierce competitiveness that Florence athletes put forth.

The Middle School Dance Committee is a hard working bunch of girls that helped raise over $160 this year. This money is dedicated for MS dance decorations. Although all of the girls are not pictured here, I want to thank every-one for your hard work! Great job!

The 2011 Scripps school bee took place on February 16th. Our sixteen best spellers took the stage at 2:00 PM in the old gym, in front of the entire middle school and our three fifth grade classes. The student body was very supportive of the competitors,

even wearing yellow and black for the occasion. When the dust began to settle it came down to eighth graders Connor Kow-alski and Sam Johnston, along with sixth grader Alexis McClurg. All three had correctly spelled some very difficult words to get to the podium. The 2011 spelling bee was the most competitive we have had in the past few years. At the very end of the contest it was Connor who came out on top, correctly spelling the word queue. Mr. Stiegler,

our emcee this year, crowned Connor champion and Sam runner up. Connor and Sam will both travel to Victor on February 24th to represent our school in the County bee. If you can attend you will see a very exciting academic competition. Scott Berryman Florence Carlton Library Media

Florence Carlton Middle School Bee 2011

High School News Page 2

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program Deadline: March 4, 2011 Amount: $1,500 every year for four years ♦ Be a graduating senior or a graduating GED

student for the 2010-11 school year ♦ 3.6 GPA higher GPA ♦ 30 ACT or 2000 SAT Montana Food Distributors Association Deadline: March 14, 2011 ♦ Amount: 4-$1,500 ♦ Nominees should be associated with the Food

Industry through either employment or family relationships within the industry. Montana University System Honors Scholarship Deadline: March 15, 2011 Amount: Tuition waiver to any Montana University ♦ GPA of 3.4 or above at the end of 7th semester ♦ Have met the Board of Regents Rigorous

Core requirements ♦ Have been enrolled at an accredited Montana High School for three years ♦ Be accepted to an eligible campus of the

Montana University System. ♦ Apply online at: www.scholarship.mt.gov Ravalli County HS Scholarship Program Deadline: March 15 ♦ Amount: $4000 for 2 years ♦ Ravalli County High School students who

have lived in Ravalli County for the past 3 years in Ravalli County.

♦ Must be attending an accredited post-secondary school full-time.

♦ The awards are for students who demonstrate exceptional desire and commitment to further their education and training.

♦ GPA of 2.0 or higher ♦ See Mrs. Holden for application U.S. Bank Internet Scholarship Program Deadline: March 2011 Amount: 40-$1000 ♦ Apply online at usbank.com/scholarships ♦ Winners are chosen randomly Governor’s Best and Brightest Scholarship Program Deadline: March 15 ♦ Amount: varying ♦ Apply online at: www.scholarship.mt.gov

Alert No deadline Amount: $500 • You need to write a 600-1000 word essay

about a personal encounter you or someone you know has had with drug and/or alcohol abuse, how it was dealt with and in your opinion what was right or wrong about the way the incident or problem was handled.

• You must be a senior in high school • You must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher • You plan on attending college after Graduation Byron Weber Memorial Scholarship Deadline: March 1 ♦ Amount: $1000 ♦ GPA : 2.5 or higher ♦ Florence High School senior or alumni with-

in the past two years (must have graduated from Florence in 2009, 2010, or will gradu-ate in 2011)

♦ Student attends or is planning to attend a post-secondary accredited institution

♦ 500 word essay WRCF Scholarship Application Amount: $500-$2500 Deadline: March 1 ♦ Must be a working ranch cowboy or the son,

daughter, or spouse of a working ranch cow-boy. A working ranch cowboy is defined as any person, male or female, deriving a significant portion of his or her income from taking care of cattle on a cattle ranch. Day workers are included.

♦ Must be a high school senior or high school graduate with a minimum GPA of 3.00. Students currently enrolled in college or graduate school, and with a GPA of 3.00, may apply.

♦ Each recipient must be enrolled as a full-time student and maintain a GPA of 3.00 for the scholarship to be retained. Transcripts of grades for each semester, or quarter, must be provided to the WRCF in a timely fash-ion. Scholarships are renewable annually upon approval.

♦ Students who wish to continue their educa-tion beyond their four -years must reapply.

♦ WRCF directors, employees and scholarship committee members and their family are not eligible.

High School Counseling Connection by Stacy Holden

One of the main goals of the high school Student Council is to improve the daily lives of students at Florence High School. For several years, we have held an Honors Luncheon to celebrate the achievements of our top students, who work tirelessly throughout the year on their academic en-deavors. It has become one of the more meaningful events we sponsor as a council because, while there are many opportunities for athletes to gain recognition, there are few occasions when students are recognized solely for academic excellence. We are excited to be able to once again host the Honors Luncheon, an event that will be held at the Florence Community Church and catered by Caffe Firenze on March 2nd. In addition, the day after the Presidents’ Day break we handed out free home-made cookies to all high school students. The purpose of this cookie day was to show appreciation to all our students for the hard work they do every day. We want to thank Kay Shreve for helping Pirrie Harris, Leia Chapman, Lucas Hillman, Logan Lueck to make 375 delicious cookies for this event. We are looking forward to nicer weather so that later in the spring we can resume our courtyard renovation project.

