SLE first grade receives One Class at a Time grant

SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Elementary School first grade teacher Rachel Bemis won Republic Services and KPAX-TV One Class at a Time Grant last week. She was awarded $250 which she will use to purchase art supplies including watercolors, chalk, oil pastels and clay for her classroom.

Bemis is in the process of obtaining her master's degree through the Creative Pulse Master of Arts in Integrated Arts and Education from the University of Montana-Missoula.

"I was inspired last year as a new teacher at SLE to integrate art into many core subject areas," wrote Bemis in an email. "Using a variety of a...