Tuesday, January 28

Happy 100th day of school! 

FCA meets tomorrow morning in room 244.

Any 7th grader interested in being in the Husky Wellness class for next year: applications are in student services. Only interested 7th graders can apply. 

Health Fair and Blood Drive

Congratulations to the Husky Gearbots Lego/Robotics team, led by Mrs. Casavant, for winning the Core Value award and first place overall at the recent First Lego League competition! The team now advances to the state competition in Grand Forks in February.  

Congratulations to the following students for making it into the Jr. High All-State Band:

Chloe Sorge, Addison Seil, Kaden Hillsted-McAdoo, Julia Woeste, Erika Lee, Grant Hubley, Allanah Davis, Mason Harris, Chandler Thomas, Connor Straub, Evan Schmidt, Noah Schettler, Kevin Jia, Mitch Dientsman, and Jim Lee

Alternates are: Kaden Hoffman, Emerson Hoechst, and Jacob Schlag

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The morning traffic and student drop off have become a safety concern for students and staff.

We need you to remember two things when dropping students off in the morning:

1. The parking lots are for parking only.  Dropping off students is not allowed in the parking lot.  
2. Always watch out for pedestrians and make sure students are using the crosswalk.

Thank you for your attention to this very important safety matter. 

The Horizon Band is collecting Dan's Supermarket receipts. 

For every $150,000 worth of receipts collected, the band will receive $1,000 that will go towards band instruments.  Students can drop off the receipts in the box in Student Services.  We need the original receipts, so please no photocopies or cut receipts.  We will be collecting the receipts all school year.  

Interrupting class during education time makes it difficult for teachers. It is important to inform your child of their after-school arrangements before school. If it is an emergency and you need to call during that day, make sure it is before 2:30 to enable us to have time to deliver the message.  After 2:30 we may not be able to notify the student.

If your child has an appointment, they need a cut slip. Please send a signed note, your student comes to the office before school for a REQUIRED cut-slip allowing them to come to the office at the stated time. This is necessary to not interrupt class and also if the students are in gym, band, or choir we cannot call into those areas.

If your child will be absent for a full day or more, please send a note previous to those dates so they can get an Advanced Dismissal slip and have all their teachers sign it.

Upload ALL activity (sports) paperwork and fees, including physicals through the following website.  We are unable take any hard copy or fees in the office or Student Services. The following site breaks everything down for Horizon and Century. https://century-ar.rschooltoday.com/ 

Lunch payments should be done online through MyPaymentsPlus on the Horizon website or at https://www2.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome.

Please refer to the Resources tab on our website and click on Handbook for more information on:

Attendance, Dress Code and other useful information. 

All 7th and 8th graders planning to participate in athletics must have a physical on file before they will be allowed to practice. A physical completed after April 15 is valid for the 2019 – 2020 school.  Upload the physical into rSchool after you register for your sport.  Questions about registering?  Contact Mark Hager at 323-4900 extension 6521.

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.

Statement of Candidacy
Election Calendar

Century High School is holding a meeting for incoming freshmen and their parents Monday, Feb. 3 at 5:30 pm in the CHS auditorium. Eighth grade students and their parents will get information about the high school registration process, learn about course offerings, and get advice for preparing for college and life after high school, and find out the differences between middle school and high school.