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The few months of quarantine and social distancing have seemed like forever. Luckily as long as everyone stays healthy and safe, opening of businesses and normal activities are allowed! The Big Sandy pool will be open this Monday, June 1st, and the lifeguard family is very excited. There are many lifeguards working at the pool this year and they are all ready to get back to the pool. The age of the lifeguards at the pool range from fifteen to nineteen. All the lifeguards are professional and take their job seriously, as well as having fun and...
For the past few weeks, the students at the Big Sandy Public Schools have been attending school from home. Students and teachers are now becoming comfortable with google classroom and their emails. Between the students, teachers, and parents everyone has a lot of adjustments to come by. Everyone is trying their best to keep on with the school year in the most effective way possible. For the high school and junior high students there have been many mixed feelings over the situation. High schoolers seem to always be complaining about going to...
Last Tuesday at the Big Sandy High School, Pat Goldhahn gave a heartfelt speech to the students and staff. Pat is the husband of Wendi Goldhahn and the father of Lauryn and Allix Goldhahn. They live in Fairfield, Montana. Lauryn tragically passed away in a brutal car wreck three years ago and Pat now goes to different schools to tell his daughters story and his hope for other children. Lauryn was fifteen years old when she passed away; a week before her sophomore year began. She was a volleyball, basketball, and track athlete and loved each spo...
This spring everyone needs to keep their evening of March 27th free. The Big Sandy junior class will be hosting this year’s annual adult prom. The adult prom will be held on Friday, March 27th, in the high school gymnasium. The dance will start at 8:00pm and end at 12:00am. There will be kids from the junior class serving the delicious drinks and snacks made specifically for the dance. There will be cupcakes, brownies, a meat and cheese tray, a fruit tray, punch, and water for the evening. The theme for this year’s prom is medieval and the juni...
The Big Sandy music program has built itself into a talented, respectable program. Under the direction of Mrs. Amanda Robertson, Big Sandy’s past music director, the Big Sandy band and choir became noticeable and started to shine in bright lights. This Monday, January 20th, the Big Sandy Choir will be performing on the PBS network live in Bozeman, Montana. The Big Sandy choir and band did very well the district and state music festival in 2019. There were over twenty students who went to state in solos and ensembles. The band and choir also r...
This Friday, October 25th, the Big Sandy volleyball team will be having their last home game of the season. Tradition will follow through and the team members will be announced and give flowers to their loved ones and supporters. The volleyball girls are both excited and sad about the season wrapping up; the senior girls are especially feeling bittersweet. The team will be playing against the Box Elder Bears. After losing their first game to them, they hope to come back stronger and take the win on their home court. Support from the community...
This last Monday, September 16th, the Big Sandy FFA Chapter held their annual fall banquet. The support of the community was represented by the amount of people who came and enjoyed the food and donated to the FFA Chapter. Everyone seemed to be happy to be there and the kids appreciated the support. The banquet is a great opportunity every year for the FFA advisor, Mr. Taylor, to introduce his goals for the year and talk about the fall schedule. The FFA kids always enjoy the free food and...
This coming school year has brought in a handful of new teachers. One teacher includes Timothy Bond who is the new teacher for the music program. After the wonderful advisement of Mrs. Robertson, the band and choir have been given great reviews in the past. Mr. Bond hopes to follow in her footsteps and help the band and choir go beyond their potential. Timothy Bond was born in Elkhart, Indiana and was raised in a small town called Edwardsburg, Michigan. Living in a small town most of his life definitely makes the readjustment of moving to Big...
Last year Audrey Sipler, a Big Sandy High School student, organized and taught a children's dance class. Audrey was nervous at first because she wasn't sure how many kids were going to enter the class. Lucky for her though, she ended up with plenty of adorable kids. She had five 3-5-year olds and eight 6-11-year olds. She enjoyed all the children and was impressed with their skills for not have a lot of dance experience. Last year she picked 4 songs for the kids to choose from. Songs included...
Pies and lemons are flavor favorites across the country. This week is going to be a great opportunity to bake a delicious pie. So, hope you're hungry because August fifteenth is National Lemon Meringue Pie Day! Lemon meringue pie is a dessert usually baked with a simple shortbread crust. There is a white, fluffy meringue on top of lemon curd filling. A lemon curd filling is created with a mixture of ingredients. In a heated saucepan, combined ingredients including lemons and cornstarch are...
This summer the local library has held summer reading programs for kids of all ages. The library always encourages involvement in learning and reading. This summer, the kids have gone beyond their expectations and had a blast at the library. This last Thursday the library had an end of summer party for all the kids who participated in the summer reading program. There was plenty of volunteers to help with the activities. The volunteers' help made the day run smoothly. All the kids had a blast...
As the summer moves along, the boys and girls basketball players have been getting into the gym. Just like the volleyball girls, the basketball players get scheduled time to be supervised in the gym twice a week. The players go in on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. All the players are grateful for these great opportunities the gym opens up for them. Working on sports during the off season helps teams bond and perform better during their season. Basketball is a sport that needs hard work and dedication. All of the players enjoy the game and being able...
This summer, the Big Sandy volleyball team has been working hard in the gym. A schedule for different sports has been organized to allow every sports team to get time in the gym during the summer. The volleyball girls go in the evening, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The organization for open gym has been helpful for these girls in many ways. For the gym to be available there needs to be at least one adult with the team. Sheri Roth and maybe our future volleyball coach Brittany, have volunteered...
