Stanley Community Schools

7th and 8th grade Reading students enjoyed an afternoon of "book tasting" at the library "cafe".

Junior High football vs Ray-PL tonight at Stanley has been pushed back to a 5:30pm start time. I apologize for the late notice on this!

Football Reminders: -Junior High plays Ray-PL tonight at home, starting at 5:00pm. -Varsity Football tomorrow, September 1st @ Nedrose was moved to 5:00pm due to the reffing shortage and having to ref multiple events in the same night.

Reminder: The FFA BBQ is tonight from 5-7pm behind the SHS Ag shop! The Ag students gave been busy preparing and look forward to seeing you! If you would like to order your meal ahead of time and have it ready for pickup, place your order at the link before 3pm or we have to go options if you come through the line! https://the-nest-33.square.site/product/stanley-ffa-back-to-school-bbq-pre-order-donation/112?cs=true&cst=custom

Bus #17 change for afternoon drop off, starting today and moving forward for the rest of the year. There will be 2 trips through the Rian Addition to drop off students in the afternoon. For the families contacted this afternoon ONLY- their children will be dropped off between 3:35 and 3:40. The second trip through the Rian Addition will be at about 3:55 for the remainder of the riders to be dropped off. Be aware the bus will go through there twice in the afternoons.

Reminder: The 1st FFA Meeting of the year is tomorrow! All FFA interested members in grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend!

Thanks to a donation, Mrs. Stafslien's 3rd graders were able to use Playdoh in Math class to make arrays! (representations of multiplication facts) We have such a great community who donate items to make learning fun and engaging for our students! 💙

This week 5th graders experimented and found out that vinegar and salt can turn a dull penny shiny and new again! We spent this week investigating the "why" and "how" behind our experiment. This picture is from the very second these scientists took their penny out of the vinegar and salt solution to find that it worked!

STEM students have been on a mission to design a delayed-release pill! First, learning about the problem that certain medications need their active ingredient released at a controlled time...how do we do this?! Your engineers first went about testing the various plastic materials (polymers) that were given. Choosing what they thought was best, based on solubility tests, they began designing their prototype! I loved watching them work, fail, and keep trying to make their pill better! 💊 They had criteria: 3 colors all released at different times. Yellow at 30s, Red at 90s, and Blue at 240s. All color tablets in the same "pill package", and pill totally dissolved in less than 5 minutes. We held a competition between the groups on Thursday! STEM is all about the Engineering Design Process and your Blue Jays did awesome!

Bus Change for Bus #17 riders- effective Monday, August 28th, 2023. Bus #17 will be coming through the Rian Addition at a later time each day. Plan for students to be at the bus stops by 7:55 am. This change is for the bus stop time only. Bus stop points will remain the same.

🚨 🚨 📸 School Pictures will be taken next week! Elementary School Picture Day will be on Tuesday, August 29 and High School Picture Day will be on Wednesday, August 30. 📸 🚨 🚨 Ordering online is most efficient. Please use the following link: https://gemarphotography.hhimagehost.com/V2/Home/LoginConsumer?EK=240838 If you prefer to order by paper, forms were sent home with elementary students earlier this week and are available for high school students to pick up in the office. Extra order forms can be found at the high school or elementary school office.

We are 1 week away from the Annual Back to School BBQ! Reminder that you can order to go meals and pick them up that day as well here: https://the-nest-33.square.site/

Our school counseling team is ready to jump into this new school year with all of our students and families! We are excited to share with you that we will be using a program called Character Strong that includes lessons and activities that will help students tackle challenges and be successful inside and outside of school. Each month, we will focus on a character trait in the Character Strong program. We will kick off with September's character trait: Respect! We hope you have a great start! Mrs. Sorenson (high school counselor) Mrs. Hayden (5th-8th school counselor) Mrs. Cuypers (K-4th school counselor)

Tomorrow's football game(8-25-2023) @ Bowman may not be televised on the NFHS network due to hardware issues with Bowman's internet system. They will notify us if they're able to resolve this issue before the game but wanted to make our community aware in the event that they're unable to resolve the issues. Any further updates will be posted. Thanks!

Hello! Here are the dates for the 2023-2024 Kindergarten - 5th Grade Concert Schedule! A copy of this flyer will be coming home with your student this week. It's so great to be in the classroom singing again - see YOU at the concert!

Reminder that tomorrow we will begin our Wednesday early dismissal. Tomorrow and all Wednesdays for the rest of the school year will have an early dismissal. The Elementary School will dismiss at 2:40, and the High School will dismiss at 2:50.

Reminder of the Senior Parent Meeting & Work Experience Parent/Employer Meeting today!

Homecoming is on September 8th and is approaching FAST! Show off your school spirit by purchasing a homecoming shirt custom made by Deanda Lamping +Advanced Clothing Design Students! All proceeds go to student projects throughout the year. All t-shirt orders need to be submitted by THIS FRIDAY!! August 25th! https://the-nest-33.square.site/product/homecoming-shirt-2023-2034/151?cs=true&cst=custom Happy Shopping!

Today Mr. Hellman’s Social Studies class started learning about energy. We learned that there are two types: potential and kinetic. We used the example of a defensive football player (Mr. H) and a quarterback (student). Before the ball is hiked they are both at rest but ready to go or use energy (potential). Once the ball is hiked both players are moving and expending energy (kinetic). Mr. H finished with a game winning tackle!

The 5th graders had their first STEM challenge in science today! Using spaghetti noodles, string, tape, and a marshmallow, they worked in teams to build the tallest structure. The only twist: the marshmallow had to be on top! It was awesome to see their creative designs and hear them collaborating with other students.