Opheim School News

Opheim's two seniors, Bo Anderson and Carrie Taylor, will represent Opheim on the Scobey Spartans basketball team. A full basketball schedule will be published later, so please come to support them if you can.

The weather is getting cold, especially in the mornings which is when elementary students go to recess. Please send your children to school in clothing that will keep them warm if needed. We have extras in the office from the winter gear drive that occurred last January if they do forget. We will have the same recess policy as last year. If the wind chill or normal temperature is below zero, the students will not go outside. If the temperature is above five degrees and it is not windy or blizzardy, the students will go outside. If at any time, the outside temp falls below zero degrees, students will stay indoors.

Opheim School is looking for a little help. We are furnishing a house for traveling teachers that want to rent or need a place to stay in case of bad weather. We are looking for kitchen table and chairs, bathroom towels, sheets, blankets, area rugs, pots, toaster, etc. If you have any of these items to donate, please call the school to see if we already have them.

Grades four and six in Mrs. Bailey's class did an archeology dig to begin their study of ancient Egypt. They uncovered items buried in the sand with a spoon and brush. After, they went to the internet to identify their findings. They are very excited to learn more.

Save the Date: The Opheim School Christmas concert will be held on Wednesday Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium.

Opheim School celebrated National Farm to School Month by crunching into locally grown or raised foods. Montana Crunch Time is state-wide event where students, teachers, farmers, community members and local food enthusiasts come together and bite into any locally grown or Montana raised food. All Montanan schools were encouraged to join the 10th year of this crunch. Darlis Nordhagen graciously donated locally grown apples to the school and on Oct. 19, everyone met outside of the school to take a crunch out of them at the same time. Why crunch? This collective crunch encourages healthy eating , supports "farm to school" and buy local initiatives throughout the state. Crunch time is a great way to introduce kids to fresh local produce in a fun way!

Opheim School has implemented Character Counts this year. Character Counts provides a meaningful, measurable and sustainable framework to help our school focus on character skills. The six pillars of Character Counts are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.