Editing Great Falls, Montana (section)

==Education==
[[File:Charles M. Russell High School, Great Falls, Montana.jpg|thumb|right|[[Charles M. Russell High School]]]]
The [[Great Falls Public Schools]] system, including both elementary and high school districts,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.opi.mt.gov/SchoolDirectory/frmdirectorydistrictpdf.aspx|title=Directory of Montana Schools|publisher=[[Montana Office of Public Instruction]]|date=2024-03-13|access-date=2024-03-13|pages=39–40/319}}</ref> covers the entire city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721203231/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cascade County, MT|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The elementary school district and high school district have the same territory, and include: Great Falls, [[Black Eagle, Montana|Black Eagle]], [[Gibson Flats, Montana|Gibson Flats]], [[Malmstrom Air Force Base]], and portions of [[Sun Prairie, Montana|Sun Prairie]] and [[Ulm, Montana|Ulm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721203231/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cascade County, MT|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30013_cascade/DC20SD_C30013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

There are 20 schools within the system. These include two public high schools, an alternative high school, two middle schools, and 15 elementary schools.<ref>[http://www.gfps.k12.mt.us Great Falls Public Schools website Great Falls Public School System].</ref> The two public high schools are [[Great Falls High School]] and [[Charles M. Russell High School]]. The alternative high school is Paris Gibson Education Center, located in the former Paris Gibson Junior High School building. The two middle schools are North Middle School and East Middle School.

The state-operated [[Montana School for the Deaf & Blind]] is in Great Falls.

Great Falls also is home to many private schools, all of them sponsored by religious organizations. The [[Catholic Church]] sponsors several schools in the city, including Great Falls Montessori (grades [[Pre-kindergarten|Pre-K]] to [[Kindergarten|K]]), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School (Pre-K to grade 8), Holy Spirit Catholic School (Pre-K to grade 8), and Great Falls Central Catholic High School (grades 9 to 12). The [[Conservative Baptist Association of America]] sponsors two schools in the city: Heritage Baptist School (K to grade 9) and Treasure State Baptist Academy (Pre-K to grade 12). The [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] also sponsors two schools: Adventist Christian (grades 1 to 8) and Five Falls Christian Church (grades 1 to 8). There is also a nondenominational Christian school, Foothills Community Christian School (Pre-K to grade 12).

Great Falls is home to three institutions of higher education. [[Great Falls College Montana State University]] is a two-year public institution of higher learning. It was founded as the Great Falls Vocational-Technical Center in 1969, and received its current name after the state restructured the two-year comprehensive colleges in the state in 2012. Although a public institution since its creation, it became part of the [[Montana University System]] in 1994. The University of Providence, formerly named the [[University of Great Falls]], a private, four-year Catholic university, was founded in 1932 by the [[Sisters of Providence (Montreal, Quebec)|Sisters of Providence]] and the [[Ursulines|Ursuline Sisters]]. [[Apollos University]] is a private, [[distance education]] university, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Great Falls since 2016.<ref>Apollos University. (n.d.). ''History and mission.'' Retrieved June 26, 2021, from https://apollos.edu/Page/8/Default.aspx</ref>{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} Also opening in July 2023 will be a school of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York-based [[Touro University System]], the first Medical School in Montana.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/work-continues-on-creating-a-medical-school-in-great-falls | title=Work continues on creating Touro medical school in Great Falls | date=December 14, 2022 }}</ref> It will operate as TouroCOM Montana under the [[Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine]] (TouroCOM) branding and will be the fifth school of Osteopathic Medicine and sixth overall Medical School (five Osteopathic and one Allopathic) under the [[Touro University System]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.touro.edu/news--events/stories/new-touro-medical-school-in-montana-opens-application-cycle-for-fall-2023.php | title=New Touro Medical School in Montana Opens Application Cycle for Fall 2023 }}</ref>

Great Falls has a [[public library]], the Great Falls Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publiclibraries.com/state/montana/ | title=Montana Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Great Falls Public Library |url=https://www.greatfallslibrary.org/ |publisher=Great Falls Public Library |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref>