Ben Steele Middle School

Billings, Montana's "JoJo" Martinez knocked it out. The soon-to-be 8th grader at Ben Steele Middle School just earned the gold medal at the USA Boxing National Junior Olympics.

A young lady reached out and asked us if we could get a letter to Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R-MT). I told her that we would be happy to share her letter with the governor, but I also asked her if we could post her letter to the Governor on our website.

She doesn't lose. She eithers wins, or she learns. I haven't forgotten what JoJo Martinez, now a 6th grader at Ben Steele Middle School in Billings, first told us about her career in the sport of boxing. One year later, JoJo Martinez is heading to nationals.

Eighth grader Nayana Sah from Ben Steele Middle School won the Yellowstone County Spelling Bee on Saturday.

The move to new facilities for old Catholic schools in Billings turned up a unique bit of scholastic memorabilia featuring one of Billings’ most celebrated citizens.  The Billings Gazette reports that in 2016– as St. Francis Upper Principal Jim Stanton began to take inventory of the troves of old artifacts and items in the nearly 100-year-old Kate Fratt Memorial Parochial School building– he came

Billings Public School lunches will go up in price by about 10 cents next school year. The new prices were released to school trustees on Monday night.  Prices are set using a formula based in part on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches...

Finally, some good news for Billings taxpayers, who will see roughly $500,000 in savings after the Ben Steele Middle School finishes construction.  KTVQ.com reports that the $29 million project– coming in on-time and under-budget– will begin the school year in August with an estimated 700 students at the West End school, located at 56th Street West and Grand Avenue...

Ben Steele Middle School is on time and under budget to open this fall.  It’s part of the 122 million bond voters passed in 2013.  District officials say that by July, they will be able to start moving school furniture into the location at 56th Street West and Grand Avenue...