Stanley Community Schools

Parents of junior high and high school students: As teachers work through their classes today, they will mark a student absent if they have not completed any work for the week for their class. A message will go out at 3:00pm if you child has been marked absent. You can log into PowerSchool to see which of your children has been marked absent and for which class. Missing assignments will be listed in their PowerSchool. If you do not have access to PowerSchool, please email alice.dusek@k12.nd.us for assistance.

A very happy Assistant Principals Week to Mr. Stafslien! We appreciate all the hard work you do and support you give us all. With much appreciation, Ms. Klabunde and Mrs. Pulver Students, we’d like to urge you to send Mr. Stafslien a message to let him know how much you appreciate him! His email address is brooks.stafslien@k12.nd.us.

Parents of Junior High and High School Students: There has been talk among students that the off-site learning assignments 'don't count' so students do not need to complete them. These assignments DO count towards your child's class grade and potentially towards earning a credit towards graduation. Please share this information with your child so they understand the importance of completing their work. Additionally, there was an April Fool's joke that circulated via social media that students will need to repeat their current grade. This is not true. We are educating students through the off-site learning plan so they can continue their work and advance to the next grade. Again, the completion of work will be critical in earning credit towards gradation. Lastly, if your child needs a laptop, the school is able to lend one to you. Please email your child's building principal to make arrangements.

Parents of Seniors: We know many of you are looking for answers about graduation. We have no further direction from the governor about when we will be back together under one roof. As we look to the future, we will hold a celebration for our graduates on Sunday, May 24 at 2pm. We don't know what that will look like now; it will depend on any social distancing restrictions we will have at that time. It is likely it will not be your typical graduation ceremony, but we will do what we can to honor our graduates in one way or another.

Parents can again use PowerSchool to track student grades. If you do not know your login/password for PowerSchool please e-mail Alice.Dusek@k12.nd.us for high school parents and Jasmynn.Halvorson@k12.nd.us for elementary school parents. Attendance will be taken weekly and will be based on completion of assignments throughout the week. Students will be counted absent if they have not completed any work. There will be no school/assignments Friday, April 10 through Monday, April 13 for our scheduled Easter break. We will resume off-site learning on Tuesday, April 14. Reminder that school lunches are available during this time of school closure. Lunches can be picked up from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM from Monday through Friday at the front door of the elementary school while school is closed. Meals are available for all children ages 1-18 and are available at no cost. Because of our Easter break meals will not be able to be picked up on Friday, April 10 and Monday, April 14. However, this week meals for Friday and Monday can also be picked up on Thursday.

Mindful Monday with Mrs. Cuypers! https://youtu.be/eWo3Msuw3Wk

Attention families receiving SACK bags: Due to the Easter weekend, pick-up will be on Thursday, April 9th from 11-1 at elementary school.

What are you doing to stay mentally healthy during our time of social distancing? Take the Principal's Challenge and post your photo below for a chance to win a gift card for Badland's Brew. Thank you to our seniors who are leading us in this challenge! We miss you all. Take care and stay healthy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33r_i9pIHcI&feature=youtu.be

Don't forget to checkout the Stanley Public Schools Online Book Fair. The school gets 50% of the sales in free books! https://www.facebook.com/groups/144723400297879/

Blue Jay Strong - Special thanks to Mary Kilen and the Mountrail County Promoter for providing these wonderful pics. -thanks to Coach Bartz for managing the lights

Hello Parents, An error message went out about attendance and missing assignments. We are still learning. We apologize for any confusion or stress. Thank you for your patience and grace.

The 3rd graders drew BLUEJAYS today from home! They did such a great job! 💙

Stanley Public School will be uniting with other schools across the state tonight by turning on our football lights from 7pm until 9:30pm. The lights are to honor our students, staff, and community members, in this time of distance learning, while school buildings are closed due to the COVID-19 virus. The movement was started by Minnesota's High School Activities Association as a symbol of hope and assurance that students are in the hearts and minds of educators across the country. As you see the lights, the message is to assure everyone that we are still here for our students and our community. We are all in this together. The Stanley Blue Jays call on each and every one of us to unite in this time of need and pledge to come out stronger than ever. Thank you to Minnesota High School Activities Association for starting this movement and thank you to fellow North Dakota Schools for participating in this pledge of hope and unity.

Hello Parents, Your feedback is helpful in our offsite learning process. Please take a moment to fill out this survey. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Kni_2_HO8UqGyB-SAQYdtkYumP-R7G9Bubt1s9Aue7VUQUZJSTlTVFM1U1RPNk0zQVJHSFE5TkhZQS4u

Parents of junior high and high school students, if you received a call that your child was absent, it is because they have not submitted work to their teachers. During off-site learning, attendance is taken by work submitted. Please email your child's teachers if you have specific questions about their work. A reminder to parents of high school students, your child needs to submit their work in order to continue to earn credit towards their high school graduation. If you are experiencing obstacles with technology or off-site learning in any way, please contact Mrs. Pulver at alecia.pulver@k12.nd.us or 701.628.2342.

Students, please watch this message from Mrs. Pulver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUmJ5ySpY9o Parents, we know that social distancing has brought along plenty of closures, postponements, and disappointments for your children. This link provides helpful information in supporting your teens during this time. http://www.parentslead.org/sites/test.parentslead.org/files/Dealing%20with%20Disapointment-teens.pdf

Senior meeting with Mrs. Sorenson tomorrow, Friday, April 3rd at 1:00 in our senior team. Parents of seniors: please remind your senior...we are meeting about putting together a series of videos that highlight our seniors! We want all of the 2020 class to be involved!!

Congratulations Rhett, it has been a pleasure to watch you participate in athletics over and to be part of your education over the years, well deserved. (See BSC press release below) Coach Jim Jeske is pleased to announce the signing of Rhett Hanson, a 6' 6" forward from Stanley, ND, to a national letter of intent to play basketball for the Mystics. Rhett was a 2nd Team All-State, two-time All-District, and two-time All-Region selection. He was named District 16 and Region 8 Senior Athlete of the Year. During his senior season, Rhett averaged 19.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 1.7 assists per game.- this write up is from BSC's website: posted April 1

Students & Parents: Here's a link to a Student View of Microsoft Teams. So if you are having questions about how Teams work, this is a video training for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VyR-fhA_Ls

Hi Everyone, Please take a look at this link to great information and training for ND K12 Educators, Students, and Parents. https://preview.mailerlite.com/d1d8m0/1389195230581888539/b6s3/