This summer the Jeff Memorial Big Sandy Library, is full of summer reading programs for kids and adults of all ages! The programs started on June 11th and will end August 2nd, but everyone is still encouraged to join! Every Wednesday at 10:30 am the library holds Pre-K storytime and crafts. On Thursdays at 1:00 pm storytime is held for kindergarten through sixth grade. Children are encouraged to attend weekly but it's not mandatory. The library wants to encourage kids to read during the summer...
All year a group of Big Sandy High School students have been working extremely hard to raise enough money for a trip of a lifetime. The students that went on the trip Bailey Gasvoda, Stacy Allderdice, Madison Terry, Jozlyn Baumann, Cameron Schwarzbach, Tyler Schwarzbach, Brady Pleninger, Dillin Geyer, Clint Darlington, Jeremiah Genereux, and Hunter Snap. These wonderful kids went on the Belize Ecology Trip June 6th through the 15th. With the help of Melanie Schwarzbach and Heather Pleninger as...
As the school year is coming to its end, the annual spring concert was held last Tuesday, at the Big Sandy High School. The concert was organized by Mrs. Walker and Miss Robertson. This year Miss Robertson decided to start a family, resulting in Mrs. Walker taking over her job for her once her baby boy was born. Mrs. Walker taught at BSHS for many years before her retirement and never in a million years would she of imagined hosting another spring concert. Miss. Robertson decided to come back for one last concert and her and Miss Walker gave...
Last Tuesday the FFA members and advisor, Mr. Taylor, held a fundraiser at the Big Sandy High School. The fundraiser was the annual donkey basketball game with different teams and good concessions! Lots of people donated food for concessions and the FFA members organized the whole fundraiser. The point of donkey basketball is different teams playing a game of basketball while riding adorable donkeys. There were two five-minute rounds for each game. Five players play at a time, with four players...
This weekend the BSHS music program took the band and choir to the district music festival in Malta. The students were directed by Mrs. Walker who is substituting for Mrs. Robertson while she is on maternity leave with her new baby boy! Mrs. Walker is doing a wonderful job picking up for Mrs. Robertson and seems to be enjoying another year of teaching. Mrs. Walker has taught at Big Sandy Schools for a long time before she retired five years ago. The seniors were especially happy that they get...
Last Thursday, Miss Montana 2018-2019 came to the Big Sandy High School to give a presentation to the students. Her name is Laura Haller and she was very excited to speak to the school. Laura goes around the United States to visit several schools and share informative words. She came with pictures of her experiences, stories about her travels, and a good lesson to bring the students. Laura worked very hard during the competition. Her talent was ballet dancing. She has had a passion for dancing...
This last Thursday, February 28th, Big Sandy High School was put under lock-down for two hours. The students at BSHS have been through plenty of fire, earthquake, and shooting threat drills throughout the years for preparation. The students were affected by the experience but did very well with dealing with everything. The lock-down was initiated before the lunch break at around twelve o’clock. The school secretary, Wendy Taylor, announced to the whole school to stay in the classrooms with locked doors. At first, the announcement felt like a d...
After years of no cheerleaders, Big Sandy High School finally obtains a new cheer team! Audrey Sipler, Jozlyn Bauman, Amaya Edwards, Hope Gasvoda and coach Morgan Simpson formed a wonderful cheer team for school support, team spirit, and positive energy around the community. Throughout the volleyball, football, and basketball seasons, the cheerleaders have worked extremely hard to support the teams and bring spirit to the crowds. The girls would have practices after school where they would make...
As the basketball season is coming close to districts, the last home game is approaching. The basketball season has been going very well for the two teams. The girl’s team is being coached by Naomi Terry and the boy’s team is being coached by Thomas Dilworth. They have both done a wonderful job with their teams and are planning on finishing the season with a great turn out. The last home game is also known as parent’s night. On parent’s night, the players give their parents, family members, and friends a rose for their appreciation on their s...
As the final payment for the Belize Marine Ecology trip is coming up, all the participants are wrapping up their fundraisers and reaching their payment goal. There is a total of twelve kids going on the trip: Hunter Snapp, Bailey Gasvoda, Clint Darlington, Tyler Schwartzbach, Jeremiah Genereux, Stacey Allderdice, Madison Terry, Cameron Schwartzbach, Brady Pleninger, Dillin Geyer, myself (Alicia Bjornestad), and Jozlyn Baumann. They all have been working hard by doing personal and group fundraising to reach their goal. The last payment deadline...
The k-6th Christmas concert was last Thursday, and it was a blast for both the students and the audience. The children really enjoyed their Christmas songs and dances. They sang songs including “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch”, “If I were a reindeer”, and “Santa’s hoedown”. They sang them with joy and excitement for the Christmas season! Coming up on Thursday the fourteenth, the high school’s Christmas concert is scheduled, and the students are just as excited as the elementary kids were! The high school choir plans on singing songs about the be...
All the kids are very excited about the Belize Ecology trip. So far there have been two fundraisers for the kids. The cookie dough sales, which went amazing, and the pie and ice cream sale at the home volleyball game. The parents are now working really hard to organize future fundraisers to make sure all the kids are able to go on this amazing trip. December first is this year’s annual Christmas Stroll! The town is super excited and getting ready to open up booths and participate in the parade. The kids participating in the Belize Ecology t...
