Monday, December 15, 2025

ARTICLES BY HILARY MATHESONTHE DAILY INTER LAKE

'Teach Like a Pirate'

Dave Burgess, author of “Teach Like a PIRATE — Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator,” does a card trick for Flathead Valley educators — some of them dressed in pirate garb — during the fifth annual Teacher Appreciation event.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Board backs apartment proposal

The Kalispell Planning Board on Tuesday supported Cascade Professional Park’s bid for a conditional use permit on behalf of Chris Sund to build 12 residential apartment units along Financial Drive.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Upward Tennis

Emma Berreth, 10, takes a swing at a tennis ball in Ben Williams Park in Lakeside during Upward Tennis.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Service game

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Evergreen students qualify for free meals

The entire student body of Evergreen School District will able to access free breakfast and lunch for the 2014-15 school year under the federally funded Community Eligibility Provision.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Voices of note earn All Northwest honors

There will be joyful singing from several area students selected to perform in the Northwest Division of the American Choral Directors Association honors choirs.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Home school tour

Kalispell Fire Capt. Kirk Pederson talks to youths after sliding down a fire pole in front of an eager group of home-school students and parents. The students were touring Kalispell Fire Department Station 61 on a field trip. Home schooling is on the rise in the Flathead Valley. There were …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

International ambassadors in Whitefish: Exchange students share their stories

In a meeting room at the Whitefish Community Library, foreign exchange student Sonoko Maruyama of Tokyo, Japan, shouted spiritedly before slicing the air with a long wooden stick that mimics a sword.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Smith Valley students get an education from local firefighters

National Fire Prevention Week is heating up the issue of safety in schools around the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Contract awarded for new school kitchen

Meredith Construction of Kalispell was awarded the contract to building a central school kitchen near Kalispell Middle School Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pair embark on Cambodia adventure

Adventure-seekers Kelly Hendrix and Mary Critchlow have begun a journey into Cambodia studying cultural and environmental issues.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Class of 2013: That's the spirit! - Pumping up the crowd

Bigfork High School senior Dylan Carlson is getting a jump-start on her future by graduating at age 16 and pursuing her dream of joining a college-level cheerleading team.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Class of 2013: That's the spirit! - 'Love the school you're from'

Jakeb Wilson has a penchant for drama, although he usually leaves it on the theater stage.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Class of 2013: That's the spirit! - Prince of the Dawg Pound

From the Winter Carnival royal court to the cheering section at the basketball court, senior Shane Marcial has an abundance of school spirit.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell schools to self-fund insurance plan

To mitigate rate increases, the Kalispell Public Schools Board of Trustees has approved a self-funded structure for district employee health insurance.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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