Stanley Community Schools

Stanley!! Your Blue Jay football team has made it to the playoffs! Our first round game will be played against Dickinson Trinity! Where: Biesiot Activities Center (BAC) on the Dickinson State University Campus When: Saturday, October 21st!! What Time: 1:00pm MOUNTAIN Time(2:00pm Central time) What to know: -All fans are to park in the WEST parking lot off of States Avenue and enter the stadium through the west side of the stadium through the main concourse gates. -Gates will open at 11:30 MT to enter the stadium. -Ticket prices are set by the NDHSAA and will be $10 for adults and $5 for kids. No passes will be accepted. Let's show Dickinson how our community supports our kids! See you all there!!

We had a great night on Thursday, Oct. 12 at Title Family Fall Fun Night!! Thank you everyone that attended and helped!!!

Sixth graders ended the quarter with a Read and Feed! 📚 We lounged in the hallway with good books and yummy snacks to celebrate meeting our AR goals.

The 3rd graders completed their Character Pumpkins this week! 🎃 They each chose a book character to recreate. We ended the project by having a pumpkin parade and looking at all of the amazing pumpkins! Thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped with this project! 💙

Attention all elementary and high school students! Next week on Tuesday, October 24, we will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week! Our theme is "Be Kind to Your Mind! Just say NO!" We will have dress up days, prizes, coloring contests, a talent show at the high school and more! Start out by wearing RED on Tuesday!

There will be an informational meeting for students interested in joining winter cheer on Monday, October 23 at 3:15 in the commons. Students that cannot attend should make arrangements to visit with the coaches.

The 2nd and 5th Grade Fall Concert is ONE WEEK AWAY!! Woohoo!! 2nd Grade: 2pm 5th Grade: 6:30pm Both held at the elementary school gym! We can't wait to see YOU at the concert! :)

Tonight's home Varsity Volleyball game vs the Trenton Tigers set to start at 7:00pm will be broadcast by GameDay Media! If you're unable to make it to the game you can view it for free by following this link! We'd like to thank GameDay Media once again for coming to our event's and doing a broadcast of our BlueJay's!! https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Flive%2Flz5-syoSh1Y%3Fsi%3DzjlTGPUglnDbAoIj&data=05%7C01%7Cmaxwell.murphy%40k12.nd.us%7Cf23951b095ed45cd812908dbce7eb159%7Cdbbf782acef14af186c81f9201061db6%7C0%7C0%7C638330815754944853%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=83GHtzdd5UlG1hjcZEuc2wt4BXFJlydzQvdRaNBqkk4%3D&reserved=0

Reminder 📸picture retakes📸 are Monday, October 16th. If you were not happy with the first goes pictures send the packet/proof back with your student. If you were absent or a new student you will have your pictures taken. We'll get a code sent out for those who need to order.

No School on Thursday, October 19th or Friday, October 20th due to Fall Break and Teacher's Conventions.

SHS Student Council is hosting a Vitalant Blood Drive on Wednesday, November 15. Schedule an appointment here: https://bit.ly/StucoBloodDrive

It's that time of year again, Wreath/Raffle ticket sales have started! Get yours today by finding an FFA Member to order in person or by purchasing online. If you order your wreath online, it will be delivered to your door by FedEx which means that wreaths can be shipped all over the US, if wreaths are purchased in person, the wreath will be delivered by an FFA Member the week of Thanksgiving. There is a price difference between wreaths bought in person and online as the shipping costs differ. Order Wreaths Online, use fundraising code: STANLEND001 at https://giftitforward.com/ Order Raffle Tickets online: https://stanley-ffa.square.site/

The sixth grade were working hard making models demonstrating the different states of matter.

A group of our students had the opportunity to meet Mary Machart today as she shared her love of rock painting with them. We are so thankful for her sharing her talent with us and the kids had tons of fun!

Title Family Night Fall Fun!! Thursday, October 12 5-6pm Elementary Lunch Room

Tonight's home Volleyball game against Westhope/Newburg will be broadcast once again by GAMEDAY Media! The Varsity game begins at 7:00pm! We will start the evening with 2 junior high games at the high school at 4:00pm and 5:00pm, followed by JV at 6:00pm, then Varsity to finish up the night. GAMEDAY Media has been awesome to the Stanley community this fall, so we want to say THANK YOU to the father/son duo of Randy and David Pederson and our local sponsors for all their hard work and resources put into broadcasting our Stanley games! The game can be viewed for free at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZAoO11dtR4

Congratulations to the following students who made it into the 2023 Northwest International Festival of Music. Each student completed a recorded audition consisting of scales and solos. They will work with other students and guest conductors from around the state in November on Minot State University's campus. Band: Serafina Beehler Avery Ellis Sidney Enerson Braxton Istilart Emma Kannianen Rachael Kannianen Alexis Laparra Choir: Hailyn Jenkins Katelyn Lindley Richard Moreno

Our students are working on Responsibility this month and practicing their listening skills, following directions, flexible thinking, and organization! Check out our PurposeFull People newsletter for more on our monthly character trait!

Stanley FFA Wreath & Raffle Ticket Sales are back! Find an FFA member to purchase today or make your purchase for wreaths online to have them delivered to your house anywhere in the US here: https://giftitforward.com/ using Fundraising Code: STANLEND001 or raffle tickets can be purchased here: https://stanley-ffa.square.site/ in person sales end on Tuesday, October 24th and Online Wreath Sales go through December 7th.

Reminder: FFA Meeting Tomorrow!