*Wear your orange to honor the survivors and remember those who never came home from boarding schools.
Donate here: https://shop.scholastic.com/stf/fund?orgUCN=600082599
There will be no 21st Century After School Program today, September 25th, due to a shortage of bus drivers. Please call the school for any changes in bus drop of locations.
***Rooms messaging now includes SMS for parents/guardians. To ensure you are set to receive these sms messages, text "Start" 27806. A text should pop up after texting "Start" that reads, "Thanks for joining classroom notifications."
Didn't get this in a text message to your phone?!
If you are not receiving the authentication code, text "Start" to 20819
The votes are counted and here are the results for our 2025-2026 Bookmark Making Contest.
1st place: Abigail Demarco (6th grade)
2nd place: Jessie Skunsa (11th grade); Kenadie Longie (5th grade)
3rd place: Rylee Demarco (4th grade); Gracey Dye (6th grade); Mr. Ross
4th place: Jaxston Santos (4th grade); Patrick King (2nd grade); ReeAnna Yankton (4th grade); Lorraine Charboneau (5th grade)
Our winner Abby will receive a free book and a pop of her choice. Copies of her bookmark will be made and distributed around the school this year! Congrats to all who participated. The MPS staff was blown away by our students’ creativity and effort!
Reminders:
TODAY, Sept 24, there is an early out, all students will be dismissed and load the busses to go home at 1:00pm. Please have all bus changes in BY 12:00PM.
TOMORROW, Sept 25: Picture Day! All picture forms have been sent home, if you need another please call the school.
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month. Ms. Randii, Mr. Michael, and Mrs. Wede will be providing Suicide Prevention information to grades 7-12 this week. Juniors, 7th Graders and Freshman will have the discussions/presentations on Monday, September 22nd. Seniors, Sophomores and 8th graders will have the discussions/presentations on Thursday, September 25th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school.
Akicita
Bison
Brave Bears
Buckettears
Burning Lakers
Champions
Cougars
Coyotes
Dakota
Dragons
Dream Chasers
Eagles
Fighting Sioux
Firebirds
Hawks
Iron Bears
Jockeys
Lakers
Magic
Mallards
Mammoths
Mangos
Mastiska (Jackrabbits)
Mastodons
Mato (Bear in Dakota)
Mavericks
Meadowlarks
Medallions
Miniwashitu - the lake beast
Minnows
Minotaurs
Mni Hotans
Mni Wakan Storm
Moccasins
Monsters (lake serpent)
Moose
Mountain lions
Muskets
Muskies
Muskrats
Mustangs
Mystics
Northerns
Phantoms
Pike
Prairie Dogs
Roughriders
Spirits
Stampede
Storm
Tatanka Oyate - Buffalo People/Community
Thrashers
Three Winds
Thunder
Thunder Bears
Thunderbirds
Unktehi (Lakota mythological creature)
Walleye
Wambdi (Eagle in Dakota)
Wankinyans
War Hoopers
Waves
Wild Cougars
Wolves
Save the date!
The Scholastic Book Fair will be back at our school this fall, October 3rd-10th.
Create an eWallet for your child to save the hassle of sending cash! The eWallet is your child's own personal spending account for the Fair that you can add money to. This will eliminate the worry of their money being lost or stolen. All leftover funds on their account can be spent on the Scholastic website. Family and friends can also add funds to your child's eWallet if you share the link with them. If you have created an eWallet for your child in the past, just be sure to use the same login as before when you create the new one.
Here's how to set up an eWallet account:
📚Go to our Fair homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/minnewaukanschool
📚Scroll down to the red box titled Book Fair eWallet is the easy way to pay' and click 'Get Started'
📚Click 'Create an eWallet'
📚Fill in all your child's information
✨Share the link with friends and family if you'd like others to help fund their eWallet!
This week we met with students in grades 7–11 who currently participate in volleyball, girls’ basketball, and boys’ basketball to discuss options for the future, as our coop with Four Winds will be ending. Our coop with Devils Lake will remain unchanged for those activities.
We explored new coop possibilities in VB, GBB, and BBB and reached out to Devils Lake, New Rockford-Sheyenne, Maddock, and Warwick. Of these schools, only Warwick expressed interest in forming a coop. We also discussed the option of forming our own teams. Both approaches have advantages and challenges, which were reviewed with students and are summarized in this post.
Next week, we will survey the students involved. They will choose one of three responses:
Coop with Warwick
Form our own teams
No preference
We have encouraged students to talk through these options with their families. If you have questions, please contact Mr. Dennis. MPS remains committed to providing the best opportunities for our students, and we appreciate your support as we move through this transition.
