Superintendent’s Perspective By: Art Conklin

Board Meeting

The February meeting of the Oakes School Board will be held on Thursday, February 7th at 8:15 a.m. in the 2nd floor conference room of Oakes High School.

School Not in Session The Oakes Public Schools will not be in session February 15th and February 18th.

Junior High Students Become Engineers

By: Brandon Bata For a little over a week, all junior high students got the chance to become engineers. Working in groups, students had the task of designing and building a bridge using only a single, one ounce bottle of glue and 15 pieces of balsa wood, each two feet long. Students learned about various bridge designs and how triangles are used in construction of bridges (trusses). Groups were required to draw up blueprints of the bridge design, which would act as a template for them to build their bridges. After students finished cutting and gluing their bridge, they were able to test the strength of their bridge by loading it with various weights until the bridge failed under the load. The final step for these young engineers was to calculate the efficiency of their bridge by dividing the weight their bridge held by how much their bridge weighed. This value represents how many times

stronger the material was made due to the bridge’s design. The winning group consisted of Trey Juran, Andy Castro, Nathan Camacho, and Marah Pickell with a bridge efficiency calculation of over 800 (800 times stronger than the material alone)! Students enjoyed the hands on project, while seeing math used in a real life situation.

Elementary Happenings By: Gary Fitzgerald

Help Us Fight the Flu! We are again seeing some students with flu like symptoms. We ask that you follow the recommendations below: • Keep children home when their temperature is over 100 degrees. Take your child’s temperature when they first wake up and again about ½ hour later. If it has risen by ½ degree or more, a fever may be on the way and your child needs to stay home for at least 24 hours. • Keep your child home if they have thrown up or have had diarrhea within the past 24 hours. • Your child needs to stay home for the first 24 hours if they are on antibiotics. If your child needs to take their antibiotic while in school, please have the pharmacist give you an extra bottle with the directions on it so that bottle can stay at school for the duration they are on that medication. • Beware of yellow or green nasal discharge. If it is coupled with sneezing, coughing or both, your child needs to stay home. Prevention: • Regularly wash your hands. Have your child sing the ABC’s as they lather the soap. This will allow time for the soap to kill the bacteria.

“Educating Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World” Newsletter Vol. 23 Issue 5

Phone: 701-742-3234 www.oakes.k12.nd.us

February 2013

• Cough and sneeze in your sleeve and not in your hands. • Get plenty of rest. Keep your child home if they are not feeling well. We will catch them up on school work soon enough. Thank you in advance for your cooperation on this matter. With your help, we can keep our students healthy and stop the spread of contagious illnesses. The elementary staff would like to thank the parents for the excellent turnout at Parent-Teacher Conferences. The month of February is Reading Month and to celebrate the month, the elementary staff and students will be participating in a Book Character Day. Each student will be asked to dress up like their favorite book character. More information will be coming out later. The 9th Annual AR Parents’ Night will be held on Tuesday, February 12, in the Library from 3:30 to 6:30. This is an opportunity for parents in grades 1-8 to read a book with their child or by themselves and then come and take an AR test. Have your child pick a book or you pick a book in your child’s ZPD and start to prepare. Hope to see many of you there. More information will be coming out later. To end reading Month on March 1st, we will be participating in the Accelerated Reading program “Read the Most”. Students from across the nation will be reading and taking AR quizzes in an attempt to read more books then the previous year in one day. Last year there were 3, 581, 992 books read. Mid-year Star testing has been completed and the staff will be interpreting the data to determine strengths and weaknesses of the students. The annual geography bee was held. The participants were Jaidy Gebhardt & Garret Meehl (4th grade), Carter Deering & Hunter Greenmyer (5th grade), Andrew Dethlefson & Samantha Roerich (6th grade), Sever Skjefte & Aiden Ulmer (7th grade), Bella Hansen & Mary Doggett (8th grade). Mary Doggett was the champion. The classroom spelling bees will be completed by the end of January and the school wide spelling bee will be held in the gym on February 13. Kindergarten Registration for the 2013-14 school year will be held February 25- March 1. When the temperature is unsafe for the children to be outside, we will have them stay in. A sign on the doors going to the playground will let them know. If they have to stay in, the students in the short recesses will be in their classrooms doing some type of activity. During the noon break the students will generally be able to go to a gym to use up some of their energy.