Student Council Hold Honors Luncheon by Craig Kuchel

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

March 1-Many colleges and universities have set March 1st as their priority deadline for sub-mitting the FAFSA (Free Application for Fed-eral Student Aid). You can still apply after March 1st, but the earlier the better. March 4-Deadline to register for April 9th A . C . T . ; R e g i s t e r o n l i n e a t : www.actstudent.org April 8-Deadline to register for May 7th S.A.T.; Register online at: sat.collegeboard.com

Clerk and Recorder Scholarship Deadline: March 15 Amount: $1000 ♦ Must be a graduating senior attending an in

state school ♦ Anticipated major must be business admin-

istration, political science, secretarial or government related studies

Bitterroot Eagles Aerie & Auxiliary Scholarship Deadline: March 15, 2011 Amount: 2-$300.00 ♦ Applicant must be a high school graduate,

GED equivalent, or graduating senior in the year applying for this scholarship

♦ Goal to continue education through accred-ited Vocational or Trade School

♦ Resident of Ravalli County for at least two years.

Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association Deadline: March 31 ♦ Amount: $750.00 ♦ Graduating senior who is seeking a career

in local law enforcement ♦ Must be able to meet basic peace officer

eligibility requirements as established by Montana statute and Montana Peace Offic-ers Standards and Training Council (no felony arrests, good moral character, 18 years old, or approaching 18 years if still in high school).

♦ Must have a high school grade point average of at least 2.5 and preferably plan to be enrolled as a full-time student in a Montana based college or university that offers a minimum AA degree in the Criminal Justice field. Black Mountain Software Scholarship Deadline: April 15 ♦ Amount: $500 ♦ Applicants must graduate from a Montana High School in 2011 and be continuing their education at an accredited institution of higher learning. Accredited institutions include trade schools, technical schools, colleges, or universities. ♦ Applications can be downloaded at: http:/

www.blackmountainsoftware.com/scholarship.cfm

Page 3 Florence-Carlton 2nd Quarter Honor Roll Congratulations Florence Middle School Academic Excellence 6th grade Regan Boehm Hunter DiBrito Mitchell Edgar Hunter Harrington Alexis McClurg Braxton McCullough Sean Rice Autumn Round Kourtney Zeiler 7th grade Jessica Dufresne Danika Greer Kayla Hall Aspen Harding 8th grade Lyndi Anderson Lauren Baeten Megan Byrne Kristyne Drozdz Margaret Finlay Caitlin Gillespie Kendra Hergett Torrey Hoff Connor Kowalski Kevin McGee Emily Morrison Scotley Pedersen Hannah Porch

High Honor Roll cont. Connor Flowers Ashley Goss Jesiah Grabowska Kevin Griggs Nicholas Hamilton Christina Hedrick Brittnie Heffner Kyla Hill Hattie Huseby Brandon Johnson Samuel Johnston Josephine McCann Kristian Neidhardt Mickie O'Brien Shanteal Robbins Nathan Ruana Nicole Schmid Hunter Stephens Cheyenne Tavares Shane Thorson Dallas Whitfield Honor Roll 6th grade Briana Brugh Chaela Caddell Catherine Crue-Fowler Bridger Dragoo Allison Engebretson Dayton Holtkamp Colton Richards Daniel Schmid Ariana Seaton Blake Stephens Alexis Taulbee Connor Waldman

High Honor Roll 6th grade Chloe Arthur Katelyn Banister Steven Betts Nathan Binder Abigail Brett Emily Burt Nichole Crisp Casey Davis Jacob Deschamps Bryce DeWitt Alexander Durand Hailey Felde Jada Hunsucker Hilde Huseby Brennan Kappes Kourtney Kohlman Megan Kowalski Danielle Krier Kali Leibenguth Cody Liles Nathaniel Miller Derek Richard Lily Sage Racquel Shoupe Katlin Smith Lynsee Squires Meghan St. Germain Ethan Stensrud Mackenzie Stephenson Alexa Williamson Chase Windmueller

High Honor Roll cont. 7th grade Shayna Albright Jennifer Barnhill Isaac Boid Levi Clagett Conner Copeland Tyler Damron Natalie Drozdz Sophia Etier Makayla Gollihugh Rylie Hawkins Sabrina Hopcroft Chance Hunt Abigail Ostheimer Max Riedl Kailer Scott Tristan Scott Rebecca Seegraber Phebe Sparkman Callie Stevens Davey Stevens Kaleb Strawn Anthony Stroppel Chance Venters Gordon Wallace Cade Windmueller 8th grade Rhett Baerlocher Katie Benson Jayce Blomquist Sarah Bowman Jaycee-Ann Cooke Tyler Crisp Delaney Edgar

