Willow Creek School is looking for teachers! We have adopted the STARS ACT and starting salary for first year teachers is $41,650 plus full single major medical health insurance through MUST.
** 0.5 FTE Music
** 0.5 FTE PE/Health
** (2) 1 FTE elementary
** 1 FTE Math grades 7-12
Small class sizes, great students and staff in a beautiful rural setting.
2025-2026 School Year - 169 student instruction days, 7 PIR days. Student start date Sept. 2nd, students last day May 22nd. M-F school weeks. Early out on Fridays.
Please email or call the school for more information (406) 285-6991 ext. 121 bonnielower@willowcreek.k12.mt.us
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Willow Creek School is looking for a .5 FTE music teacher, .5 FTE PE teacher, 1 FTE grades 7-12 Math teacher, and 2 FTE elementary teachers for the 2025-2026 school year.
Small class sizes, competitive wages with the Stars Act in place, full single major medical MUST health insurance, great staff and students, and a beautiful rural setting to teach!
169 student instruction days, 7 PIR days. Students start date is Sept. 2nd and school ends May 22nd. M- F school weeks.
Please email or call the school for more information. (406) 285-6991 bonnielower@willowcreek.k12.mt.us
I am very excited to welcome back the rock star staff of Willow Creek School this fall!
Teachers will be here August 20th and August 27th for PIR days. Following the August 27th PIR day we will be hosting the annual POTLUCK MEET AND GREET! 5:30-7:00. The school will grill hamburgers and hotdogs and provide drinks, please bring a side dish of your choice. This is a great opportunity to come and meet new staff as well as reconnect with our staff who have been here in past years.
New to our crew is Shelly Galiger, who will be teaching in the 3/4 classroom and Nicole Frye, who will be one of our new paraprofessionals!
Rick Denny will be coming back to teach math and Rachel Smith will be here to do part-time PE.
Leah Golding is also returning and will be in the 1/2 classroom as well as teaching other specials and administrative duties. Denise Vandolah is returning to do title 1 and be our librarian. Christine Bachmeier will be with us again as our title 1 interventionist and testing coordinator. Sara Hughes and Amber Hungerford are our returning paraprofessionals. Sara will also be doing our guidance program, Character Strong, with the students. Julie Howell has been with us since last spring as our custodian, and the building as never looked so good! Chrystal Duvall will be in the office again this year doing secretary duties and back at the wheel as the best bus driver in the county! We are so please they have all decided to come back this fall!
Our tenured staff that has held our core together for so many years is amazing! Diane Gilbreaith, Tara Schumacher, Rachel Brown, and Erin Masura are all back for another great school year at Willow Creek.
Sherri Lower and Jeanne Bjorndal each with 30+ years working at Willow Creek School are never allowed to retire. Sherri keeps a watchful eye on our budget to ensure we are able to operate and Jeanne makes sure that we are all fed. These positions are key to a successful school!
Willow Creek School also has a very engaged school board (Kris Skolrud, Chelsey Petz and Brooke Leugers) that is truly invested in all aspects of school success and safety. A huge "Thank you" to them all for their service to the students, staff and community!
It is an honor and privilege to be a part of such a wonderful school and community! See you all at the MEET and GREET August 27th, 5:30-7:00!
Cheers to an amazing 2025-2026 School Year -
Ms. Bonnie
Teachers will be here August 20th and August 27th for PIR days. Following the August 27th PIR day we will be hosting the annual POTLUCK MEET AND GREET! 5:30-7:00. The school will grill hamburgers and hotdogs and provide drinks, please bring a side dish of your choice. This is a great opportunity to come and meet new staff as well as reconnect with our staff who have been here in past years.
New to our crew is Shelly Galiger, who will be teaching in the 3/4 classroom and Nicole Frye, who will be one of our new paraprofessionals!
Rick Denny will be coming back to teach math and Rachel Smith will be here to do part-time PE.
Leah Golding is also returning and will be in the 1/2 classroom as well as teaching other specials and administrative duties. Denise Vandolah is returning to do title 1 and be our librarian. Christine Bachmeier will be with us again as our title 1 interventionist and testing coordinator. Sara Hughes and Amber Hungerford are our returning paraprofessionals. Sara will also be doing our guidance program, Character Strong, with the students. Julie Howell has been with us since last spring as our custodian, and the building as never looked so good! Chrystal Duvall will be in the office again this year doing secretary duties and back at the wheel as the best bus driver in the county! We are so please they have all decided to come back this fall!
Our tenured staff that has held our core together for so many years is amazing! Diane Gilbreaith, Tara Schumacher, Rachel Brown, and Erin Masura are all back for another great school year at Willow Creek.
Sherri Lower and Jeanne Bjorndal each with 30+ years working at Willow Creek School are never allowed to retire. Sherri keeps a watchful eye on our budget to ensure we are able to operate and Jeanne makes sure that we are all fed. These positions are key to a successful school!
Willow Creek School also has a very engaged school board (Kris Skolrud, Chelsey Petz and Brooke Leugers) that is truly invested in all aspects of school success and safety. A huge "Thank you" to them all for their service to the students, staff and community!
It is an honor and privilege to be a part of such a wonderful school and community! See you all at the MEET and GREET August 27th, 5:30-7:00!
Cheers to an amazing 2025-2026 School Year -
Ms. Bonnie
Community service opportunities at school this week! Tuesday-Thursday 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM text Ms Bonnie if you are interested in helping out. 406-285-3969
Sports meeting tomorrow 8/6 6:30 PM. We need to know if we have enough players for JH volleyball and if we have HS students interested in fall sports. ⚽️ 🏈 🏃♀️
Fall sports is right around the corner!