Elementary Counselor’s Corner

By: Nikki Anderson The school year is flying by again this year. In the elementary, we have done some activities and

discussions that are helping the kids learn about different kinds of jobs and careers. It’s fun for them to do activities to help them figure out what they are good at, interested in, and might be interested in for the future when it comes to taking certain classes in high school. The 5th and 6th graders are doing some computer programs that deal with just this. 5th grade will do a program called “Drive Your Life” where they design a car and learn many new things about jobs and themselves while “driving” along. The 6th grade will be learning how much it really costs just to live day to day by participating in a program called “My Life Jr.”. It will be fun to see their results! Also, I recently had 4-6 graders complete a bullying survey. I’m still working on the results but from what I can see most kids feel it has gotten better in the last year, which is a step in the right direction. The elementary student council recently had a fundraiser by selling floats to raise money for Hurricane Sandy. They raised $350.00 to send to Red Cross for the relief fund. That is what they chose to do with the money, give it to charity. I think it’s a great idea and I’m proud they have the mindset to help others who are in more need than we are. We thank every student and teacher who gave money for this and helped us out! In the next few months, we will be sponsoring some fun activities for kids K-6 to be a part of. I look forward to sharing more next month!

Activity Calendar – February 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2

Class Spelling Bee's should be completed @ Classroom (Gr 4-8) 4:30pm JHBB @ LLM @ Marion 6pm VBBB(H) Lidg/Wynd-SG

Ag. @ Wyndmere Contest Jr. High Speech @ Enderlin Groundhog Day WR Reg.1-Duals@OHS-NG

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Starts: NDASSP Mid-Winter Conf. @ Bismarck

Ends: NDASSP Mid-Winter Conf. @ Bismarck 4:30pm JHBB (H) Ellendale-NG 6pm VGBB (H) Enderlin-SG

BBB Dist. 1 Mtg @ Milnor NDAESP Mid-Winter @ Mandan

NDAESP Mid-Winter @ Mandan JVBB @ Kulm Tourney 8am Supt Faculty Mtg 4:30pm JHBB (H) Milnor 6pm VGBB @ Lidg/Wynd

NDAESP Mid-Winter @ Mandan Starts: Ag. @ Little I in Fargo @ Fargo

ACT Not @Oakes Ag. Kindred Contests Ends: Ag. @ Little I in Fargo @ Fargo JVBB @ Kulm Toruney VBB @ NDSCS Bonanza WR Reg 1-Indiv.@Napoleon

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 6pm VBB @

Enderlin 6pm VGBB H vs N. Sargent-SG

Annual AR Parent Night Favorite Book Character Day (K-6 & Staff) Lincoln's Birthday Mardi Gras 12pm Oakes Bd Mtg @ OHS Conference Room 5pm JHBB (H) Lisbon-NG* 6pm VGBB (H) Milnor-SG**

School Spelling Bee @ HS Gym

Valentine's Day Starts: WR State Tournament-Fargo 10:30am SVSE Bd Mtg

No School Last day for Supt Apps

VBB 1st Rd. Dist. 1 Ends: WR State Tournament-Fargo

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Starts: Ag. 23rd National FFA WK.

No School President's Day Starts: 2nd Rd.VBB Dist. 1

JHBB @ Valley City Dist. 1VBB Finals Ends: 2nd Rd.VBB Dist. 1 8:30am Recycling Pickup

GBB Dist. 1 Mtg.

7pm Ag. FFA Mrg.

Washington's Birthday 6pm VGBB @ BCN

Ends: Ag. 23rd National FFA WK. 8am Ag. Oakes/SC FFA Alum. Contests

24 25 26 27 28 Kindergarten

Registration Starts: VBBB Reg.1@NDSCS

Kindergarten Registration Ends: VBBB Reg.1@NDSCS

Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration VBBB finalsReg.1@NDSCS VGBB Dist. 1 Home sites

Lunch Menu - February 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Chicken Patty on Bun, Mashed Potatoes

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BREAKFAST:

Breakfast Pizza LUNCH: Corn Dog, Baked Beans

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Super Nachos

BREAKFAST: Eggs LUNCH: Crispitos, Rice

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Lasagna, Veggies

BREAKFAST: Muffins LUNCH: Pizza, Veggies

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 BREAKFAST:

Cereal LUNCH: Italian Dunkers, Sorbot

BREAKFAST: Poptarts LUNCH: Scalloped Potatoes & Ham, Veggies

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Spaghetti, Garlic Toast

BREAKFAST: French Toast LUNCH: Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes

NO SCHOOL!!!!!

