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Parent wants liquor out of hands of convicted drunk drivers
A teenager goes to a wild party, has a few too many shots because he is not skilled at "quarters," and stumbles out the door, keys in hand. He starts his car with a roar and punches the gas, speeding the 10 miles home in under 15 minutes to make a one o'clock curfew.
Emotional speech/debate meet ends in second-place finish
Although the Flathead speech and debate team finished second to rival Bozeman at the state tournament in Great Falls last weekend, it wasn't from a lack of sacrifice and hard work.
Photographer tells of life's dangers in war torn Bosnia
Imagine a high school where students change classes to the explosion of mortar bombs, not the ring of a school bell. Where classes are moved to local pool halls after the school is turned into rubble.
New tech grant will help FHS teachers learn technology
Teachers being left behind on the information superhighway shouldn't panic: help is on the way. A new two-year grant for School District 5 will provide "technology technicians" to assist teachers around the obstacles presented by the expanding world of technology.
Changing places: Students expand cultural understanding
"I don't get it!" is a cry not unknown in the classrooms of FHS, especially during semester tests. Students are often baffled by a concept being discussed, but for a few, the language itself is the barrier to understanding.
Upward bounds into the North Fork for survival course
The Upward-Bound program is renowned for helping college-bound students thrive in high school and to go on to college. In January, program participants learned survival on a more basic level. In a course called "Winter Fast." 13 Upward-Bound students, including five from FHS, traveled to Polebridge to learn the basics of winter survival.
Most students would jump at the chance to spend an entire semester in Washington, D.C.. That's exactly what junior George Nelson did Jan. 26th, when he left Kalispell to go work as a page for Sen. Max Baucus.