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  • The Monthly Howl

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Apr 10, 2024

    Three Forks Elementary is starting to gear up for the 2024-2025 school year. One of the funnest parts about this preparation is kindergarten screening. Kindergarten Screening is held each year to assist TFES staff with identifying the development of incoming K students. It also provides a great opportunity to give some helpful information to parents. If you live within the Three Forks District and have a child that will be 5 by September 10th, it is highly encouraged to have your child attend screening. Screening will take place on May 1st and... Full story

  • From the Desk of Mr. Fanning: May Election

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Apr 26, 2023

    If you have not already, you should be soon receiving a mail-in ballot from Gallatin County. Three Forks School District has been working to provide valuable information to voters to assist them with making an informed decision. The biggest piece of advice that I can share is to vote!! In the 2022 spring election Three Forks School District only had approximately 900 voters participate. These numbers are extremely low and we ENCOURAGE you to get out and vote. Ballots can either be mailed or dropped off at the Gallatin County Elections Office,... Full story

  • Three Forks Elementary School October Howl

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Oct 12, 2022

    The 22-23 school year is now 4 weeks in, and things are rolling along. We had a lot of new changes to routine due to completed and continual construction. Our new student drop-off / pick-up seems to be working well. Traffic has been safe, orderly and efficient. It is important to know that a new stop sign has been added at the intersection of East Oak and 5th Avenue. This new addition should help with traffic flow and safety. Thank you to everyone for their diligence and patience with this new transition. The new parking lot to the northeast... Full story

  • Winter Howl

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Jan 19, 2022

    Three Forks Schools continues to evaluate current practices with the goal of a safe and productive environment for both students and staff. One modification to current safety protocols that was implemented prior to coming back from winter break was a more controlled entry to the school. Moving forward the TFS campus entrances will remain locked during school hours. Main doors will be unlocked at arrival and dismissal, but will remain locked throughout the remainder of the school day and also during after school program hours. There is a...

  • Partnering with Parents: Tools for Parents

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Oct 13, 2021

    TFS teachers and staff took part in a PIR professional development session this past Friday. These PIR days provide a great opportunity to bring in experts from around the state that can share their insight and talents on a variety of topics, allowing staff to “sharpen the saw” so to speak. This PIR day was focused on social emotional learning (SEL). One specific session caught my attention and was well worth a share to our TFES parents. The session was led by Lauren Davis of MSU, with the key topic being trauma informed strategies. Lau...

  • The Monthly Howl

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Oct 6, 2021

    We are over a month into the 21-22 school year and we don’t want to waste anytime in recognizing our amazing elementary students. At TFES we have multiple ways for students to be recognized for their efforts. The “high frequency” incentive program that we run is our “Positive Paws” program. Throughout each day students have opportunities where they can be caught doing the right thing. When this happens staff will give students a positive paw. Students then turn these into their classroom and a weekly drawing is held to recognize one student f...

  • The Monthly Howl

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Aug 25, 2021

    The start of the 21-22 school year is right around the corner and the TFES team is SO excited for the start of another year. The TFES team would like to welcome all of our new families to Three Forks Schools and to the community of Three Forks. We are excited to see all the new faces and we hope to make this a great school year for your children. Please feel free to call or stop by the office if you have any questions. We are here to help! Also, welcome back to all returning TFES students. We can’t wait to catch up and share stories of s... Full story

  • MONTHLY HOWL

    Steve Fanning, TFES Principal|Apr 14, 2021

    Three Forks School District did conduct interviews in early March with the purpose of filling the posted Superintendent position for the 2021-2022 school year. Dr. Rhonda Uthlaut was selected by the interview team for the position, followed by Board approval. Dr. Uthlaut comes to Three Forks from Missouri, where she is currently serving as the Missouri Director of School Improvement at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Jefferson City. She has worked in this capacit... Full story