Linked is the most recent version of our 2020/2021 Opening of Schools Plan. This document remains a work-in-progress as we seek to improve and refine plans and details. Please continue to send suggestions to Planning2020@helenaschools.org.

Read the latest update on planning for the 20/21 school year along with some FAQs on getting back to school.

As of last Thursday, our Helena Public Schools have been on Summer Break for one month. In that time, our planning efforts have intensified to include nearly one-hundred volunteers, across eight teams, that are involved on a daily basis as we prepare for the forthcoming 2020/2021 school year.

This week's update provides information on bus transportation for the 20/21 school year, state and national guidance, and an additional family survey to be sent.

With the end of the 2019/2020 school year, our attentions have turned full-time to planning for the forthcoming 2020/2021 school year.

View links to view and review our graduation ceremonies.

On behalf of all of my colleagues here in the Helena Public Schools, I want to say thank you.

Click to view a number of helpful resources when talking through these matters as a family.

We love our Seniors!

Information for each School Board of Trustees candidate published originally in the Helena Independent Record. 

The two voted levies are on the spring ballot specifically designed to support the Helena Public Schools. Both of these levies align with the district’s general fund, one for our elementary district and the other for our high school district. The general fund supports a majority of the district’s needs associated with our schools. For example, the general fund accounts for a majority of our employee salaries including our outstanding educators, administrators, paraeducators, and support staff who work directly with our children every day.

It may no longer be the 2020 Teacher Appreciation Week, but we’ve compiled a list of posts from our Facebook page with the help of our educators, administrators, and families.

The last few weeks has brought the ingenuity and creativity of our educators into the spotlight.

The Helena Public School District recently was awarded with a spot on the Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Roll District by College Board.

MHSA has announced today that three winter sports teams from Helena have been named MHSA/Montana Army Nation Guard Academic All Teams for the winter sports season.

The Helena Public Schools continues to work with local and state health officials in monitoring COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the Pacific Northwest, Montana, and locally in the Helena area.  To date, Montana’s only patient under investigation tested negative for COVID-19. 

You can register your soon-to-be driver until January 16.

Calling all future Helena public school students and the class of 2033! Registration is now open for next year’s Kindergarten class.

Nineteen students represented Capital High School at the recent Region IV Business Professionals of America competitions.

The latest in a long line of achievements, Helena High Computer Science Educator, Buffy Smith, recently received Congressman Greg Gianforte’s Spirit of Montana award during Computer Science Education Week.