There is still time to submit your Yearbook Cover entry!  Please do so by the end of today.  You can turn it in to the office, your homebase teacher, or Mrs. Quale’s room 131.

There will be a mandatory Science Olympiad meeting on Tuesday, March 26^th in room 209 after school.  There will be important regional information given out at this meeting so if you can’t attend you need to see Mr. Schiermeister.

Student Council state convention permission forms and money are due to student services by March 29^th.  Extra permission forms and schedules are hanging on the student council bulletin board in the common’s area.

Wachter will be hosting a sock drive for families in need.  Please donate new socks into the box labeled “sock drive” located by the front office.  The sock drive will be held from March 18^th to March 29^th.  The sock drive is sponsored by communications lab.  Please donate.

Wachter Middle School Summer Program Registration

The Bismarck School Board wants to determine if you support the direction of the School District and what perception you have of how the district communicates with you. Please take 2 minutes to complete this survey by Sunday, March 31, 2019: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QV8GY3M. THANKS!

To see a list of all BPS Fine Arts events, click here.

March 25 is a Staff Development Day, no school.

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

Student teachers working in Bismarck Public School classrooms will showcase examples of Project Based Learning (PBL) at a symposium for the Out of the Gate Project on Tuesday, March 26, 5:30-7:30 pm at the National Energy Center of Excellence’s Bavendick Room at Bismarck State College, 1200 Schafer St. The University of Mary, Dickinson State University, and the Bismarck Public School District are involved in a grant administered by PBLWorks and funded by the ECMC Foundation. This partnership will continue through the spring of 2020 to prepare student teachers to teach PBL in K-12 classroom settings, which engages students in deeper learning.

ALC Dance Fundraiser

The public is welcome to a Dancing Around the World fundraiser on Tues., March 26 from 5:30-8 pm at the BPS Career Academy, 1221 College Dr. All ages of kids and adults are welcome. Try dances from other countries like African, Native American, and USA dances (Cha Cha Slide and Fortnite). Pizza will be served and free will donations will be taken. All proceeds will help Adult Learning Center (ALC) students with medical needs, transportation, employment, etc. For more information, call ALC 701-323-4530 or email jacinta_baker@bismarckschools.org.

Bismarck Public Schools is holding a meeting for parents interested in having their children start school early based on the impression that their child is displaying indications of having advanced intellectual and developmental talents or abilities and social and emotional readiness when compared to their same age peers; and might meet the criteria for Early Entrance. During the Early Entrance Information meeting, parents will learn the criteria a child must meet in order to start school early, the evaluation procedures that are followed, and information on the pros and cons of early entrance into kindergarten or first grade. That parent meeting will take place Thursday, March 28^th from 6-7 pm at the Career Academy at 1221 College Drive. If you have questions, call 701-323-4018.