Eighth-grade teacher Kris Schreiner demonstrates removing membrane and fat from an elk hide as part of the tanning and curing process in his class at Kalispell Middle School on Nov. 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
November 23, 2019
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Kalispell Middle School teacher wins History Teacher of the Year Award
All the work tanning hides, building log cabins, panning for gold and garnets, grinding wheat and churning butter, has paid off for Kalispell Middle School teacher Kris Schreiner, whose immersive classroom activities have earned the Centennial Bell Montana History Teacher of the Year Award.
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Kalispell Middle School students learn how to tan hides
Out in the courtyard of Kalispell Middle School on Wednesday was an unusual sight — deer and elk hides stretched tautly with rope on wooden frames lying fur side down on tarps.