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Graduation Matters Missoula celebrates anniversary with $20K donation

The local Graduation Matters http://graduationmattersmissoula.com/ program was infused with $10,000 checks from each of Missoula hospitals – Community Medical Center http://www.communitymed.org/ and St. Patrick Hospital http://www.saintpatrick.org/

Graduation Matters Missoula http://graduationmattersmissoula.com/ celebrated its second anniversary at Southgate Mall on Wednesday afternoon with $20,000 in new money and a crowd of education enthusiasts applauding its success.

"What we do here in Missoula really champions the cause of public education," said Missoula County Public Schools superintendent Alex Apostle, standing on a stage erected for the occasion near the J.C. Penney store. "If anybody can make (100 percent graduation) happen, it’s this community."

Since its official inception in 2010, Graduation Matters Missoula has encouraged MCPS children and teachers, along with the community and parents, to aggressively pursue the goal of a 100 percent graduation rate.

The effort has spread statewide, with the state Office of Public Instruction taking up the program as Graduation Matters Montana. Today, nearly two-thirds of all Montana high-school students attend schools that have their own Graduation Matters initiative.

By JAMIE KELLY of the Missoulian

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