Students at the elementary school celebrated International Dot Day with Mrs. Stafslien in the library this week! 📚
We read the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds which is about a little girl who feels like she can't draw. Her teacher tells her to make a mark and see where it leads. She becomes inspired by her dot to keep creating and to never give up!
Each student K-6 created their own dot, discussed perseverance, and jumped around to some dot dances as well! We have them hanging as a gallery to remind us that we are all unique and to keep going even when we think we can't!
🏐 Volleyball + Burrito Bowls = Dinner Plans! 🌯
Come cheer on the Blue Jays tonight and grab dinner while you’re here!
Our Food Service & Culinary Arts students have been busy prepping tonight’s concessions—including these fresh burrito bowls! 👩🍳👨🍳
Come hungry, support our students, and cheer on the Jays! ❤️💙
Game Day Media will be covering tonight's game! click on the link for the live stream.
(9-17-26)🏐LIVE ND High School Division A Volleyball:🔷Bottineau Stars at Stanley Blue Jays🔷🏐
See you at the game! 🏐
Mr. Hellman's 4th grade social studies classes took a quick trip to Stanley City Hall. The classes have been learning about the different levels of government and wanted to see where the local level meets. Now we're waiting for our invite to the capitol in Washington D.C.
🍴 Something New Is Cooking at Concessions This Year! 👩🍳👨🍳
You may notice some changes to our concession menus this year—and there’s a pretty exciting reason why!
This year, our Food Service & Culinary Arts class—the culminating foods course available to our students—is taking a much bigger role in concessions. Students will be planning menus, preparing food, and putting the skills they’re learning in class into practice by helping create the food served at our school events.
As part of preparing for this experience, the entire class has worked through ServSafe food-safety protocols, learning about safe food handling, sanitation, preparation, and the responsibilities that come with serving food to others.
And we love the full-circle aspect of this experience. ❤️
Most of the students in this class are juniors, which means they aren’t just gaining real-world food service experience—they’re also contributing to a fundraiser that directly supports their class. Proceeds from concessions help the Junior Class fund prom and, eventually, their graduation activities.
So when you purchase dinner, a snack, or one of the students’ newest creations at concessions, you’re supporting much more than a concession stand.
You’re supporting hands-on education, real-world career skills, and our students.
Our students are excited to share what they’ve been creating and learning with our community, and we’re excited for you to see—and taste—what they come up with!
Thank you for supporting them this year. We’ll see you at concessions! 🍔🌮🍝🥪
You may notice some changes to our concession menus this year—and there’s a pretty exciting reason why!
This year, our Food Service & Culinary Arts class—the culminating foods course available to our students—is taking a much bigger role in concessions. Students will be planning menus, preparing food, and putting the skills they’re learning in class into practice by helping create the food served at our school events.
As part of preparing for this experience, the entire class has worked through ServSafe food-safety protocols, learning about safe food handling, sanitation, preparation, and the responsibilities that come with serving food to others.
And we love the full-circle aspect of this experience. ❤️
Most of the students in this class are juniors, which means they aren’t just gaining real-world food service experience—they’re also contributing to a fundraiser that directly supports their class. Proceeds from concessions help the Junior Class fund prom and, eventually, their graduation activities.
So when you purchase dinner, a snack, or one of the students’ newest creations at concessions, you’re supporting much more than a concession stand.
You’re supporting hands-on education, real-world career skills, and our students.
Our students are excited to share what they’ve been creating and learning with our community, and we’re excited for you to see—and taste—what they come up with!
Thank you for supporting them this year. We’ll see you at concessions! 🍔🌮🍝🥪
Class of 2027 + Mrs. Sorenson take on the Minot State University College and Career Futurepalooza! We had a great day of meeting employers from different career clusters along with college admission representatives from ND, SD and MN!
Who Loves Oreos? Our Scientists Do!
Today, Mrs. Verano’s class explored the cell cycle, focusing on mitosis! To make learning fun and engaging, students used Oreos and sprinkles to model the stages of mitosis, from interphase to telophase. They had so much fun while learning how cells grow, divide, and create new cells!
High School Homecoming Dress up Days!!!
Congratulations to our 2026 Homecoming Court!
