Northwest Sampler
Montana
- Longfellow Elementary School (PK-5)
- 1100 6th Avenue South
- Great Falls, MT 59405
- 406-268-2645
- Cal Gilbert, principal
- cal_gilbert@gfps.k12.mt.us
Cal Gilbert is a member of the Chippewa/Cree tribe of the Rocky Boy reservation. As a child he attended Longfellow Elementary and later taught there as a fifth-grade teacher. Before becoming principal, he was the Director of Indian Education for the district. With 91 percent of students on free and reduced-price lunch and 56 percent Native American students, Longfellow has achieved AYP for the last four years and shows steady growth on reading and mathematics. In 2001, 58 percent of students were proficient in mathematics, and in 2004, 67 percent were proficient.
