A long-standing tradition returned at Sunday's Class of 2017 graduation. Do you remember what it was? Here's a picture hint and explanation in the event you missed the commencement ceremony. For many years the graduating Seniors would present the attending Trustee with a token of their appreciation. That's about 20 of the same "tokens". This year it was a flower lei, and the lucky recipient is our Vice-Chair of the Board Chris Boland. Presenting his lei, and receiving his diploma is Wade Wombold, Class of 2017.

Congrats to Jenny Taylor for her selection as Student of the Year. The announcement was made Sunday at graduation, where Jenny completed her high school education with a diploma in hand. Jenny was also her class Valedictorian. Best wishes for a successful future, Jenny.

Congrats to Cascade teachers Michelle Price and Chuck Mercer for their selection as K-8 and High School teachers of the Year, respectively, as announced at graduation Sunday. Michelle teaches 3rd grade, and Chuck teaches HS Math.

Congratulations to the Cascade High School Class of 2017: Colton Anderson (Salutatorian), Emilee Carpenter, Spencer Dane, Doug DiAngelis, David Fazzio, Glen Ferguson, Mateo Ferrara, Jayson Fredrickson, Kaden Hankins, Morgan Hartum, Treyton Marquis, Evan McGonigal, Zach Riphenburg, Michael Roach, Antonio Salvatore, Tyler Schweigert, Tristan Dean Stockton (NHS), Jenny Taylor (NHS) (Valedictorian), Cody Turan, Wade Wombold, Zach Woods. Best wishes for a successful future, and may all of you become life long learners.

Thanks for bearing with us over the past week while we worked hard to replace the phone controller and re-configure the system with the new controller. We're tweaking the system now, and so far everything appears to be working just fine. If you have a problem calling in, we need to know about it. Please email your comments to david.dobbins@cascade.k12.mt.us. Thanks for your patience.

Cascade High School will host their annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 8th at 2:45PM in the North Gym. Many of the freshmen students will be receiving EverFi Certificates, Heisey Awards will be given out, as well as Senior scholarships. We look forward to seeing you there.

Yearbooks are on sale now for $25 until May 5th. After May 5th they will be $30. Yearbooks are set to be delivered around May 23rd.

Calling all kindergarten families for the 2017-18 school year...You are invited to the KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP on April 19th from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Commons. Join us for a craft activity, snack, story-time, a small gift for future kindergarten students, and a chance to pre-register your child. For those families interested in our Early Kindergarten program, there will be an informational meeting and question and answer session from 8:45-9:15 a.m. See you there!

There's no school April 10th thru 14th for observation of Spring Break. We wish everyone a lovely Easter, and we'll see you back here bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on Monday, April 17th. Happy Easter!

​Cascade Public Schools is honored to bring Bridg-it to our school, community and state to help create a safer school environment. Bridg-it is a communication tool for students, parents and school staff to confidentially report any instances of harmful or problematic behavior to school officials. This includes cyberbullying and any harassment or hurtful behavior on electronic devices. The mission of Bridg-it is to help create a safer school environment so everyone is free to learn and succeed free from harassment, fear and negative behavior. Bridg-it provides an easy and secure way for peers to help their classmates who may need help by confidentially notifying those in positions of authority. For more information visit www.bridgit.com, or contact us. Look for more information when Bridg-it goes live at Cascade Public Schools on April 17th.