Today I had the privilege of observing Mr. Hellman’s 4th grade class as they took a virtual field trip to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. 🇺🇸 It was amazing to see our students engaged, curious, respectful, and eager to learn about such an important part of our history. Their thoughtful questions and reflections made me incredibly proud to be their assistant principal. ❤️💙
Our Varsity Volleyball team played in the Glenburn VB Tournament On Saturday and left with some hardware... 1ST PLACE IN THE GOLD BRACKET 🥇
Great job ladies!!!
Great job ladies!!!
Our JH Volleyball Blue team took 1st place in the silver bracket at the Our Redeemers 8th grade tournament today. Great job girls!!
Mrs. Verano’s class had fun with some STEM activities! From cup stacking to the egg drop challenge and balloon-powered cars, students had the chance to think creatively, solve problems, and work together. These activities helped them discover their strengths as students, teammates, and problem-solvers.
Mrs. Verano's, 7th graders have been learning about cells and their organelles! Students made microscope slides using onion cells and cheek cells to observe plant and animal cells.
To make learning more hands-on, they also created 2D cell models using homemade flour-and-salt dough! They were very creative and did a great job explaining the functions of each organelle.
Science Rocks!
🎉 What a great way to start the day! Our high school cheerleaders and football players greeted elementary students as they arrived at school this morning! 🏈📣
Let’s keep the school spirit going—come support our football team tonight at 7:00 PM at Tioga! 💙🏈
Let’s keep the school spirit going—come support our football team tonight at 7:00 PM at Tioga! 💙🏈
Today, students at the elementary practiced a bus evacuation drill. Students reviewed important safety procedures and practiced exiting the bus quickly and calmly.
A New Look at Grading This Year K-5
Our elementary school K-5 grading will look a little different this year because we have transitioned to standards-based grading. This approach gives us a clearer picture of what each student has learned by showing the specific skills they have mastered and the skills where they may need additional practice. Our goal is to provide more meaningful information about student learning and help each child continue to grow.
Our elementary school K-5 grading will look a little different this year because we have transitioned to standards-based grading. This approach gives us a clearer picture of what each student has learned by showing the specific skills they have mastered and the skills where they may need additional practice. Our goal is to provide more meaningful information about student learning and help each child continue to grow.
CALENDAR ITEMS: BlueJay Families, please mark these dates on your calendars- Oct. 12th and 15th is Parent Teacher Conferences at both the Elementary School and High School from 4:00-7:00 pm. NO SCHOOL on Oct. 16th. That will be a staff training day.
Today Mrs. Sem joined 4th grade to talk about the Ronald McDonald House and her daughter Everlee. She shared her daughter’s story and how raising pop tops has helped her stay at the Ronald McDonald House for free while going to doctor appointments. She then challenged 4th grade to collect pop tops to donate again this year. If you would like to help out in this challenge simply drop pop tops off at the Elementary School for Mr. Hellman to collect!
Parents and Guardians- If you would like to adjust your notification settings in Infinite Campus, please follow these steps: On the mobile app, click on the "person" icon in the top right corner, then click on "settings", then"notification settings", and adjust to your own preference. You can adjust at what grade percentage you would like to receive a notification, lunch balance, missing assignments, etc.
📢 Class Dues Reminder – $5 📢
Attention parents of students in grades 7-12: It's time to collect class dues for the year.
Your $5 contribution helps cover class incidentals throughout the year (like a get-well gift for a classmate who's sick) and also serves as an important early fundraiser for bigger expenses down the road such as prom expenses and graduation costs like caps, gowns, stoles, and flowers.
With class sizes growing each year, these costs add up and the more we raise now, the less your student's class will need to fundraise during junior year.
💵 Please send $5 with your student and have them drop it off in the office. Thank you for helping set your class up for success! 🎓 If there is a financial burden, please reach out and we can help.
Attention parents of students in grades 7-12: It's time to collect class dues for the year.
Your $5 contribution helps cover class incidentals throughout the year (like a get-well gift for a classmate who's sick) and also serves as an important early fundraiser for bigger expenses down the road such as prom expenses and graduation costs like caps, gowns, stoles, and flowers.
With class sizes growing each year, these costs add up and the more we raise now, the less your student's class will need to fundraise during junior year.
💵 Please send $5 with your student and have them drop it off in the office. Thank you for helping set your class up for success! 🎓 If there is a financial burden, please reach out and we can help.