
Thank you to the Sunburst Fire Department for sharing important fire safety tips with our kids!




Two Day Week!
Please remember we only have school on Monday and Tuesday, October 18 & 19 this week. We have no school Wednesday-Friday, October 20-22 because of the MEA Weekend!


Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Events for Oct. 18-24
**Thursday, October 21
FB vs. Box Elder at 6pm
**Saturday, October 23
XC State @ Missoula - UM Golf Course
1:40 pm – Boys C runners
2:45 pm – Girls C runners

Attention Refiner Football Fans!
Heart Butte has forfeited the scheduled game vs. the Refiners on Saturday, October 16th. The game will not be rescheduled.

Junior High Sports Photos!
Junior high football and volleyball sports photos are coming home with your child tonight (10-13-21).

4th grade students investigated how differences in lava types explain differences in the shape and eruption patterns among volcanoes!




Our lunch ladies, miss Lorrie and Miss Brandi, along with Miss Lori in the office have our school ready for Halloween!





Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for October 11-17
Monday, October 11
JH Boys Basketball Practice Begins at HS Gym (3:30-5:30)
Thursday, October 14
JH Girls Basketball Practice Begins at Elem Gym (3:30-5:30)
Saturday, October 16
XC @ Townsend Invite
Girls JV 10:30 am
Girls V 11 am
Boys V 11:30 am
HS Football @ Heart Butte at 1pm

Picture Day!
Monday, October 11, is picture day! All individual and class pictures will be taken for K-12 by Lindsay Sandon Photo+Design! Remember to bring in your picture packets!


Booster Clubs


Homecoming Activities on Saturday, October 9
10am - family 1.5 mile run from NTC FB field
10:30am - 5k fun run from NTC FB field
1:00pm - parade on main Street
3:00pm - JH FB vs. Valier
3:30-5:30pm - Tailgate BBQ sponsored by the booster club
6:00pm - HS FB vs. Valier

Kudos to the 4th graders that earned their white belt in recorder class!


Homecoming 2021 pep assembly




Congratulations to 2021 homecoming king Josh Kearns and homecoming queen Paige Head.



JHFB Practice UPdate!
JHFB will have practice on Thursday morning, October 7th, at 6:30am. If you have questions, please contact Coach Samsal.

Seniors! Don't forget, it's College Application Week in the state of Montana. Students can apply to any Montana college through Friday and have the registration fee waived! Visit ApplyMontana.org


On Wednesday, October 6, a pep assembly will be held at the high school for all K-12 students from 2:45-3:30pm. As a result, all bus students will board the bus from the high school. K-6 students that do not ride the bus will walk back down to the elementary school with their teachers and may arrive slightly after the normal 3:30pm dismissal time.

Junior High Basketball Begins Soon!
Junior high basketball, available for all students in 5th-8th grade, begins next week.
The junior high boys will start practicing on Monday, October 11, at the high school gym. The boys are coached by Logan Simmes and assisted by Scott Bye.
The junior high girls will start practicing on Thursday, October 14, at the elementary gym. The girls are coached by Willow Wieskamp.
The season for both teams concludes during the first week of December. Students must have an athletic physical to participate.

The JHVB Tourney Bracket was updated. The Lady Wildcats still play on Thursday at 12:30pm, but their opponent will now be the Valier Panthers.


JHVB Tourney Bracket