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NO

SCHOOL!!!! BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Chicken Tetrazzine, Veggies

BREAKFAST: Muffins LUNCH: Hamburger, Fries

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Turkey/ Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, DInner Roll

BREAKFAST: Eggs LUNCH: Hotdogs, Smiley Fries

24 25 26 27 28 BREAKFAST:

Cereal LUNCH: Fiesta Pizza

BREAKFAST: Bagels LUNCH: Tator Tot Hotdish, Veggie, Dinner Roll

BREAKFAST: Cereal LUNCH: Chili, Bread Stick

BREAKFAST: Pancake on a Stick LUNCH: Subs. Chips

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VOL 7 Issue 5

Southeast  Region  Career  and  Technology  Board  of  Edu-­cation  Welcomes  the  Ellendale  School  District  as  a  Member  School  District  for  the  2013-­2014  School  Year!  Dan  Rood,  Jr.,  SRCTC  Director  The   Ellendale   Public   School   will   join   the   ten   current   members   of   the  

SRCTC  Family  beginning  with   the  start  of   the  next  school  year.    Action  by  the  Ellendale  School  board  at  their  regular  January  meeting  was  embraced  and  approved  by   the  Southeast  Region  CTC  Board  at   the   regular  meeting  on  January  17th.    Subsequently,  these  actions  will  be  reviewed  by  the  North  Dakota  State  Board   for  Career  and  Technical  Education  and  will   be  acted  on  at  their  February  19th  State  Board  Meeting.    According  to  State  CTE  Di-­rector,  Wayne  Kutzer,  "This  is  great  news  for  Career  and  Technical  Educa-­tion  and  most  especially  for  the  students  from  the  Ellendale  School  District."  The  Board,  administration  and  staff  are  excited  about   the  opportunity   to  

work  with   the  Ellendale  School   and  expand   the  opportunities   for  Ellendale  students.    Classes  and  programs   that  will  be  available   include  Ag.  Educa-­tion,   Emergency   Medical   Technician,   Automotive   Technology,   Child   Care  Services,  Marketing,  Web  Design,  Video  Production,  Computer  Networking  and  Repair  Services,  and  Greenhouse-­Botany  classes.  In  addition,  students  will  be  able  to  participate  in  the  Career  and  Techni-­

cal  Student  Organizations   including  FCCLA,  DECA,  SkillsUSA  and  FFA  as  part  of  the  Center's  commitment  to  leadership  development  and  having  stu-­dents  participate  in  Career  Tech  related  competitive  events.    SRCTC  plans  to  work   toward  expanded  opportunities   for   all   our  member  districts   for   the  2013-­14  school  year  with  a  full  "roll-­out"  of  mobile  device-­on-­line  classes  as  well  as  additional  dual  credit  opportunities  in  cooperation  with  the  North  Da-­kota  State  College  of  Science.  Other  member   school   districts   include  Oakes,   Sargent   Central,   Lisbon,  

Fairmount,  Hankinson,  Lidgerwood,  Wyndmere,  Richland  #44-­Colfax,  Wah-­peton,  and  Campbell/Tintah-­Minnesota.    SRCTC  will  celebrate  its  40th  anni-­versary   this   year   and   is   the   largest   operating   Center   in   North   Dakota   in  terms   of   geographic   area   service   and   number   of   students   enrolled   in   ap-­proved  Career/Tech  programs.      The  Oakes  Campus  administrator   is  Mr.  Kraig  Steinhoff  and   the  Center  Director,   located   in  Wahpe-­ton,   is   Dan   Rood,   Jr.  

 

 

Visit  our  website  at  www.srctc.k12.nd.us  

SRCTC  is  an  Equal  Opportunity  Employer  

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Child  Care  News  Maryellen  Homan  S t u d e n t s   i n  

class  welcomed  seven-­teen   adventurous   pre-­schoolers   as   they   pre-­pared   to  go  on  a  safari  to   the   African   grass-­lands.   After   they   had  made   their   passports,  packed   their   pith   hel-­mets,   and   cameras,  they  were  ready  to  hop  in   their   homemade   sa-­fari   jeep  and   head  out   to   view   the   animals.     Stu-­dent   teachers   were   busy   telling   stories,   helping  children   create   artful   projects,   teaching   sign   lan-­guage  and  Spanish  words,  stomping  and  dancing  to  rhythmic  songs,  and  letting  children  explore  and  discover  new  foods.    Favorite  animal  themes  were  the   lion,   elephant,   rhino,   zebra,   and   giraffe.   The  children  are  also  learning  about  the  lifestyle  of  the  people  who  live  in  the  African  grasslands.  What  an  adventure   it   has   been   for   everyone!   February   is  Career  and  Technology  Education  month  and   the  week   of   February   10-­16   is   National   FCCLA   (our  student   organization)   week.     Our   students   are  planning   some   special   activities   and   events   and  will   also   be   selling   their   RIPS   (frozen   100%   fruit  juice  slushy  packets)  at  various  school  events.  Television  Production  Larry  Engel  The  TV  Production  class   just  finished  their  2nd  