Honor Roll cont. 7th grade Aimee Blackwell Jacob Christopherson Rylee Close Hannah DesJarlais David Difort Rebekah Finch Cale Guenther Meagan Harris Carl Hillman Sarah Juden Rees LeSoine Caroline Maki Abigail Meeds Shea Miller Morgan Munson Tuesday Painter Nolan Pflug Dustin Prescott Andrew Stevenson Teresa Stolle Jonathan Terry Shaylee Terry Cody Vacca Weston Waldbillig Gabriel Watling 8th grade Ian Appleby Brooke Burnham Calen Caddell Megan Crews Kyle Johnson Trey Lohman LaRena Molzhon Josephine Pascua Antoinette Richardson Taylor Rogers Chauncey Sage

Academic Excellence Freshman Tabitha (Tabi) Bair Kelsey Deschamps Stephanie Drozdz Misty Gill Tynan Heck Callie Hunt Hailey Huot Robbi Leibenguth Logan Lueck Carli O'Brien Brady Pickering Sophomore Makenzie Bauck Michael Finlay Hannah Higgins Kyndall Hoff Shari Leedom Junior Brett Griggs Kiarra McGee Senior Kendall Cotton James Finlay Adam Greger Shea Hawkins Tanner Lavering Julian Thorne

High Honor Roll Freshman Alicia Anderson Jordyn Balfourd Aaron Cooke Angelica Difort Hayley Koch Autumn Rose Layton Rylee Maier Kelli-Ann Renschler Sophia Rogers Hannah Sax Sophomore Ryne Baerlocher Paige Bodner Madison Bolton Lucas Bowman Derek Brown Leia Chapman Hayley Cole Karli Cotton Brandon Crisp Nancy Greger Daniel (Dan) Lockman Melody Maki Casey Mann Samantha Mitchell McCaela Mitman Kelly Moylan Ava Pepprock Paula Renschler Cody Rolshoven Cassandra Skeers Jayden Vogan Brittany Wallace

Honor Roll Freshman Ryan Arthur Juliara Baeten Darryn Callahan Rachel Castillo Wyatt Christopherson Paige Hillman Charith Johnson Xavier Kneedler Ryan Mangun Tess Porch Dustin Synek Kiara Whalen Sophomore Courtney Byrne Kaleigh Charles Tanner Cobbs Lacey Curlin Jesica DesJarlais Colton Ellis Chelsea Gollihugh Jill Harris Chantz Hotsinpiller Brittney Humble Walker Kinsey Kiersten Lind Alyssa Marquardt Robert McCleerey Sean McLean Austin Nogle Kyle Olson Colby Ostheimer Allison Pedersen Kimberly Jo Richardson Ryan Seler Thomas Shepard Aaron Ward

Honor Roll cont. Seniors Kolter Beneitone Sabrina Bland Mercadee Camitsch Richard Daniels Ashley Eisenhauer Brianna Gardipy Mary Grey Zachary Haskell Adam Huot Jonathon Johnson Kayla Johnson Jesse Kinnaman Ross Mangun Joshua Marquardt Amanda Mays Andrew Seegraber Austin Slominski Quinn Smith Jessica Vacca Damon Ward Grace Zeiler Luke Zeiler

High School has a Great Second Quarter—Way to Go High Honor Roll cont. Juniors Logan Beskoon Cassandra McCann Justin Miller Colin Moore Jaedon Mooren Joshua Morgan Riley Phillips Meghan Ruana Noah Sax Ryan Smith Taylor Stevenson Tyler Thorson Sage Wall Molly Winegart Senior Spencer Burns Brett Charles Brittney Crisp Bryona Frick Trever Gudgeon Sabrina Haas Pirrie Harris Brittany Heinz Megan Leathers Alex McDowell Megan Moe Molly Previte Nathan Shepard Nicholas Warila Ben Washburn

Honor Roll cont. Juniors Isabella Avenia Brady Blomquist Matthew Bucheit Mary Burke Joseph Clagett Kayla Crowe Zachary Damron Kody Davidson Tanner Hatfield Justin Medlin Dylan Reynolds Mariah Richtmyer Taryn Rylander Gideon Warr

