
Lima Community Swimming Pool
Summer Block Party
Smoked Pulled Pork, Outdoor Games,
Silent and Live Auction
Fun For the Whole Family
Lima School Campus
Saturday, June 17th, 2023
Dinner 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Live Auction at 7:30
Please come join us for our Summer Block Party on June 17th at the Lima School. We will be serving smoked pulled pork, having a live and silent auction, and playing outdoor games Please bring the whole family and join us for some fun in the sun. We are very grateful for everyone’s continuing support for the Lima Community Swimming Pool. If you have items you would like to donate to our live or silent auction on the 17th please bring them to the school or contact Jackie Sutton at
406-925-2221.


Congratulations to Garet Lessley on his pre-qualification for the state track meet with a new personal best throw of 153'9"in the javelin at the Al Walker Memorial track meet in Laurel!


Lima High School PE playing a little tennis for class today!


Congratulations to the Lima Golf Team. They placed third at the Powell County High School Invitational today. Great job team! Team members who qualified for the Divisional Tournament on Monday are Garet Lessley, Zane Wendt, and Carter Rayburn.


Thank you Voters! The unofficial vote count from the Building Reserve Levy was 142 in favor and 52 against. The school board will canvas the votes at the next regular meeting. This levy will help maintain the building for the next six years.


Lima School Community Clean-Up Day
Friday May 5th, 2023
Can we Help with a project? We would love to help you jump into SPRING!
Contact the office by Thursday afternoon to get put on the list.
Please take advantage of the county dumpsters being close through this weekend.
Happy Spring Everyone!


The 2023-2024 Lima Community Swimming Pool Birthday Calendar is in the works!
The calendar is an easy way to support the pool and stay in touch with the Lima/Dell Community. Calendars are printed in full color and feature photos of the Lima School student body and ads from our local businesses. Each calendar is $20 and can be ordered with or without your household's birthday/anniversaries listed. The calendars run August to August. Lima School Alumni could pick their calendars up at the upcoming All School Reunion this August.
Interested? Please contact the calendar chair Kristen Bailey via phone call or text at 406.925.1290 Ordering Deadline is May 8th... Thank you for supporting the Lima Community Swimming Pool a tradition in Lima for 60 plus years!


We would like to send a heartfelt THANK YOU to whoever is responsible for our amazing Administrative Assistants' Day gifts :) We are very very grateful for the gifts and amazing personalized note that came with them. It was a wonderful reminder of why exactly we love our school, students and community. The entire surprise made our day! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
♥️ Jackie & Shay

Don't forget tonight from 6 to 8pm is Taco Tuesday hosted by the HS BPA Club!


LIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT #12 will be accepting applications for the following positions:
High School Football Coach
High School Assistant Football Coach
High School Assistant Volleyball Coach
High School Boys Basketball Coach
High School Assistant Boys Basketball Coach
Job descriptions and application are available at the Lima School office or by contacting Brian Rayburn at (406) 276-3571. The positions are open until filled.
Lima School District #12 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Community Easter Egg Hunt Will Be Held At The Lima School Playground and Football Field Rather Then the Lima Town Park!
Please wear warm waterproof footwear if possible!
We will start promptly at 1:00 with the Preschool Age Group followed by grades K-2, and then 4 - 6.


Congratulations to Nathan Rayburn and Taryn Martinell. Both students were awarded the Montana State University System STEM/Healthcare Scholarship valued at $6,000 over 4-years. Additionally, Nathan was awarded the Montana State University System Honor Scholarship which is a 4-year tuition waiver valued at $20,000. Nathan will be attending Montana Tech studying Mining Engineering and Taryn will be attending Montana State University studying Agricultural Sciences.


For the April and May Newsletter...follow this link: https://5il.co/1ry8m

Election Cancellation Notification


***Reminder to Parents***
Parent conferences are Thursday, March 30th from 3:00-7:00. For grades K-6 you will need to arrive at your scheduled time. For grades 7-12 parents can drop in anytime between 3:00 and 6:45. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.

The track meet scheduled for Saturday, April 1st, has been cancelled due to weather.

I was left unsupervised :( Thank you everyone for the correction!
The Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday April 8th @ 1:00
If you would like to donate supplies-plastic eggs, stuffable wrapped candy, and/or small prizes we would appreciate the help in creating smiles Saturday afternoon....


Congratulations to our students who made it as finalists in Montana Chamber of Commerce's "The Prospects Competition". These students were asked to create a 1000 word or less business proposal along with a 2 minute video explaining their proposal. The students moving forward in the competition are:
Carter Rayburn, Oasis
Mauri Mickelsen & Maymi Mickelsen, Lima Recreational Center
Savannah Nelson, Kiersten Bernard, Rayne Kindberg, Isabell McQuiston & Ty Wellman, Spring Hill Pond
These students will know if they've placed in this competition on Thursday, April 20. If they place, they will have a chance at additional prizes in the grand champion pitch competition in Bozeman, May 21-23. If you see any of these young entrepreneurs around town, please congratulate them and wish them good luck!

The HS BPA Club is hosting a Taco Tuesday on April 11 from 6 to 8pm. Come support the club as they head to Nationals in April!


Check out the Junior High students' February/March issue of Bear Country News!🐻



