School calendar

School calendar

- School will be in session Feb. 19 for Bigfork School District students. It is a make-up day for the school closures in September that were due to cyber threats.

- Columbia Falls, Creston, Fair-Mont-Egan, Kalispell, Kila, Olney-Bissell, Swan River and West Valley school districts have no school on Feb. 19. It is President’s Day.

- Missoula Children’s Theatre will be at West Valley at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 in the West Valley School big gym and at 8 a.m. on Feb. 23.

- Smith Valley School will have an early release on Feb. 21.

- The Flathead County Spelling Bee will be held at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Glacier High School Performance Hall.

- A Manufacturing and Technology Expo and Kalispell Mini Maker Faire are scheduled Feb. 23-24. From 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, local manufacturers will offer hands-on experiences and demonstrations at the expo. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 23, explore the results of the valley’s tinkering and thinking at the maker faire. For more information visit https://kalispell.makerfaire.com/.

- There is no school for Evergreen students on Feb. 28 for parent-teacher conferences.

- A Rankin Elementary rally is planned at 10 a.m. March 3 for families and children who will attend the new school in the 2018-19 school year. There will be refreshments and an opportunity to sign the gym floor before the hardwood is installed. The school is located at 2155 Airport Road in Kalispell.

- Creston School will host a Child Find screening from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 6. No appointment is necessary. Children will be screened in hearing, vision, speech and language skills to identify or evaluate disabilities. The screening is free and open to Cayuse Prairie, Creston, Swan River, Fair-Mont-Egan and Deer Park families. For more information or to schedule a private screening call Flathead Special Education Cooperative at 406-257-1852.

- Kalispell and Smith Valley students will be dismissed early on March 7 for teacher training.

- The 4-H Interstate Exchange spaghetti supper and dessert auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. March 10 at the Eagles, 37 First St. W. in Kalispell. Cost is $6 per person or $20 for a family of four. Proceeds will benefit the 4-H Interstate Exchange program. This year, 4-H members from Flathead County will exchange with Delaware 4-H members from New Castle County.

- Robin Kelson of the Good Seed Co. will lead a Flathead Grows seed library workshop from 10 a.m. to noon March 10 in the Imagine IF meeting room in Kalispell. Participants will learn the basics of growing long-season vegetables from seed.

- Smith Valley School will host a Child Find screening from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 12. No appointment is necessary. Children will be screened in hearing, vision, speech and language skills to identify or evaluate disabilities. The screening is free and open to Kila, Smith Valley and Marion families. For more information or to schedule a private screening call Flathead Special Education Cooperative at 406-257-1852.

- The Annual Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) northwest regional math competition will be held March 15 at Flathead Valley Community College. The competition is open to seventh through 12th graders. Interested students should contact his or her respective school to find out of the school is participating and to sign up. For more information about MCTM visit https://www.montanamath.org.

- Fair-Mont-Egan students will have an early release at 1:30 p.m. March. 16.

- An eighth-grade girls camp-in is scheduled at West Valley School from 6 p.m. March 16 to 9 a.m. March 17.

- Kalispell Parks and Recreation will hold its Spring Out Camp from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 26-30 at Elrod Elementary. Cost is $30 per day. For more information call 758-7975.

- Lakeside Elementary will host a Child Find screening from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 19. No appointment is necessary. Children will be screened in hearing, vision, speech and language skills to identify or evaluate disabilities. The screening is free and open to Lakeside and Somers families. For more information or to schedule a private screening call Flathead Special Education Cooperative at 406-257-1852.

- West Valley School will host a Child Find screening from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 20. No appointment is necessary. Children will be screened in hearing, vision, speech and language skills to identify or evaluate disabilities. The screening is free and open to Olney-Bissell and West Valley families. For more information or to schedule a private screening call Flathead Special Education Cooperative at 406-257-1852.

- Most schools have spring break March 26-30. Smith Valley’s spring break will go through April 2.

- March 30 is the deadline to register for the Kalispell Parks and Recreation spring soccer program for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. Participants will learn skills and scrimmage once a week April 25 through May 30. Cost is $37. For more information call 758-7848.

- Columbia Falls High School parent-teacher conferences are set from 4 to 7 p.m. April 5.

- There is no school in Creston on April 6 to prepare for the annual Creston Auction.

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.