Cascade Elementary Students Enjoy Showdown

Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Cascade Elementary School enjoyed a fun day of skiing Friday with fresh snow at Showdown Ski Area, 67 miles southeast of Great Falls.

Since Cascade operates a four-day school week, the school offers ski trips to students as an extracurricular field trip. One parent said her daughter was so excited she jumped out of bed at 6 a.m. Friday, ready to go skiing.

The trips are coordinated by PE Teacher Sonja Mazeira. Both fourth-grade teacher Kourtney Holten and third-grade teacher Elizabeth Allen helped out on Friday.

Showdown has offered low-cost ski lessons to...