I think she makes her throne because it is the only thing to do with them. By Lucas Schroeder I think the Tooth Fairy doesn’t have any teeth so she probable sticks the teeth in her mouth. By Gwenyth Reed I think he takes the teeth to sell them. By Grady Anderson I think she makes her house out of teeth. By Loch Tate I think he has a big bag because he is magic. By Gabbie Reed I think she stores the teeth as magic power and I think she uses the teeth for making her a house because she needs a place to stay. By Analise Migliaccio I think the Tooth Fairy makes a path up to the door because he likes it to look cool. By Ryan Coulter I think the Tooth Fairy takes the teeth to her castle to make a tooth for money. By Jocelyn Henderson I think she has a tooth collection because she likes teeth. By CashLynn Wood I think she makes diamonds so she has something to look at. By Jace Pedersen I think she puts it in a jar so she won’t loose them. By Jayden Hendricksen I think she builds her house with the teeth. By Rylie Morton I think she stacks them into a tower because that is what I learned. By Anna Schroeder I think she makes bread because that is what my mom told me. By Claire Schneiter I think they use them because they have no teeth. By Layla Windsor I think that she makes necklaces out of them because she needs more necklaces. By Oliver Post I think she makes a castle because she doesn’t have a house. By Elijah Pedersen I think he or she makes magic with them. By Kellen Bradt

What Does the Tooth Fairy do with all those teeth? Written by Mrs. Crawford’s Comb Class Mrs. Gillespie’s second graders celebrated the 100th day of school by wearing

T-shirts with 100 items. They also completed the following sentences: I wish I had 100: -D.S. Games. Sierra Koerner -Boxer dogs. MacKenzie Little I wouldn’t want 100: -spiders. Kinsey Church -sisters. Kyler Richards I could eat 100: -5 Dollar Footlongs. Ethan Daggs I could never eat 100: -fish. Simon Reed -cows. Keegen Reed Having 100 of the following could really be a problem: -elephants. Aidan Tollefson -boyfriends. Annie Alexander If I had 100 dollars, I would buy: -a parachute and a helicopter. Louis Zielinski -ships. Jacob Stiegler In 100 years, I hope that I can: -be a teacher. Garrett Boehm -retire. Erick Cole-Hartz

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Second Grade Students Celebrate the 100th Day

All 3rd grade students will be presenting A Pirate Adventure, their musical presentation for this school year on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 on the stage in the F-C Old Gym at 7:00 pm. The students will use Orff instruments, untuned percussion instruments, and recorders to accompany songs about the high sea, pirates, and buried treasures. Student artwork, created in Mrs. Hartman’s art classes, will also be on display.

The 2nd grade classes along with the 1st-2nd combination class will be presenting My Home’s in Montana, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 on the stage in the F-C Old Gym at 7:00 pm. The students will use tuned and untuned percussion instruments to accompany songs about cowboys and life on the range. Songs include Rocky Mountain, Git Along Little Dogies, I’m a Cow-boy, The Lone Star Trail, and many more. Student artwork, created in Mrs. Hartman’s art classes, will also be on display. Free adult-supervised daycare in the elementary music room will be provided by the Elementary Family Resource Center.

Third Grade Music Concert—March 2nd

Local artist, Katherine Fichtler, enriched Mrs. Crawford’s class by sharing her expertise in clay mask making.

Katherine instructed and guided the students through the necessary steps in order to create their masks. She began the enriching activity by sharing some pictures and background information on a variety of masks from various regions. Katherine also displayed a variety of animals such as small stat-ues, and even a mask one of her sons created in an art class. She explained how the animals could help hem visu-alize the designing of their masks. Next, Katherine had each student sketch their mask on paper and include anything that they would add to the masks once they were fired such as feathers, beads, sea shells, wire, etc. Finally, through explicit steps, Kathe-rine had the students shape the clay into their masks based on their sketch. While Katherine was in the classroom she demonstrated how a pottery wheel is used to shape clay products. She

made a vase and a bowl by using the wheel. Thank you for enriching our class, Katherine! We can’t wait for our next project in March.

First and Second Grade Music Concert—March 30th

Local Artist Helps Students Make Clay Mask

Academic Ecxellence Sarah Berard Trinity Boyd Catlin Brugh Shannon Byrne Erica Castillo James Clark Erin Dahl Ashley Davidson Hudsyn DiBrito Natalie Dulac Grace Edgar Cody Fyfe Tyler Gillespie Danara Greer Destina Greer Kenna Guenther Justin Hergett Emily Kinnaman Brooklyn Little Meghan Lohman Jaren Lue Cassidy McCollum Gianna Migliaccio Sarah Morrison Brooklynn Newbary Janiah Otteson Jackson Pascua Tyce Pedersen Jackson Rice Jasper Roberts Jacob Round Brendan Schneiter McKenzie Shields Ellie Smith Celena Squires Grady Venters Shay Waldbillig Izaya Ward Jewel Zeiler

