Student-led conferences are scheduled for Monday, February 10th and Tuesday, February 11th.  Please click the link below to begin the scheduling process. You will need to know your child's team and homebase teacher.  

Click here to sign up for conferences

Fuel Up To Play 60 Meeting will be held on Monday Jan 27th During 6th grade lunch. A second meeting for 7th and 8th grade Fuel Up members will be Wednesday morning at 7:45am in the west gym.

Running club will meet at Mr. RW’s room on Monday and at the regular space on Wednesday next week.

Hot Chocolate for $1 donation at the Simle Concession Stand on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28-19 from 3:30 - 3:45 pm. All proceeds will go to help Custodian Gerry and his wife with bills for her cancer treatments.

Congratulations to the Simle Sparteens! They placed well at the following competitions: St. Mary's Invite on January 11th they placed third. Legacy High Invite on January 18th they placed second. At the North Dakota Association of Dance & Drill State Competition on January 25th, they placed second. Coach Vanessa was also awarded North Dakota Coach of the Year! Well done ladies!!

Simle Wrestling will be having the pizza party for winning the food drive this Thursday at Legacy High School. Wrestlers should arrive at LHS around 5:30 for the pizza party. We will be having it in a classroom close to the gym. After the pizza party wrestlers will be able to sit mat side for the dual against Minot. Please see Coach Voorhees if you have any questions.

Attention students interested in playing golf: There will be a golf meeting after school at 3:30 on Thursday, January 30th in the East Gym for all boys and girls interested in golfing this spring and next fall both at Simle and Legacy.

The Simle Library will be hosting a puzzle exchange from now until the end of March. Bring your gently used puzzles with 500 or more pieces to the library and take a different puzzle home. Please bring puzzles with no missing pieces. As long as you bring a puzzle, you can take a puzzle! See Mrs. Francetich or Mrs. Diede for more information.

Due to the reduced size of our office we are not able to take in flowers, balloons, presents, gift bags, or other deliveries for students. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter. 

If you are planning to take your student out of school early (or if they will be missing several days) please call ahead to the office and let us know. For one or more full day absences the students are given a 'blue sheet' to collect their missing work.  The work is supposed to be done ahead of time, so please let us know in a timely manner.  Notes should be brought to the office instead of the homebase teacher. 

You can email the office at any time (simle_secretary@bismarckschools.org), fax us your request at 701-323-4605, or call us at 701-323-4600 and leave a message. We greatly appreciate your cooperation - thank you!

Visitors must enter the school through the main entrance at 1218 Simle Drive and check in at the school office prior to going to any other areas of the building. Visitors will be issued a visitor badge, which should be worn during the visit and returned to the office when leaving the building. All doors entering the school will be locked during school hours.

6th: CHS Band, SIPs Concert, 5th Grade, Wind Ensemble—Legacy High School—9:30am & 1:00pm
9th-10th: All State Try-Outs, Choir—Bismarck State College—All Day
11th: All State Orchestra Auditions—Bismarck State College Leach Music Center—All Day
13th: LHS Band, Winter Percussion & Jazz Concert—LHS Auditorium—7:30pm
14th: Bis/Man Middle School Jazz Band, “January Jazz Jamboree”—Legacy High School Auditorium—7:00pm
16th: Rita Murphy Elementary 1st Grade Music Program—Rita Murphy Gym—6:00pm
23rd: LHS Band, Music Boosters Jazz Potluck (Jazz Too, Jazz Ensemble #1, Synergy, Evolution, Gold Standard)—LHS Marketplace—6:00pm
24th-26th: UND Honors Orchestra, Choir, Band—Grand Forks, ND
27th: Miller Elementary 2nd Grade Music Program—6:00pm & 7:00pm
27th: Solheim Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
28th: Liberty Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—6:30pm
30th: BHS Band, Jazz Dzert Night—BHS Commons—7:00pm
30th: Moses Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
31st-February 1st: Middle Level Honors Orchestra Festival—Devil’s Lake Middle School, Devil’s Lake, ND—All Day
31st-February 1st: University of Mary Jazz Festival—Bismarck, ND

Fall kindergarten registration is underway through March 6 for children who will be 5 years old on or before July 31. If you have an incoming kindergarten student, or know someone who does, registration is online at www.bismarckschools.org. Click the Registration tab, then K-12 Registration to get information needed to complete the registration. People who do not have access to a computer can visit any public elementary school to use one or stop by Central Registration at 806 N. Washington St., door #2. Those who need assistance can call 701-323-4110 or email registrar@bismarckschools.org. Students who attend BECEP can be registered for kindergarten at BECEP. NOTE: Parents of any K-12 student moving into the city must register by August 1 to be assured a spot in their neighborhood school due to lack of space.

