Sunburst Schools

I am so proud of these 4th graders and how hard they've worked all year on their National History Day projects. If you didn't get a chance to see these projects, they'll be at the Marias Museum Annex on Wednesday, May 14th at 10a.m.

School Pride Food Drive! Calling all Refiner and Coyote fans to show their school pride and donate as much food as they can at their local high school, the Merc or Shelby Albertsons! Whichever school collects the most donated items will win Toole County bragging rights and their school photo will be hung at the local grocery stores! Both the Shelby Sagebrush Food Pantry and Sunburst Community Emergency Fund will benefit from the donated food. This project is brought to you by NTCHS Sports Nutrition students. Ready, set, donate!

6th graders had fun learning about the ocean zones and the creatures in them!

District Track Good luck to our Refiner track athletes that will be competing at the District 10C meet in Great Falls on Friday, May 9, 2025.

High School Awards Night NTCHS Awards Night (including 8th grade participants in HS sports) will be held on Monday, May 12th, 2025 @ 6pm in the NTC Auditorium. At the NTC Spring Awards banquet, academic awards, basketball awards, speech & drama awards, and golf/track awards will be presented. Pizza and water will be provided.

Refiner & Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for May 5-11, 2025 Wednesday, May 7 HS Golf Divisionals @ Belgrade - Depart at 9:25am Thursday, May 8 HS Golf Divisionals @ Belgrade Friday, May 9 HS District Track @ Great Falls -9am Track & Field first event - Depart at 6:30am 3rd/4th Ag Day in Sunburst: 8:30-11:30am Kindergarten-6th Grade Bike Rodeo - 12:45-2:00pm

Divisional Golf Good luck to our Refiner golfers as they will be competing in the Class C Golf Divisional Meet in Bozeman, Montana!

Elementary Spring Music Program The spring elementary music program will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 2pm in the Sunburst Elementary Gymnasium. The concert will also be streamed live via our Sunburst Schools Facebook page. Please note that this is a newly scheduled date because of other conflicts.

Blowing up with some fun! What's more fun than Volcanoes?!?!

The 2nd graders learned about some famous Native Americans and created a timeline about them!

Teacher Appreciation Week Sunburst Schools wishes to thank all of their teachers for the wonderful job they do with our students! We are fortunate to have a dedicated and caring group of individuals that strive to help our students improve and grow daily! Teacher appreciation week is May 5-9, 2025!

No School Sunburst Schools will not have school on Monday, May 5, 2025 as iIt is a PIR day for the staff at Sunburst Schools. We hope students enjoy their 3 day weekend!

A digital copy of the April issue of The Refiner is available on the school website. Enjoy!

District Track Ticket Information The District 10C Track Meet will be held on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Great Falls at Memorial Stadium. Spectators can either pay in advance or at the gate. The cost of admission is: $10 adults; $8 students If you choose to pay in advance, please use the Go Fan information in the picture below.. At the gate, fans can pay with Cash or Credit/Debit Card.

4th Grade would like to invite the public to our National History Day! The Elementary Poster Contest is a scaled-down version of the standard National History Day exhibit category. The contest is open to 4th and 5th graders, and posters focus on topics in Montana history and relate to the annual NHD theme (2024-2025 Rights and Responsibilities in History). Our 4th Grade students will be having a Sunburst Showcase on Thursday, May 8th, starting at 12:30p.m. in the Elementary School Library. Students will then go to the Marias Museum Annex building in Shelby on Wednesday, May 14th, where they will present their projects to the public and a panel of judges starting at 10:00a.m. Once our local judges have awarded the winners, NHD Montana will then take the winning posters to be exhibited at local cultural institutions around the state during the summer. Finally, winning posters will be exhibited at the annual Montana History Conference at the end of September 2025, when a grand champion will be selected! The kids have been working extremely hard on these projects since Novemeber, and I'm looking forward to watching their hard work pay off. Please come out to support the kids on May 8th, the 14th, or BOTH!

I'm very proud of these leadership students for completing their project! The team made up of Yael, Nick and Kacey raised money to buy new blocks for the track and field team. They also hosted a dinner and fun run for the community this past week. Well done guys!

Refiner & Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for April 28-May 4, 2025 Monday, April 28 HS Track @ Top 8 – Great Falls; Depart 8:15am - Van Tuesday, April 29 HS Track meet @ Rudyard; Depart after Lunch 12:45pm JH Track meet @ Power; 1pm first event; Depart for Lunch @ 10:40am Wednesday, April 30 3rd Grade Field Trip to Great Falls Thursday, May 1 Preschool Screening Friday, May 2 HS Golf @ Cut Bank; Depart 7:15am JH Track @ Choteau; first event 9am; Depart 6:30am HS K-6 Field Day; 12 noon at elementary Saturday, May 3 HS Track @ Havre; 9am first event; Depart – 6 am NTC 10C Track Districts and Western Golf Divisionals are coming up next week!

4th grade's Homesteading Unit is coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the learning ends there! I'm hopeful that these past couple of weeks encourages them to continue learning about the history of this area and of our past! Today, we made BUTTER! After learning about the process and 30 minutes of shaking, the kids got to enjoy the fruits of their labor! The smiles say it all! Hard work pays off!

Montana Economic Challenge Winners! Sunburst Schools is excited to announce our business economics students placed first and third in the Montana Economics Challenge! This challenge is a test on economic knowledge. For the second year in a row, Sunburst Schools has taken first place in the state! The teams will receive a cash prize! The first place team was comprised of Michael Miller, Ali Nau, and Christopher Biesemeyer. The 3rd place team included Kaiden Benson, Wyatt Evans, and Wyatt Rogers. The students are all part of Mr. Nix's Business Economics class. The winning team took the semifinal test on April 23, 2025. If they score high enough, they could potentially advance to Nationals! On May 7th, Dax Schieffer from MCEE will be coming to present the winning teams their money awards for winning at the state level.

On today's homesteading adventure, the 4th graders learned about the process of making bread! They started by grinding the wheat and then followed step by step directions to make bread in a bag! When asked if they would enjoy having to do the laborious task each day, they all gleefully shouted, "Yes!" So, parents, I think it's safe to say you can put them to work! Stay tuned to see what we make tomorrow to put on our bread!