Glacier wins academic award for fourth year

Glacier High School has secured its fourth NorthWestern Energy Academic Excellence award for Class AA schools.

One academic award was given in each of the four state classifications — AA, A, B and C.

Whitefish High School was a runner-up for Class A.

Winners were determined by averaging grades earned by students who participated in athletic, music or speech/drama programs during the 2013-14 school year.

Grades were considered for sports varsity letter winners, music students who received superior ratings at district festivals, speech/drama students who participated in a state tournament and all varsity cheerleaders.

With 334 participants, Glacier students averaged a 3.4 grade-point average.

Whitefish High School had 208 participants whose grades averaged 3.5 — behind Butte Central’s 107 participants and 3.5 grade-point average.