Annual   Screening   night!     The   students   showed  some   of   the   projects   they   have   completed   this  year!   They   utilized   the   big   screen   in   the   OHS  South  gym!    The  students  would  like  to  thank  all  of  the   people  who   attended,   and   the  SkillsUSA   stu-­dents   would   like   to   thank   those   people   who   do-­nated  towards  their   trip  to   the  national  convention  this  summer.  The  TV  classes  are  starting  February  with  Inter-­

net  Safety  and  Dialing  911  videos.    The  videos  will  be  geared   towards  students   in  grades  K-­4.    Each  video  will  also  be  submitted   into  a  Digital  Citizen-­ship   Video   Contest   sponsored   by   Edutech.     The  winning   video   will   receive   $1000   towards   video  equipment  for  the  class  and  for  the  students,  they  will  win  a  pizza  party,  iTunes  gift  cards  and  printed  t-­shirts!      After   the   Internet   Safety   videos,   the   class   will  

jump   back   into   the   textbook.     They   have   already  

completed   the   Broadcast   Jour-­nalism   chapter   and   are   now  learning  about  "news  writing  for  broadcast"  and  how  to  do  inter-­views.     Once   those   chapters  are   completed   the   class   will  work   on   their   magazine   styled  news   show   called   "30   Min-­utes".    Each  student  will  put  to-­gether   a   "news   package"   of  something   important   to  them.    The  package  will  include  them   on   camera,   graphics,   b-­roll,   voice-­overs  and   "sound  on  tape",   or   sound   bites   gathered  

f r om   i n t e r v i e w s   t h e y   c o n d u c t e d .  Look  for  "30  Minutes"  at  the  end  of  February!  Marketing/DECA  LC  Kjelland  DECA   students   are   getting   ready   for   a   busy  

second   semester   that   will   include   their   state   and  national  conferences.  The  DECA  state  conference  will  be  held  March  10th,  11th,  and  12th  in  Bismarck.  At   the   conference,   students   will   participate   in   a  number  of  different  activities  including  participating  in   marketing   and   leadership   workshops,   listening  to   local   and   national   motivational   and   business  speakers,   and   competing   for   a   chance   to   attend  

Conference  in  late  April.    Students  can  compete  in  a  number  of  different  events  at  state  including  writ-­ten  events,  role-­play  scenarios,  and  presentations.  The   top  qualifiers   in  each  competition  event  have  the   opportunity   to   represent   North   Dakota   at   the  

CA.    Students  who  qualify  at  state  will  compete  in  the  event  they  qualified  in  at  nationals.  SRCTC  DECA  students  will  also  be  involved  in  

a  number  of  other  activities  through  the  remainder  of   the   school   year.     They   will   be   holding   a   fund-­raiser   to   raise  money   for   the  Muscular  Dystrophy  

from   across   the   country   raise   hundreds   of   thou-­sands  of  dollars  for  MDA  each  year.    Students  will  also   be   involved   with   United   Blood   Services   to  plan  and  host  a  blood  drive  at  Oakes  High  School  in   May.     DECA   students   also   held   a   successful  blood  drive  at   the  high  school   in  November  when  nearly  40  people  showed  up  to  donate  blood.  Marketing  students  will  soon  begin  units  on  ad-­

vertising  and  promotion  which  will   include  analyz-­ing   and   rating   commercials   shown   during   this  

 

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Work Days Aug 20 and May 22Prof Dev Aug 13, 14, 15, 19 and Feb 14

Open House Aug 15 4:30-8:00P/T Conf Aug, Oct, Jan, Apr

Oakes Public Schools 2013-2014 Calendar Draft Nov 14, 2012Approved as first reading at the January Board Meeting.Second reading to be approved at the Feb. 7th Board Meeting.If you have any concerns or questions, please contact Art Conklin (701-742-3234).