Honor Roll Kelly Brown Braden Brugh Sammi Buffington Cassidy Collins Gwyneth Coyne Rian Dahl Allan Dallapiazza Jason Difort Aaron Edens Jenna Engebretson Alex Etier Madalyn Evans Kyrsten Garrison Alyx Grabowska Myla Guerrero Archer Haas Zach Harrington Zach Henderson Ashley Hornaday Christian Humphrey Maddie Hurlbert Joey Janetski Kayla Kinczel Jared Kline Ashley Koerner Mason Laliberty Logan Laliberty Aubrey Larkin Chelsie Lee MaKenna Liles Robert Lindquist Johnny Lineback Trevor Lueck Hunter Mahan Rilee Mangun Hayden McCarthy Emily McLean Colby Meeds Dax Miller Drew Neisinger Leah Normandy Dustin Olson Hannah Parrott Marco Petrilli Clarissa Pflug Caden Plasmier

High Honor Roll Kyler Alm Rylee Anderson Jacklyn Balfourd Clint Banister Daedra Bays Gavin Beeton Gabe Bennett Olivia Berard Zachary Blomquist Garrison Bradt Hannah Burt Halle Christopherson Olivia Cornwell Sierra Cornwell Trinity Fellows Ben Griggs Kristin Hall Seth Harris Zachary Hepting Blake Hinsdale Ryan Hubbard Maddie Johnson Tucker Johnson Colby Kohlman Jacee McNair Livia Mehl-Rogers Maddie Mikesell Madison Paul Sydne Paul Analise Peprock Sam Pflug Ethan Post Nick Rausch Sim Roberts Grant Sanderson Tyler Schulte Charlie Schweitzer Lizzie Sharp Jaden Smith Walker Snell Hattie Stevens Brandon Stevens Anna Stiegler Stephen Swindle Jethro Thorne Kimmerah Wright

Great Students comes from the Elementary Elementary 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

Honor Roll cont. Erik Rodne Isabel Sage Brandon Schmid Zach Schroeder Tyler Schumacher Bransyn Simpson Jesse Squires Emma Stensrud Morgan Stoltz Brent Stroppel Brenden Thomas Caden Venters Carson Whitfield Spencer Wilson Trevyn Wood

Amelia Wins A Gold Medal

Mrs. Bolton's kindergarten class has been studying the snowshoe hare, its habitat, and how it changes fur color in spring and fall as camouflage for survival in summer and winter. As we drew and created our own snowshoe hare, we looked at the hare in geometric shapes to learn how to draw the head, body, and legs. The book Winter Coat, Summer Coat: The Story of Snowshoe Hare by Doe Boyle, gave us many examples of the hare's food sources, predators, and methods of survival! The students then wrote about their hares. My snowshoe hare likes to hop high. Cody My snowshoe hare likes to stomp. Ashlyn My snowshoe hare likes to run. Colin My snowshoe hare likes to play games. Gavin My snowshoe hare likes to hop. Kaiden My snowshoe hare likes to blend in. Leigha My snowshoe hare likes to hide under a tree. Moira My snowshoe hare likes to jump. Emily H. & Vasily My snowshoe hare likes to live in his home. Tyson My snowshoe hare likes to hide. Madison & Victoria My snowshoe hare likes to have babies. Zack and Emily F. My snowshoe hare likes to change colors. Clayton My snowshoe hare likes to hide in a spaceship. Dryse

Kindergarten Class Learned About the Snowshoe Hare by Mrs. Bolton

The Bitterroot Winter Special Olympics were held January 25th and 26th . This year Amelia was the only Athlete who participated and represented the Flor-ence Falcons. She won a Gold Medal and the Spirit Award Medal. She also won ribbons for each of the 3 events she participated in.

Amelia Woodward partici-pated along with 124 addi-tional athletes and over 200 volunteers!! What a fantastic event! Our hope is that more Special Olym-pians, Unified Partners (peer students, friends, parents or siblings) and families will participate next year. The banquet that was held on Tuesday night was a great par-ty. Monte, the Griz Mas-cot, even came and danced the night away! Special Olympics slo-gan: “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be

brave in the attempt.” On the first day of the event, we were able to do “time trials,” really a great day to practice and deter-mine which race the Athletes will be in. Events held at the Winter Olympics are Snowshoeing (participants have a great time walking and/or run-ning around the track), Cross Country Skiing, Snow-boarding and Downhill Alpine skiing. Bunny hill events are available as well. Our daughter, Amelia came home with so much con-fidence and great memories. Our hope is that if you have a Special Needs child or know of one that goes to Florence, you will inquire with the school district or Judie Fisher in the Learning Center about getting them signed up for future Special Olympics events. There is no charge to the athlete or their fam-ily for participating the days' events. There will be a Spring Track and Field event coming up this Spring in Missoula, as well as an Equestrian event this Spring in the Stevi area. Funding for the Bitterroot Winter Special Olympics is primarily raised by the “Hackers Golf Tourna-ment” held at the Hamilton Golf Course in September each year. Please call Earth and Wood, 406-642-3415 for more information about the tournament or donations. Todd and Cathy are happy to answer any questions as well about this amazing organization and what it will do for you and your children 273-4686.

