Missoula Schools Excellence

The Express to Speak program is officially underway.

"We’re seeing as well, some of our Hellgate graduates now in their sophomore year, that they are able to perform with or above some of their peers in their freshman, sophomore classes in college because they have some of those practices in place," said IB coordinator Cameron Johnson.

Together, these resources will help Lowell students become more successful and engaged at school and beyond.

Missoula County Public Schools report a 33-percent increase in the number of homeless students in schools.

"I just believe that education can empower people, and it can transform communities," Juneau said.

Academies are one way the Missoula County Public Schools District is working to achieve goals identified in 2010 during a process that outlined what a 21st century education should provide students.

It’s not easy turning this old tech into a new treasure. But from the first time he gave a woman the unexpected gift of a revived laptop, Keegan was hooked.

Starting this fall, as many as 1,700 Missoula County Public Schools students will receive free breakfasts and lunches.

"Lately I’ve been keeping it within Loyola, and just asking for donations from that community," Nicholson said. "But I’m trying to take it a little bit further into the Missoula community."

"Poetry allows for just a different way of writing about these things in the world, especially these natural science phenomena."