A big congratulations to our Stanley Speech team! They did amazing today at Regionals. All of our Speechies have done a wonderful job this year. Congratulations! State Speech here we come!
It's Spring! Let's Sing!
Come out and enjoy our K-5 students and see what they have been learning in music this semester.
Blue Jay Community! Volunteers are needed! We will be hosting out first track and field meets since the 90's on April 18 @ 1:00 , April 25 @ 12:00, and May 4 (JH, JV, and Varsity NWC) @ 10:00. We are looking for people to help with Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, and Javelin. We will have coaches there to teach you how to work these events, so no experience is needed. Please email Sarah Sorenson at Sarah.Sorenson@k12.nd.us to sign up!
Parents of students in grades 7-12, semester finals will be held May 17th and 18th. All students in grades 7 and 8 will take finals. Students in grades 9-12 may be exempt if they meet the standards below. Some teachers require all students to take the final test for their class. Please make the appropriate plans for your child's attendance that last week of school. Finals are important to their semester grades.
Semester Exemption Policy Grades 9-12:
If a student has an A for the semester, they are exempt if they have 4 or less unexcused absences
If a student has a B for the semester, they are exempt if they have 3 or less unexcused absences
If a student has a C for the semester, they are exempt if they have 2 or less unexcused absences
Students are earning a D or F must take their semester finals.
Come join the Stanley Band tonight for their Spring Concert at 7pm in the High School Gym!
Students will be showcasing their hard work from the year and from the Region Music Contest that took place on Tuesday, April 11.
Due to the generous outpouring of support for our family dealing with recovering from their house fire, their clothing needs are met at this time. Shoes, books, household items, and toys will still be accepted. Thank you for the kindness and generosity shown so far. Our coin drive and hat day fund raisers will continue until Friday the 21st.
Bus #27 (Justin LaBar) will run its normal afternoon route today, April 12th.
Due to an emergency, Bus #27 (Justin LaBar) will not be running the route this morning. We will keep you posted on the afternoon route.
Over the weekend, one of our families lost their home due to a fire. We will be sponsoring a loose change fundraiser, and collecting items of need for the family. Any donations will be accepted until Friday, April 21st. The following items have been requested:
Items of need for the family. (4 girls)
Similac (blue kind)
Diapers size 3
6-9 month girls clothing
Size 6 girls clothing and 12 shoes
Size 7/8 girls clothing and 13/1 shoes
Size 10/12 girls clothing with size 3/4 shoes
Basic household items
Mom- size 22 pant and 2x shirts
Schedule Update:
Baseball game against Kenmare has been moved to Berthold and will start at 1pm today.
Reading Month has started at the Elementary School and the theme is "Catch a Dragon by the Tale!" 🐉
Our dragon made an appearance to catch kids reading! If they were, they got a prize! Keep reading everyone because the dragon will return!
Stanley FBLA competed at the State Leadership Conference yesterday in Bismarck, ND. Our awards ceremony scheduled for today was canceled due to weather. While we patiently wait for our results, we can share our chapter awards. Stanley received Gold Level Chapter status this year and placed fifth in the state for our fundraising money donated to the March of Dimes.
Thank you to everyone that attended the FFA Banquet on Thursday. We greatly appreciate your support for our program! We would also like to thank Haley Potter, our banquet speaker for her great words and congratulate our Outstanding Member Award Winners. Outstanding Freshman - Drew Pennington, Outstanding Sophomore - Ella Mortenson, Outstanding Juniors - Bethany Enander & Lane Vachal and Outsanding Senior - Kyra Fox
FFA Meeting tomorrow in the Ag Room during advisory, all grades 7-12 are welcome!
The 2023 Alexander Speech Meet was a success! Congratulations to all the participants and a special shout-out to River Nardacci and Payton Lystad for their first finals placement(s) as first year Speechies! Way to go!
Reading Month kicked off at Stanley Elementary today. This year's theme is "Catch a Dragon by the Tale".
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Congratulations to Avery Ellis and Braxton Istilart who auditioned and were selected for the Concordia College Honor Band.
They will work with guest conductors, performers, and students from North Dakota and Minnesota on April 14-16. The honor band festival will end with a concert on April 16.
Reminder: FFA Banquet is tomorrow at the South Complex, all are welcome to attend!
Braxton Istilart spent the past weekend representing Stanley High School at the ND All-State Music Festival in Bismarck. He completed a live audition in January before being selected to the group.
Braxton worked with the top musicians from around the state under the direction of Dr. T. André Feagin, Director of Bands at Central Washington University. World renowned composer, John Mackey, was also in residence for the Festival to work with the students on his programmed piece Some Treasures are Heavy with Human Tears.