2013 M T W TH F 2014 M T W TH F

AUG 1 2 JAN 1 2 310 5 6 7 8 9 20 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17

19 20 21 22 23 20 21 22 23 2426 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31

SEP 2 3 4 5 6 FEB 3 4 5 6 721 9 10 11 12 13 19 10 11 12 13 14

16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 2123 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 2830

OCT 1 2 3 4 MAR 3 4 5 6 721 7 8 9 10 11 21 10 11 12 13 14

14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 2121 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 2828 29 30 31 31

NOV 1 APR 1 2 3 420 4 5 6 7 8 20 7 8 9 10 11

11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 1818 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 2525 26 27 28 29 28 29 30

2 3 4 5 6 MAY 1 2DEC 9 10 11 12 13 15 5 6 7 8 915 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16

23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 2330 31 26 27 28 29 30

Vacation counted as school days First and last day of schoolProfessional Dev - No School Vacation Days

Fall Semester 91 Days Spring Semester 91 days Aug 5-7 State CTE/PDC Conference Jan 10 Start Spring SemesterAug 13-15 & 19 Prof. Dev. Days - No School Jan 20 Martin Luther King Day*Aug 15 Open House 4:30 - 8:00 Jan ?? P/T Conf 4:30 - 8:00Aug 20 Staff Work Day Feb 14 No SchoolAug 21 Start Fall Semester Feb 17 No school - Pres. DaySep 2 Labor Day - No school Apr ?? P/T Conf 4:30 - 8:00Oct 17-18 NDEA Convention - No School Apr 18 Easter Vacation BeginsOct ?? P/T Conf 4:30 - 8:00 Apr 22 School ResumesNov 8 No School May 21 End Spring SemesterNov 11 Veterans Day - No School May 22 Staff Work DayNov 28-29 Thanksgiving Vacation - No school May 22 Makeup dayDec 18-20 Semester Tests May 23 Makeup dayDec 21 Christmas Vacation Begins May 25 GraduationJan 1 New Year's Jan 6 School ResumesJan 9 End Fall Semester

New E-readers at the Library By: Jeanine Pahl

The Library now has a group of e-readers that are available for student use. These e-readers are set up with accounts for our Library2Go program. Library2Go has over 6,000 titles to chose from. A great way to find out if an e-reader is a good fit for you is to borrow one from the library. If you are interested in borrowing an e-reader, please stop into the library for details.

Mr. Schall’s Science Class Robotics Project By: Hope Osborn

A few workers from 4-H in Ellendale came in to direct the project. They told us how to make it, and gave us the tools to do it. The tools included; short and long piece of double sided tape, battery, tooth brush head, and a motor with two wires attached. After we had assembled the eco-bot, we tested it out and to our surprise, it moved around, and vibrated. Next, they gave us straws, and a piece of paper with a picture of fake toxic waste, and told us to make a barrier. Then they put dry rice inside our barriers and timed each of our ecobots for 2 mins. We wanted to see who's robot worked the best, so after two minutes were up, we counted the empty squares, subtracted the number of times we touched it, and converted it to a percentage. It was fun!

Elementary Book Character Day By: Kelli Gebhardt

We are excited to announce the Oakes Elementary students and staff will be having Book Character Day in a few weeks on February 12th. On that day, each student and teacher should come to school dressed up as a character from a favorite book. The character must be from a book they have read or listened to (not just from a movie or cartoon they have watched). Please work with your child to plan a simple homemade costume. Please do not buy a book character costume! Just do your best to gather an assortment of hats, clothing, or other props to create a homemade

costume. Your child should bring a copy of the book to class that day. He or she will take part in several character–study activities that day. Dressing up as our favorite book characters is a fun way for our students and staff to show our enthusiasm for reading.

Weather Related Announcements

By: Art Conklin All weather related announcements will be posted on the district website’s home page www.oakes.k12.nd.us. Between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m., you may also dial the school number 742-3234, enter ext. 206 to hear a recorded announcement. Radio and TV outlets that carry announcements include: KDDR - Oakes Radio; WDAY- Fargo Radio & TV; KQLX- Lisbon Radio; KVLY- Fargo TV; KXJB- Fargo TV. We will also make these announcements through our school notification system which allows our school to send messages using email, voice, and text messaging.

Pee Wee Wrestling By: Cory Schall

Pee Wee wrestling begins February 25th for grades K-6th. This will be held after school in the High School mezzanine. Please contact Cory Schall if you have any questions at 701-742-3234.

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