Frenchtown High School
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Frenchtown High School is located in Frenchtown
, Missoula County
, Montana
, United States
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As of 2008, a construction project is under way which will add on to the high school complex and provide a new junior high facility next door. The addition is scheduled to be complete in September 2009. The high school consists of 399 students and 30 teachers. The school's mascot is the Bronc.
. In the 2010 season, Frenchtown hosted a tournament titled Brainfreeze. Frenchtown's #1 team triumphed over teams such as Billings Skyview
and Missoula Sentinel
to capture first place and qualify for the PACE
National Scholastics Championship in Fairfax, Virginia. At the 2010 PACE NSC, Frenchtown's team had a 6-9 record, winning one match in their initial bracket and five in their playoff bracket. In previous years, Frenchtown has placed 3rd at the World Affairs Council Academic Tournament, and in 2008, the team finished the Jordan Carlson Memorial Academic Tournament in second place. Over the last few years, Frenchtown's team has developed a friendly rivalry with Billings Skyview. Frenchtown's first venture into academic competition began with the Brainbuster program on KECI-TV, which lasted three years. The academic team's coach and advisor is Merle Johnston, also a U.S. history teacher at Frenchtown.
Frenchtown, Montana
Frenchtown is a census-designated place in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is part of the 'Missoula, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 883 at the 2000 census...
, Missoula County
Missoula County, Montana
-National protected areas:*Bitterroot National Forest *Flathead National Forest *Lolo National Forest *Rattlesnake National Recreation Area-Demographics:...
, Montana
Montana
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, United States
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As of 2008, a construction project is under way which will add on to the high school complex and provide a new junior high facility next door. The addition is scheduled to be complete in September 2009. The high school consists of 399 students and 30 teachers. The school's mascot is the Bronc.
Academic Team
Frenchtown High School's academic team has performed well at regional and statewide levels, placing first out of 16 teams at Brainfreeze in the 2010 season. In the 2009 season, Frenchtown took 5th out of 51 teams at the Southwest Montana Academic Olympics and 3rd at the Yellowstone County Invitational Academic Tournament. Also in that season, the team won the Frenchtown-Stevensville Invitational Academic Tournament and were able to travel to Chicago for the HSNCTNational Academic Quiz Tournaments
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. In the 2010 season, Frenchtown hosted a tournament titled Brainfreeze. Frenchtown's #1 team triumphed over teams such as Billings Skyview
Skyview High School (Montana)
Skyview High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Billings, Montana. The school serves 1,600 students with 93 certified staff, 36 support staff and 10 custodians under principal Bob Whalen, associate principal Danette Cerise, and Deans Deb Black and Jay Wahl. Skyview sits on ...
and Missoula Sentinel
Sentinel High Schoool
Sentinel High School is located in Missoula, Montana. It is in the Missoula County Public School's District #1. Sentinel has approximately 1,200 students, and a faculty of approximately 100. -External links:**...
to capture first place and qualify for the PACE
Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is a nonprofit organization which runs the National Scholastics Championship , an end-of-year championship for North American high school quizbowl teams...
National Scholastics Championship in Fairfax, Virginia. At the 2010 PACE NSC, Frenchtown's team had a 6-9 record, winning one match in their initial bracket and five in their playoff bracket. In previous years, Frenchtown has placed 3rd at the World Affairs Council Academic Tournament, and in 2008, the team finished the Jordan Carlson Memorial Academic Tournament in second place. Over the last few years, Frenchtown's team has developed a friendly rivalry with Billings Skyview. Frenchtown's first venture into academic competition began with the Brainbuster program on KECI-TV, which lasted three years. The academic team's coach and advisor is Merle Johnston, also a U.S. history teacher at Frenchtown.
Fall Sports
- Boys Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Girls Cross Country
- Boys GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Girls GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Soccer
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
(Won state in Class A during the 2009 season) - Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...