GREAT FALLS — Darla Stone, a fourth-grade teacher at Beartooth Elementary School in her hometown of Billings, has been awarded the 2025 Centennial Bell Montana History Teacher of the Year Award.

Stone was unanimously chosen by the nominating committee to be this year’s recipient.

A news release says that her "commitment to incorporating Indian Education for All (IEFA) into her daily instruction, and her contributions to her community, profession, peers, and students led to the committee’s decision."

“Mrs. Stone’s approach to teaching makes history not only accessible, but inspiring for her students,” said Beartooth Elementary Principal Travis Niemeyer in a nominating letter. “She ensures her students see the connections between the past and the present, and between their own lives and t

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