We will be having a parent/participant meeting at the school Wednesday, August 6th @ 6:30 PM. This meeting is for grades 5-12 who will participating in ANY sports throughout the year. We need to get numbers to ensure we have enough kids to field Jr. High teams. We will meet in the Science room with an alternate plan to meet on the front lawn if the building is too hot. The cafeteria is still full with gym bleachers.
Tracy Schmitt will be coaching Jr. High Volleyball and she will be here to visit with the girls and parents.
High School Volleyball and Jr. High and High School Football will be in Whitehall. There is a possibility of High School Cross Country with early morning practices at Willow Creek, details to be determined. We do need to hear from participants if they will be participating in High School Fall sports. Schools pay MHSA $250 for every HS sport that has participants, if we do not have participants we receive the fees we pay back into our athletics program. It is important to know before the sport starts if we will have kids playing.
Willow Creek School will pay 1/2 of the Whitehall sports fees for our student athletes who participate in co-op sports.
**if anyone is interested in driving the kids to Whitehall for co-op sports please contact the office. 406-285-6991. Driver must have clean driving record, at least 21 years old, have a finger print background check and a valid Driver's license. **
We will be having a parent/participant meeting at the school Wednesday, August 6th @ 6:30 PM. This meeting is for grades 5-12 who will participating in ANY sports throughout the year. We need to get numbers to ensure we have enough kids to field Jr. High teams. We will meet in the Science room with an alternate plan to meet on the front lawn if the building is too hot. The cafeteria is still full with gym bleachers.
Tracy Schmitt will be coaching Jr. High Volleyball and she will be here to visit with the girls and parents.
High School Volleyball and Jr. High and High School Football will be in Whitehall. There is a possibility of High School Cross Country with early morning practices at Willow Creek, details to be determined. We do need to hear from participants if they will be participating in High School Fall sports. Schools pay MHSA $250 for every HS sport that has participants, if we do not have participants we receive the fees we pay back into our athletics program. It is important to know before the sport starts if we will have kids playing.
Willow Creek School will pay 1/2 of the Whitehall sports fees for our student athletes who participate in co-op sports.
**if anyone is interested in driving the kids to Whitehall for co-op sports please contact the office. 406-285-6991. Driver must have clean driving record, at least 21 years old, have a finger print background check and a valid Driver's license. **
Firefighter training has been postponed tonight 7/28 due to forecasted weather. It will be rescheduled. Thank you.
Reminder**
Willow Creek Volunteer Firefighters will be doing training Monday, 7/28 @ 6:00 PM on the school's football field. Do not be alarmed when the helicopter lands.
Have a great week!! Thank you Firefighters.
Please mark your calendars - Willow Creek Volunteer firefighters will be conducting training on the football field July 28th at 6:00 PM. There will be a life flight landing for the training.
WILLOW CREEK Volunteer Firefighters' training is CANCELED today. Life flight got paged out to an emergency and will not make for training.
REMINDER***
There will be training on the school football field for volunteer firefighters Monday, June 30th. A helicopter will be landing!
The special board meeting to interview teacher candidates tonight is postponed.
Community service opportunity for high school students tomorrow, June 25th anytime between 7 AM -12 PM helping to take apart bleachers for the gym floor to be refinished. If you need a ride to come out to the school contact Ms. Bonnie. 406-285-3969.
**HEADS UP**
Willow Creek Volunteer firefighters will be doing training June 30th. There will be a helicopter landing on the football field during the training. Thank you firefighters for all that you do for our community. It is appreciated!!
The Jim and Lenora Peterson Scholarship is available to Willow Creek graduates who have completed a year in college and are enrolled to attend for a following year. Please contact the school for details if you are a student interested in applying.
406-285-6991
Elementary Awards start at 12:30 today 5/22! Classroom awards, honor roll, track and field, fun run, and more!
Kindergarten Graduation will follow the awards - Declamation projects for grades K-6 are all set up in the classrooms for family and friends to see after Kindergarten graduation.
8th grade graduation will be at 2:30. Cake will be served in the cafeteria for the graduates, family and friends.
Please join us for a great afternoon!
Elementary K-6 travels to Harrison tomorrow, 5/21 with the track and field day starting at 9:30 AM. Please make sure your student has sweat pants and a jacket to go over shorts in case the weather gets chilly. Reminder* students need to pack their lunch. There will snacks available at concessions but not lunch items. The bus will be back in time for the route.
Thursday is Elementary awards/declamation! the awards start at 12:30 with kindergarten graduation immediately following awards. The students K-6 will go to their classrooms to present their declamation projects after K graduation. Please feel free to stop by the elementary classrooms to see the awesome work the kids have done!
8th grade graduation will start at 2:30. There will be cake for the graduates and families in the cafeteria following the ceremony.
**UPDATE on Willow Creek Elementary Track and Field Day**
We are moving our Track and Field day to September! The weather forecast is still not good for Friday and we really want to ensure that the kids, teachers and parents can be outdoors and have a pleasant day.
Harrison is still planning on hosting their Track and Field Day on May 21st in Harrison. The forecast so far looks good! Fingers crossed it stays that way.
Thank you!
Bronc parents of kids grades 7-12 we have our potluck awards banquet this Thursday, May 15, starting at 6:00 PM.
Please bring a dessert or a salad, the school will provide the fried chicken and drinks. There will be awards for academics and athletics! Parents, come and celebrate your great kids with us!!
**Willow Creek Elementary Track Meet rescheduled do to weather forecast**
After visiting with Harrison we can move it without conflict for either school🤗
We will have our meet on Friday May 16! Start time 9:00 AM.
There will be concessions including burgers and dogs.
See you all Friday and thank you for being flexible so we can avoid the rain ☔️