M-BAR-T

NEW 2009-10: Updates were made to the M-BAR-T grade verification process, please read below for details. In addition, please note the qualifications for private school, public school and home school programs.

Moonlight Basin feels strongly about continued involvement and participation in our greater region. We see Montana’s youth as being the future of this great state and so we’ve formed the Moonlight Basin Aspirations Reward Team (M-BAR-T). With M-BAR-T, not only do we reach out to our community and stay involved in our region, but we also encourage students to strive for academic improvement and to experience the benefits of outdoor recreation.

Our goal with M-BAR-T is to:

Inspire young people to achieve academic growth and excellence
Provide outdoor recreational opportunities to the area's youth
Promote skiing as a lifelong activity to be shared with the family
Allow young people to experience the beauty, freedom, and physical challenge of snow sports.

Our aspirations program is an incentive-based program designed to encourage grade improvement and to reward students for achieving honor roll standards by giving them season passes to ski Moonlight Basin.

For additional information about our M-BAR-T program, please view our Frequently Asked Questions.

Public & Private School Program

M-BAR-T is available to students of public and private schools in Gallatin, Madison, Beaverhead, Park, and Sweet Grass counties. That's over 60 schools!

How to Qualify:

Show an overall grade improvement of 0.2 (on the 4.0 scale) from one grading period to the next
Achieve honor roll status (3.0 GPA or higher)

How to Apply?

Download your M-BAR-T season pass application
Grades are verified by school - see listings below
Submit completed application with student and parent information, signatures, and $15 administration fee to the Season Pass Office located at the Madison Village Base Area. Applications must be submitted in person. Please do not fax, mail or email your application.

NEW for 2009-10 – copies of grade reports will not be accepted as proof of M-BAR-T qualification. Please click on the county links below to find out how your school will be verifying grade status. The schools on the following lists are the only institutes that qualify for the M-BAR-T public and private school program.

Beaverhead County Schools
Gallatin County Schools
Madison County Schools
Park County Schools
Sweet Grass County Schools

Students must maintain eligibility to keep their season pass active. Grade status will be verified again mid-season. Should a student not maintain honor roll status (3.0 GPA) or continue to improve their GPA by .02, the pass will be deactivated and will not be valid for the remainder of the winter season.

Home School Program

In 2007, Moonlight Basin invited home school students to participate in M-BAR-T and we’ve already seen a great response! Eligible students must be residents of Gallatin, Madison, Beaverhead, Park, or Sweet Grass counties.

How to Qualify:

Achieve "complete composite National Stanine (NS)" score of 7 or above on his/her 2009 Spring Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)

How to Apply:

Send your 2009 Spring ITBS scores to Pam White, our M-BAR-T home school program liason. Please click here for details on where to send in your test scores.
Only students on Pam White's qualification list will be eligible for an M-BAR-T pass.
Download your M-BAR-T season pass application
Submit completed application with student and parent information, signatures, and $15 administration fee to the Season Pass Office located at the Madison Village Base Area. Applications must be submitted in person. Please do not fax, mail or email your application.

For additional information about our Home School M-BAR-T program, please view our Frequently Asked Questions.

All applications received via email or fax will not be processed and printed until payment and updated photos are received. Digital photos can be emailed to mbart@moonlightbasin.com. Photos must be head shot only with face clearly visible.

For more information about this exciting program, please call (406) 993-6020 or email mbart@moonlightbasin.com.

Encouraging Montana’s Youth – One Pass at a Time.