Spring 2020 Kindergarten Open Houses

BPS Students in Transition homeless youth raffle drawing winners:

12/2: Joe Schmidt
12/3: Mandy Hoff
12/4: Colin Entringer
12/5: Brian Beehler 
12/5: Leon Dietrich 
12/6: Brian Mertz
12/9: Jessy Wetsch
12/10: Laurie Thompson
12/10: Bob Stenerson
12/11: Sue Wardner
12/12: Tammy Blumhagen
12/12: Travis McCloud
12/13: Jennifer Schlinger
12/16: Adam Christ
12/17: Karen Ehrens
12/18: Megan Houn
12/19: Krista Burman
12/20: Billie Madler
01/02: Deb Dobler
01/03: Bob Ford
01/06: Kathy Wachter
01/06: Jeff Van Beek
01/07: Mandy Lawrence
01/08: Dolly Heinert
01/09: Melanie Heitkamp
01/10: Gwen Bosworth
01/10: Kay Zander-Woock
01/13: Brad Barnhardt
01/14: Sheila Rogstad
01/15: Gabe Lautenschlager
01/16: Twila Johnson
01/17: Jason Will
01/21: Terry Sawick
01/22: Cary Huschka
01/23: Pat Nagel
01/24: Colin Entringer 
01/24: Linda Sullivan

01/27: Tracy Lipp

For the full list of Varsity Sports events this week, click here.

Bismarck Public Schools instructional aide and local chess expert Todd Wolf is hosting a free chess tournament for students in grades K-12 on Saturday, February 1^st, from 10 am to 5 pm at the Knaak Center at Bismarck High School. Registration is at 10 am; the tournament will begin at 11. Trophies will be awarded and concessions will be available. If you wish to pre-register, email wolfpack@bis.midco.net or text or call 701-426-3768.

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Election Calendar

TBD: HMS Orchestra, Bismarck Elementary School Tour (6th Grade Orchestra)—All Day
January 31st-1st: Middle Level Honors Orchestra Festival—Devil’s Lake Middle School, Devil’s Lake, ND—All Day
January 31st-1st: University of Mary Jazz Festival—Bismarck, ND
4th: Pioneer Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—Pioneer Gymnasium—7:00pm
4th: Grimsrud Elementary 1st Grade Music Program—TBD
5th: West State “A” Woodwind Solo & Ensemble Festival—CHS—All Day
6th: Miller Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—6:30pm
7th-8th: NDACDA Honor Choirs—Grand Forks, ND—All Day
11th: Mid-Winter Music For All Concert—CHS Olson Gym—7:00pm
11th-17th: LHS Orchestra/Band Tour to Orlando/Bahamas
13th: BHS Orchestra, BHS/WMS Mid-Winter—BHS Auditorium—7:00pm
13th: Centennial Elementary—1st Grade Music Program @ 6:00pm—5th Grade Music Program @ 7:00pm—Centennial Gym
13th: Liberty Elementary 5th Grade Music Program—6:30pm
20th: Roosevelt Elementary 4th & 5th Grade Music Programs—1:30pm & 6:30pm
24th: CHS Band, Midwinter Jazz Concert (Jazz Ensemble #2 & Jazz Ensemble #1)—CHS Auditorium—7:30pm
25th: CHS Band, Midwinter Band Concert—#1, Freshmen Band & Symphonic Band @ 6:00pm—#2, Wind Ensemble @ 7:30pm—CHS Auditorium
27th: WMS Band, 7th Grade—WMS Cafetorium—7:00pm
27th: Highland Acres Elementary 2nd & 3rd Grade Music Program—6:00pm
27th: Solheim Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—7:00pm
27th: Moses Elementary 5th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
27th: Horizon Band, 7th Grade Mid-Winter Band Concert—Horizon Cafetorium—7:00pm