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The Local Farmers’ Market Returns for Spring in Missoula
Hellgate Benefits from Passing of School Levies
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Euphoria: Teenagers Designed by Adults
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Hellgate tennis poses for team picture after state tournament. Photo courtesy of Walter Banziger.
Knights Compete at Tennis and Track State Championships
Mai McKelvey-Pham and Weslley Banziger June 10, 2026

The Class AA Montana State Tennis Tournament happened on May 28-29 in Kalispell, and for the Knights it was a great tournament. The Hellgate girls won the state championship...

Hellgate tennis team poses with medals. Photo courtesy of Britt Hanford
Hellgate Knights Dominate Tennis Divisionals and Cinch Spots at State
Elliotte Banziger and Anais Currie-Inglizian June 2, 2026

On May 21 and 22, the Hellgate tennis team competed in the Western divisional tournament against Big Sky High School, Sentinel High School, and Butte High School. The tournament...

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The Conquest of the Heart
Gus Darty June 10, 2026

Recently, a certain quote has infested itself in my algorithms on Instagram and TikTok from an awful man. The first time I heard it, a chill ran down my spine, and I almost...

The Importance of Elementary Graduation Walks
Hadley Sharp, Reporter • June 10, 2026

Lowell Elementary just hosted Hellgate, Big Sky, and Sentinel students who attended elementary there to do a graduation walk around the school, and chat with their old teachers...

The Importance of Creative Writing in English Classes
Gus Darty June 10, 2026

This past year, IB English pulled a rug out from under me. As part of a larger unit designed to allow students to analyze a book partially of their choosing, my English teacher...

Missoula Farmer’s Market: A Delight
Piper Goris, Reporter • June 6, 2026

The sun rises over downtown Missoula on a Saturday morning: May 2nd, to be precise. It is on this day that the Missoula Farmer’s Market opens. Vendors unload trucks filled...

Hellgate Senior Awards 2026
Hellgate Senior Awards 2026
Hadley Sharp, Reporter • June 3, 2026

Hellgate High school held its annual senior awards night for the class of 2026 on June 2. For those who are unfamiliar, senior awards are a time for teachers and departments...

Graphic by Quinn Stromberg.
Students and Teachers Face “Empty Weeks” After Testing Season
Quinn Stromberg, Editor • June 3, 2026

At the end of a difficult year of preparation for standardized tests, IB and AP students and teachers are faced with a handful of “empty weeks” before graduation. Most...

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Hellgate's BPA chapter after the awards ceremony.
Hellgate Finds Success at BPA Nationals
Zach Baldwin, Reporter • June 10, 2026

On May 6-10, 2026, Hellgate Business Professionals of America competed at the National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. 16 competitors computed in a combination of judged individual, team, and tested events. Each national competitor qualified in early March by placing in the top 3 for judged events and top five competitors for tested events. Hellgate had competitors across a variety of...

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Memorial and open-casket funeral to be held in Hellgate Room 151 at a time yet to be announced. In lieu of flowers, please send math puns to jfields@mcpsmt.org. Photo by Sabine Glaser.
Obituary: Mr. James Fields of the Math Department
Sabine Glaser, Reporter • June 1, 2026

Mr. James Fields departed the Hellgate world at the end of the 2026 school year. He was a teacher at Hellgate High School for ten years. During his time there, he taught a multitude of math classes, though AP Statistics was his favorite.  His journey to Hellgate was not linear. Fields first pursued a double major in history and political science, but he found that to be a mind-numbingly boring...

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