Townsend School District

At the special School Board meeting last night, the Board concluded to continue to strive to provide in-person education, while still protecting our students, staff, and families, by continuing to operate under the emergency Covid policies currently in place. Face coverings, physical distancing, class cohorts, limited school access, etc. will still be required practices in our buildings and at our activities. The policies will be reviewed and updated as the vaccination process progresses and becomes more available to all. We truly appreciate the cooperation and support we have received thus far in all our efforts to safely remain open, and please help us by continuing to cooperate with our Covid requirements. The Board also approved the contract of our new Superintendent, Susie Hedalen. We want to welcome Susie to our Bulldog family, and we look forward to getting to know her in the coming months! Sincerely, Townsend Schools Administration

Just a reminder that spring 3-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences were moved from Feb. 23rd to March 2nd. Here is a link to the 3-8 schedule. The HS will proceed as usual. Thank you! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JnI4JAcRopSq1c7cRyOcwUNTM67egEMS/view?usp=sharing

ATTENTION BULLDOG BB FANS: Here's and updated schedule for this Saturday's home games- 1:00- Girl’s C (1/2 game) & Boy’s C, JV Girl's game will start immediately after the Girl's C game, 2:30- Boy’s JV, 4:00- Girl’s V, 5:00- Senior Parent Night Event, 5:30- Boy's Varsity!

Tune in for tonights speical board meeting regarding the COVID 19 plan. The meeting starts at 7PM. https://youtu.be/pdoKqAkExSg

This week's activities: Tues: HSBB @ Whitehall- 3:30PM (No C Squads or Girl's JV) Thurs: HSBB @ Big Timber- 3PM (3:00- Girls C @ Civic Center and Boys JV @ HS, 4:30- Girls JV @ HS, 6:00- Boys V @ HS, 7:30- Girls V @ HS- No Boy’s C) Fri: Q3 Mid Quarter, HSWR @ Home- Copper Shamrock & Senior Night- 6PM Sat: HSBB @ Home vs Jefferson- 1PM- Senior Night (1:00- Boy’s/Girls C, 2:30- Boy’s/Girl's JV, 4:00- Boy’s V, 5:30- Girl’s V) GOOD LUCK, BULLDOGS!

MS Basket Winners! Thank you for supporting our students!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JGykyHEfbQx_Vr1LoznRVXEeJmEyA_YV60j87wtrEw8/edit

Our goal at Townsend Schools is to continue to provide in-person education while still protecting our students, staff, and families. Until all school staff members have the opportunity and availability to complete the entire vaccination process, we will continue to require that masks be worn in our buildings and at our school activities. We truly thank our students and community for helping us through this by wearing face coverings. We appreciate the cooperation and support we have received in all our efforts to safely remain open. Please help us by continuing to cooperate with our mask requirements.

Getting our poetry recitals on in Mr. O’Dell’s freshman English classes this week...well done!! 😃🙌🏻

Townsend Schools would like to provide an update to any and all interested parties who wish to participate in the bidding of our project. We held our pre-bid conference yesterday for the project and per the request of participants have revised the bid date to Wednesday, 2/24. Please reference the notice for bids attached to this post for further information!!

Here is the link for tonight's interviews for the new superintendant. They will start promptly at 5PM. The interview will be in the multipurpose room at the school. The public is welcome to attend. Thanks for watching! https://youtu.be/ZZqKQksIwHI

The MS basket drawing will be held tomorrow. You can still purchase tickets at the library and drug store until then. Winners will be contacted to arrange for pick up. Thank you for supporting our students!

If you are planning to attend the superintendent interviews this evening, beginning @ 5:00, please park in the playground parking area and enter through the outside multipurpose room door E. Also, the afterschool program has been moved to the community room for today. Thank you!

All of our athletic events have been canceled for this Friday & Saturday, and we have no school on Monday. Here is the new activity schedule for next week: Tues: BB @ Whitehall- 3:30 (Boy's JV, Boy's Varsity, Girl's Varsity) Thurs: BB @ Big Timber- 3:00 Friday: WR @ Home (Copper Shamrock & Senior Night)- 6:00PM Sat: BB vs Jefferson @ Home (Senior Night)- 1:00 (Girl's & Boy's C, Girl's & Boys JV, Girl's V, Boy's V) The cancelled game with Choteau will not be rescheduled.  Thank you everyone for your patience and understanding, and here's to a healthier week to come...GO BULLDOGS!!

Find out about a great new program for 6th-12th grade students!

Here is the link for tonight's school board meeting. The meeting starts at 6PM. Thanks! https://youtu.be/6cAZoFucIQg

A big Bulldog shoutout to senior Melanie Woodward for signing to play volleyball this fall for The University of Providence Argos!! Congratulations, Mel, and well done!! 😃👍🏻💙🏐

This Saturday, during the basketball games, FCCLA will be taking winter clothing donations for the YWCA in Helena. There will be donation boxes underneath the large TV in the lobby area. Please donate clothing fit for baby boys/girls, youth boys/girls, and women. Thank you in advance for supporting our BHS students' service project!!

An awesome new opportunity for our BHS students for local, paid, summer employment and internships! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lYNuaw66NwuE8euwSxHTu4fAYjYJAPDc/view

MS Annual Basket Fundraiser!

This week's activities: Tues: JHBBB @ Manhattan-4PM Thurs: JHBBB @ Belgrade-4PM Fri: HSWR @ WSS Sat: HSBB @ Home vs THREE FORKS-1PM, HSWR @ Three Forks-1PM