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Elementary Celebrate 100 Days of School The Second Graders celebrated the 100th day of school on February 4. The students in Mrs. Gingerich’s room decorated shirts with 100 items and made necklaces with 100 cereal “beads”. ♦ Put 100 googley eyes on my shirt. I had some help with the hot glue. It did not take that long. My shirt rattles when you shake it. Jonny Chamberlin ♦ Hi, I’m Hannah and I made my shirt with markers and what I did with markers is I made peace signs and hearts and stars. I did not need any

help. Hannah McLean ♦ Hello my name is Aubree and this is my 100th day shirt. It was really, really hard. I put all sort of things on it. Aubree Waldbillig ♦ Mine was bells. My dad sewed them on. I thought it would be good. Ethan James ♦ I am Taylor and I kind of struggled with it like keeping the count on buttons, beads and money. My stepdad helped me put the stuff on it and my sister helped me. Taylor Tacker ♦ I put 100 100s on my shirt. I used permanent marker. I did not have any help. I put 50 on the front and 50 on the back. Shawn Huseby ♦ My favorite thing on it is the handle because I like it. Logan Gibson ♦ On the 100s day you put on your 100ds day shirt. I have 100 and 28 stripes. Autumn Smalley ♦ I colored on my shirt. I put a lot on my shirt. I am a happy the way it is. Bryce Filtgerald ♦ I put puff paint on because we use it for other shirts. We did lots of eights because I’m eight. We did a basket ball because my dad coaches basketball. J.P. Briney

100 Balloons Colorful

Soft Stretchy

As colorful as diamonds As soft as blankets

As stretchy as a spring FUN By Grady Anderson

100 Smiles

Happy Funny Bright

As happy as playing As funny as a clown As bright as the sun

FUN By Anna Schroeder

100 Dots Colorful

Flat Dotty

As colorful as glitter As flat as dots

As dotty as a cow FUN

By Jayden Hendricksen

100 Marks Smiley Dotty Wordy

As smiley as my mom As dotty as my bed As wordy as books

FUN By Layla Windsor

100 Pennies Circular shiny

Brown As circular as a pumpkin

As shiny as snow As brown as wood

FUN By Lucas Schroeder

100 Dots Rainbow

Pretty Colorful

As rainbow as Mrs. Crawford As pretty as the sky

As colorful as a rainbow FUN

By Jocelyn Henderson

100 Beads Cool Shiny

Colorful As cool as my dad

As shiny as a diamond As colorful as a rainbow

FUN By Analise Migliaccio

100 Sunflower Seeds

Triangular Hard

Brown and yellow As triangular as a birthday hat

As hard as a chalkboard As brown and yellow as a baby duck

FUN By Loch Tate

100 Cheerios

Hollow Small Tan

As hollow as a tree As small as a bug As tan as a man

FUN By Jace Pedersen

100 Stickers Smooth Colorful Sticky

As smooth as a table As colorful as Mrs. Crawford

As sticky as glue FUN

By Gabbie Reed

100 Footballs and Jerseys Fun

Round Awesome

As fun as legos As round as a ball

As awesome as fishing FUN

By Ryan Coulter

100 Pieces of Paper White flat Awesome

As white as snow As flat as legos

As awesome as Tyce FUN

By Eli Pedersen

100 Legos Small

Different Fun

As small as Gwen As different as letters

As fund as a video game FUN

By Kellen Bradt

100 Polk-a-Dots Colorful Round

Big As colorful as a painting

As round as a wheel As big as a giant

FUN By Rylie Morton

100 Stripes Christmas colors

Awesome Cool

As Christmas colors as Christmas lights As awesome as my dad

As cool as my sister FUN

By Gwenyth Reed

100 Dots and Squiggles Colorful shiny sparkly as colorful as a rainbow

As shiny as gold As sparkly as diamonds

FUN By CashLynn Wood

100 Seashells

Pretty Smooth Rough

As pretty as ME As smooth as a pencil

As rough as a squishy grip FUN

By Clair Schneiter

100 Skittles Yummy Colorful

Awesome As yummy as chocolate As colorful as a rainbow

As awesome as ME FUN

By Oliver Post

Hat’s Off to One Hundred Day by Mrs. Crawford’s 1-2 Comb Class

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Extracurricular Activities at Florence-Carlton School

