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Outdoor educator Patrick Baumann empties a bag of minnows into a bait bucket for Marquette Catholic School 5th and 6th graders to use for a day of ice fishing Monday afternoon in Mountain Iron. The students made their own ice fishing tip ups and were trying them out Monday.
Mark Sauer
Marquette Catholic School 5th and 6th graders drop their lines into predrilled holes in the ice as they learn about ice fishing Monday afternoon in Mountain Iron.
Mark Sauer
Marquette Catholic School students get their hooks baited as they learn about ice fishing during a day on the lake Monday in Mountain Iron.
Sommerville expected about 170 students to return to in-person learning at Tudor Elementary, she said. “We’ve been working so hard this whole year, making sure that our kids had what they need and doing online learning but it’s just it’s not enough,” Sommerville said. “If I could have brought all of them back, I would have.” Tudor, a pre-K through sixth grade neighborhood school, also houses a Montessori program. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade in the Montessori program, and pre-K through third grade in the neighborhood school program, returned to in-person class on Wednesday. Sommerville said the months away from classrooms were hard on students, especially those who are more vulnerable. The students come from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds, she said, and the pandemic and school closures have had tremendous impacts on some. Some families have had to quit jobs to take care of children. Others are facing crises like eviction, she said.
BILLINGS - Once again we are honoring teachers in the Billings area who are going above and beyond for their students with our Gold Star Teacher Award.
Two sisters, students at Pine Lake Prep, were inspired from a visit from Salva Dut, the founder of Water for South Sudan, and hero of the Linda Sue Park novel,
Limited space in school buildings and maintaining physical distancing between students is one of the complications in bringing more students back to school five days a week.