School calendar

School calendar

• Class pictures for Fair-Mont-Egan students will be taken Monday.

• “Screenagers — Growing up in a Digital Age” will be shown at Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Cost is $10. Sponsored by Bigfork Middle School. For more information visit screenagersmovie.com.

• ImagineIf library locations will help patrons start a mini-microgreen garden Tuesday through March 14. Appropriate for ages 6 to adult.

• The public is invited to attend the Bigfork National History Day from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Bigfork Elementary and Middle School gym. Eighth-grade projects under the theme National History Day theme “Taking a Stand,” will be on display.

• Montana Retired Educators Day will be celebrated Thursday at the Montana Capitol in Helena. The day will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the rotunda. Montana Teachers’ Retirement System Executive Director Shawn Graham will give a short program. After lunch, the Montana Retired Educators Association will be introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives. People who want to carpool to Helena may contact Karen Richardson at tbark@bresnan.net.

• The Flathead County Science Fair is set from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in the Expo Building. For more information, to enter a project or volunteer as a judge visit https://www.flatheadcountysciencefair.org/.

• Glacier High School students will be able to get caught up with academic work or receive tutoring at an Academic Catch Up day set Friday. Students that meet certain academic, attendance and behavioral requirements are exempt from attending school.

• There is no school for kindergarten through third grade Friday at Fair-Mont-Egan School.

• Friday marks the end of the second trimester for Olney-Bissell students.

• The Flathead County 4-H Interstate Exchange spaghetti supper and dessert auction is planned for March 11 at the Eagles Lodge in Kalispell. Dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the auction at 6 p.m. Cost is $6 each or $20 per family of four. All proceeds go toward hosting out-of-state 4-H members and sending local members to different states. For more information call the extension office at 406-758-5553.

• The West Valley science fair and community night is set March 15. Judging will take place between noon and 3 p.m. The community night and awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m.

• March 16 is the deadline to register for Kalispell Parks and Recreation’s Spring Out Camp. Camp will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 27-31 at Elrod Elementary in the gym. Cost is $30 per day. Children will participate in arts and crafts, sports, games and field trips. For more information call 406-758-7975 or email etrebas@kalispell.com.

• Bigfork Elementary will hold a “Fairy Tale Ball,” a free family event, from 6 to 8 p.m. March 17 in the school cafeteria. Face painting will also be available for a $1 donation to support the middle school trip to Washington D.C. Photographs will be available for purchase for $5.

• Whitefish High School students who want to participate in the talent show must sign up in the main office by March 20. The talent show is set for April 6.

• Fair-Mont-Egan School will hold auditions for the Missoula Children’s Theater’s presentation of “The Wiz of the West” at 3:30 p.m. March 20 in the gym. Open to Fair-Mont-Egan students in grades kindergarten through eighth. Two performances are scheduled at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 24.

• A K-8 spring program is planned at Smith Valley School March 23.

• Bigfork Elementary will hold Child Find screenings by appointment only between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. March 23. Open to children ages 3 through 5 who live in the Bigfork School District. Children will be screened by qualified personnel in the areas of hearing, vision, motor skills, speech, language and thinking skills. Call Carol Venegas at 837-7412 to make an appointment.

• A teen social is planned from 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 23 at ImagineIF Kalispell. Open to teens in grades sixth through 12th. The craft will be making homemade bubble gum. Free food will be available.

• Kila students have an early dismissal March 24 at 2 and 2:20 p.m.

• Montana 4-H youth and leaders are invited to a horse and livestock forum March 24-26 at Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. Registration will open in February. Participants will get an introduction on livestock and small animal care. Other activities such as a dance, skill-a-thon and interactive tours are planned.

• Creston students have an early out March 24 for spring break, which runs through March 31.

• Registration is open for the Montana 4-H Horse and Livestock Youth, Leaders and Community Members Forum slated for March 24-26 at the Red Lion Inn, Kalispell. Registration forms are available at flathead4h.com. For more information email sorensentraining@yahoo.com.

• Spring break is March 27-31 for most schools.

• Child Find screenings for children living in Kila, Smith Valley, Marion and Pleasant Valley school districts will be held from 8:30 to10:30 a.m. April 4 in Kila School. Participating children will be evaluated for potential disabilities or developmental delays.

• Child Find screenings for children living in West Valley and Olney-Bissell school districts will be held from 8:30 to10:30 a.m. April 5 at West Valley School. Participating children will be evaluated for potential disabilities or developmental delays.

• Swan River students have a 1:45 p.m. dismissal April 7.

• Whitefish Christian Academy students have a noon release April 7. It is a teacher work day.

• A kindergarten round up is planned April 11 at Olney-Bissell. There will be no kindergarten classes.

• Parent/teacher conferences at Columbia Falls High School is set April. 11.

To submit items for the school calendar, contact reporter Hilary Matheson at 758-4431, by email at hmatheson@dailyinterlake.com or by fax at 758-4481.