Feeling strong with a 6 place-winners and a 7th place team finish at the 2010 State B/C Wrestling tournament (the best in school history), the Falcons hit the mat running in mid-November. December 2010 brought the team across the Continental Divide to the Cascade Tournament with 20 teams and a 5th place finish. The team followed that up with dual win at Arlee, winning the Hamilton Invitational Tournament, losing a close duel to the 4th ranked Class A Corvallis Blue-Devils, and a runner-up finish at the Blue Devil’s own 12-team Christmas Tourney, where we put more wrestlers in the finals than the home team. Feeling the success of 3 straight weekends of hard-nosed grappling, the team had a nice match at home to close out the 1st half of the season to take us into Christmas break. We hosted Hellgate, Sentinel and Corvallis JV, were the Falcons won 32 matches and lost just 6. January started off with a quick trip to Hamilton and a Falcon dual victory. The Western Montana Duals is a very solid dual event in Ronan that

showcases the Class A, B/C varsity teams along with the AA JV teams from the Kalispell and Glacier High Schools. We went 3-2-1 at this dual tourna-ment with wins against Mission, Kalispell JV, and Hamilton. Our losses came against Thompson Falls and Corvallis, the tie was against traditional Class A power, Libby. The second half of the season takes the team to the Choteau Classic tourna-ment, where 30 B/C teams from across the state were in attendance. In ab-sence were the Eastern Division powerhouses of Glasgow and Forsyth. Flor-ence wrestlers fared quite well here, finished in 5th place, however more im-portantly, we were within a match or two of a 3rd place finish. Going into the Divisional tournament we closed out the regular season with a dual record of 14-4 and two consecutive team tournament championships at the Ted Kato Memorial tournament in Thompson Falls and the always competitive Darby Invitational.

At this point of the season many wrestlers and teams are quite battle-weary. The Falcons were not immune this year, as many of the boys were sore and banged up. But peaking at the right time, the Falcons were able to win a 3rd consecutive tournament, which gave them their 2nd Divisional Championship in 3 years (2nd in 2010) and qualified 9 wrestlers for the State tournament, to be held in Hamilton. Qualifying for State were Kody Davidson (Champion), Tanner Lund (4th), Cody Lund (2nd), Zach Newbary (2nd), Kolter Beneitone (4th), Tanner Cobbs (2nd), Josh Marquardt (2nd), KaCee Sutton (Champion) and Damon Ward (3rd). Congratulations to the All-Division wrestlers who qualified for State. We haven’t qualified more than 8 wrestlers for State since 2005, when we took 11. The State tournament is a long two day event that crowns the best of the best. To place at this tournament, it’s important to realize that you just have to be at your best on these two days. The previous matches from the season can’t keep you from winning at State. They can only help you, if you let them. At State, a lack of mental preparation can get in your way. Don’t let yourself become psyched out. The 2011 State B/C Wrestling tournament, for the fans, did NOT disappoint. There defending State Champions, former Champions and aspiring champions all vying for that spot on the top of the podium. Two Falcons, Tanner Lund and KaCee Sutton, had their matches come down the final take-down at the end of the match before losing in the semi-finals. Tanner came back to finish 5th and KaCee recovered to finish 3rd. Also medal-ing and appearing on the podium at State were Cody Lund (5th), Zach Newbary (5th), and Tanner Cobbs (5th). We are quite proud of our Falcon Wrestlers, who battle through both mental and physical fatigue…and through their injuries as well to finish in 8th place as a team. It was quite evident that the wrestling fans at the tournament were also knowledgeable and appreciative fans of the sport. The fans showed quite an applause and appreciation for Cody Lund battling through a very painful leg injury to come back and finish in 5th place. The Falcon Wrestlers who placed at the State tournament this season showed a lot of heart and character when they overcame their defeats to recover and come back for indi-vidual medals. It’s always important to rise again and win your last match the end of the day to get that hand raised by the referee. That bit of char-acter is what these boys have learned on that mat, and in their lives. Congratulations, Wrestlers, on a fine season.

Florence Wrestling Team wraps up another season by Scott Stiegler

Florence beats out Loyola in double overtime 74-71 at the District 6-B tournament in Hamilton.

Girls play Superior in the District 6-B tournament in the loser-out consolation game on Friday, February 18, 2011.

7th Grade volleyball players watch as the 8th grade girls play Stevi.

8th Grade girls volleyball team play Stevi on February 17, 2011

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Experience the world by hosting a Japa-nese youth this summer. Families with children ages 10-14 can host a young girl or boy for one month from July 21 through August 19. Delegates come with spending money and health insurance and are here to experience what it’s like to live with an American family. Host fami-lies get to learn about another culture and language first-hand. Contact Stephanie Davison at sdavison@montana.edu (994-3502) or Beth Foster at gbfoster-inmt@msn.com for more information.

Sign Ups for Bitterroot Bucs American Legion Baseball Who: Baseball players ages 15-19 interested in playing American Legion Baseball. When: Thursday, March 3, 7:00 pm. Where: Florence- Carlton School District Office Conference Room. Coaches and Bucs Baseball Board members will be available to answer questions.

