School start-up schedule

-WHITEFISH

Muldown

The central administration offices are housed in Muldown during construction at Central School. Road construction in front of Muldown was due to wrap up Friday, and will be passable for parents Wednesday.

New teachers are Susanne Lindberg-Jones, third grade; Nikki Smith, fourth grade; and Robin Bissell, school psychologist.

Kindergarten class times are the same, but the rest change: Grades one through four start at 8:35 a.m., first and second grades dismiss at 3:10 p.m., third grade at 3:20 p.m. and fourth grade at 3:30 p.m.

First-grade orientation is from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday in the first-grade classrooms. Meet the teachers, fill out registration information and bring in your child's labeled school supplies.

New student meal prices are $1 for breakfast and $2 for lunch. Adults pay $1.25 and $2.25, respectively.

Central

Phase I of the major school redesign is done, and classes open in that section Wednesday. Phase 2, the demolition and complete rebuild of the east classroom wing, has started and should be finished in May.

Kelsey Jensen is the school's only new teacher, in seventh- and eighth-grade math.

If you have bus questions, call Principal Kim Anderson at 862-8650.

High School

Call the school at 862-8600 for information.

-private schools

Cross Currents Christian

(Whitefish)

School starts Sept. 6.

Mark Cox, who just completed his Ph.D. in theology at University of Glasgow, Scotland, is the school's new principal.

Four new teachers also join the staff: Lynda Morrison with five-day preschool; Judy Cooper, seventh and eighth grades; Jessie Pappenfus, music; Teri Holmquist, math and science in sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

Glacier Christian

(Columbia Falls)

First day of class is Monday, with registration already underway. For information, call the school at 892-4798.

Glacier Christian has been in the Valley for 20 years, emphasizing moral standards and biblical principles, with low student-to-teacher ratios in a nondenominational, family-oriented setting.

St. Matthew's

(Kalispell)

School starts Monday with the school's largest student population, with noon dismissals Tuesday and Wednesday. Hot lunch starts Wednesday.

They'll have a laptop computer classroom, a new third-grade classroom and more Spanish instruction time.

There are five new teachers: Shannon Anderson teaches kindergarten; Kelley Mattingly, fourth grade; John Muhlfeld, middle school science; Chelsea Gilfillan, third grade and Colin Reedy, P.E.

Stillwater Christian

(Kalispell)

School starts at 8:10 a.m. Sept. 8, with hot lunch beginning the first day. Limited busing is available; call the school at 752-4400 for details.

Five new teachers join the staff. Jeanne Brown teaches early modern history, later modern history, sophomore Bible and sophomore rhetoric; Linda Bjork teaches elementary music; Mark Pond is the new athletic director; Julie Sprenger teaches basic science, biology and physics and Micah Tinkham teaches senior seminar and junior Bible classes.