March 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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MS/HS Line 2 Mon.—Burger Day Tues.—Pizza Day Wed.—Chicken Day Thurs.—Wrap Day Fri.—Nacho Day

Breakfast Menu Mon.—Cooks Choice Tues.—French Toast Wed.—Scrambled Eggs & ham Thurs.—Waffles Fri.—Cinnamon rolls *Cold Cereal, oatmeal, toast, fruit, or milk are available if a student doesn't want the day’s special

End of 3rd Quarter

MSVB vs Victor (7M 9:00) (8M 10:00)

Music Booster Mtg 7:00

St Patrick’s Day

MS Band Recital 7:00 Me & My

Main Man Dance 6:30 Early Out 2:05

Daylight Savings Time Begins Spring Ahead

Includes: Review of Immunization Records Vision Hearing Speech/Language Developmental

Kindergarten Registration will also be held at this time. You are not required to do the health screening to register for Kindergarten. WHEN: On March 23rd, 2011 from 2 until 6pm. ♦ Walk-ins are welcome at all sites. Appointments

are preferred. To schedule an appointment call 273-6741. Last appointments will be scheduled at 5:30pm. ♦ Parents should bring a copy of their child’s immunization records to the screening. ♦ Parents of children registering for kindergarten

should also bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate. ♦ Parents who are not accompanying their child to the

screening should send the completed consent form with the child to the screening.

Free Kids Health Screening for Ages 0-6

Chicken pot pie, apples, B-cake, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Hot dog, French fries, apple crisp, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Hamburger, French fries, fresh kiwi, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Taco soup, cornbread, oranges, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Chicken sandwich, French fries, applesauce, shape-ups, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Turkey sub, salad, bananas, applesauce cake, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Chicken fajitas over rice, oranges, graham cookie, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Corn dog, baked beans, peaches, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Fish sandwich, French fries, apricots, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Polish dog, soft pretzel w/nacho cheese, cucumbers, mandarin oranges, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Spaghetti, garlic bread, green beans, apples, St. Patrick’s cake, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Chicken fajita chef salad, apples, graham cookies, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Pancakes, potato puffs, applesauce, chees stick, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Cheese pizza, baby carrots, oranges, graham cookie, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Burritos, mexi corn, oranges, choc chip bars, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

K-5 students—Chicken drummies, fried rice, peaches, gingersnaps, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Italian dunkers, breadsticks, peas, pears, choc chip bars, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Haystacks, sliced cucumbers, mandarin oranges, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Chili potatoes, green beans, apples, graham cookie, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Chicken strips, French fries, oranges, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Sloppy joes, cucumbers, fruit cocktail, jello, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, salad, apricots, shape-ups, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

Girls State Basketball Tournament @ Butte

Boys State Basketball Tournament @ Great Falls School Board Mtg 7:00

Booster Club Mtg 7:00

Softball /track Parent Mtg 7:00

1st day of softball & track practice

Softball @ Plains Varsity 4:00/6:00

MSVB @Stevi (7/8G 4:30) (7/8M 5:30)

MSVB vs Hamilton (7/8G 4:00) (7/8M 5:00)

MSVB @ Corvallis (7/8M 4:30) (7/8G 5:30)

3rd Grade Music Concert 7:00

2nd Grade Music Concert 7:00

MSVB 8th Grade Tournament @ Hamilton

TBA

MS Band Festival @ Frenchtown 6:30

HS Choir & Band Concert old gym 7:30

5th Grade Band Performance 11:45 am

HS track meet @ Corvallis 9:30 am

MSVB @ Lone Rock (7G/8/G/7M) 4:00

Choice day—ham & cheese sandwich or PB&J sand-wich, macaroni salad, peaches, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

HS/MS/Staff—Egg rolls, fried rice, peaches, gingersnaps, 1% white & choc milk, skim milk

K-5 class picture taken

Florence-Carlton School would like to thank Trader Brothers for donating a pallet of ice melt to our school. Thanks for making our school a safer place for our students.

Looking for volunteers and donors to help with our 4th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The Easter Egg hunt will be held at Hideout Mountain Park in Florence, at 11am, on Satur-day, April 23rd. In past years we have had up to 750 children from the Florence, Lolo, and Stevi areas come to our event, and want to make it a fun experience again this year. If you can help in anyway, please contact Cathy Woodward via email, cathy@florencechiro.com, or by phone 273-4686, or simply drop off your donations at our office, Florence Carlton Chiropractic 5537 Old US Hwy 93, Suite A Florence, MT. If your business would like to donate products, services or make a cash donation which will be used to purchase candy and prizes we greatly appreciate it! Any groups that would like to help fill a few hundred eggs are much appreciated, too! We appreci-ate new or used plastic fillable Easter Eggs as well! Donors will be recognized on our flyers. Thank you!!

Host Families Needed

4th Annual Florence- Carlton Easter Egg Hunt needs your help!

MT Youth Sing 8th Grade in Missoula

MS Choir Concert 7:30

6th Grade Choir 1:45-2:30 pm

Senior luncheons begins on March 7th @ 11:30 in the Florence Fire Hall. For

more information call Margie @ 273-2780.